Ranch Stone & Brick House from architecturaldesigns.com

The following house has been created from a vast amount of sources. The floor plans and exterior were taken from www.architecturaldesigns.com. This house took me 2+ weeks to build with upgrade after upgrade and a lot of support, suggestions, & constructive criticism from corvidophile2 & bluetexasbonnie. The lot is a Medium 3x4 size and costs $ 246, 518. I have the EP’s: University & Nightlife.

The lot includes:
2 half-baths
4 full baths
4 bedrooms
A Great Room (Living Room)
A Kitchen
A Dining Room
A Breakfast Area
A Media Area/Gaming Area
A Billiards Area
An Exercise Room (of which I'm particularly fond of)
A Corner bar
An Office Set
A Hearth Room
3 unexcavated areas (what was supposed to be the garage & above & basement) that can be used for whatever remodeling purposes suit your Sims needs

Here's a close-up of the Pond Lounge Area.


Here's the front entryway.


The view of the living room from the front entryway. The living room is the Benz set by Reflexsims.de


A side shot of the living room.


The dining room viewed from the side entryway.


The kitchen.


The breakfast area. This is the Hallao dining room set by reflexsims.de


Here's the hearth room looking towards the breakfast area, featuring the Lilian set by reflexsims.de


Here's the half bath on the first floor off to the side of the dining room.


Here's the washroom (thanks to Teko from reflexsims.de)


Here's the first bedroom what I'll refer to as Bedroom A.


Here's a second look at Bedroom A from a different angle.


Here's the 1st bathroom, using Teko's Darkwood Bathroom from reflexsims.de, connected to Bedroom A which I refer to as Bathroom A respectively.


Here is Bedroom B which is next to Bedroom A. It uses the Modern Line Bedroom from Around The Sims 2


Another look at Bedroom B from a different angle.


Here's the bathroom connected to Bedroom B which I call Bathroom B. Again using the DarkWood Bathroom Set by Teko.


Here's Bedroom C, the third one.


And a second look at Bedroom C with some redecorating.


Here's Bathroom C using the Habita & Wellness bathroom sets by reflex.de.


Here's the upper level exercise room just to the right of the staircase. It's my favorite part of the house. It also features a Bathroom, although I didn't name that one.



Here's the view of the corner bar from the stairs on the second floor.


To the right of the bar is the Billiards Room. (read Pool table Room)


To the left of the bar is the Media Area or game room.


Further down the hall is the second half-bath.


The fourth Bedroom, Bedroom D is across from the half-bath.


And here is the office further back from Bedroom D. It's the Eclipse set created by 11Dots.com


Click here to view a slideshow from the FilmLoop Player via photobucket.com http://www.filmloop.com/x?pYtAQjHJa...5fgezdVOruReV9R


The following custom content has been used in the creation of this home. Thanks to everybody who has taken the time to create such wonderful items and presenting us the chance to use them in creating and constructing our dream homes. After all, that’s what the Sims really about, giving us the chance to live our dreams of being rich, famous, beautiful, glamorous or scary, poor, & ugly. ;-) Thanks to everybody! I hope you enjoy this home as I worked very hard on it and have attempted to give credit where it’s due. Please allow your Sims and yourself to enjoy this house in your neighborhood as much as I enjoyed making it!

The walls/floor files below are included in the download. Thanks to the creators for their permission to use their beautiful walls & floors.
Walls/Floors:
Madison 2 from spidergirl @ www.simhabitations.com

KC Granite Tile 02_Blush found here: http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=149719
KC Granite Stripe Tile 01_Garnet found here: http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=149734
KC Granite Stripe Tile 01_Khaki found here: http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=149735

from hagerts (http://www.modthesims2.com/member.php?u=206257) at www.modthesims2.com

“Reflex markamter olive Holzboden”
Wood floor from www.reflexsims.de

AS_Creations Fan Wathered2x2
Created by shakeshaft at www.thesimsresource.com (permission to redistribute this floor given by creator)


The following Walls/Floors were created by me and are included in the download.
Mixed Slate Stone Wall v.1.2
Pro-Shower Tile in “Light Olive” v.1.2.
Beige Bliss. V.1
EZ Evac, INC’s Natural Restroom Tile
Hearth & Home – Wood Floor 2
Hearth & Home – Wood Floor
Plush Carpet – in Cosmo Purple

The following painting recolors were created by me and are included in the download.
Ensemble
Ensemble II
BlueBlooms
BlueBloomsIII
BlueBloomsIV
The above-mentioned paintings were originally created by the painter Richard Henson.

The following Terrain Paints are included in the download.
Suza_gcstone01 by www.simplystyling.de
Mi_Groundfloor_moos1 from Michelle0959 @ http://www.case-darte.de/index2.html

The following Gardening Items are included:
“Zig-Zag Flower Bed Fence in Biscuit Brown, Pink, Dark Brown, Gray & Green
Dark Brown, Gray, Green and Pink & Round Flowerbed 1x1 by Marylou & Numenor (http://www.modthesims2.com/member.php?u=371515 ) from the Modular Round Flower Beds found here: http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=158602 . If for some reason, these items don’t show up then you need to download the meshes above (I didn’t see them in the Sims2 Installation Package).

