Back on track...

It took me some time to get things sorted out IRL with problems here and there. And Sims and everything were on the bottom of my list. Anyway, the problems still exist but you just can't go on feeling sorry for yourself. And because of this, I've started to build again. 

I still have this wonderful Scandinavian house that really needs to be finished. Let's get back to work and finish another free lot for you!!! Please visit my website for more info (and lots) www.vectoryfloor.com

New Lot: Row Model Apartments

A fairly simple house this is. It contains 3 apartments but only the house in the middle is accessible. The outside is classic although with simple lines. Because brick is such a friendly looking material I used it for this lot. The light yellow colour fits in a town with beach and sea right across the street. The inside of the house came from a picture I saw on a site freshome.com. 
Pink isn't my favourite colour but in this case I wanted to make an exception as it's both a daring and excessive interior in this combination with gold and turkoois. You'll find a living room with kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms and a garage in this house.
There is a small park with pond (for ice skating I thought ;-). I've put a public room marker here so townies stop by for a  visit to the park. For the interior I tried to use as few items from EP's and SP's as possible. The things I used from from the packs and the store where mainly for decorating. And again, as usual, of course...no CC.

Have fun with this lot and for now...back to building!

It's been a long time...

First things first, happy new year to everyone! Yes, a little late but better late than never :-)
It's been some time because of one of my children has serious health problems. I didn't feel like doing anything at all, especially not building or taking care of my website. I guess that's what life's about. But slowly the feeling is coming back although the situation at home isn't getting any better. As it's always nice to have some distraction Bob the Builder comes back to business :-)
Of course I also tried (that's correct, tried) for a few days to play with our great new expansion pack Seasons. Wrong, error, incorrect idea. I bought Monte Vista for a start because I wanted to start Seasons in a new world. I have been playing for a couple of days before sending my created family and world to the bin. My screen slowly turned into a dadaistic painting with strange triangular tiles. First I thought my Mac couldn't handle Seasons (having a gaming Mac, right) but some research learned my Mac in combination with Seasons (only Autumn) isn't the right marriage. In case you want to read some more because you're experiencing the same problem, read BluebellFlora's blog to find more info. Having this said I was fed up with all the graphic problems, glitches and bugs and for now I will leave Seasons for what it is, an expansion pack with lots of stuff I can use in my houses :-)
But I was able to take a look around in Monte Vista, the new Italian styled world. It's gorgious I can tell you. The buildings have this worn, old exterior. The little town on the hill looks every bit like a mediterranean village. It has nice spacious houses, although the bathrooms are a little too spacious to my liking, with hilly gardens. Even the terrain paint they used has this nice fading green colour instead of the normal bright, non-realistic grass. Pity though this grass wasn't included in the terrain paint in game. Some building are missing like a Festival lot but Graham Nardone, one of the producers on the Sims, build a Festival Ground especially for Monte Vista. Grab it from the Exchange 'cause it fits perfect in this world!
Most of my buildings are situated in Sunset Valley but now I will start some new buildings in Monte Vista, of course in the same style as the town. And for now, let's kick some a.. and start building.....