Living room (current set)- slowed down due to work, will update this weekend. :)

[mustluvcatz]

I've worked hard on this set and I have to say that I really, really like it. :) This started out as a clone of Izzy's spacesaver.

This is what I have so far. Extra slots have been added to the wall shelf (the short one) and the shelf that goes over the sink. What I really like about this set is that it can look (more) modern or older- depending on what textures you use.

http://i27.tinypic.com/24fikaa.jpg

http://i26.tinypic.com/154iqvs.jpg

Any thoughts on changes? I do know that the shelf over the sink would cut into windows, so a plain lower version is planned. (And it will cut into some faucets, so I need to raise the bottom shelf a tad.) Slots? The slots on the wall shelf- more?? LOL- I think there should be 2 slots per shelf, but I'm not too sure. The toilet paper thingy is too plain- anything that can be changed on it? (I'm going to add a slot to the top for the heck of it.) Anything else that should be added to the set? (Towel rack??)

Oh..one more thing- the wall shelf is not shiftable. I was going to make it shiftable but now I'm not too sure. It sits on top of cabinets, which I like, and can be put over the toilet if a different look is wanted.

[levini]

it looks lovely but i think the colors are really dark and I cant see the knobs if anything
Here are some good ideas
1.) I would add some textures to the knobs Like a gold-ish or silver color would add some details to the set
2.) A towel rack is a good idea
3.) The toilet paper holder looks like it could have a slot added to it the item looks like a good place to put a decorative book or small plant
4.) also there should be no slots on the top area of the two holder things where the decorative cow and mushrooms are placed (For people who have apartment life being that the maxis ceiling is way too low and it would be a total problem to place any item there )

[mustluvcatz]

Yeah, the color is dark. That's just one of the textures I'm going to use...Maxis Match black. The glass is clearish, so it doesn't really show- and it's just one of the textures. The knobs? You can't really tell with these textures, but the knobs take their color from the glass. So with the clearish glass the knobs look kind of like ghosts of themselves. (But they look different depending on what color glass is used!)
The towel rack has been meshed- so yay! Someone agreed, lol. The slot for the toilet paper holder will be added then.. but the slots on the top shelves? Those were already there and I'm pretty sure low decorations won't interfere with ceilings. You can cycle through the slots using "m" so I don't think those slots would be a problem. I'll see if I can make a couple of small, low decorations to go with.

What about adding another slot to each of the 2 middle shelves of the wall shelf? (The ones with the pictures and the tray.) If I move the existing slot over, there is plenty of shelf room left to add another one to the other side.

Thanks Levini. :)

[levini]

adding more slots would sound like a good idea
and you are welcome

[mustluvcatz]

Here's a pic of the towel rack with different textures so you can see what I mean about the knobs. I think the glass knobs are neat and honestly? They didn't look near as good with the wooden textures- which is where they were mapped to first.

http://i28.tinypic.com/qnwchi.jpg

If someone were to recolor the glass, there COULD be a problem depending on what texture was used. But I plan on offering the map so it's clear where the knobs are on the texture. :)

[levini]

I see what you mean and the Glass knobs are better
And just a question Will this set pull textures all from one object (I have thousands of downloads and smaller file sizes are the things i look for)???

[mustluvcatz]

Yep, this set will be repository. With 13 recolors (I got carried away and may not use them all), repository is the only way to go here. :)

[levini]

Lovely, But what object will everything pull the textures off of

[mustluvcatz]

Most likely the space-saver. They're all based on that and use it's mapping. I CAN offer repository and non-repository since I don't overwrite the originals. (I save with a different file name.) That might be a good option with this set.

[levini]

that is a good option and if I may ask What are the Polygon counts of each item along with the price

[mustluvcatz]

Well, since I don't shop at expensive stores I don't expect my sims to either. :) And I tend to keep my stuffs cheaper. This set? Don't know yet. Probably no more than 150-200 simoleons depending on what piece it is. The polycount? I think everything is between 500 and 700.

I'll be back later with a shot of all the wood/glass pieces. There might be a few little deco things to add if I can think of something to do. (MOAR opinions needed at that time! lol)

[levini]

ok Ill be out tomorrow though Ill see them Monday

[mustluvcatz]

Alrighty, here are a few more pics of a few of the recolors. I'm pretty much happy with all the recolors (and I'm not showing them all here!) of the wood and glass.

I need to adjust some of the slots I think? The slots on the sink shelf and the towel rack might need to be farther apart. (Thanks HL for your tutorial, I got all the slots pretty much in the right spot on the first try..yay!) Any obvious flaws or anything that should be changed? The shadows need adjusted on the towel rack..I know that much.

So, here's what there is so far:
Space-saver (over the toilet)
Wall shelf
Towel rack (need to add towels yet)
Toilet paper holder
Sink shelf

I know I still want to do a smaller, plainer sink shelf and, hopefully, a few small deco items. Anything else? If you're reading this, jump in! :) Opinions and feedback are what I posted this for, lol.

[eefje00704]

Perhaps a toilet brush as part of the deco items? And maybe a matching medicine cabinet with mirror for over the sink?

I love where this is going Mustluvcats, it all looks great!

[mustluvcatz]

A medicine cabinet! Now, why didn't I think of that? :) The toilet brush I did think of but wasn't sure how to work it in there and keep the look. Now, I think I've got an idea of how to do that. Thanks, eefje, and thanks for the compliment.

[lucy kemnitzer]

This is gorgeous. I agree with you that it's a good all-purpose design that can go different directions with different textures. I disagree about taking off the top slots since they're already there -- nobody has to use them! I also think if you've put two slots per shelf, that's enough, and you don't have to go to the effort of adding more: if people seriously need to overload the shelves, they can use silent lucidity's omsps! Are the glass and wood separate subsets?

The medicine cabinet mirror is an excellent suggestion. A stylistic suggestion would be to have the mirror framed, like the doors of the cabinets, though I don't know if the proportion of the frame would have to be slimmer for the mirror.

The toilet paper thing doesn't need to be any fancier. I'd leave it as is. I could see it being designed with panels to match the cabinets, but I could also see that as overkill.


If you're still looking for yet more additions to this large and lovely set, I'd consider a laundry hamper/end table.

(I had to rewrite this post because it took me that long to realize the sink is sitting in a Shakerlicious cabinet, and it is not part of the discussion).

[lauratje86]

I certainly second (third?) the toilet brush idea! It always bugs me that sims clean the toilet when there's no toilet brush in the room, what do they do, carry one round in their pockets or something?! :-) A decorative one would be cool, would certainly get a lot of use in my game! A laundry hamper would also be cool.

What other colours have you made the recolours in? Have you done a white one? If not, I'd like to suggest one, as I love white furniture, especially for bathrooms! :-)

Decowise, maybe some aftershave/deodorant stuff, maybe a box of tissues or something? Or a toothbrush holder, and maybe a soap dish? Or some fish ornaments?

[levini]

They do look good
I second a white recolor too I love that clean look of white
but wont a medicine cabinet require apartment life ???

[lucy kemnitzer]

There's a seasons medicine cabinet too, or the whole thing could be cloned from a mirror to keep it basegame compatible.

