Oh well, I'm disqualified then. I've changed the pictures before I saw your posts. I never saw a countdown timer, just Q's post that said July 21st Hawaii time. Good luck everyone!

I went back and saw the link.. It was for 11 am.. Oh well! Have fun!

Does anyone care?
/me does not. Contest is supposed to be fun and challenging...plus you've already been scored and it'd be a shame to have it go to waste :P

Update for those of you anxiously awaiting Round 2: my scoring is done! We're just getting the final three contestants put together!

ETA: Learned my lesson this round about waiting until the eleventh hour to start judging. For future rounds, can you guys please note in a new post if you've edited your entry after submission? Given my erratic work schedule and the fact I'm competing in another contest whose rounds end almost simultaneously with this one, I'm going to attempt getting my scoring done as entries come in.

/me runs off to finish her second round entry.

Okay! Tonight, foundation two will be posted. I am going away for two days, so I am eager to see what you guys have finished when I get back!

Again, thank you to everyone who's entered!

I just love looking at different design & decorating.
You brought such an array of styles here.
This contest is chock full of awesome eye-candy for the builder in all of us!

I'm excited to see what Round 2 brings!

Round two is up! They are a funny thing, angled foundations: People run the other way when faced with them and try to work their way around what is given. Ironically, they should be used more often. Interesting houses always stem from these foundations! So, I thought "Hey. I should make them use an angled foundation. That'd be a real challenge!"

So I am.
You won't be able to work your way around it. You will use diagonal building techniques.
Enjoy your first gimmick, guys.

Hai dear, what patch level did you have when you saved this foundation, I can't install it, but launcher nags I need a software update.

I'm patched to: 1.34 with EPs till pets installed. (there is a new patch I haven't yet installed, due to caw installation, and I dun wanna patch unless it's absolutely necessary.)

ETA: That above just to figure out if it's a patch issue, or something else.

I installed it just fine with patch 1.36, EPs till LN installed. I'm finishing up my build now.

EDIT: I won't be able to finish the build tonight. Gardening takes more time than I thought it would.

I'm done judging! Yay!

All the houses submitted are wonderful, and I enjoyed judging them. I put a little constructive feedback on some if it was needed, and I sincerely hope you make the best of it in your future entries.

Oh durn.

I'm still waiting for Q to confirm if he is patched or not though, cause I've been able to install lots with a not matchy patch before, and this should be just a foundation, lol.

Well, there is no rush for me, plenty of time to solve this.

Edit:
Talked with Q, can't still figure why I could install the first foundation with no issues since he says that he's had same patch all along, lol, patched up my game, cause I luff my Qbie, and have the lot now installed and ready to build!

The Nutcase
 

Hehe, I guess I didn't start strong with this one, with all the issues installing the darn foundation, lol. But I'm still posting my lot first!
(hasty finn is a hasty finn. Also, someone will probably snipe me while I make this post )

I'm still not too much of a blabber when it comes to description, so Imma let you see it for yourselves.

One preview:








Now if you survived the picture overload, lemme tell you a few things about the lot.

The lot has been playtested, with two happy sims.
There is some CC, but SeeMyu's Curtains are just too awesome to be left sitting in the catalog
Mod credits go to Buzzler (where would I be without his mods, huh? <3) and velocitygrass who made the Ossim stencil remover mod
Oh right, and the name of the lot? I asked over at chat, and Dorot... um, Eternila told me to name it Hazelnut Shell. So I named it the Nutcase. Duh.

Hi everyone! This is my entry for round 2. This foundation had me stumped for about 10 minutes, but once I got to work everything went better than expected. I'm actually quite proud of it!
So here it is, Mordern Living!

Front of house:


Back of house:


Floor Plan:


Others


Sorry for the overload on pictures! :P
No CC was used.

Wow, Vickachu1512, you did an awesome job with that foundation!
And Armiel, this just gorgeous, as always :lovestruc . You make everything looks great, that's not fair
Well, I guess I better get to it, right?

I just had a little question beforehand: when do we get the grades, and especially the feedback? I can do without but i admit i really enjoy getting feedback on my creations.