Other Miscellaneous Objects are included:
Counters by bienchen83 @ mts2 found here: http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=116854


The files below are not included. You must download the sets & individual items mentioned for the objects to appear in your home.

Credits & Meshes found at ReflexSims.de
Living Rooms:
Benz Living Room Set with Brown, Dark, & Grey Recolors found at www.reflexsims.de
Downloads/Living Rooms/Page 6

Lilian Living Room Set found at www.reflexsims.de
Downloads/Living Rooms/Page 4

Dee’s Plano Plant from LusLipz73 found at Reflex Sims Forum
Go to: Forums/Log In (It’s a free membership)/Let The Games Begin/Gift Section/Gift Set for Members by LusLipz73 (It’s the eighth link from the top)

Paintings
Painting & Recolors from the Zimbardo Living Room Set at www.reflexsims.de
Downloads/Living Rooms/Page 2

Painting & Recolors from the Poetic Living Room Set at www.reflexsims.de
Downloads/Living Rooms/Page 3

Painting & Recolors from Alexandra Living Room Set at www.reflexsims.de
Downloads/Living Rooms/Page 4

Painting from the Rattan Living Room Set found at www.reflexsims.de
Downloads/Living Rooms/Page 7

Dining Rooms:
Hallao Dining Set by www.reflexsims.de
Downloads/Dining Rooms/ Page 1

Vase from the Gabriel Dining Room Set found at www.reflexsims.de
Downloads/Dining Rooms/Page 1

Flowers from the Marazan Dining Room Set found at www.reflexsims.de
Downloads/Dining Rooms/Page 1

Bathrooms:
Darkwood bathroom by Teko at www.reflexsims.de
Downloads/Bathrooms/Page 1

Habita Bathroom Set by www.reflexsims.de
Downloads/Bathrooms/Page 1

Lumeo Bathroom Set by Teko at www.reflexsims.de
Downloads/Bathrooms/Page 2

Wellness Bathroom Set from www.reflexsims.de
Downloads/Bathrooms/Page 2

Comart by Teko at www.reflexsims.de
Downloads/Bathrooms/Page 1

Kitchens:
Counter from Sandra Kitchen Set by Marcela at www.reflexsims.de
Downloads/Kitchens/Page 1

Bowl with Bamboo from Teko’s Palluco Kitchen found at www.reflexsims.de
Downloads/Kitchen/Page 2

Bedrooms:Bed from Florence Bedroom Set by Marcela at www.reflexsims.de
Downloads/Bedrooms/Page 11

Rug + Recolor from Minore Bedroom Set by Teko at www.reflexsims.de
Downloads/Bedrooms/Page 3

Meshes & Credits from creators at www.modthesims2.com:
Potted Ficus Plant, Pictures, Fish Tank, for Shelves by joesims (http://www.modthesims2.com/member.php?u=118010)

found here: http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=132258 and here http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=132706.

Souvenir Cabinet by Numenor (http://www.modthesims2.com/member.php?u=4407) found here: http://www.modthesims2.com/showthread.php?t=166487

Meshes & Credits from www.Simmectrical.com:
Asian Prints Pt. 1 www.simmetrical.com found here: http://www.simmetrical.com/index.ph...d=74&Itemid=166

Meshes & Credits from www.11dots.com:
Eclipse Office Set 1 by www.11dots.com
Click on Décor. It’s the eleventh set on the page.

Meshes & Credits from www.AroundtheSims2.com:
Mod Line Bedroom found Around The Sims 2
Click on: Objects/Bedroom/#6Modern Line Bedroom

Meshes & Credits from www.aussietopenders-sims2.com
Flower Vase from Zita’s Designer Kitchen found at Aussie Topenders
Objects/New Mesh Sets/Page 2/It’s the third set on the page

Meshes & Credits from www.vitasims2.com:
Wine Decoration from the Hi-Tech Room Decoration by www.vitasims2.com
Click on: Objects/Free Objects/Click on any one of the pictures shown in the Objects Preview/Page 25

ModStyle Bathroom Mirror from www.vitasims2.com
Click on: Objects/Free Objects/Click on the 19th Picture shown in the Objects Preview or
Click on: Objects/Free Objects/Click on any of the pictures shown in the Objects Preview/Page 26

Retro Room Painting from the Retro Living Room Set found at www.vitasims2.com
Click on: Objects/Free Objects/Click on any of the pictures in the Objects Preview/Page 37 or Click on: Objects/Free Objects/Click on the 7th Picture shown in the Objects Preview

RW Lamp is from the RW Bedroom Set found at www.vitasims2.com
Click on: Objects/Free Objects/Click on the 10th Picture on the Objects Preview Page or Click on: Objects/Free Objects/Click on any picture in the Objects Preview/Page 34

Images of Floor Plans & Exterior (shown below) were found at www.architecturaldesigns.com
Minor alterations had to be made. The lower level/basement is actually the upper floor. (The basement idea seemed quite difficult to accomplish considering that I wanted the home built on a hill). The garage is now just an “unexcavated” area (I couldn’t figure out how to add a side garage into a hill!). The closets are non-existent as well. I did include the washroom thanks to Teko at www.reflexsims.de It’s definitely not perfect, nor extravagant but I worked incredibly hard on it. Nearly two weeks.