[mya2006]

Can Anyone Make Sex And The City Carrie Bradshaw Funiture , I Love That Show And The Movies ,i Dont Know How To Make Anything Or Reclor Anything, And I Dont Where Else To Post This At Either ,

[heaven]

Decowise, maybe some aftershave/deodorant stuff, maybe a box of tissues or something? Or a toothbrush holder, and maybe a soap dish? Or some fish ornaments?
Agree. Also, maybe a razor, shaving cream, cologne set. There is stuff for women but never stuff for me. Toothbrush holder, soap dish all sound great! Maybe with a matching receptacle. Like you can get at BBB where everything matches.


Can Anyone Make Sex And The City Carrie Bradshaw Funiture , I Love That Show And The Movies ,i Dont Know How To Make Anything Or Reclor Anything, And I Dont Where Else To Post This At Either ,
There is a WCIF forum where you can post items you are looking for and, if they have been created and someone knows about it, they will let you know. There is also a list of people who make items on request. They can both be found here (http://www.modthesims.info/forumdisplay.php?f=557). This is a feedback forum and your post was not even necessarily related to the thread.

[mustluvcatz]

There is a white recolor- there are 6 MM woods and 3 Seasons Match. The rest are textures that caught my fancy. ;) As for the glass and wood being separate subsets, yes they are. The slots are staying the way they are, with the exception of moving a few over a bit. (Maybe, I'm going to see what smaller deco objects look like..they might be okay the way they are.)

I was thinking about the medicine cabinet- I could use the Seasons cabinet and follow HL's tutorial to make it base game. But I think using a mirror and faking a medicine cabinet might be better. The toothbrush holder is a good idea- a cup or the type that is attached to the wall? If I do a cup, it could be put on the over the sink shelf. There are a few more things mentioned that sound good- I'm not giving it all away now though. :) Pics will be added later!

Thanks so much for the replies!

[Honeywell]

Just chiming in to say I love it--the green is my favorite. :D As for deco, a stack of towels or maybe a basket of rolled towels that fit your shelves? Whenever I see these shelves for the bathroom I always figure people need more storage space and use them for linens. Either or it looks great and I look forward to seeing your finished set. :)

[mustluvcatz]

*bleh* Crash, crash, crash. Lol @ myself- I know why and I'm fixing it. I will be posting some pics sometime in the morning, it's bedtime after I fix the crashy object. Good idea about the towels, Honeywell.

*wanders off muttering to herself about paying attention to what she's doing* :)

[lauratje86]

Either kind of toothbrush holder would be cool, though the type I had in mind was a cup, indeed because I thought it would work well on the shelf over the sink :-D

Hope you got the crashy object sorted mustluvcatz :-) And got some sleep!

[Gwenke33]

I love what you are doing, and the toilet paper thingy is realy needed. The toilet brush as well. If you're looking for deco ideas, what about men stuff, like different razors/shavers?

[mustluvcatz]

I'm thinking about razors, shaving cream..maybe one or two other little things.

Until I get that figured out, here's a few more things.

What was added today: toothbrush holder, 2 bottles, the hamper and a lower shelf. The shelf still pokes into windows (gah!), shadows need fixed and the hamper needs fixed (more gah!). I'm getting confused looking at all the meshes, lol..I think that's all that got done today. Should the bottles be left empty or should I add lotion/soap to them?

I'm still working on a few more things..a cup being one of them since I stole it for the toothbrushes. :) Oh, the bottles are slaved to the toothbrush holder. Any obvious flaws, mistakes? (Besides the hamper and shadows!)

Sorry for the rather ugly screenshots, I took all the other cc out while I was fixing the crashy object..which still isn't fixed right. (Darned hamper.)

[JavierMC20]

Hiya MLC, I really like what you're doing. Looking good. The toothbrush holder and lotion bottles seem just a little too transparent. Maybe up the opaqueness of them a tad so they seem a bit more substantial? They look almost phased to me. Otherwise, I like it all. :up:

[lucy kemnitzer]

I want to play around with recoloring that hamper. Is the inset part repository too? What would it be repositoried to?

[mustluvcatz]

The hamper is slaved to the spacesaver. The clothing that can be seen behind the glass is a separate subset that isn't recolorable though. So it will be seen through any clear/semi-clear glass. (I think I'm going to redo the clothing so it's not all the way to the top.)

Here's hoping the glass deco stuffs look better now. :) Shadows have all been fixed so ignore those! I made the lower sink shelf a bit lower, but forgot to see what it looks like in front of a window.

In an earlier post, I said I could offer this set in repository and non..um, I kind of forgot about that and all the latest changes were made to the slaves. If I can figure out exactly what I changed, I'll make those changes in the non-repository stuff.

edit: Where are my manners? Thanks Javier!

[Gwenke33]

Having glass in the hamper seems strange to me. Maybe here you could sacrifice repositoriness and make it recolorable separately. Or can the glass part of the master mesh be recoloured into wicker? The glass deco stuff looks better, but would it be possible to give it some thickness? I mean so that the bottom and the walls would be thicker, less transparent than the middle part.

[mustluvcatz]

I'm not totally happy with the hamper myself and was already thinking of how to change it. The glass will probably end up being a recolorable subset just for the hamper. Wicker? I'd love that! If I had some good wicker textures it would already have a wicker recolor. (That's something else I meant to do- go on a texture hunt.)
I'll see if making the glass deco stuff completely opaque makes it look better- although I like it the way it is. But..seeing as I can keep the ones I like, changing it to suit others is so not a problem. :) One thing though- do you think it should all be a bit bigger? I used the coffee cup as a guide for size, so they're pretty much "life-sized" but they still look a bit tiny to me.

[JavierMC20]

If you give me color swatches of your recolors, I can make you 512x512 wicker textures, if you'd like. See attached pics.

EDIT: The white you see in the photo's is transparent alpha

[mustluvcatz]

Javier, do you mean you can take the textures and make wicker textures out of them? If that's what you mean, that's an interesting idea. I think I'd rather you did that to the Maxis Match woods though- do you have those or do you need them? (If you do this, please share the textures freely- I know they'd be very appreciated and useful.) The ones I use the most are the black, white, dark, medium, light and cherry woods.

The hamper has been fixed so the glass (well, it's not going to be glass anymore!) isn't slaved- it just needs to have the recolors added for it. The glass deco has been changed again, it does look better now. :) I think the darkness towards the bottom is because of the shadow- so I'm going to lighten the shadow.

Anything else that should be changed? I've got a little list of nit-picky little things to do... no pics until I have the little things tweaked, lol.

[JavierMC20]

I don't have the maxis match textures, but i can make them into wicker (different variations) if I did. All I need is the textures. Are they available somewhere for download?

[mustluvcatz]

The textures are available at Sims 2 Artists- Huge Lunatic and Amythestfenix uploaded them.. but since I have some that aren't there here are the ones I have (http://www.mediafire.com/?cljnti991ycebbk) (If you want to get more, you can extract them in SimPE- example: C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Mansion and Garden Stuff\TSData\Res\3D or Sims3D. Open one of the .packages in there and it will list TXTRs and/or LIFO's that you can extract.)

Since you're a creator, you might find them useful. Anyone else who wants them, feel free to get them. (Once this thread is deleted, the link will be gone!) The textures I have are in named folders, so anything you don't want can be deleted. Thanks, Javier. :)

Edit to add a couple more screenshots. Towels, which I'm not in love with..they're Maxis, edited by me. Two stacks and hanging towels for the towel rack. A tall shelf- which I want to edit so it can be used as a divider, it needs to be wider to work the way I want it to. You can barely see it, but there's a box of Kleenex, too- not a box like you can buy in the store. It's supposed to look like one of those covers you put OVER the box. I need to tweak it a little bit.