First off, Q I was excited for this!.... Until I realized that you flipped the script and the angled section was a straight section..
Secondly, I wanted to try and make a modern house. Because they can look so awesome and such.
Thirdly, I suck at making modern houses....
Fourth, Armi and Vickachu, so sexy with your homes!
Fifth, Enjoy my house!

UNF! is right! This bitch is bangin! Suited for a lone wolf, GCWK, or a successful business woman, this par-modern home will be the ideal nesting place to be.
This dwelling sports two bathrooms, one bedroom. The general flow is calm and linear. The large windows are designed and angled to let in the maximum amount of daylight, lowering bill costs[19].
A main point in this abode is the kitchen area[28][32]. Flooding with light from the aforementioned windows, it features a beautiful double high ceiling with attractive "floating" lattice work[31].
Moving from the kitchen to the Living Room your first greeted by the slimline fireplace[27]. Two ceiling hung swing chairs give you a perfect view to sit and stare for hours on end at it. I know someone already is.
Upstairs, your given a broad view of, well, everything. Scenic shot of the front yard[17], a majestic picture of the sideyard[18], and a bird's eye view of the kitchen[31].
A second obvious point of this home is the Mack Daddy of carports attached to the house. Using the same "floating" lattice as on the inside there isn't a better looking way to keep your car cool and semi-protected without four walls and a ceiling.









Thanks to HP and Hudy777 for the edgers and windows!
EA Store for kitchen counters
All other CC is mine

I won’t lie. I suck at modern houses but I am quite happy with my first CFE roof.



Back:


Top and Interior:


Bonus shots:


Picture’d out? Here’s the list of CC:

- SeeMyu’s More Slots! Base Game Bookshelves
- Souris’ Plant Set (Second one on this page) (Second one on this page)
- Pilar’s Shelf Stairs
- Mireluk’s Annie Modular Sofa
- Various Sets and Items from the EA Store

Hello, Well. I didn't like this diagonal foundation because I could only place stairs in two places and it interferred with counter placement. Oh well. It's a simple house with a Mix N Match decor. Not happy with it but whatever. This house is even more suck-a-mundo than the last one.

I think it's all game or store content.

Porkypine, do you mind using spoiler tags? It really helps reduce loading time for pages if everyone puts the majority of their photos behind spoiler tags.

Because this round coincided with my getting the Late Night expansion, I decided to make a vampire lair this time. There are three floors, a Plasma Fruit garden, and no windows. That's right, I did not use a single window in the entire build. After all, the whole purpose of windows is to let the sunlight in!

All of my pictures are in the spoiler tags. I hope you like it!

Front View


Rear View


Floor Plans




Pictures and Descriptions
NOTE: These pictures were taken during the daytime when the house was empty. I wanted to take some pictures at night with vampire Sims visiting, but the game decided that wasn't going to happen. If I'm able to get those pictures, I'll edit them in.





This lair uses content from WA, Ambitions, and LN. No store content was used, and the only CC used was the foundation itself. Thanks QBUILDERZ for the CC!

I swear you guys, it only been like two days! Holy shit! I haven't even managed to engineer the perfect heist and you're already entering entries.

I'm having a hard time trying to figure out which way the lot should be rotated. Is the mailbox in the download supposed to be pointing SW or SE? I tried to figure it out from what people have submitted so far, but that just confused me more.

Rishara:

To quote from Q's main post...

Lot size
o The lot size will be included in the post. You are not allowed to place the foundation on a larger sized lot than what is given.
o You are allowed to rotate the lot any way you would like.

Ugh, thanks. I swear, I went and read it several times and just didn't see that in there. I now know it's Monday. No wonder I was so confused, as everyone has rotated their lots in various directions, heh heh.

I'm so sad I didn't see this contest until today. I would have loved to participate! Everyone has done an incredible job so far, it's so much fun to see what different sorts of things people come up with when challenged with the same starting canvas.

Q, just out of curiosity, can I participate (in a non-judged fashion obviously) just for fun? I'd love to enjoy this contest with all of you!

Up for judging this time is is bachelorette's paradise! Located in the remote craters of Lunar Lakes, this surprisingly spacious house features just a singe bedroom and a single bathroom. However, unlike many houses in the area, it is also home to a laundry room!

http://i.imgur.com/Hrfsa.jpg?1

The bedroom overlooks the living room, providing an excellent spot to people-watch. The large and plentiful windows allow for the greatest view of the brilliant landscape, while letting in a large amount of light.

