#goraroobuilds

[goraroosims]

Here we go with another apartment renovation! This is 17 Culpepper House in the Spice District, and this lot has the Gremlins lot trait (or challenge? not sure). I decided to do a “young artist just starting out and living on their own for the first time in an affordable apartment” theme.

It was a dark, dimly lit apartment before, and I wanted to take advantage of all the windows in the far corner. And so I thought to myself, “You know who needs a lot of natural light? An artist!”

*There is a shower in the bathroom too, I just didn’t take a picture of it.

I feel like this is an older apartment building, so I picked a wallpaper that looked plain and a little bit aged, but also neutral for the sake of having a lot of different tenants. There is a brick accent wall in the kitchen (because who doesn’t love a good accent wall). Also, I imagined that the artist who would live here would have a bunch of mismatched but cute decor and furniture pieces, stuff they brought with them from home or have collected/purchased over time. I have been trying to incorporate City Living Build/Buy mode items in my apartment renovations, so the brick and some of the furniture is from that pack.

I did not intend to have all this backstory for this build, but here we are haha.

I used The Art Room CC by @myshunosun​. The easel, the cart, the canvases, the little paint tubes and bottles...these are the details that really make it feel like an artist’s studio space to me. I would have put the canvas rack too, but I didn’t have a good space for it. If you’re looking for artist-themed CC, I recommend this set!

Gotta have a vibey bedroom too right? This neon wall light is one of my favorite “vibey” lights in the game. I think it came with the Moschino stuff pack. I’m proud of that little gallery wall behind the bed.

So that’s 17 Culpepper House!

[goraroosims]

I started my “build-centric” save, and I renovated my first apartment in San Myshuno! Apparently, 18 Culpepper House was the home of the chef who invented Pufferfish Nigiri. I tried to include a spacious kitchen with a sizeable dining/entertaining area to reflect that. Looking back, I probably could’ve included some kind of pufferfish/Mt. Komorebi decor in the kitchen too. The computer and desk combo next to the windows is my favorite section.

I decided to use my Sims from my (failed) “Surviving The Holidays” Scenario as my playtest Sims for my builds. Is “playtest” the right word for that? You know, when you make Sims interact with your builds to make sure the builds are playable?

This is Connor Bartley, and he was avoiding the Welcome Wagon (he has the Loner trait). He was eating sugar cookies made by Faye, my other playtest Sim.

This is Faye Whittaker, and she is learning how to bake. She is more sociable than Connor.

You only need one Sim to playtest, but for me, these two come together as a pair and I cannot separate them lol. They like each other, they just don’t know it yet.