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brindleton bay <3

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Havin some sims 2 time with my boy Freddy the last couple days. I don't like to get too obsessed over one of my games at a time anymore if I can help it. There's just too much to enjoy out there.

Though I am extremely behind on my uploads calendar for all three sims games I play. Eh, it's what it is. Hobby's a hobby, lol. I'll get to it when I do.

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No, no, it's not a date. Poppy is on an errand. Henford-on-Bagley is just too magical.

Poppy was created by @silwermoon-sims

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This is the second lot I built for Bayou Bijou collab. Initially I built completely different shell, but saved it for later after I realized there was no place for pool. It's narrow for this kind of lot, 20x60.

As previous ones, this is on exchange as simpack and on google drive as package. More pictures behind the cut.

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The building isn't huge by any mean. Here are floor plans:

Since these Asian lanterns outside, I was considering naming it somehow different like "Shanghai Knights" or something like that, but it ended with the above name. I was reading Witcher series, when Gerald and his company where residing in Toussaint, they were heading south, but not four of them, rather five.

The "four" in the name came out of tablecloths on this lot. Main doors have crest on them, as well as four tablecloths around the interiors. These are actually rugs from University EP, but looks lovely as medieval accented covering for a table.

The blue one is upstairs

When all is lit, it looks way better (another one of my favorite chandeliers, the big geometric one in floor cut-out)

some pictures with sims inside

and outside

I had to replace sculpture at the bottom of the pool, because it was causing routing issues. Initially it looked like this:

Few more day pictures, and how lot looks from bird perspective. I wanted to make pathing wavy and organic.

Also one thing to point, be aware that if you place any lot, and especially if you rotate it, all terrain paints gonna be shifted about half tile towards on of the sides of the lot. It's a common bug in Sims 3 and cannot be fixed other way, than just repainting the areas which are out of line.

Thanks for reading till the end!

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I showed in the past a few examples, but can't get enough of this furniture glow up. Look how much livelier and better it looks when shiny layer is removed with stencil remover. It's all the same texture.

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enjoying island life 🏝️

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Hazy summer mornings.

Poses: x by Natalia and x by @kd89-3dstudios ❤️

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For my own mental health I installed tumblr revanced on my phone. It's based on older version of app, and could possibly have some bugs, but I can't stand one more ad of Temu. I reported those ads probably above 150 times, for epileptic content, for being repeated too much, and simply for being malicious, but tumblr apparently doesn't care. I don't know what marketing "genius" came to conclusion that these ads would interest anyone. Maybe on tiktok it would work, but definitely not here. I'll never buy anything from this site because of that.

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I had pleasure to take a part in Bayou Bijou collab. This is collab on new official forum, where we built New Orlean based town, and Bayou Bijou is the name of it. I've taken a few lots to built, all in Garden District. The one above is combo of salon, laundromat and spa, as written either way. xd

The lots are quite large, the ones surrounding central plaza are all sized 60x20. The building on the right edge of the lot is spa and bookstore (it's rabbit hole from Pets expansion pack). The rest is built, bellow some pictures under the cut.

If anyone would like to download, it's on the exchange as simpack and on google drive as package, though with this size it might be difficult to find a space for it. I recommend this mod which allows to add lot of any size in Edit Town mode.

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Here's wider view from above and colors without light mode. This blue it's giving me Sims 2 vibe.

The red building is laundromat

I love building historical things. This one is quite spacious inside, it has even jacuzzi if your sims run out off clothes 🤭

Second floor has entresol, it's more open and airy. Useful if you decide to hang your laundry here. There's also karaoke machine and bathroom.

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The salon looks like that:

I got Fast Lane stuff installed since really recently, but I found a good use for this cabinet, it's a nice hat display for a salon.

tattoo parlor

Bellow some displays from outside, I wanted to give this salon more inviting entryway. Shops in Garden District (it's real place) usually don't have any wooden platforms, columns just sit on the bare pavement which looks weird to me.

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Upstairs there's this big chandelier from Showtime EP, another object I could use everywhere if I had a space.

There are also two "aromatherapy rooms". I made these rooms at the very early stage, possibly for bathroom, but bathroom was already in laundromat + I made one downstairs too. These could be used for massage table or sauna, if you have them installed.

Between two buildings there's also small fountain square where your sims can sit and relax.

and look, there's even my favorite Into The Future thingy here :3

Behind the spa there's a gnubb game from Ambitions EP. I recolored it to blend better into pavement, but no picture of that, cause this post I think it's close to picture limit either way.

Thanks for watching/reading to the end ❤💙

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This futuristic arabic house I built for fourth shell challange by CjPlays. It happened a while ago, but I uploaded it on exchange quite recently. It contains 2 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms and long roofed tarrace upstairs. As usual, basement was helping me to enlarge living area, since in shell challange you cannot change external walls or add any.

I encourage to take a look on other entries in link above. Bellow more pictures under the cut. This house is on exchange as simpack and on google drive as package file.

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I said while giving entry, that it has maximalist interior. Living room was supposed to be like home jungle, but was short on space to add a lot of plants. Either way I'm happy with result, I like this soft pink on rugs.

Bathroom in weird shape, it has door to small balcony with lounge chair

and kitchen

Master bedroom

small hobby room above the ladder

and tarrace, the football table was the first furniture item I placed and it left that way 😆 later I only recolored it

Here's floor plan of ground floor and basement:

a few close ups on those rooms

and some other pictures yet from garden

I'll tell you in secret, that I love this garden sculpture with hanging vines between. It's from Into the Future EP.

Also, don't pay attention to the last tag in this post, it's to help me with indexing, so the post with house would appear on tab with other houses to download on my blog.

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Uncle Cliff's Antique Shop, Amelie's Portrait Painting & Supplies and Dimitrio's Used Books...

(fish smell included hihi).

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I like the primordial atmosphere it gives

Been working on a new world (that I'm very likely to leave half empty lol) so I can play with my Ragnar sim 👉👈

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Great Bear

The realism and detail in the landscaping are extremely impressive! What a beautiful world!