Required Images


Other Pictures


Custom Content
Mirror
All the pretty furniture

EDIT: In addition, I'm on vacation from the 5th of August until the 11th. So I may need an extension on whichever round falls within those dates. I would have said something at the start, but my attendance on said vacation was not decided on until today. =)

I am so impressed by everyone's work! You guys are doing such an amazing job, as well as you, Q, for running such a great contest so far! I can't wait to see what Round 2 leads everyone to build!

All I can say is I'm super impressed by everyone who has their round 2 houses built. Sheesh, it is giving me conniptions, and I've been working on mine for hours now.

Does anyone know how to keep your walls from showing through the windows/doors? That seems to be even more of an issue on this diagonal foundation than normal.

From placing them with MoveObjects on? Or just in general? If via the cheat try using the Wall tool to make a line next to the affected window. You don't actually have to make a wall, just use the tool near it. If that makes sense :P

Some really great houses, everyone!
Armiel, I envy your ability to make a real-life-looking roof on an angled foundation.
Morphead, you really can not say you suck at making modern houses, that's great!

After a couple of failed attempts, I think I might finally be on my way to finishing something. Maybe. I'm having issues with windows snapping to the walls, now. They don't seem to like cooperating... Sigh. I will make it work, dammit!

Just in general. They will place fine and then I'll rotate around the lot and the next time I look at them, the wall is showing and just the frame of the window shows. It's really annoying. I can usually just click on them and it will fix itself, but for some reason I'm having to do that over and over again with this house. Hopefully, I can just do it real fast before taking screenshots and they'll behave enough to get those done.I also have a weird graphical artifact on this house that shows up in the air behind my house. Hopefully I can manage to get screenies without it, as I'm not rebuilding everything now, lol.

Becca - change it to MoveObjects off

This is the Pink sisters - Hydrangea House.

The Pink sisters are identical clones. Know one knows who the original is or if the other is the clone. It was a wild party that night. They are both monster makers. To pretend normalcy, their home is open and airy with many windows. .. Just where is the monster making den?

The house is rather Spartan looking but that is because they are lab techs/mad scientists at heart.



Just click on the images below to see the rest.

As far as I know, there are no rules against it, so hell yeah! Join in It'll be fun!

-_- I managed to get myself grounded, so this is fair warning that I won't be showing up until later in the next round. Thankfully it's only for a week, but I get no internet access.

See you then, Fuzzle ;D

Alright, guys! I am updating the first post with the current round two entries. I will then be posting the scores later today :D

EDIT: Link to scores in the first post

Thanks a bunch Q! I'm glad I get to join in the fun, even if I'm not being judged.

So here's my entry for round one!

Hatfield Hideaway

In the backwoods of Twinbrook lived a family called " The Hatfields' " This is their home. (If you can call it that. . .)

When buying his home Cletus Hatfield was heard to remark: "We'll show them "McCoy's" up with this beaut! It's even got one of them there fancy wrap 'round porches!"


Required

Front





Back





FloorPlan

1st Floor



2nd Floor




Additional Pics











Well that wraps it up for my entry. I'd like to thank the following creators for helping out with this awesome house!

Ritsukacom
Pyszny
Severinka
LunaSimsLulamai
Aikea Guinea
8-3
Fresh Prince
Qbuilderz
Cmomoney
daluved1
LianaSims3
RoseSims3
BloomsBase

And of course a shout out to Granthes for his OMSP

Flabaliki - Round 2
 

Check out the building video here!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZvYY3dtIIE
I'm a man of few words, so here:









No CC was used.

Aww. I did pretty damned badly in round one. :S I guess the idea of playing it safe didn't pay off. Oh well. I played safe again anyway. It's a simple lot again, built to house an aging retired actress and her cat.



Various Views


Floor Plan


Interior

Whew, finally finished this one. I went way outside my comfort zone and built a contemporary (with a bit of an industrial style) house in Lucky Palms. I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.

Note: there are a few weird graphical artifacts on a couple of the screenshots. If ANYONE knows how to get rid of them (there are no actual objects there), let me know, and I'll retake the screenshots. It was super annoying. I did try saving to the library and replacing, using Twallan's mods to reset the lot, etc, to no avail.

