Monday 26 March 2012

Lot tour: Kirby vacation home at Three Lakes

You guys would have seen this house in the Kirby update from the other day. I really like it though, so I thought I'd post the lot tour here. This was originally posted over a year ago at N99. This house is a makeover (an very extensive one) of Copper Ranch Retreat from Three Lakes.

It was inspired by some of the houses in the Blue Mountains, just outside of Sydney. I always wanted to do windows like this in a Sims house and wasn't sure it was possible, until a friend on Twitter linked me to these windows.
No reason to show you this side of the house but I really like it.

Let's go inside!

It's been so long since I saw the original version of this house but I think the fireplace is one of the only features I left in.

This was the only time the family had been to the newly madeover house until my last play session. And it was a seriously lame holiday. They spent their entire time posing for pictures and then I sent them back home again, lol!

Being a Cuisine Sim, Megan is very fond of the kitchen. I think it might actually be bigger than her kitchen at home!

The dining area in this house is a favourite part of mine - just seems very cosy and welcoming.

Because the Kirby family owns a business, I figured a home office would come in handy.

I think I ended up adding a bit more decor to the walls. This was probably the room I decorated last; I can spot a rush job when I see one!

This is a very tiny bathroom, so don't mind this walls down shot!

When I extended this home, I did it knowing that the Kirby family will probably always be a multi-generational household, so there are two master bedrooms.

This one belongs to Trent and Megan.

A little reading nook in the bedroom.

The second master bedroom. This one is a little more modern looking to me, so I used this one for Claudia and Jacob. Victoria and Finn also stayed in this room when they visited (which was post-extension but pre-final makeover.

In my original lot tour thread at N99, I noted here that it took me forever to choose the wallpaper. So there you go.

I only have pictures of three bathrooms but I seem to remember there being four? It doesn't really matter, as they're mostly identical anyway.

This is another sign of how old this makeover is - Claudia is putting Daphne into that bouncy chair. She's a little too big for it now. ;) Last play session, this is where Iris slept.

And this is where Daphne slept.

I originally decorated this thinking of Declan and Caitlin, so I did a neutral side and a girlier side. Which is still fairly neutral, minus the Barbie dolls.

There are plenty of outdoor activities in Three Lakes but seeing my Sims' vacations are so prone to inclement weather, I made sure there were some things to do inside as well.

And finally, here's that swing set Daphne fell in love with!

Hope you enjoyed the tour! It's not often I abandon a lot for over a year and come back to it and still like it, so it seemed that alone was worthy of a blog post. :)

12 comments:

  1. The house looks fantastic as usual!! I love the outdoor swingset and I have to say that the kitchen and dining room are definitely my favourites. I'm not the kind of person who normally bothers with bathrooms too much but yours look great? Where do you get your bathroom CC? And another thing which I have only just realised is how do you get toddlers onto a vacation lot? Do you use a teleporter or is there some other kind of hack available?

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    1. Thanks! I thought I had a better pic of the dining room but it seemed to disappear between the time I first posted this tour at N99 and when I was preparing it for the blog. Oh well.

      Do you really think so? I actually normally hate my bathrooms! I guess these ones are nice but compared to some of the gorgeous bathrooms I see in other people's houses.

      As for bathroom CC, the tiles I use (including in this house) are almost from TSR. There's a creator there who has lots of sets in lots of colours. I'm not sure of the name of the creator but the series is called Studio K, so hopefully that will come up in a search. Those particular counters in the bathroom are by Buggybooz. The little mirror on the counter is from the Mexico set at ATS2 and I think the baskets are from a set called the Broken Bathroom set at MTS.

      To bring a baby or toddler to a vacation lot, I use the "Restore Family" function on the Insimenator. You just click an empty space on the ground and boom, all family members are back and will stay there until you leave the lot. It meant I had to keep deleting Megan, Trent and the dog and cat but it was worth it to have Iris on vacation with them. Only a minor hassle, really.

      Thanks for looking!

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  2. You really got to love those windows! They look so great, and they fit so well with the house and the surroundings! I really would love to take a vacation over their :)

    I love the entire house!

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    1. The windows are really wonderful. I seem to remember they were a tiny bit fiddly to place - I had to read the instructions on the site. But they were worth it.

      Thanks for looking!

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  3. I love this house! It's so much fun to see what you come up with when you tackle a vacation house in a completely different climate. Is that the Alpine windows set?

    And I agree, the bathroom is gorgeous! The tile and the furnishings fit perfectly. That mirror is really an inspired choice.

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    1. It was a lot of fun to try to interpret the log cabin theme but still keep to my general style. I'm thinking of trying the same thing with a Far East vacation home soon. And yep, those are the alpine windows by Cyclonesue.

      Glad you like the bathroom. It's nice enough but like all bathrooms, I still didn't enjoy decorating that room!

      Thanks for looking!

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  4. Looks great as all your lots do

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    1. Glad you like it! :) Thanks for looking!

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    1. I was pleased to finally be able to send the family down there to test it out for real. :) You never know how good a lot is until you actually play with it!

      Thanks for looking!

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  6. Woooow!!!! What a gorgeous "cabin"! Looks like a very homey palace if you ask me! I love how you decorated it in such a welcoming way. Very "family house". I love it!

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    1. Glad you like my "cabin"! It was about time I actually sent the Kirby family there on a real holiday, considering how long ago I renovated it!

      Thanks for looking!

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