1960 Mid Century Modern: Better Homes & Gardens
-1965 Thunderbird by Dr Pixel @TSR
- RC Invisible Driveway & Extensions by roddyaleixo @MTS
Extra Credits:
- RC Front Door by simPle78 @MTS
- RC Lack Side Table by Michelle @MTS
- Torrox Border-Brown (chimney) by Moune999 @MTS
- RC Arghst Soldier (hallway) by Justmoi @MTS
- RC Industrial Kitchen Counter by Laure @Colorbox Sims > Go To Archive > Modern Kitchen Counters-Maxis Recolors
- RC Kitchen Table by plasticbox @MTS
The Better Homes & Gardens magazine was aimed at the heart of the great American middle class, and featured one-of-a-kind home plans, as well as home-improvement ideas to help bring even the simplest dwellings into the modern age. We had stacks of them in my house growing up.
This 1960 plan was featured in BH&G as one of its Five Star Plans, a distinction reserved for the best of the best. Try as I might, Maxis limitations made it impossible for me to recreate the facade exactly, but it retains the look and feel of Mid Century Modern and preserves the floor plan with almost no changes. And, being a Better Homes & Gardens plan, I tried to make it a better home and better garden.
It's a 2BD/1BA home with a combined living-dining area, an eat-in kitchen, a carport, patio, pool, and jacuzzi. It has the best flow of any of the MCMs I've built and is wonderfully easy to play. The only drawback is the abundance of plants, which need a LOT of care; the gardener just can't keep up.
Early on I switched out a couple of the trees for Grapholina's Divine Lime Tree, which doesn't drop leaves. Her website no longer exists, it's not offered on her MTS page, and I've been unable to find a direct link for it anywhere online; it seems you can only get it in downloaded lots. With the permission of MTS Staff I'd like to include it here as a direct download.
Enjoy!
Lot Size: 3x3
Lot Price: §88,208
Custom Content by Me:
- Retro Squiggly Diamond Linoleum_Aquamarine
- Retro Half Tile Wall_Aquamarine Light
Custom Content Included:
- 4ESF Kitchen4 Dishwasher > Objects > Kitchen > "Kitchen 4" by 4Ever SimFantasy
- 4esf Kitchen4 Trash Compactor by 4Ever SimFantasy
- Set Streifen 4 wallpaper (kitchen) > DL-Archiv > Buildmode/Walls & Floors pg 25 by anne @All4Sims
- Modern Fence Low-White (flat roof edge) > Downloads > Retired Designers > Retired Sims 2 Creators > Lirunchik-Sims 2 > pg 1 "Modern Fences Set" by lirunchik @Black Pearl Sims
- Modern Fence Very High Half by lirunchik @Black Pearl Sims
- Diffenbachia klein (living room plant) > Downloads > alle Kategorien/Sims 2-New Mesh > alle Themen/Plants > pg 6 by Manuela10669 @Blacky
- Kuechengeraete-Set (utensil rack) by Manuela10669 @Blacky
- Sanseveria (living room plant) > Downloads > alle Kategorien/Sims 2 New Meshes > alle Themen/Plants > pg 4 by Speedymaus22 @Blacky
- Faktum Cupboard with Doors > Downloads > pg 2 "The Big Trade-Off: Gift for Trapping" by curiousb @Dreamwidth
- RC Faktum Cupboard-Yellow by curiousb @Dreamwidth
- 'Simply Elegant' Single Long Curtains > Sims 2 Objects > Decorative pg 1 by Holysimoly
- Priza Relax Loveseat Downloads > pg 2 "Priza Living Chair" by m0xxa @Blown Away
- RC Chevron Armchair by m0xxa @Blown Away
- Chevron Armchair > Downloads > pg 2 "Waiting for the Sun" by m0xxa @Blown Away
- Marla Plant > Urban/"Marla Living Set" by AnYe @Pinkbox Design
- Nengi's Huge Oleander > "MaxisMatchBiggerOleander" by nengi65 @Sims2 Graveyard
- Sugar Wall Set 04 (living) > Downloads > pg 3 "Sugar wall set" by linacherie @Sims 2 Pallette
- "Ottomano" Bed > pg 8 by Shoukeir @Sims2Play Archive
- Painting03 (kitchen) > Sims 2 Paintings & Rugs > pg 3 by Shoukeir @Sims2Play Archive
- 2Tile Painting Mesh > Sims 2 Paintings & Rugs > pg 3 by Shoukeir @Sims2Play Archive
- RC 2Tile Painting-txtr03 (kitchen) by Shoukeir @Sims2Play Archive
- RC Painting 30-Matisse (master bed) by Shoukeir @Sims2Play Archive
- Painting 30 > The Sims 2 Paintings > Paintings 17 by Shoukeir @Sims2Play Archive
- Retro Patio Bench by CTNutmegger @MTS
- Retro Patio Dining Chair by CTNutmegger @MTS
- Retro Patio Table by CTNutmegger @MTS
- Asphalt Roof 2 by Frillen @MTS
- The Embrasure by Ergo Mid by HugeLunatic @MTS
- Basic Paint-Yellow Lightest by HystericalParoxysm @ MTS
- Basic Paint-Yellow Light by HystericalParoxysm @ MTS
- Threesome Mesh (flamingo painting-living) by Justmoi @MTS
- GispenSim Desk by Leefish @MTS
- Primroses by macarossi @MTS
- Torrox Double Archway by moune999 @MTS
- Fern in a Pot by plasticbox @MTS
- japanese ajisai babypink by reica15 @MTS
- japanese ajisai orange by reica15 @MTS
- Console Record Player by shannanisims @MTS
- RC SimStar Retro Stove by shannanisims @MTS
- SimStar Retro Stove by shannanisims @MTS
- SimStar Retro Refrigerator by shannanisims @MTS
- RC SimStar Retro Refrigerator by shannanisims @MTS
- Metro Window Master Mesh by Tiggy027 @MTS
- Metro Window by Tiggy027 @MTS
- Metro Window by Tiggy027 @MTS
- RC Metro Window Mesh-white by Tiggy027 @MTS
- Aura Bed by Ulmille @MTS
- Aura Curtains by Ulmille @MTS
- Aura Table Lamp by Ulmille @MTS
- Aura Table Left by Ulmille @MTS
- Aura Table Left by Ulmille @MTS
- Aura Table by Ulmille @MTS
- Divine Lime Tree by Grapholina
Additional Credits:
Thank you to the researchers and editors at Mid Century Home Style for their dedication to preserving the record of mid century architecture. Their house plans and photo galleries of interior design are greatly inspiring. You can view this plan here http://www.midcenturyhomestyle.com/...-5star-2305.htm
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#mid century modern, #50s, #fifties, #retro, #pool, #jacuzzi, #carport, #fireplace, #2 bedroom, #1 bath, #eat-in kitchen, #grapholina divine lime tree
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University | |
Nightlife | |
Open for Business | |
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Seasons | |
Bon Voyage | |
Free Time | |
Apartment Life |
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Happy Holiday | |
Family Fun | |
Glamour Life | |
Celebration | |
H&M Fashion | |
Teen Style | |
Kitchen & Bath | |
Ikea Home | |
Mansion and Garden |
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Lots: Feel free to do whatever you please with them in the privacy of your own game. Please don't upload them anywhere. The only exception is if you remodel one of my lots and want to upload it here to MTS. This, you are welcome to do. Creativity is never more free than when it's bouncing happily off the ideas of others. A link to your remodel would be nice, but it's not essential.
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