Harry Potter Collection - Mrs Figg's House

**Order of the Phoenix spoiler warning** Harry always thought Mrs Figg was just a batty old lady that lived on her own and loved cats. However, in OOTP we find out she is in fact a squib, a non-magical person born from magical parents, who was asked by Professor Dumbledore to keep an eye on Harry while he was living in Privet Drive. Since the house is only two streets away from Privet Drive I decided to keep it in a very similar style, although since this is starter home it is smaller and furnished for an old lady with cats. Happy simming everyone, Strawbz

Harry Potter Collection - 4 Privet Drive

What would a Harry Potter lot collection be without the muggle home that Harry grew up in? 4 Privet Drive is home to Harry's Muggle relatives the Dursley family. Aunt Petunia is Harry's mother's sister and along with her husband, Vernon, and son, Dudley, they live in fear of anyone finding out about Harry's magical abilities. I hope you enjoy this latest addition to the collection, and since all the houses in Privet drive look the same you can even use it to create an entire muggle street. Happy Simming :) Strawbz

Harry Potter Collection - The Burrow

Our countdown continues this week with a CC free version of the Weasley's family home. "it looked as though it had once been a large stone pigsty, but extra rooms had been added here and there until it was several storeys high and so crooked it looked as though it was held up by magic" - from Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets I hope your favorite red haired sims family will enjoy their new home. Happy simming :)

Harry Potter Collection - The countdown begins

It is with a heap of excitement and more than a dash of sadness that I have started counting down the weeks to the release of the final Harry Potter book, The Deathly Hallows on July the 21st. My copy of the book has been ordered and paid for and with nothing to do now but wait I have decided keep busy building and releasing one Harry Potter inspired lot every week from now until the book hits the shelves (after which I will be too busy reading). All my lots are based on information from the books, so although some of them might be the same as the movie sets, a few others will be my own interpretation. Whether or not you are a Harry Potter fan I hope you will still be able to enjoy these creations. As for all my fellow HP fans out there whom are all waiting for the final book, I hope this will help pass the time and bring some magic to your Sims. This weeks lot is the infamous Azkaban Prison. Enjoy!

Bauhaus inspiration

I have recently been introduced to the Bauhaus style of building.

In a time of political turmoil in Europe, the Bauhaus school was created as a place for craftsman and artist to work together without class distinctions or discrimination.

The Bauhaus school was started in Germany in 1919 but only started offering classes in architecture in 1927.

Radically breaking with the past, the Bauhaus Masters and their students ushered in a modern era and a new way of thinking about architecture.

"The approach of the Modernist architects was to reduce buildings to pure forms, removing historical references and ornament in favor of functionalist details." (Wikipedia)

Bauhause style is also refered to as International style.

Although my two Bauhaus inspired houses (1 & 2 Berlin Street) are not replicas of any existing buildings I hope you will enjoy them and that they might inspire you to find out some more about this facinating style of architecture.

Poll results

Thank you to everyone who participated in my latest poll.

A 140 people answered the poll question and the results were as follows,

(Q) What type of lot would you like to see more of?

Residential 52.86%
Home Business 29.29%
Community 19.29%
University Dorm 16.43%
Commercial 12.86%


I should have the next poll question up later this week so please check back for more info.

Have a great day!

New lots

Hi everyone, Things have been a bit hectic on my side for the past few weeks but its finally settling down and I can get back to building again :-) Here is a preview of the next two lots I will be uploading as soon as I finish testing them to make sure there are no problems. Till then I hope you are all keeping well. Happy simming :-)

Thank you

A great big thank you to Thomas, Steve and the rest of the TSR staff for making me a SA - I still can't believe it! And of course, a really big thank you to everyone who downloads my work.

I love creating new lots and nothing gives me more pleasure than to hear my lots are being used and enjoyed!

I can't wait to get started on my next project!! :-)

New Competition Launched

This has been a busy few weeks here by me but I'm finally getting some time to catch up and get started on a few new lots I have been thinking about - the first of which will be a new dorm that I hope you all will like.

Also I have posted another competition on the Challenges and Contests Forum - this month the challenge is to build a Graduate Starter home for around �40,000 - feel free to join in and submit your lot, you never know you might win the first prize - a fridge magnet from South Africa.

I will also be uploading one of the small 'dark starter homes' that I build for the Corpus Noor Dark Building Challenge.

Thats all for now.

Happy simming,
Strawbz

Forest Lane Starter Set

I have just finished off a new set of modern starter homes that all look the same from the outside but each has a unique floorplan on the inside so you can pick the one that suits your sims needs. Here is a view of all four starters next to each other in my own game. This set will be published on the 27th of Feb.