[levini]

Lovely They look awesome are you going to like make them with designs and stuff like the real life ones

[mustluvcatz]

The Kleenex box? Or any of the glass deco, for that matter? Probably not. I try to stay away from using real logo's for anything- although I did think about adding one recolor for all the glass deco that is real-ish..add a picture of some kind at the least.

[levini]

Not what I mean like do a stained glass look on the decorative items like in the cabinets

[mustluvcatz]

Here's a screenshot of the tall shelf/divider. Two questions about it: 1) Are there too many slots, not enough or just right?
2) The height- what would be better: All the way to the ceiling? Or shorter, with a couple of slots on the top? (Which it already has, but I got the height wrong for ceilings AND slots at the same time.)

This might turn out to be my favorite part of this set. It can be used as a shelf or as a room divider. Yes, the wall will eat one end of it if used wall-to-wall, but that can't be avoided. (Without cheats and overlapping, as far as I know!)

Levini- I did think about having the glass deco take the stained glass. Honestly? I don't like that idea because that's TOO matchy to me, which is why I tried to pick colors that are in some of the glass panels. :)

[lauratje86]

I like the divider a lot. Personally, I'd say go for shorter with slots on the top, as that's more like the ones I've seen in real life. Also, I like things with slots! Clutter is good. And with all the stuff you're making, plus the Maxis stuff, plus the CC I already have, I'll have no shortage of stuff to put on them!

Will you be doing the towels in other colours too? Maybe plain ones? Perhaps some bigger stacks of towels?

This set is looking amazing! So many objects, and they're all so nice too! :-D

*EDIT* Oh, and have you edited the toothbrush holder & bottles to make them more opaque? They look different. I like them.

[levini]

they look good and they have enough slots for me
oh and ok MLC

[mustluvcatz]

Well, while waiting for any replies I decided to try the shorter shelf/divider out. Personally, I like it better. They're just low enough that most Maxis (no cc in my folder atm besides my own) deco fits without cutting into the ceiling. And the possibilities for it! I could see a plant that trails down both sides.. :) Since I kept the other one, both could be offered..all I have to do is make that one taller, change the GUID and remove the top slots. Both will still have lots of slots..slots ftw!

lauratje86- Thanks! The towels? You like them? Like I said, they're just the game towels- I just played around with them and made them (hopefully) base game. If they're ok the way they are, I could do some more colors and another size or two. I tried to do a rolled up towel and failed miserably. And I did change the glass deco, they do look better.

Levini- trust me, I tried it and they just look strange. Pretty, but still a bit odd.

[amythestfenix]

Well, I'm sure glad you posted the link to this over at S2A! This is a fantastic set with loads of great stuff in it :) Can the towels be repository to the OFB ones too? Lunie might be willing to extract them for base game users. I've done so many towel recolors, my game will explode with more! I have wicker textures too, and I'll put them up with all the rest so you can use them if you want.

Love the shorter divider! And if the tissue box is done so a design can be placed on each side separately (or at least on long side, short side) people can recolor it as they please.

[mustluvcatz]

OFB towels! I forgot all about those ones. Those ones look more like towels- the K&B ones aren't my favorite towels.. Thanks for reminding me those towels exist. (I know, I probably scrolled right past them in SimPE, lol.)

The tissue box is getting redone no matter what- I somehow messed it up and when you move around it in game, the color goes away. How I managed to do that I have no clue. I'll make it so a design can be put on at least one of the sides- it will look more like a tissue box that way. The shorter divider is my favorite thing right now- it can go anywhere and fit in, and all the slots don't hurt any. :)

[lauratje86]

I do prefer the shorter dividers :-) More slots, yay! Have you considered making one without the glass bit, just with plain shelves?

I think the towels look fine, they look, ummmm, like towels? I like the one with a small towel hung over a bigger one, that's how my mum and grandma hang towels in RL! (I don't have different sized towels in RL - I'm a cheapskate student, I use huge bath towels for everything!!) But yeah, some bigger ones, and other colours, would be cool :-D Good idea from amythestfenix, the OFB towels are pretty nice, as I recall, would be nice to be able to use those colours too!

Are the little things on the shelves in post 36, screenshot 1 towels or something else? I couldn't see very well on the screenshot as they're pretty small.

[mustluvcatz]

I was thinking of taking the glass out of the taller divider. It looks kind of odd for some reason. Maybe it's because of the ceiling? So I will take the glass out of that one. There could probably be 2 versions of each- one with the glass and one without. I'm seriously against that though- simply because this set is getting rather large and it's not quite done. (Perhaps an add-on's type of set is called for?)

Yeah, those little things are towels. I meant to make them bigger and keep forgetting- they can't be too much bigger though, or they won't fit on the shelves. And they're for the shelves. :) I know what you mean about the smaller towel over the bigger one. Once upon a time, I used to do that and all my towels had to match/coordinate. With 4 boys running around, I gave that up- now we're lucky if we can find a clean towel (and we have 22 of them), let alone a matching one.

I'll be back later with a screenshot with every mesh that's finished/almost finished!

[levini]

ok
and so far it all looks awesome

[padensim]

Looking good and when can I haz so that I may play with recolouring them??

[lauratje86]

Haha, an add-on set might work. Is it turning out as a bigger set than you'd expected?? I'm very impressed by how much you've listened to people's opinions - I know that's kind of the point of posting in this forum, but some creators aren't very good at it (including me, to some extent!).

I thought they were! A bit bigger would be good, the size they are now they look quite a bit smaller than the handtowels on the rail. Maybe they could be facecloths? (In RL I also lack facecloths, I use the corner of a bath towel as a facecloth! One day I will be organised and less cheap, and buy matching sets of varying sized towels & facecloths. Honest. Well, if I don't, my sims will, at least, thanks to you!)

Can't wait to see piccies of all the meshes! How many are there?

[mustluvcatz]

Levini - thankies.

Paden - soon, soon. I know- those 400ish (really??) glass textures you have are just waiting to be used. :)

lauratje86 - I started out just wanting to make the space-saver, toilet paper thingy and a wall shelf. There are now18 meshes, with some more that aren't done yet. The set just grew and I'm glad it did. I wouldn't post in this forum if I didn't want ideas and opinions. There are things I wouldn't have thought of if it weren't for everyone who's replied. So THANKS! everyone for all the replies and suggestions.

In the screenshot: space-saver, the 2 sink shelves, wall shelf, towel shelf thingy, toilet paper holder, short divider, tall divider, toothbrush cup, 2 towel stacks, 2 bottles, hanging towels, 2 "wall columns" and 2 columns. The columns are optional- the wall ones are to cover up the wall if you don't like the "the wall eated my shelf" look and there are 2 thick ones that "fill in" the blank space if you want to, well I can't explain it so see the pics! That's 17 of the 18 that are done/pretty much done- the hamper forgot to make an appearance. :)

The big question- should this be in 2 sets? The wood/glass stuff in one and all the deco in the other? I'm kind of leaning towards that myself. It makes sense I think.

[levini]

no and if there were an Awesomeness button I would be massing the hell out of it seriously they look awesome

[JavierMC20]

I agree that it all looks great and came/is coming together really well. I think having the two sets is the way to go, and maybe cataloging it so we can easily find all the great content of this project...cause I want it NOW! LOL

[mustluvcatz]

:D

There will definitely be a collection file. I think I'm going to do the 2 sets way. That way I can get all the little deco objects just the way I want them to look.

