Better Houses: Tips & Tricks

[beeps]

Go ahead and admit it - we’ve all done it. That’s right, the curse of the BORING rectangular house. The house is one shape, all the rooms are square and the roof is so tall it could knock down a low flying plane. Do some of you get into ruts when building houses? Are some of you not very good at making anything other than a square house? Well, this is the tutorial for you! I have compiled this short instructional post for all Sims 2 builders alike. For those of you who are in a rut, this may act as a list of tips & tricks. For those of you who aren’t in a rut but rather have difficulty building homes based off a square, this may act as a tutorial. Whatever the case may be, let’s get started!

Building a place for you Simmies can be very time-consuming, but hopefully this tutorial will help everyone spice up their houses just enough without having to spend a week building. After all, our Simmies shouldn’t have to live in a boring house, now should they? What is a boring house, you ask? A house that has no original shape, square rooms and no details to make it stand out.

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/1.jpg

In the picture above, you can see that the entire house is a giant rectangle and all the rooms have a boring square shape. Here is a better look at the inside of the “boring house”:

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/2.jpg

The first thing to change is very simple... Add one, small extra shape onto the original rectangle shape of the house. Like this:

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/3-1.jpg
http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/3.jpg

Next, why don’t we add a small area in the back of the home as a place for a small sitting room or sun room. The diagonal walls and small addition onto the original shape of the home can be plastered with big windows in order to let a lot of sunlight in for your Simmies.

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/4.jpg

Next, try adding a small room to one side of your house. This can be for anything - a bedroom, an office, the kitchen, etc. You have plenty of time to decide that later.

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/5.jpg

To balance out the room added to the one side of your home, why not add another room to the other side? Make sure not to make it the same size, as most homes are not symmetrical. Im placing a small room on the left side of my home to act as the downstairs bathroom.

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/6.jpg

When you are happy with the layout of the lower level of your house, its time to add the stairs (if you want a two story home). When I added the small bathroom, I noticed that it would be a great place to build my stairs up to, since you don’t want to place stairs in the middle of any room.

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/7.jpg

The next step - if you are including a second level - would be to decide the layout of the upper level. This can take some time because you want to keep in mind how you would like the roof to look in the front of the home especially. I like to have a little bit of variation with my rooflines because it helps give the home a unique look. This is how I decided to create my second floor:

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/9.jpg

Now the next step is to separate the rooms in your floor plan and add some flooring. Flooring can be changed whenever and however many times you want, so deciding on the final color/type is not important. I decided on a nice, white tile floor for my kitchen and bathrooms, a little bit of wood flooring upstairs and some fluffy carpet for the main room and bedrooms.

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/10.jpg

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/11.jpg

Continued...

[beeps]

Now comes time for one of the hardest parts in building a house - THE ROOF! I know many of your instincts tell you to hit the “auto roofs” button (I did that for SO long), but lets try and make something a little more interesting and unique.

Instead of navigating into the auto-roofs menu...

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/12.jpg

Navigate instead to roof types menu to create a custom roof...

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/13.jpg

For the three roof sections covering the lower level/front of the home, I used the roof tool highlighted below:

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/14edit1.jpg

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/13edit1.jpg

For the two left-most roof sections covering the upper level of the home, I used the roof tool highlighted below:

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/14edit2.jpg

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/13edit3.jpg

And for the right roof section covering the upper level of the home, I used the roof tool highlighted below:

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/14edit3.jpg

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/13edit2.jpg

Now its time to add those windows As seen in the pictures above, the door I chose was white with glass slats. You really want to pick windows which match your front door to give some kind of flow to the house. For example, the window highlighted below is long and red and has a modern look to it. This would be a bad choice:

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/15.jpg

I decided to use two windows which best matched the front door that I selected. Try and use just the right amount of windows when building a home - too many or too little could make the house look funny. Also, remember how you divided up your rooms when placing windows. DON’T place large windows in a bathroom, use high privacy windows instead. Place large windows in the main room areas or stairwells or sitting/sun rooms to give a lot of light.

