Are you embarassed when your simfriends with perfectly decorated houses come over and see your plain and functional rooms? No longer must you pay high prices to hire a decorator of your own. Instead, buy a Room in a Box!

Tropical Lanai Room in a Box includes:

-recolors of Maxis paintings - Opus, Artig, Transcendence, and Paradise Lost
-recolor of a SleekArt mesh by justmoi (MTS2 - mesh included with permission)
-recolor of bedding
-recolor of Like A Bear Rug
-recolors of rattan/bamboo loveseat, chair and dining chair

EXPANSIONS NEEDED:
-Seasons for the loveseat/chair/dining chair recolors
-BV for the rug recolor and Paradise Lost recolor
-FT for the recolor of Artig
-OFB for recolor of Opus

CEP required





Items pictured with Light Bamboo Forest with Wainscoting (wall) and Polished Bamboo Light (floor) and Loft Curtains by Sparse and Fine.

credits:
-paintings by Ute Mertens, Barbara Mock, Adriana Sorte, and Fabrice De Villeneuve

Are you embarassed when your simfriends with perfectly decorated houses come over and see your plain and functional rooms? No longer must you pay high prices to hire a decorator of your own. Instead, buy a Room in a Box!

Each version of the Bella Baby Nursery Room in a Box includes:

-recolor of Kinder Container bedding
-recolor of Sanitation Station Changing Table
-recolor of Royal First Oval Rug
-recolor of Doublewide Tieback Curtains
-recolor of "A Stroke" by Alfred D'Simvo (blue) and recolor of Home Sweet Home from McKraken Industries (pink)

I've also included a simple white crib frame recolor separately if you don't already have one.



The blue version room is decorated with:
-"Blue Collar" Paint with Beadboard Wainscoting in White Wood
-Oaken Floor
-assorted decorative objects by Maxis

 

The pink version room is decorated with:
-"Southwestern Style" Stucco in Coral with Double Coffer in White Wood
-Baby Girl Pink Carpet
-assorted decorative objects by Maxis

credits:
-The blue painting is Harbor by Katherine Pope and the pink painting is a modification of Fairies and Flowers I by the same artist (to more neatly fit within the Maxis painting texture).
-The fabric used is by Marcus Fabrics.

I have other Room in a Box uploads at my site (Other section) listed in my sig. If you have any questions or want the fabrics to make your own recolors, don't hesitate to contact me.

I started a thread on MATY and got a lot of great suggestions for what hacks to use to accomplish this, but now I'm stuck on a venue. I suck at making community lots. I've started and stopped several times. I'm looking for a smallish lot, to help with the lag that's going to be involved in summoning a dozen or more teens, 2x2 or 3x3, and I'd prefer to keep it as much maxis and maxis recolors as possible (same reason). I was thinking something with a dj booth, dance floors, buffet, coffee bar, bathrooms, juice bar. No swimming or hot tub.

Anyone have any ideas on a community lot to use? I've done some surfing here and at MTS2 but just can't seem to find just what I'm looking for.

You must download the Berkeley crib and changing table mesh and Dark Wood recolors from HopeB

I began this house shortly after Pets was released to showcase some of the new building tools such as diagonal rooms and individual roof slope. It's taken me this long to decorate it to my taste . It does have some custom content, though be assured, for every piece I used I did truly try to find a Maxis alternative, but there's only so far Maxis can go.

Expansions required: all - Uni, NL, OFB, Pets, Seasons, BV
Lot: 2x2
Price: $125 K
Bedrooms: 2 +nursery
Bathrooms: 3
Other amenities: basement, driveway, ground floor nursery/bedroom, ready for pets.









I had to add a folder with the Maxis recolors into the .rar because Maxis packaging no longer picks them up. Please move the folder into your Downloads and install the house which has the rest of the CC.

A clone of this house has been playtested throughout the building process. All landscaping should be "gardenable." You can fit a few gardening plots in between the columns of the right side of the house (as you look at it). The trees in back can be replaced by orchard trees should you desire apples, lemons, and oranges. A door can be placed upstairs out to the balconey and using moveObjects on, a hot tub can be placed up there. The house was built to take advantage of the view available where its placed in my neighborhood (Lake Crossing). Feel free to replace the low border with more fence in the back courtyard if you don't have a spectacular view like my Sims do. My goal, as with all my houses, is that it's playable and good looking.

Custom Content included in .rar file

--Poinsettia Gift Pack -- Maxis 2004 holiday download
--Leafy Green Shurb -- khakidoo @ MTS2
--Wood n Iron Fence and Gate -- Moon_Ez @ MTS2
--bedding recolor Diamonds -- me
--bedding, curtains, dresser, rug Floral Love -- me
--painting, plant Bare Branches with Maple -- me
--painting Aqua Triptech included in Walker House -- me
--crib bedding Cancer Crab -- me

Custom Content NOT included in .rar file

You must download the Berkeley crib and changing table mesh and Dark Wood recolors from HopeB

This is a redo of a house I built for a contest at Sims2Community about 18 months ago. Copies of the house have been playtested extensively. All landscaping is gardenable and is minimal. Your sim or the gardener can easily keep up with the trimming. I've tried to place end or coffee tables where it would make sense to keep a Thinking Cap for skilling. I intentionally left some blank wall space so your sim can hang custom paintings. The music room has one of the new Bon Voyage shelfs for knick-knacks. My goal, as with all my houses, is that it's playable and good looking.









More pics available on my site here.