There are still 2 wood/glass meshes I'm working on or finishing. When those are done, hopefully in the next hour or so, I'll submit those.

Before I do submit those? My meshes are usually cheap in game- less than 100 simoleons. This set calls for a bit higher of a price- any ideas? Or should I just keep it all fairly cheap? I still need to do the catalog descriptions and tweak a catalog placement or two, I'll be "pricing" the meshes then.

edit: Sleep ftw! Now that I've taken a little nap, I'll get to finishing the first part up. Any last minute suggestions?

[sailfindragon]

This looks absolutely fantastic. Great work.

[lauratje86]

I think that two sets is the way to go, what a lot of stuff! :-) I can't wait to be able to download these, they look great :-D

[Gwenke33]

About the price... I prefer that my CC prices match the in-game prices whenever possible. So a tub with a hygiene of 10 would cost about the same as the Maxis tub with hygiene 10. Well, except if it is made to look a lot more sophisticated, or a lot more dingy. (Well in that case I might try to change the hygiene value instead). Otherwise the whole economy thing in my game makes no sense. Of course there are variations in the Maxis catalogue prices as well.

[lauratje86]

Oh yes, the prices. Quite a lot of your stuff doesn't have an in game equivalent, so a lot of it's up to you! I'd say to make things that have a Maxis equivalent (like the hanging towels and the dividers), or similar item, a similar price, and to make the small deco objects quite reasonably priced. Maybe the shelves could be similar in price to the OFB or BV shelves?

[mustluvcatz]

Thanks for the replies. :) I kinda fell back to sleep then had to run errands, so this didn't get finished up. Working on it all right now.

[levini]

YAY!!! cant wait

[mustluvcatz]

A bit later than planned, but the main meshes have been submitted. :) *crosses fingers*

On to the deco!

[levini]

yay!!! thats awesomeness

[lauratje86]

Yay! I see they've been approved, just downloading them now :-D

How's the deco coming along??

[mustluvcatz]

Approved? ROFL- I haven't even gotten the PM yet!!

My WinRAR might be broken- can you let me know if there is any problem with the .rar's??

The deco is coming along, just trying to work out a mapping problem. It should all be done later on tonight. :)

[lauratje86]

Approved? ROFL- I haven't even gotten the PM yet!!

My WinRAR might be broken- can you let me know if there is any problem with the .rar's??

The deco is coming along, just trying to work out a mapping problem. It should all be done later on tonight. :)

A couple of the .rar's only worked the second time I downloaded them, don't know if that's a problem on my end or yours though. The one with the slave meshes didn't unrar completely when I tried to extract the files, but it worked fine when I redownloaded it and tried again.

Cool cool, I'm looking forward to it! How many deco meshes are there?

[mustluvcatz]

Ok, I'll see what happens for me. (I was gonna go run errands- my car mysteriously disappeared with my bf in it- while I was getting dressed!)

So far there are.. 8? Notice I said "so far". :)

[mustluvcatz]

Double post! Sorry, but a new pic and a question:

I redid the kleenex box. The patterns (I tried 4- one at a time) I want to use were getting too be too much of a pain in the rear to map the mesh to- getting everything lined up was getting ridiculous! So, I picked the one I liked the most and mapped it to that. It's not perfectly lined up all around and it's not supposed to be. Does it look alright to anyone else? Maybe the top should be a solid color instead? There are also 2 different perfumes done, but the textures aren't completely done yet. So no pic of those. :)

Almost forgot- I dl'ed all of the set that's uploaded and it all extracted okay. Guess there's not anything wrong with my WinRAR. The problem had to be on the other end.

[lauratje86]

I like it with the patterned top, actually. It looks like one of those fancy tissue boxes that places sell nowadays instead of just selling the normal, plain brand boxes.

8, huh? So that's the tissue box, two perfumes, the toothbrushes cup, the toliet roll and....... What have I missed? Oh, and the "so far" gets a definite thumbs up from me :-D

[mustluvcatz]

There is a ? after the 8, lol. Let's see- the tissue box, 2 bottles, toothbrush cup, 2 different perfumes/colognes, 2 small stacks of towels. Yep, that's 8. Although, there is a half-finished toilet bowl brush (having trouble with the texture for the brush part)..and a couple more unfinished meshes I was playing around with. Now that there are the dividers with the shelves, I know where to go with those.

Cool about the tissue box. I wanted it to look fancy-schmancy instead of all plain and dull. Not that I can afford the fancy ones, we always end up with plain, dull boxes of tissues. :)

edit: Like I said earlier, I try to stay away from using real logos for my stuffs. So- ideas are needed for: names of colognes/perfumes. I have next to no imagination when it comes to that kind of stuff.

[lauratje86]

There is a ? after the 8, lol. Let's see- the tissue box, 2 bottles, toothbrush cup, 2 different perfumes/colognes, 2 small stacks of towels. Yep, that's 8. Although, there is a half-finished toilet bowl brush (having trouble with the texture for the brush part)..and a couple more unfinished meshes I was playing around with. Now that there are the dividers with the shelves, I know where to go with those.

Cool about the tissue box. I wanted it to look fancy-schmancy instead of all plain and dull. Not that I can afford the fancy ones, we always end up with plain, dull boxes of tissues. :)

edit: Like I said earlier, I try to stay away from using real logos for my stuffs. So- ideas are needed for: names of colognes/perfumes. I have next to no imagination when it comes to that kind of stuff.

Cool! :-) What happened to the toilet roll holder? Is that one the unfinished meshes?

Me neither, I buy the cheap ones. I also have a tendency to nick loads of tissues from my parents house whenever I go and visit them and then refill my old tissue boxes with them :-D

I also have very little imagaination for perfume names. Ummm..... how about..... ummmm...... nope, no ideas. I think Brentford would be a good name for cologne, though (but I'm biased!). Not sure it really sounds right, but all things Brentford are awesome :-) Other than that I have no sensible suggestions whatsoever :-P

[amythestfenix]

I just downloaded the bath set and it's awesome! I especially like the fact that all my basic recolors are there, so I don't have to do them :) I'm really looking forward to this part as well. I redo all my labels in Simlish, so even if it was real before, it doesn't really look like it in game. I'm also terrible at names for stuff, so I won't be any help withthat. Oh, I uploaded the wicker textures I use at S2A since you said you were looking for some.

[mustluvcatz]

There's a toilet paper thingy in the main set.. what kind of toilet roll holder were you thinking of?

I think I will use real names for the colognes and simlish them, of course I need to install the font I have- which means that I have to close all the stuff I have in PhotoShop and, and..*sigh*. It can wait a bit I reckon. :)

Thankies Amythestfenix. Of course all the basic recolors are there. BUT, you're more than welcome to do the ones I didn't do ya know, lol. I'm not too into shabby/grungy/trashed textures which is why the Maxis woods are in there. Someone already recolored the set, too! First time I know of that anyone recolored anything of mine. But, I ramble..and must go get me some wicker textures. What timing you have!

[mustluvcatz]

Hmmm..I like this, I do. But I think there's room for improvement. Ideas? Suggestions? Throw it on the scrap heap?? It leans- it's meant to lean against the wall. (Is there something like this already?)

I'm stuck on something with this, too. The towels being slaved to the game towels was mentioned. Well, if I do that OFB will be needed. Also, if I do that- all the towels will be the same color. Which isn't a bad thing, but I think it would neater to have more than one choice. (Like pink and striped.) IF I don't slave them to the game towels, that can be done.