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/16.jpg

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/17.jpg

Taking a little more time on painting the exterior of a home can make a LOT of difference versus slapping on the same color paint on all the exterior walls - this goes the same for inside. I decided to work on some corner-blocked stucco walls for the outside of my home as I thought it would match the look of the doors and windows nicely.

http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/18.jpg

Now the last steps are strictly for vanity - add a small walkway from the front door to the mailbox, a little fencing by the front door, a couple of bushes and trees and you’re done! Now doesn’t this look a little more interesting than what we started with?

Before:
http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/1.jpg

After:
http://i381.photobucket.com/albums/oo254/simbeeps/TS2/Misc/Tutorial/Done.jpg

Notes:
There are many easy and safe cheats you can use to spruce up the look of your home.

- I used boolProp snapObjectsToGrid false in order to be able to place my flowers close together.
- I used moveobjects on to combine two trees into one, making it look much fuller and bigger.
- Try using the terrain tool to add a little coloration under your trees or shrubs. This adds a lot, trust me.
- Also, try using roofslopeangle # (default #=45, enter anything less) to get the slope of your roof less intense. Youll have to play around with this one.

Try visiting http://www.sims2wiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:Cheats for an extensive list of cheats.

[Wil-Redfern]

Wow, this is just a -GREAT- tutorial!!! My houses always used to be boring, but not any more! By the way that after house is gorgeous! The transformation is just unbelievable! And I'm the first post yay!

[pickpock]

Nice tutorial, I try to build more interesting houses, but sometimes I just get bored with building, wanting it over and done with and Bam! my sims live in box...
Thanks for the inspiration :)

[evilredduckie]

Normally, I just download premade houses for my simmies from here. Now I think I'll try my hand at building. Thanks!

[lyra___8]

That is such an awesome house! My sims houses either took me ages to complete, or were tiny and booring. I'll never make those mistakes again!

Thanks sooo much!

[beeps]

Hey guys, thanks so much for posting your feedback. I was really hoping this would help a lot of people, so Im happy to see it has helped some so far :)

[PlyYangzee]

Hey!!!!
thanks soooooooo much!!! I use the door you used in allmost all my houses, and always the 'no no' window. Now I see what goes, I can change it!

:D

[cazsamps]

Just a question! When building houses i always have to lay foundations and then have the wooden foundations and steps up so that my sims can get into the house? For some reason i cant build a house staright onto the floor any reason for this do you know?
By the way that after house is beautiful! xxx

[beeps]

cazsamps... I dont know what the problem would be in that case. Just make sure your ground is flat by using the flatten elevation tool under the shovel icon in build mode - that way your ground is completely flat BEFORE you place walls. The only other thing I can think of would be that you have some sort of building cheat activated which is causing problems with placing walls on your ground. Have you ever played around with...

boolProp constrainFloorElevation true/false

If you have, make SURE you turn it off by using that cheat plus true. Having this building cheat activated can really screw with normal building functions. Let me know if those work, otherwise, explain a little more and maybe I can help you.

Thanks for reading the tutorial, and Im really happy its working out!

[cazsamps]

Sorry! I was meant to come back and tell you its all sorted now lol
I have used your tut and its fab!!!
I dont know what went wrong with the house thing but its ok now which is a bonus!!
xxxxxd

[beeps]

Good to hear, cazsamps :)

[bigkiller3]

very nice, But hey there nothing wrong living in a box. :)
But to be serious i think its a really nice tut you made, and i must admit used to always press the auto roof button, :)

But thanks :):):):):)

[Ghost sdoj]

This is probably a stupid question, but I'm hoping that the answer is "you missed something", rather than "Photoshop".

How did you get the roofs in your screenshots to have a different color from the rest? And is there a way in game to make a roof with more than one color of tile pattern? I had a house which would have looked really cool with a checkerboarded roof, but there was no good way to put it on.

[bronson6666]

Hi i was wondering how you have all those roof shape options. Like the dome ones and the cones? does it comes with one of the games or is it a download?

thank you

[beeps]

sidneydoj... The red you see for some of the roofs was done by Photoshop. As far as I know, there is not a way to get different color roofs (ie two or more patterns) on one lot. Sorry!

bronson6666... The roof shapes youre asking about were included in Open For Business. I HIGHLY recommend that Expansion Pack :)

[waggles]

Very well done boolPropped! great, easy to follow, and very well detailed too!