This house is home to Bruce Cortland (a prominent architect), his daughter Lilly (spoiled teenager), and his new bride Michelle (2nd wife--a stylist). The color palettes of the house are all meant to blend in well with each other, with the exception of Lilly's room. Being a rebellious teenager, she wanted pink. The outside is largely xeriscaped with only a couple of small patches of lawn due to the desert atmosphere.













CC Used:

SookieLee for the roof
Lhonna for modern paintings
Ewelina20 for modern paintings
Sionelle for modern paintings
Armiel for cast yourself a painting
cmomoney for modern rugs
Pophyria for castable plants
OrangeMittens for curtains

I think everything else is from the game or the store (lots and lots from the store).

Hope you enjoy!

OMG, someone who still uses that old thing! (^referring to above post)

Awesome entries everyone!


QBIE, do me, us, everyone a favor and make those "round ends, round starts, scores are posted"- more clear please. Big headers, bold text etc. Not like this, please "EDIT: Link to scores in the first post" NO ONE WILL SEE IT!

I still luv you though

-bossy finn-

Lol, I love that thing.

Round 2 House
 

Alright, here's round two. I decided to go for a Twinbrook home because I was interested in exploring a lot of flora and fauna for this one. The theme of nature, flowers, and plants runs throughout the house. Most of the home is made of natural light woods or bright flower colors. All the home has wooden floors and also panelled ceilings.

So here we go:













Thanks all! Hope you like it!

Round 2
 

Hey Everyone! I finally finished my round 2 house. It took me a while considering I've never built a house on a diagonal foundation. When I first saw the foundation I wanted to do a modern house but I felt like that would be easier, so I went with my more traditional aesthetic. I came up with a cozy 2-story home that would be perfect for a couple with no kids or kids that all grew up, and the couple has a good sum of money. The exterior is traditional, including cornices. (The roof took me probably 2 hours alone! :p) The decor inside is colorful and very cheery yet easy on the eyes and it fits together well. The home has 2 bedrooms and one bathroom, along with a pool, a garden, and an exquisitely landscaped yard. Enjoy!



I couldn't narrow down enough pictures so I ended up with 30 total, so consider yourself warned:








Custom Content by:
Armiel
KiaraRawks
Awesims
QBUILDERZ
Salifindragon
Morphead
Cmomoney
Purplepaws
Fresh Prince
Marky Boy
fantasticsims@ TSR
Arelien @ TSR
Fredbrenny @ TSR
NewOne @ One Billion Pixels

Without these creators this house wouldn't look half as nice! All other custom content used is from the store. If you want to know where I got a specific object, just ask!

Everyone's R2 houses are fantastic...Good luck to everyone!

Enjoy!

Seriously, I am loving how cretive you guys are getting with this foundation! Keep up these awesome lots! :D

I am finding it so hard to nitpick right now with your Round 2, guys! I JUST WANT TO LOOK AT THE PRETTY HOUSES!

Q, I have a late question- if someone wants to put stairs where it is diagonal and therefore has to do the half-tile overhang so the stairs are straight, is that enough to count as modifying the foundation? or what about deleting the one tile and nesting the stairs in so it's still pretty much same shape, just stairs instead of actual foundation?

For the round two entry, I decided on a modern house. The house was built in Lucky Palms. This house is a one bedroom modern home and is meant for either a single celebrity (male or female ) who is an architect or a married couple without kids (both celebrity too) of which one is definitely an architect.

On entering the lot, you are greeted with the flapping sound of the fountains aligned in the frontage.

The ground floor has the living room modestly furnished through which you can get to the backyard. The study and the library lies directly opposite to the living room. At the end of the passage of the left lies the kitchen. There is a visitor toilet on this floor after all you would't want your visitors using your private one. The up floor has the bedroom to which is attached the architects domain where he/she creates his/her wonderful designs. Through this room, you get to the bathroom which is on a split level. The bedroom lead to a balcony where of course your Sims can sit for a game of chess while at the same time beholding the beauty of the surrounding town.

The outdoor is fully landscaped with modern design in both flowers and tiles and houses a swimming pool and a fitness area close to it.

