Created for: The Sims 3

Has your poor Sim driven past the large, beautifully designed mansions and wished for a lottery win? Secretly lusted after one of the big, spectacular homes? Even written a very nice, long, letter to Santa? I mean, let's face it, as brilliant as the EA designers are, their starter homes are not.... great. And when a new Sim or two comes to town, how come they only ever have a few spare pennies? Luckily, Santa passed on your letter onto me, and Qube Design has come up with the best Christmas holiday gift ever - a beautiful little custom-designed bungalow for lass than $32,000 simoleans. Yes, for the down payment on a new Porsche, your Sim can start life in this smart home.

Talk about curb appeal when you drive up to this little house! Tall aspen and plum trees, hydrangeas, shrubs and wildflowers all wave 'Hello' to you from the terraced and landscaped front garden. Wow, there's even a paved parking spot, a beautiful trellised entryway, even landscape lighting! And the house itself looks spectacular, with substantial stone and timber construction, a beautiful 'castle-tower' entrance, even a big custom stone chimney for the fireplace.

Inside, everything has been thoughtfully designed, and there is no detail left out. Yes, I may have used the least expensive items I could find, but absolutely everything has been custom-coloured to beautifully co-ordinate. I splurged on a few things, like the $950 mirrored wall in the spa-like bathroom and the security system (hey, it's a beautiful house that thieves will take notice of), but overall I really held back on most items, opting instead to select interesting, modern patterns and colours to make this place cozy and special. The beamed cathedral ceiling in the living room and a vaulted ceiling in the bedroom help create the illusion of more space while still leaving room for attic storage, and I took possible family expansion into consideration, so the lot is graded high for a walk-out basement in the future.

Please enjoy this special Christmas present from Qube Design.

A HUGE thank you to all the talented artists here at TSR - your patterns and objects continually inspire!

Over 50 photos of this nice little place can be seen in my .mac mobileme gallery: http://gallery.me.com/bigmusclepaul#100087

Additional design items can be found at:

www.modthesims.com - thanks to Oyysseus1960 for the halogen spot lighting in the kitchen (only $5 per light!),

www.simpossible.net for the beautiful curtains,

and http://sims3d.host56.com/ for the spectacular dining room chandelier (far less expensive than it looks!).

Special thanks to Alelong and Newtlco for their beautiful objects!

To really appreciate this home, please take the time to download the objects from all the other TSR artists featured in this build.

Short URL: https://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/939428

ItemID: 939428

Revision: 2

Filesize: 8 MB kB

The TSR Creations below were used in this Creation.