[beeps]

Thanks so much for reading waggles... I hope it helps you out :)

[choccy94]

well presented, pictures always help me understand better, this has given me the push i need to make better houses! :p :gjob:

[zarrion101]

Wow it was a great tutorial! :)

[christinee_]

Great tutorial! I enjoyed reading it and found it very helpful for a beginner builder! One quick question though. How (or where) did you get the corner stucco bricks? I would love to have those for my homes.

Thanks!

[simsample]

Great tutorial! I enjoyed reading it and found it very helpful for a beginner builder! One quick question though. How (or where) did you get the corner stucco bricks? I would love to have those for my homes.

Thanks!

They come with the game; OFB I think.

[Beefree200]

I always hated the houses I made, they were always very simple, thanks to you I can make more realistic better looking homes on the sims! :gjob:

[beeps]

They come with the game; OFB I think.
Yep, they came with the game and Im pretty sure they came with OFB. I love the wall myself and use it on 90% of my houses!

BeeFree200... Im so happy to hear you enjoyed the tutorial and that it helped you out :) Thanks for giving feedback!

[KatWyld]

A very nice tutorial... now I wanna go build some houses. Thankfully, I have a new neighborhood that's mostly empty. :P

Any tips with roofs? I've played with them a little, but they never seem to go the way I want them to. :S

[beeps]

Roofs are pretty tricky. Play around with them on a test lot/house until you get the hang of how they work and how they should look. Its really tough getting them to look just right, but just play around with them until you feel confident enough to apply them to a house.

[Icky]

Absolutely totally awesome! Thanks a lot! I wanna build some houses now!
I just got into building, so this has been a great help!

[funney250]

i think you uplode the home that you used in the tutorialand the tutorial was the best

[climergurl12]

The transformation is amazing. I loved this guide or tutorial because I have been having trouble figuring out the customized roofing thing but you made it really clear on what to do and how to do it. I really like this tutorial. Great Job !!

[DocFX]

Oh Boy!, was I really that lazy when it came to house-building? - yep!, guess I was... Now thanks to you, I'm inspired to try that little bit harder - many thanks for taking the time to create/upload/share this useful tutorial with us!. :)

[beeps]

Im glad many of you have found this useful... Im thinking about writing a small tutorial about how to use custom roofs; do you guys think that would be helpful as well?

[unicorngurl180]

I love this tutorial, and I defnitely think a tutorial on using custom roofs would be amazing, especially if it had such clear pictures as this one.

[Greenzally]

I know the point was to build our own houses and avoid just downloading, but is it possible for me to download the house shown in the tutorial? It looks amazing!

Can you please message me your answer?
Thanks,
Zally

[Balefulbella]

I love how you showed us how to make something so gorgeous so simply and, best of all, with no cheats required! Thanks alot.

[the_alien_among_us]

boolPropped great tips i would like it very much if you make tutorial about how to use custom roofs

[patul]

alien you can find the tutos in the main page (upper section) and here : http://www.sims2wiki.info/Tutorials:Build_Mode_Tutorials

[the_alien_among_us]

thanks patul

[alessiae65]

Thank you so much! your tutorial is very cool and useful !

[yikes12345]

I really enjoyed that tutorial, but...I think one for custom roofs would be even more helpful - did you ever decide if you are (or aren't) going to do that?

[Jerrica]

Read it over seems like a awesome tutorial, too bad all the images are kaput. Wish I had come across this sooner. >_<

[camisadoxharlot]

Yeah same.
It would of been excellent if the pictures were still available.
Other than that, it was really good.

[beeps]

The pictures are still available, Ive just exceeded my bandwidth for the month. The pictures should be up in less than a week. Thanks for your patience everyone :)

[dulcetpurr]

Seems like an awesome tutorial, I wish the photobucket bandwidth weren't exceeded. Ah well. Maybe I'll come back at the beginning of March and be able to see it? I'm not sure when photobucket's bandwidth rolls over.

