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game was working yesterday but not today???? ok i guess?

Anyway, look at this house i built until i get to open my game again

not sure if i should delete the pool and place the tree house tree thing uhm...

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about to have a conversation in french to see if i can get a job

i haven't used french in years 🫡

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why am i getting the infinite loading screen now UGH 😭

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you know the build was good when the game crashes on you and you have 0 screenies after hours of building

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Seven years of running at a breakneck speed Convalescing cheaply far abroad.

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https://www.tumblr.com/folkbreeze/778577170602885120/do-you-ever-feel-like-a-fucking-loser-like-me?source=share

me bc i’m autistic lol

atp i think I'm just an idiot but still it hits so hard when I'm with other people

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The Summer That Never Ends

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Nordhaven inspiration

So, you want to build and create for Nordhaven? Please do! I am no builder, and I love using other people's stuff in my game :)

Now, I'm Swedish so I figured I could help out for your inspirational needs! Pinterest is not really the best place to go...

The biggest site for buying and selling homes in Sweden is hemnet.se.

Here, you can choose what type of home you are looking for. Remember when it comes to interiors; these homes are often styled by professionals (especially in the central areas).

Alla typer = All types Villor = Villas/stand-alone homes Par/kedje/radhus = houses that are together (row houses? idk) Lägenheter = Apartments Fritidsboenden = Cottages/seasonal living places (it might not be made for all-year living) Tomter = lots Gårdar/skogar = farms, forest (meaning that this is a big home or a big piece of land) Övriga = Other types.

When typing area, you have to remember that Sweden has län, kommuner and cities/towns (stad/by). These might have the same name!

A "län" is probably like a county, while "kommun" is a smaller area. And then the city. So for example, Stockholm (city) is in Stockholms kommun, Stockholms län.

So as you can see below, many kommun belongs to the bigger län.

If you scroll down, you will find Område (areas).

These are areas within a city or kommun. Smaller towns might not have this thing, but Stockholm definitely does! If you know an area, you can write that already in the search bar. If you want inspo from Stockholm, I would say that the "Stockholm - inom tullarna" is probably where to look for apartments that look like Nordhaven's Gammelvik (especially Gamla Stan). This is the central parts of Stockholm, and will usually have a 19th-century (and ofc older) look to them. Apart from the crazy, weird boxes they built in the 90s and 80s.

Regarding Gammelvik: this is inspired by Gamla Stan and other areas that were populated in the 16th-18th century.

Once you click on an "add", you will se a picture and below there's usually one called "planritning" which will give you the layout of the home.

Where it says "NN bilder" - that means that there are pictures! This usually take you to the actual realtor's site and all the pictures!

Some guidelines:

If you want houses, I would look for Gamla Enskede if you want a Stockholmian look (from the Egnahems-movement, scroll down to "Egnahemsområden i Sverige" to get names of areas that have the same idea).

I know Malmö probably has a lot of interesting things and so does Lund and Ystad - if you want a style that is probably a bit more like Denmark. And I would love to hear from my Nordic friends!

The train station in Iverstad is supposed to be inspired by the station in Gothenburg, so do check out homes from Göteborg!

I would, for layouts of very practical homes, look for places from the folkhem-era (1945-1960) (english, and about funkis which precedes Folkhemmet). Here I would look for Vällingby Centrum, Ålsten in Bromma (specifically Ålstensgatan), Årsta/Årsta centrum.

These areas are also inspired by the ABC-idea (Arbete/work, Bostad/residence, Centrum/center). The idea here was that people should be able to walk to their work, and to social spaces (cafés, cinema, clothing stores, etc).

More thoughts under the cut!

For inspiration about Swedish people and how we look and our lifestyle, I would recommend Swedish news, under local: SVT.se/lokalt. You might need a vpn to access. Just choose your area and read news!

hemochhyra is the news for people who rent and since they have articles about living, you might get to see interiors! (That aren't styled).

Some things; - Laundromats. These do not exist in Sweden. In a block with apartments there is a shared laundry room, which you can book if you live in the block. Some people now have washing machines in their apartments, but I have never been in an apartment building that doesn't have a shared laundry room. - For parks: I often find that Sims have a grill available. In a park in Sweden, this might not be the case. Or it's more like a place to have a bigger fire. This is usually because groups of people grill together (just google "dagisbarn grillplats"). Would love to see some version of that if you build a park! - For outdoor areas or a park, adding an ice-rink would be a nice touch. Most "kommuner" have a communal ice-rink which is usually indoors and people skate outside on actual frozen lakes - but this is probably not possible in Sims :) - Most cities were not built for cars - they are usually older than cars. Most modern areas are also built with the idea that you should be able to walk and then use public transport. There are of course exceptions to the rule, but this is a good thing to have in mind. - If any modder/cc-maker out there makes a pram that let's infants and toddlers sleep outdoors without being affected by the weather, I would be forever thankful! Swedish children nap outside very often. - A realtor that I think many simmers will like are Historiska Hem!

If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask! <3

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home again

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about to throw up... just read something i wrote in my notes app months ago

girl... you're so real for this, i love you (to myself)

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𓏲🌳 ๋࣭  ࣪ ˖✩࿐࿔ wip: Lazza's house (version 48576237973)

I won't be able to play with her again until I'm happy with her house, so here's the "building lazza's house" series

Goals for this house:

3/4 bedrooms

Music studio for Elvis (top floor probably)

Cool kitchen for Lazza (open concept)

Space for Saffy to play and explore (outdoors and indoors)

Might add a pool bc they got rich

Space for parties/social events

Natural landscaping (foresty isle vibes)

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𓏲🌳 ๋࣭  ࣪ ˖✩࿐࿔ wip: Lazza's house (version 48576237973)

I won't be able to play with her again until I'm happy with her house, so here's the "building lazza's house" series

Goals for this house:

3/4 bedrooms

Music studio for Elvis (top floor probably)

Cool kitchen for Lazza (open concept)

Space for Saffy to play and explore (outdoors and indoors)

Might add a pool bc they got rich

Space for parties/social events

Natural landscaping (foresty isle vibes)

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what do we have ahead of us

and what do we leave behind

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The family photobooth at the baby shower was a success!

(click on the gifs for better quality bc tumblr kills it)

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🗣️lazzaaaa, your man is throwing your child into the ocean again!!!

(befores and afters of the first two pics under the cut bc i'm kinda proud)

let's not talk about how long i spent DRAWING water like ??? 1- i don't know how to draw, 2- how 3- i really don't care if it looks bad, the mxao line looked worse 😌

for this one i was big brain bc i just cropped the sea from another screenie and layered it twice on this one (and then made it look like waves, added shadows and lights and called it a day)