What I could do with these towels is slave them to the first set. The first set would have to be remapped, which is a shame for anyone who has them already.

What to do, what to do. Oh, yes..the shelf on the very top will have a few slots. So another thing- I like the glass but it's not very practical. Maybe the glass should be rotated? I dunno!

[lucy kemnitzer]

Here are my favorite brand names for Sim things:
Voom
Yum
Wow
Ai Yai Yai
Hello

rendered in Simlish, which did not come through when I pasted it.

For logos I'm using a gear, a splat, a star, and a six-petaled flower.

(I'm been experimenting with recoloring various commercial items, including Sims Divine's "Pill Box Chemist" set. I don't know what they look like ingame yet because I'm still having game loading problems.

[lauratje86]

There's a toilet paper thingy in the main set.. what kind of toilet roll holder were you thinking of?

D'oh! I think my brain somehow got switched off when I was posting there..... :-(

I think your new towel thing looks kind of cool, but I'm not sure about the glass bit. The object kind of looks like something that would fall over sometimes in RL, and that would break the glass, so in the real world it's unlikely that something like that would have glass in it.

Perhaps it would make more sense with no glass, and maybe with an extra shelf instead?? And perhaps a bit less space between the top of the towels and the shelf?

How's everything else coming along?

[amythestfenix]

Thankies Amythestfenix. Of course all the basic recolors are there. BUT, you're more than welcome to do the ones I didn't do ya know, lol. I'm not too into shabby/grungy/trashed textures which is why the Maxis woods are in there. Someone already recolored the set, too! First time I know of that anyone recolored anything of mine. But, I ramble..and must go get me some wicker textures. What timing you have!

I'm doing some painted ones to match my Kitchen Basic/Shakerlicious counters. I'm not into shabby/grungy/trashed either- I play a more maxis-matched kind of game.

Of course, since I've already done the OFB towels/K&B towels/Livia Bath towels in 100+ colors and patterns, I don't really want to recolor any more :) so my opinion is extremely biased. I like my sets of towels to match, and the bath/hand towels can be two different colors by doing the OFB master that way.

[mustluvcatz]

By doing the OFB master that way? You don't mean editing the game towels, do you?

I already made the towel thingy shorter- I kind of figured it would be too tall, it was. :) Good idea about taking out the glass and adding another shelf. The whole thing is on hold because I can't log on to my Windows. It's registered and all- I've even got the disc sitting right in front of me. I don't think I can use any of the progams on Linux? *sigh*

[lauratje86]

Oh dear! :-( I hope you manage to get Windows working again soon! How annoying!

[levini]

oh Dear MLC ---Hope your probbies get fixed

[mustluvcatz]

Well, apparently my issue is something that Microsoft knows about and there's a work-around for it. I don't want to give up my XP Pro, so I guess I'll have to put up with a problem or 2. Silly. I never had any problem until I had to reformat and reinstall everything. (Same disc, same everything else..again, silly!)

Anyways, this means that I can start to work on this stuff again. Hopefully I'll have an update later tonight. :)

[lauratje86]

Yay! :-) I'm glad you got it sorted. I have Vista, and that causes me some problems, but it works most of the time.... And I totally can't afford to change it or buy another laptop, so Vista and I just have to play nicely together :-)

I'm looking forward to the update :-D

[levini]

yay thats great

[mustluvcatz]

In an earlier post, I said there were 8 deco meshes so far. I think I lost at least one! lol @ myself- if I did, I'll hunt it down.

Not much really got done since yesterday. The grandbaby and her mom were here- the baby is only 16 months old and into everything. She used to sit on my lap if I was on the computer and pretend to type. Now she wants to type and push every button in sight, which made it hard to do much! :lol:

So, here are a few pics. The towel rack needs to be redone- I got sidetracked and cloned the wrong object and need to fix that. The towels for it are done but not pictured since I haven't decided how to do them yet: Slave them to the OFB towels, don't slave them to the OFB towels OR offer both versions? (Yep! That's a question!) The other towels were already done, along with the toothbrush cup and the 2 bottles. The tissue box was redone and I really kind of like it. The 3 cologne bottles need tweaked- a change I made caused the writing to be barely visible. Sheesh. This will teach me to try to do anything while the grandbaby is here!

Any obvious flaws? (Besides the towel rack shadow- which I didn't touch since I need to redo the whole thing.) Question about the cologne bottles- they're placed on the footprint so they can be put on OMSP's and placed in a group. Should I leave them that way or group them? I kind of like them being single, but using OMSP's isn't something everyone likes to do. Is the towel rack short enough? Leaning enough? Too much? I ask too many questions??

Oh yeah, not all recolors are pictured for any of the meshes! Each one has at least 6..the towel rack has the 13 like the rest of the main meshes.

[lauratje86]

The tissue boxes look awesome! :-) Loving the towels and other stuff from screenshot #2. I reckon the cologne bottles should stay as they are rather than being grouped. Though I have OMSP's in my game, so I could group them if I wanted :-D The towel rack looks good to me, I assume it's meant to lean against a wall? Could we see a pic of it placed by a wall, would make it easier to see how tall it is I think. Yes, you ask a lot of questions, but you actually listen to the answers, so it's all good! :-D

[mustluvcatz]

Here's the redone leaning towel rack- the shadows (for the rack and the towels) need fixed and the slots need moved a bit. The whole rack somehow, mysteriously got out of whack while the grandbaby was here.. she was banging on the keyboard while I was in another room. It's odd. I compared one of the first pics I took of it to the one I took last night. Parts of it were bent. Oh well, I fixed it. A little ledge was added to the back of both shelves- I like the way it looks. Keep the ledges? Scrap them?

Also in the pics- the new towels. I like these ones much better, which I should! They're the game towels, lol, edited and remapped to a doubled texture so more than one color can be used. Now to decide whether to slave them to the game towels or not- right now the towels are together, which means I'd have to edit...well, let me put it this way: the towels are all one file. I can separate them and make each towel a separate file and slave them. That part is easy. The big ?? is: Slave or not? (OFB would be needed!)

The cologne bottles are being brats, there are a few more meshes about done. Hopefully I'll be able to update later tonight. :) edit: Looking at the pics, the shadows for the lotion bottles and toothbrush cup are still too dark. (That's what is causing the darkness at the bottom.) Those will get fixed, too.

[levini]

awww thats kinda Cute but no Slaving it would be better than having to slave it

[mustluvcatz]

Yeah, I really don't want to slave the towels to be honest. Slaving them to the game towels would save space for people- but then OFB would be needed for them. I can always go the "2 options" router (slaved and not) IF I can remember to do it. :) That's probably the best solution.

The leaning towel rack needs something. What I don't know. Something is missing.. *off to look at pictures of standing towel racks*

[mustluvcatz]

Looking at pictures of standing towel racks didn't really inspire me. Then I remembered I had a rolled towel kind-of done..and a basket. The rolled towel stopped me cold because I couldn't figure out how to get the texture on the ends the right way. So I used the towel stacks I had made..

Now the basket needs something! Handles perhaps? More towels, if I can fit them in?

[Gwenke33]

These types of baskets often have holes on two sides for handles, you might try that. Other than that, i think the towels could be a little more crumpled. Or maybe one of them could be. I love the basket texture. I liked the leaning towel rack as well, would have preferred them with single towels so they do not look so similar to the OfB towels.