[leighthesim]

yay boolpropped! i never thought i'd end up looking at something like this but i thought it might helpme spruce up the boring houses i ussally use and it gave me some very good ideas thankies!

[spl33]

Great tutorial :), most of my houses are of the boxy persuasion. With this and a few other's I'm pretty sure I can start making some not-so 'boxy' homes ;) keep up the good work.

[Bubby bob]

Yep that square is a peice of junk but i started building uniqe houses when i was a newbie to the sims series! I hope i can Upload things again soon

[beeps]

Good to know that everyone is still finding this tutorial useful! More so now that the pictures are showing up ;)

[loco_senorita]

Thanks! I'm always scouting out tutorials for better home building, and this is one of the best one's I've seen.

[magic panda]

this is a good guide :) ty for making it cause it showed me sum stuff i didnt know before, like the things with the roofs. rawr o.o

[funney250]

sidneydoj... The red you see for some of the roofs was done by Photoshop. As far as I know, there is not a way to get different color roofs (ie two or more patterns) on one lot. Sorry!

bronson6666... The roof shapes youre asking about were included in Open For Business. I HIGHLY recommend that Expansion Pack :)

:alarm: can i just say that i dont know in what game of sims2 but you could cange the roof color :alarm:

[kathy]

:gjob: luv it

[AdamB72]

[QUOTE=KatWyld]A very nice tutorial... now I wanna go build some houses. Thankfully, I have a new neighborhood that's mostly empty.

Yeah, I have a new 'hood at my dads house but the laptop keeps crashing whenever I try to load it! lucky i have a PC at home. :)

[beeps]

Good to hear this is still giving members some inspiration! Keep up the nice work :)

[JustSim]

im still wondering how you made the corners of you house on the outside different then how you have the rest???

*HELP PLEASE*
lol

[beeps]

The corners are simply a different wall. Look for it in your Build Mode, and Im pretty sure it came with OFB.

[Annique]

Even though I am a terrible builder, I never use auto roofs and rarely CC-houses. Not only because I like originality, but also to develop my building skills. Try playing around and experimenting! It works worlds.

[wndy26]

I was wondering if anyone uses premade floor plans like from www.houseplans.com or something? If you do, how do you translate square feet into sim squares?

Updated: By the way - your tut rocks!!! I have the toughest time with the roof - especially when I attempt to follow the afore mentioned floor plans. :)

Updated 2nd time - I found the answer! Sorry, I should have searched under different terms prior to posting this. Searching for house plans and floor plans didn't get it for me. LOL. :)

[sga_girl]

Thank you for this, even though the roofs are still a royal pain in the butt for me. I stopped making rectangular buildings since Sims 1 *g* but it never comes out like I want it to. I prefer one storey houses big enough for family, yet these houses are rare so I have to build them myself.

Aslo I'm terrible at landscaping. I usually play with all the walls down so when I have a trees around it's a bit tedious to rotate every time to see. And too many flowers/shrubs+trees slow my game down considerably. D'oh.

Any tips at gardening stuff?

[Bladetheninja]

Great tutorial! I almost always have troubles with roofs :lol:

One question though: How did you get all those roof types?

EDIT: Never mind, I didn't read all the comments first, sorry!

[troubledrose94]

I think those corner walls came with an earlier expansion than OFB, actually -- seeing as I don't have OFB but I have those walls. :]

Great tutorial by the way! :D

[sperkins921]

Wndy26,
What was the answer to the question? I've been wondering for ages how to convert what I see in a floorplan book to what's on a sim lot, esp considering usually it comes out too big or too small, or the wall/floor/garage layout isn't possible or above my mediocre building skills. :cry:

What did you search for to get an answer? "square footage to sim footage"??? :anime: :lol:

I was wondering if anyone uses premade floor plans like from www.houseplans.com or something? If you do, how do you translate square feet into sim squares?