I needed a break from my maxis only houses, and so this house does have some custom content. However, I also have a version without custom content, if you really don't want CC.

Expansions required: all - Uni, NL, OFB, Pets, Seasons, BV, no stuff packs
Lot: 3x3
Price: $160-162K
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 3
Other amenities: basement, driveway, swimming pool, hot tub, hot springs, fishable pond, music room, ground floor nursery/bedroom, fireplace, ready for pets.

Custom Content included in .rar file

--Room in a Box - Tan-Stripe-Bravo -- myself
--bedding recolor, lt. blue/olive paisley -- myself
--2 recolors of Yummers in my Tummers! Poster -- myself
--recolor of Tropico Birds in the Wild -- myself
--recolor by myself using Swirl II by Eric Waugh of Dug Nap cat folk art -- Paleoanth
--Charablanca Chair to match Maxis Tablablanca Table -- MsBarrows
--bedding recolor, blue and green seashells -- msredbud
--bedding recolor, Japanese Flowers -- Magaliw5
--Flat Rocks and Scattered Rocks -- nengi65
--The Poetic Porpoise Topiary -- official Sims 2 site

Custom Content NOT included in .rar file

Numenor's policy as listed on MTS2 does not allow redistribution of his meshes,  so you will need to go and download Maxis "Lost & Found" #26: Floral Centerpiece if you want the bouquet in the master bedroom to show up correctly. I considered replacing it, but I really like the look of this object in that room.

I had to add a folder with the Maxis recolors into the .rar because Maxis packaging no longer picks them up. Please move the folder into your Downloads and install the house which has the rest of the CC.

Edit: Ack! I changed wallpaper and repackaged and forgot to clean it. Cleaning it now. So sorry if anyone downloaded it!
Edit: I deleted and reattached the cleaned version. So sorry to all who downloaded the uncleaned version!

 
This lot started out as a self challenge to myself -- could I make a house I would be happy to play on a 3x1 lot? I then decided to see if I could make a house for under 20k, as if my sim were buying a fixer-upper, then remodeling and furnishing it. My plan would be my sims would buy it at 20k, work hard, then when they could afford the furnished version, they would have an extreme makeover (otherwise known as being moved to the bin, old house destroyed, new furnished house plopped down, and sims moved back in).
 
This house really packs it all in on this small lot. Master bedroom, child's room/nursery, 4 bathrooms, basement exercise room, driveway, meditation garden in the side yard. Fully furnished for pets: 2 food dishes, a scratching post, cat basket, dog house, cat's wall toy, a dog bone, a litter box and catnip.
 
House was playtested for several sim weeks, including with pets. Naughty cats can jump on all the chairs and all but the center couch cushion. Dog will chew his bone outside on the other side of the meditation pond, blocking no doorways. All landscaping is gardenable -- trimmable and waterable. Pets special fencing (flooring divider) was used in the child's room/nursery so that a crying baby will not wake up a child sleeping in the twin bed. Should you desire the person in the twin to awaken, simply remove the flooring divder.
 
Requires all the expansions, none of the Stuff packs because all Christmas items were free for download from the Sims website in December 2004
 
Christmas and unfurnished starter versions available at my website.

Sea Breeze Heights is perfectly situated on a 2x2 lot and makes the most out of the space available. For only $145k this San Francisco style home includes a driveway, an outdoors entertaining area, basement, and first and second floors. A luxury master bedroom/bath suite makes every day feel like a vacation. 2 BR, 3 BA

Only 11 bushes on the lot, and all can be trimmed by either your gardening-loving sims or a gardener. Lot has been playtested by a couple with a baby for almost 2 sim weeks. Though no baby toys are included, they can be placed either in the single BR or downstairs in the downstairs hall area.

No custom content other than the three maxoid_monkey items I included in the package. These items were all free on the Sims 2 official site . No family. No hacks.

View more pictures and download here

Built on a 3x2 lot to maximize gameplay for those with less than robust computers, Aurora Road features a ground floor nursery, study, 4 bathrooms, 4 bedrooms, a balcony overlooking the dining area, and a beautiful side courtyard. The style is contemporary with a nod to IKEA.
 
Landscaping is all accessible to the gardener, but it often will take him until 3 pm to finish it all, but finish he will.
 
An unfinished basement is perfect for those career and aspiration rewards as your family succeeds.
 
http://prismbaby.com/sims/house_aurora/auroraroad.html

 
I usually just lurk here, but I love looking and downloading everyone's creations. I have uploaded this on MTS2 and the exchange, but maybe someone here will also appreciate it.
 


Swanson House was created and playtested during the 10 kid challenge. Its a 3x3 lot for $121K. There is room for your career and aspiration rewards (basement for energizers and mechanical looking rewards and left side of the house for obstacle course/punching bag/golf rewards). Tables near skilling items for your thinking caps. Space for 6 in twin beds, space for 2 in cribs, and 1 double bed. All landscaping requiring gardening is accessible and can be completed by the gardener by early afternoon. There is a permanent "birthday cake table" in the dining room near the basment stairs. Kids come home from school and dump their homework back there too. The right side of the house, back near the pond, would make a lovely location for a wedding arch.
 
No custom content. No family. No hacks. Cleaned with clean installer prior to packaging.
 
Lot is very playable for even a very large family. One of my pet peeves is to download a beautiful house then find it isn't very playable. This one is. I playtested it for weeks doing my 10 kid challenge. If I can raise 10 kids there, so can you!
 
You'll have to add phones. I was having trouble with the packaged lot if I left the phones in.