[mustluvcatz]

I added handles. :) Cut-out handles would look nice, but there are things I just can't get right no matter how hard I try. Like the towels- now that I slaved all of them to a master (not the game towels) I can't get the texture to show up right on some of them. *sigh* Just last week I finished the main meshes- all but 2 of those are mapped on the master mesh and they're fine.

Frustrated? Yes, I am! None of the above it directed at anyone else. All of the deco meshes are so, so close to being done now. Little problems seem to be the hardest for me to fix- sometimes it seems trying to fix them only makes it worse. Sooo..I'm gonna try something and hopefully it will work and I'll have an update later. And maybe, just maybe, someone will read this and say "Hey MLC, are you doing 'this'?- whatever 'this' might be- and I'll realize I forgot to do one little thing. :)

Gwenke- Crumpled? You're right, those towels look too perfect. I see what you mean about single towels, too.. the first towels I did could be made into a single towel without changing TOO much of the mesh. Milkshape and SimPE might end up hating me by the end of the day, lol.

[lauratje86]

I'm loving all the new stuff, it looks awesome! Sorry I haven't been around to comment, my internet's gone stupid.... Just bought 2 more dongles, hopefully one of those will work! I like the basket of towels, it's cool. I'd be interested to see how it looks with handles.

The leaning towel rack looks cool :-) I wasn't sure about it at first, but now I really like it! :-D

[amythestfenix]

All the new stuff looks really great now! I've already given my input on the towels, so I hope you make a slaved version. I just won't recolor/put any more towel files in my game- but I'm only one person.

[mustluvcatz]

You know, I wasn't sure about the leaning towel rack at first. It was just an idea that popped in to my head so I thought "why not?". Now that the glass is gone, there are 2 shelves and slots- I'm happy with it. It's such a simple thing, too.

The towels in the pic in the post above got changed. For some reason I couldn't get the slaved towels to show the recolors- everything was mapped to the same texture but they were too stubborn. So I kicked those to the curb and went back to the original towels..which got changed, too. :) I just couldn't get any of the towels to look the way I wanted or so what I wanted them to do. The version I have now are the K&B towels (changed around a bit) using the OFB (edited, of course) texture.

I'll see what I can do and hopefully I'll have an update on it all tonight. It's all just about done. :) Besides taking another look at the towels, I think all that's really left are some of the shadows and I'd like to make a plant of some kind for the top divider shelves if I can.

[mustluvcatz]

Amythestfenix: I thought I saved the OFB-like towels but I didn't. Totally unlike me, too. I usually rename stuff instead of reusing a name. (You should see my projects folder- it's amazing that I can figure out what's what anymore!) I can do a set of towels that are slaved to the game towels- which ones would you prefer? OFB or K&B?

Pic time :)..

4 wicker baskets- the biggest one is sized so that the big stack of towels will fit inside. The separate stacks of towels fit in the smaller baskets by accident. (You can't really see them in there though.) 4 stacks of towels- bath towels, hand towels, washcloths and a stack of all 3 because I couldn't figure out what to do to allow them to stack on top of each other. 3 cologne bottles- I'm not the happiest with those, but I did get them to behave. 4 hanging towels- 2 versions for the wall rack: the one with single towels isn't in any of the pics. 2 for the wall rack, upper and lower so they can be different colors.

There's also a deco stool- the one in the pic isn't quite the one that will be for this set. This one is more retro looking and was done for a request at BPS. There is a modern looking one that I'm not quite done with. Hopefully there will be slots to set plants and stuffs on.

So far there's the toothbrush cup, 2 bottles, tissue box, 3 cologne bottles, 8 towels, 4 baskets, 3 metal baskets (that look awesome but they're not done enough to show yet), a stool, the leaning towel rack.. I think that's it? Hmmm..there are a couple more things in my folder somewhere! I really need to do a bit of "housecleaning".

Anything obviously need worked on/changed somehow? There might be some off shadows in the pics- I did shadows then made a few changes and didn't redo some of the shadows yet. Like the stool shadows.

[amythestfenix]

Thanks so much for slaving the towels! I have OFB and K&B (and over 100 recolors for each of those towel meshes!), so either would work for me. More other people probably have OFB, but please do whatever's easier for you :) I think everything is looking really good! This is going to be one of my most used sets; I've already done 20 recolors (going up at S2A in the next couple of days), along with the Buggybooz kitchen counters that were lost when the site was hacked.

[mustluvcatz]

*awaits recolors* That'll be 35 color choices in all, that I know of. The original, the 13 recolors, Ed's recolor and 20 more!

I think all the deco is pretty much done. I still have to do a set of towels slaved to the game towels, but other than that..it's just about there. :)

If anyone is interested in that stool above, it's at Black Pearl Sims. There is a modern version for this set.

[mustluvcatz]

I needed to take a break from all the deco- the shadows and fiddling around with all the those little parts was driving me nuts.

Yesterday I decided there could be more furniture. So here's a tall cabinet. It's the same height as the space-saver. I have to lol @ myself- fiddling with shadows and small parts was getting to me..so what do I do? Play with slots. :blink: This cabinet has 12 of them- and now I haz questions:

The middle slots- should they go? I wasn't thinking when I added them and anything put on those is kind of hidden by the doors.
The whole cabinet- should I slave this to the space saver? I'm really undecided about it. The glass textures might not work out well. Of course, I could slave just the wood and leave the glass as is.
Should I make a shorter matching cabinet?

If the middle slots stay, the side slots need nudged out a bit- which I expected. But I shocked myself, I got every slot in the right spot height wise on the first try! Yay me, lol. And if the middle slots go, I'll add side slots to the shelf with just the one slot..alrighty, it's way past my bedtime and I'm rambling. :)

[lauratje86]

I think it'd look better without the middle slot. Few people in RL would put something in a cabinet if it was going to be right behind the wooden part of the door, and hence not visible! I like it, though, but I wouldn't use the middle slots, that's for sure. A shorter matching one would be cool! :-D I'd say just slave the wood, if you decide to slave at all - it looks like a decorative cabinet to me whcih would always have clear glass doors so that the stuff inside could be seen!

The towels are looking cool, as are the cologne bottles! :-) Are you still working on the metal baskets you mentioned in post #94?

[mustluvcatz]

Consider the changes done. :) I DO have to do the glass- I tried slaving it and it didn't really work all that well. So I'm going to slave the wood and do a few (the clear glasses and the chicken wire) recolors for the glass. I'll get a shorter cabinet done, too.

The metal baskets are done, I think? The wicker ones are for sure. I need to go through my Projects folder and organize it a bit, lol. Thanks for the compliments on what's already done. :) This really should be done in a day or two. (It would have been done already if I hadn't gotten fed up and quit working on it for a bit!)

[Gwenke33]

I always prefer shorter cabinets - I hate it when furniture block the view. Short cabinets with many slots are cause for celebraton :)

[mustluvcatz]

The shorter one is done- there's only 7 slots though..unless I can squeeze another shelf in there, which would add 2 more slots. :) I'll have to take another look-see at it.

[levini]

well,
Looks like a great set with a lot of deco slots
is any of the slots useable on any of the items like if i put a radio i can still direct my sim to use it because i noticed that when i try to place radios on custom tables (like this ) with more than 3 slots they either look strange or cant be placed in the area

[mustluvcatz]

Good question Levini, and the answer is- I'm not sure. I do have a lot with some of the meshes on it and one of them happens to have a radio on one of the slots. Since the lot was purely for a decorating contest, I didn't bother playing it. However, I can check it out later today.