Updated: By the way - your tut rocks!!! I have the toughest time with the roof - especially when I attempt to follow the afore mentioned floor plans. :)

Updated 2nd time - I found the answer! Sorry, I should have searched under different terms prior to posting this. Searching for house plans and floor plans didn't get it for me. LOL. :)

[beeps]

sperkins921... The only way I measure my floorplans is by relating a Sim to one square.

For example when a Sim is standing still, he only takes up one square on the grid. That means that rooms dont really need to be 50x30 squares - thats entirely too large for a Sim who only takes up one little square!

Also I make sure to count the number of grid squares each object takes up and build my room sizes around that as well. For example, the smallest bathroom you could make (completely functional) with a toilet, bathtub/shower, sink and door would be 3x2 squares. Thats it!

I really prefer to make my Sims' houses smaller than bigger, so most of my rooms are highly efficient as they relate to functionality and size. Play around with it! It takes time to really master the size and shapes of certain rooms, but once you find something that works for you it will be worth it :)

[Simberr]

Another good approximation: a (regular) door is one square. Or 1 meter is one square. Since you can't divide the squares, it's always going to be an approximation.

[Briella]

This is a wonderful tutorial :)

It's really helped me manage to make houses that aren't hideous and don't use the same roof's as all the other houses my sims are living in. Thank you for taking the time to do it. <3.

If only there was a tutorial like this for family homes, small homes I can deal with. But for three or more sims? My houses end up horrible. But hopefully I’ll improve, especially with the help of this tut.

[Sain]

Heh, that boxy, boring little house sure brings up some memories... I remember, back when I used to make all my houses myself *gulp* All my houses looked like that!
This tutorial was great, though, it was really nicely written, explains things well, and it really makes me want to start building! It'll be nice to be able to build my own houses, so I won't have to download tons of houses anymore and hope one of them fulfills all my dreams. :) Thank you for this awesome tutorial!

[zaxis]

Got to add my thanks here too, even though I didn't learn much new. It was very interesting to see how easy it is to make such a prettyfull house! Very inspiring. :)

[NatalieA9]

Oh my gosh... Your boring house looked exactly like ALL my sims houses lol but the second one was AMAZING!! Do you have it available for download on this website?

[beeps]

NatalieA9... Thanks for reading. I dont have the "after" house up for download at this time. But its not that hard to replicate - try it yourself! That is what this tutorial is for after all ;)

[Zinthos]

Just a little question, when you place furniture inside your house I've seen some people put them diagonally. Does anyone know how they do this?

[beeps]

Bring up the cheat console (CTRL+SHIFT+C) and type in:

boolProp allow45DegreeAngleOfRotation true

Then use the < and > to move the furniture diagonally.

[shrinkingviolet]

Found this tutorial via the S2C forum. Thank you so much for this, boolPropped! I actually managed to make a house that wasn't a big square with a unreal roof. I'm so proud of it, I even took a picture of it : here (http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c225/mysoulunfolding/sims2house01.jpg)

I'm still a bit wonky on the roofs, but it's much better than my previous attempts. :) Thanks again!

--Josie

[beeps]

Hey Josie, glad I helped! Your house looks pretty good - the doors, windows and exterior go together very well :)

[Evil Plumbob]

I keep coming back to this tut. it's so good, i even printed it out and but it in my sims 2 binder:P i tried to replicate this house but i failed miserably so is there any way you could upload the house? thanks,

Evil Plumbob.

P.S: jose, i love the house you made! it was beutiful!!!

[beeps]

Evil Plumbob... Thanks for the feedback! I'm glad you found it useful. I have long lost the original tutorial house, so I won't be uploading it. But try replicating it again, it could be a good challenge for you! (HINT: count the squares for exact dimensions)

[pierreandreply4]

Thank you very much i needed something like that marvelouse tutorial.

[jacciinatl]

Wow, this is just what I needed, I always hesitate to upload my homes because they tend to look very similar, this give me so many ideas. Thanks so much.

[Mikeyboi]

Nice job. :up:

[theparkonpiano]

Hi! I loved this tutorial, it's going to slowly make me break away from box houses... :lol:

I'm just wondering where you got that fence? In the back, the final result picture. Is it from an EP or from a site? Would you be willing to share?