Hear are the images of the house

Required screenshots

Front view(4)







Back view


Floor plans(3)

Ground level


First floor


Foundation


Additional Images

Overview of the Lot



Additional exterior pics (15):




Additional Interior pictures pics:

Living room (3):



Others (9):




Custom contents

Apart from the 2011 Mercedes-Benz S550 and 2012 Mercedes-Benz CLS550 in images of front view by Fresh prince all other CC are by me

Thanks

Great work, everyone. Perfectionist I love yours!

I added a few extra interior shots from play-testing to my entry. I also forgot to mention that there is a wine cellar outside of my house. It's not livable space, just a deep basement for aging nectars. I'm playing the "garage" clause on that one, as the house is built across the road from a fancy nectary.

Thanks very much! Yours too!

Finally finished this thing! I can apparently get so much more done after midnight.
I'm also close to half asleep, so I apologise in advance for any 3:30am-weirdness herein.

More Than Modern
This spacious two-storey house features open-plan kitchen/dining/living areas, a main bathroom and a study on the first floor; while the master bedroom and ensuite, two single bedrooms and nursery can be found on the second floor. There is also covered parking for two cars.
...And I'm too tired to think of a creative description. Ah well. On to the pictures!







All EPs & SPs
No CC

Wow. You guys are great builders. (dagnabbit competition! I have to actually compete now! ) For some odd reason I've kept to a single floor, thinking 'Ah, Q will have us build a complex split level at some points where I can go vertical!' lol Meantime, I am losing points for being single story and not very inspired. I will have to do better next lot. lol

I was also tempted to 'rough it' by placing a sleeping bag on teh foundation and a canopy over it and a latrine somewhere. lool but I knew I'd get ZERO points for that one.

Bakafox - yes, that is modifying the foundation. There are only two places where you can place the steps. Look at the others floor plans to see it OR, just hover your steps around the foundation until you can find it and then build your house around that.

Just replaced some images that were dark with better one( first floor picture and the bathroom pictures under others)

Is it possible to join in from round 2 onwards? Or is a prerequisite of round 2 to have completed round 1?

Q will let you load 'samples' but you won't be a contestant because you missed the 1st round.

Comet Fusion Club
 

Well, here my strange place for this round.
Comet Fusion Club is a nighty community lot very popular in my Lunar Lakes world, just what Ego Arrow needs when he feels wild (yes, party animal trait, you know, have to test the lot...). Good music, good drinks, simple things like that. Closure at 02.00 a.m. - Parking is allowed for guests.

Except for the KathyPerrySP, I used all EPs and SPs and few items from the store (some futureshock sets items, the arcade machine, a wall lamp Stancké and other free store objects).
No other CCs.

Requested pics

Front (Day and Night view)


Back


Plan (1st floor, 2nd floor, roof)


Side view


Additional Pictures

The Lounge and Campari Drinks Corner


The Little Stars Disco and DJ post


Here a 40" slideshow showing few more pics.
I love to see around builders nicks I know since more-or-less the beginning and so many new talented builders. Also, I'm impressed by all the different styles and some tricks used to work with diagonal walls, really creative.

Let me know if I have to change or delete some pics or whatever.

Ah i see, thank you porkypine Unfortunately I cannot get the .sims3pack to install because my game won't update to the latest version, damn mac!

Wow this is an interesting competition and I must say you guys are really great. Looking at the different designs that came up with the same foundation really shows that this site has got real talents.

@armiel, flabiliki,Perfectionist
You guys use of the base for such perfect houses towards a Victorian are really astonishing and your houses look absolutely wonderful and beautiful

@ Rishara, Morphead,Adonispluto
Who says the same foundation cannot be made into a modern. Your buildings are totally outstanding and classy too.

To other competitors, you all have done a great job.I cannot build but the least I can do is support those who took the courage to embark on it. Here is a to you all

Round 2: Carson Place
 

A rather modern home with touches of older fashions like the A frame roof and steep gables and tower with more windows for ventilation- when Jamie and Kaya moved to Finnington with their adopted daughters, it was the perfect home for them to start out fresh as a new family.

Front, Back, and Sides





It is a two-story home, with 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms
First Floor

Second Floor:


The floors with walls at cut away:





This lot was built with things from pretty much all of the expansions, and the stuff packs Outdoor Living, Master Suite, and Town Life
There is also store content used, such as chairs from the 50's set, and some random decor.