If the radio isn't usable, I think I know how to change that.. thanks to someone telling me (just yesterday) how they made an object useable on a low slot. :)

[lauratje86]

Yay! I am excited to see this set all done, I can't believe how hard you've worked on it all! Well worth it, in my opinion, I get plenty of use out of the furniture and I'm sure this decorative set will come in handy too! :-) My sims are going to have such pretty bathrooms! And plenty of nice new stuff in their kitchens, bedrooms and living rooms, too! :-D

[mustluvcatz]

Thanks! :)

Sorry I haven't posted any updates or anything. I've got a stupid summer cold and haven't felt like doing anything I should be doing, lol. But I have been working on more stuff.

Since I've gotten more furniture meshes for this set done and have been thinking of trying some bedroom furniture.. I think I'm going to keep the metal baskets, the tall cabinet and the short cabinet out of the deco set (makes sense anyway) and get the screenies and that done for the deco stuffs.

Here's a pic of a mesh I worked on- it's not mine, it's OM's and she's kindly given me permission to share my edited version. The cushions are slaved to Maxis bedding and the wood is slaved to the bathroom shelf. I'm really pleased with the way it turned out- it looks good with ALL the beddings I have (Maxis and custom) which is a big bonus. :) Slots will be added to the bottom parts of it, I just didn't get to that part yet.

http://i51.tinypic.com/2h6d5rq.jpg

I'm thinking that the sofa bench and the cabinets will be part of living room furnitures..the bedroom will have to wait a little bit.

[lauratje86]

That does indeed make sense :-) And it means you're going to make more cool stuff - yay!! :-D I like the sofa bench, good idea. All those ones look good, I can't wait to see how they look with some of the bedding I've downloaded..... It kind of looks a bit like a guest bed of some time, I guess if your simmies were willing to nap on it it could be used like that :-) What're the comfort/energy ratings going to be?

Any ideas what else you'll be making for the living room and bedroom sets??

[levini]

I love the whole idea of it MLC and i love how the use maxis bedding ^_^

[mustluvcatz]

Not only Maxis bedding..any custom bedding you have too. :) I don't know what the comfort/energy ratings are at the moment. Like I said, it's not my mesh. I just modified an existing one. (With permission, thanks again OM!)

What will I be making for the living room and bedroom sets? End tables, a coffee table (found a really neat pic of a real one that I want to try..since I've used glass!). I really hope I can manage a bed, sofa and living room chair. Oh, and a kitchen table and chair too I guess. That would pretty much cover a whole house I think?

I'm working on finishing up all the deco stuffs. I've been such a slacker on the deco, lol. Something I found out- I prefer to do bigger meshes, like furniture. I should be able to start uploading the deco set in an hour or so. *crosses fingers*

[levini]

WOW Thats even better and i look forward to seeing this all done

[mustluvcatz]

The end is getting closer. :) I wasn't happy with the towels so I redid them. Then I still wasn't happy with them so I redid them again. The deco set was finally submitted. *crosses fingers*

On to the living room!

[lauratje86]

Yay! I shall keep an eye out for it :-)

Sounds like you've got a lot more planned, that's awesome! :-D

[mustluvcatz]

While we're waiting..I've been working on tables. The attached is one version of the coffee table- the other version is just the table top and shaped curvy legs. I didn't take a screenshot in MilkShape of that one. Forgetful MLC is forgetful today. Anywho- there's the coffee table, end table and the 2 cabinets that were already done. (There's a pic of the tall one in a previous post.) I'd like to get a 3-tile coffee table done.

For this stuff, I think I'm going to make the coffee table the master. Or should I make it something else? The tall cabinet?

Any ideas for furniture? (There's a sofa in my project folder- I need to finish it and do a chair, too.) I was thinking a plant stand would be neat. A bookcase was another thing I thought of, but it would look an awful lot like the dividers.

The table frames? I really don't know which ones to use. The curvy legs don't really fit in with the shape of all the furniture so far. But I like them. I'll try to remember to post a pic of the coffee table with the curvy legs. :)

[levini]

WOW !!!!
I like the look.
will the item pull textures from any item by any chance (or maybe be a master )??

[mustluvcatz]

Thanks levini. :)

This set is going to have a new master. I was thinking of using the tall cabinet that's done, but the coffee table would work. No matter which mesh ends up being the master, this will definitely be repository.

If anyone wonders why I want a new master mesh, it makes sense to me. This is for another room and, well, that's the main reason why it makes sense to me, lol. (If it doesn't make sense to anyone else, let me know why and I'll rethink things!)

[levini]

well it does make sense (not to be rude here ) I wouldnt want to have to download another set just for the one set i want to work in game and not flash blue

[mustluvcatz]

Well, you wouldn't have to download a whole set..just the bathroom shelf. But if you don't have that and don't want it- so yeah, new master for this set.

Which mesh should be the master? What would everyone be more likely to want and use? The tall cabinet or a coffee table? (There is a pic of the tall cabinet somewhere around here- towards the end of pg 4 I think.)

*off to check out the coffee table and end table in game* :)

[mustluvcatz]

Slacker that I am...NOT! Ok, kind of..but not really. :) Believe it or not, I haven't forgotten about this thread or the meshes. The coffee table and end table just didn't sit right with me. I liked the way they looked, but they looked too similar to the in-game coffee table with a glass top. (End to end table or something like that?) So I've reworked them..then reworked them again. I've finally got something that I'm really happy with and I'm finishing the meshes up in SimPE right now. Back later with pics, hopefully- coffee table, end table and a telephone table. Right now there's only a 2-tile coffee table but I plan on 1 and 3 tile ones, too. (They're already kind of started, just have to finish the meshes up.)

A desk and chair for it, bookcase and plant stand sound good to me- any other suggestions? I will warn you though- the bookcase will look a lot like the divider that already exists. The only real differences will be that there will be a back to it and it will be a bookcase..not a divider, lol.

edit: screenshots added. There are more than the 2 I attached. With the default wood being black, it was so hard to see details. So I just worried about the shape this time. When the recolors get done I'll post better pics. The telephone table isn't pictured because the glass didn't show up properly for some reason..grrrr. (I think I fixed it though.)

[lauratje86]

I like them! :-) Not much to say about the shape really, I think they look good. I'd use them! :-) And having 3 different sized coffee tables would be awesome, it's nice to have the choice!

Even if it looks a lot like the divider, it'd still be nice to have a bookcase, something no sim living room (or RL living room!) should be without for sure! :-D

I'm glad you're still working on everything :-D

[mustluvcatz]

Thanks! There are 5 recolors done now (as a test of the shape)- the glass needs to be made transparent (Huh? It was already??) for some reason- and I see at least one that needs tweaked..and the telephone table isn't slaved..and other meshes aren't done yet... We were internetless over the weekend, so I didn't bother doing anything until today.

Ok about the bookcase. That will get worked on next, along with the other coffee tables. I'm trying to play catch up and hopefully I'll have more pics later on tonight or tomorrow morning at the latest. :)

I'm really happy with the shape of the tables- but if there are any suggestions that will make them even better, they're more than welcome. The telephone table has one "problem": You can only have 2 recolorable subsets- so that means the glass and the wood or the wood and the seat. Right now it's set up so that the glass and the wood can be recolored. The seat colors that are done are colors that match the wood. I like it that way (even though I'd rather be able to recolor all 3 parts in game) but I'm open to ideas/suggestions/opinions about that mesh. :)

Edit: Added pics of the 1 and 3 tile coffee tables. I know they're hard to see because of the wood color- but, except for the # of tiles, they're the same as the 2 tile coffee table.