Thank you! :D

[beeps]

The privacy fence is found over on TSR:
http://www.thesimsresource.com/downloads/sims2/objects/buildmode/fences/278905/

[pseudonymph24]

Thanks for the tut.

[peedieprincess]

That after house is gorgeous! Is it kicking around for downloading? I'd love to have it, as I wouldn't be able to make anything as good!

Thanks for the tips =)

[beeps]

peedieprincess... The "after" house in the tutorial is not available for download. But try using this tutorial and building it yourself instead! :D

[Charley-x]

thanks bp! this is really really helpful!!

[blueflame]

This tutorial is a great help for the beginner. Thanks! Now I don't have to download houses. I can create my own.

[Blame Halo 3]

Thanks so much my houses wont e rejeced anymore :)

[Blame Halo 3]

How Do U Make Roofs Without Them Going Through The Wall?

Plz :help: me

[beeps]

How Do U Make Roofs Without Them Going Through The Wall?
You're going to have to be a little more detailed about what your problem is... or visit the creator discussion section to ask specific questions.

[Shnorlick]

This is a great tutorial, I didn't know it was possible to change the angles of the roof. Brilliant!

[Tat2ddevilboy]

This tutorial is awesome. I love building houses, and Ive been working hard to improve my building skills in order to get some lots accepted on here. I do upload to another site as well, and those guys love my stuff, but I want to upload here to share my stuff in return for all the cool stuff I have downloaded in the past.

[Tat2ddevilboy]

How Do U Make Roofs Without Them Going Through The Wall?

Plz :help: me

If you are talking about what I think you are talking about, I have had this happen to me occasionally too. It happens when you "miss" the upper level of the house with the roof tool. It can be annoying but being more careful when placing the roof tool can solve this problem.

[Apps__100]

Very Inspiring. The last non boring house I built was on my broken laptop. It was actually kinda cool. As of late, though I have lacked the inspiration. Thanx!

[julnkev1]

OMG that house looks so good. Wish kine turned out like yours... But i think i did a good job. Thank you so much for the tutorial.

[CatMuto]

I thought that I did houses good. Not well, not perfect, but good. Enough rooms and big enough. A bit variety with the slanted Wall part.

But this .. is great.
I gotta try this out now!

C-A

[Peakabu]

Thank you for this tutorial! I have the HARDEST time w/the roofs. I'm going to try this out next. I've had 2 houses rejected latley..I will attempt a "new" roof and see if that makes a difference. I will try again. I appreciate your time!

[simsbabii]

yay. no more boxes for my simmies

[-Chica]

Thanks so much ♥

[skyruler111]

i thought my sim houses were unique and different, but i see uninspired blocks >< thanks for this tutorial and opening my eyes!

[Killmur]

Just stumbled upon this thread by accident and it inspired me to create the following house in TS3. I turned the room on the right side into a garage though. Other than that slight change the basic footprint is the same. Also yea gotta pretty up the house. *sighs* ALWAYS my least favorite part of making homes. ><

http://img269.imageshack.us/img269/4834/screenshot37t.th.jpg (http://img269.imageshack.us/i/screenshot37t.jpg/)

[1ove]

Wow, that is interesting and helpful. Thanks for sharing with us, I might try it out.

[Pygsmyemm]

How did you get the wall on the second floor over the area at the back on the first floor? cant see to do that?

[Pygsmyemm]

How do you add the wall over the top of the back area of the house on the 2nd floor?

[Alexbaybee]

Yep, they came with the game and Im pretty sure they came with OFB. I love the wall myself and use it on 90% of my houses!

BeeFree200... Im so happy to hear you enjoyed the tutorial and that it helped you out :) Thanks for giving feedback!

I've all EPs except for Ampartment Life, and you said it came with OFB? What catergory did you find it in? e.g: tile, brick etc.

:up: :up: :up: :up: :up: 5/5 for the tut! :D

[scotlandwolf]

The tutorial is amazing, i think that decor is another big thing that players seem to ignore, if a house has no decor your sim's room need goes down