[mustluvcatz]

I'm stuck! This set can't really go any further without feedback! Ok, ok- it can..but I do like to get input so things please more people than just myself. :)

So far there's the 3 coffee tables (1,2 and 3 tile), end table, plant stand (not pictured yet but it's kind of neat), a tall cabinet, short cabinet and the telephone table. The bookcase still needs to be done- so far everything is slaved to the 2-tile coffee table, recolors are all done. This means that this set is really, really close to being done. Just need to finish a few little things and add slots. Yay!

This is what I'm stuck on: the telephone table. The wood and glass are recolorable, the cushion isn't but I tried to make the colors match/compliment the wood. I really, really like the look of it (some of the glass needs tweaked a bit) but that's ME. What I can do: make the cushion a separate object and slave it to the bedding. That's a good option since there's another mesh with a cushion that's slaved to the bedding. Yes, no? Feedback please! Pretty please? :)

[Honeywell]

I like the plain cushions as they are just because the tables already have patterns on them. Well, actually, I think it would make more sense to have the pattern on the cushions and the tables plain.

But as for slaving it to the bedding I can see how that might be appealing for people who already have a wide variety of recolors but it wouldn't work for me just because I would likely put something like this in a foyer and most of my (limited) custom bedding wouldn't really look right (I don't think) and I wouldn't want to have to download bedding in order to have it show up on living room furniture.

ETA: Oops! I didn't realize the pattern was actually a glass top (it looks solid to me from the overhead shots) that coordinates with all the other pieces. So I'd definitely keep the cushions with the plain colors--it would seem like a nightmare I'd think trying to coordinate matching bedding patterns with your glass patterns you used here.

[mustluvcatz]

Yay! I like them as they are so that seems like 2 votes "for"? I've got a ton of custom bedding so matching other furniture wouldn't be a problem for me even though it wouldn't be fun wading through all of them. (Didn't think of that or that others might not have lots of bedding.) So yay again. :)

Some of the cushions compliment the wood more than match it- should I change those to be more matchy then? As for having patterns on the cushion and the top of the table plain, I thought of that for just the telephone table, not any of the other tables. I could still do that but I think I'll pass on that. Unless it really does make more sense? (Then again, there'd be that matching patterns problem..)

[lauratje86]

I like them as they are too! Beddings would look weird, I think. And yeah, with the 50odd custom beddings I have in my game it would take ages to pick ones that match, though I'm sure I could find something! I like the cushion covers as they are, no need to change them as far as I'm concerned! :-)

[mustluvcatz]

Another vote "for", yay! :) Although..I think I am going to make the cushion a separate object. The colors will stay the same, I just think having the option of using a different color makes more sense. Then- if anyone wants to recolor it to have patterns or whatever, it can be done.

Here's a pic of almost the whole set. The tall and short cabinets aren't pictured because they won't behave and be slaves. (Operator error I'm sure, since I changed what they were slaved to and probably missed something in SimPE.) The plant stand is blah- but picture it with plants! :) I want it to be plain. No bookcase yet, that's next.

Since this set is so close to being done, the next one is on my mind. It will probably be the bedroom- or is anyone getting sick of this series? After the bedroom there will probably be a few office/den type things. I don't think I'll do anything for the kitchen since Buggy's kitchen works well with this stuff.

[lauratje86]

Hey, if you're willing to make the cushion a separate object that's all good with me! I assumed it would be more work, and not 100% necessary, if you want to do it like that I approve.

Looking good! I can't really imagine the plant stands with plants on, but I'll take your word for it - unless you can provide screenshots :-) Hope you get the cabinets sorted ok!

Bedroom bedroom bedroom! Not sick of it at all :-D What items do you have in mind for the bedroom? Bed(s), I assume....

[mustluvcatz]

Heehee, lacking cc (since I'm testing stuffs) and slots, I've put an OMSP in my dl folder so I can get screenshots. (Hey, I tried it out with a plant mesh in MilkShape and it looked alright!)

The cushion as a separate object has been done already, so has the bookcase. So, off to check stuffs out and I'll be back with screenshots...especially of the plant stand with plants, lol. Bedroom stuffs? Hmmm, well..a bed. Dresser(s). The sofa bench that's already done.. that's all I have worked out for that so far.

[mustluvcatz]

Double post! :blink: Well, I've got a good reason. More screenshots- the 1 and 3 tile coffee tables aren't in these..since they look the same as the 2 tile, lol. Everything else that's done so far is. I like the cushion as a separate object. It's pictured next to the telephone table AND placed on top of the existing cushion to show that it fits! (My first one didn't *sigh*)

What else..the glass is all "clear" except for the bookcase to show how it looks- there's doors over just the lowest shelves. Does that look okay or should I take them out? I wanted the bookcase to look different than the dividers and the cabinets..

The plant stand: :) I just grabbed my plasticbox plant folder and threw it in my dl folder, so there weren't a lot of fuller, longer leaved plant options. But hopefully you can tell what it should look like. It's plain and simple- which is the look I was going for..BUT I can change it if anyone has ideas!

Edited to add: Pic of what I did with the telephone table and cushion. There are 2 versions of each. One table has the cushion as it is/was, the other has no cushion at all. One separate cushion is in the same colors as the cushion on the table WITH the cushion, plus a few extras...the other is slaved to bedding. It wasn't a whole lot more "work" to do it this way and I like having more options. :)

[lauratje86]

Looking good! I like the bookcase, though it does look more like a display cabinet to me, because of the doors. Still cool though, and obviously you could still put books in the top part.

More options for the cushion gets my vote! :-D Looks good, can't wait for you to upload it so I can see all the options! :-)

The plant stands look good, I can certainly visualise them better now that I don't have to visualise them :-D I like them, would definitely use them in my game. I think there are a couple of plants in my downloads folder that would work really well with them. Like, dangly ones.

But yeah, overall I definitely approve! :-D

[mustluvcatz]

:blink: I didn't see your post until just now!

Ya know, I was thinking about taking the doors off the bookcase. I agree about it looking like a display cabinet. Not totally sure about it yet..I changed the tall cabinet's doors so they're just on the top (glass mapping problems, no matter what I did the texture stretched too much but still looked/looks alright on the coffee tables) so I guess I need to go in game and stare at it all for a bit. :)

Told ya!! about the plant stand. :lol: I can't see the pics I've posted at the moment, so I'm not sure if there's one of everything that's done (now) or not. Don't think so though- so here's what there will be: 3 coffee tables, end table, bookcase, telephone tables, cushions, 2 cabinets, a low table, the plant stand and (for the heck of it) the base game TV stand redone to match and the TV was tweaked a bit. (So it's thinner front to back.) All that's left is the slots. Once those are done this set can be submitted. Unless I throw something else in there. :) (A table for behind a couch maybe?)

[lauratje86]

People put tables behind couches?? No, there isn't a photo of everything, I'm excited to see one! :-) The TV stand sounds good, it'll be nice to have one that matches the set! :-D How exciting!

[mustluvcatz]

Well, I've been known to put tables behind couches. I think those tables even have a name? Sofa table? :) I don't do it in real life since I don't have room to keep the couch out from the wall, but I've done it plenty of times in my game.

No pics today, I just got home from work and need to get some stuffs done...tomorrow hopefully!