CC used:

• PurplePaws' TS2 Bon Voyage Souvenirs as TS3 Clutter
• Cmomoney's Cigarette Mod (used as clutter)
• hudy777DeSign's Modern Line Windows & Doors
• Seemyu's Little Shelf of Heaven & High End TV Set
• Ewelina20's Modern Paintings
• And of course the world I used is Armiel's Finnington

Round 2 Entry: Greek Revival House
 

Whew. I never thought I'd finish this. This foundation was very challenging for me but it seems I have succeeded in conquering it. My round 2 entry is a Greek Revival house with 2 bedrooms and 2 baths.









As with my last house I used no custom content, only store content and items from the EPs I own (World Adventures, Late Night, Ambitions, Pets).

First post updated to contain all currently submitted round two lots! :D

Good boy, Q :D

/me approves header1's


Great entries everyone, keep them coming!

It is really an honour to be in this contest with so many creative talents. I am just speechless

I feel like a bunch of the entries so far would make excellent lots on site. If anyone decides to upload them, keep us updated! I'll swing by and drop a comment

I think I'll upload all of my entries after the contest is over, but I'll have to remove/and or credit a lotttt of CC, I should probably keep that in mind during the future rounds.

Anyway, everyone's houses are spectacular and I can't wait to see the scores!

Sigh, they have the full Ultra Lounge set for 50% off in game right now. Of course, I just bought that like a week ago at full price.

Just thought I'd throw that out there if anybody else was looking at it but hadn't bought it yet.


I actually would like to submit my round 2 entry, but I'd have to redo the lot to get rid of all the weird graphical crap I have going on there.

I was thinking of uploading my round 2, but the black accent walls aren't very photo friendly. I might change the colour and smooth out one of the walls to make it more player friendly... and of course remove a good 80% of the CC xD.

I'm tempted to play around with my Round 1 entry a little bit and upload it, and maybe do the same with Round 2 in a while. I just have to find time first. xD

Go for it Becca! I'm thinking about uploading my round 1 but my round 2 generally sux. lol

I'm going to upload all of my entries to both MTS and the official Exchange. However, I'm going to put a clothing hamper into my round 1 entry before I upload it. I didn't realize that not having a hamper would mess up the laundry system.

There's quite a few lots this round that I wouldn't mind downloading. *hint hint*

Great job everyone!

Participation question...Foundation Challenge
 

I would like to try this, but missed the first entry. Can I start with the second round and continue or just do it for fun this time?

I love all the ones I've seen so far, so I know I have my work cut out for me!

Thanks a bunch!

sharill63: If you scroll up, you'll see that a similar question was answered by porkypine: "Q will let you load 'samples' but you won't be a contestant because you missed the 1st round."

As far as I can tell, you can certainly join for fun - but it won't be scored and such.

I'm looking forward to your houses!!! :D

Thanks, Giga! I see all you guys have the fort held down quite well :D

Just an update days:

Time is running outttttt! 2 days left and stuff : )

Thanks Giga! I must have missed that one on my way down. I'll have to keep closer tabs on the challenge threads to make sure I don't miss the next one!! *might as well do the "entry" foundation challenge too, just to have a full set!

1 day and 9 hours to install the foundation and build on it... challenge accepted. :D

EDIT: Pff, and I need to update my game. This just gets better :P

Go, builders, go!
Round 2 is turning out some impressively awesome lots!

Can't wait to see some more diagonal creativity!

Just a few hours left!

The scoring sheet will be made later tonight; foundation #3 will be up tomorrow (later in the day)

(And BTW, I had the clock set to AM instead of PM, so you got an additional 12 hours tacked back on )

I was determined to avoid the trap of going modern (it's a trap for me as I really struggle with them) and actually when I googled 'triangular balconies' the first image that came up was Sicilian so I went with a classical Italian theme. Due to the weird shape I called it 'Tuscan Twist'.
Front View:

Rear View:

Kitchen:

Bathroom:

Bedroom:


Lots More: http://s833.photobucket.com/albums/...mview=slideshow

CC used: a window, arch, curtain and sofa by Luna, rugs by B5Studio, pot and salt/pepper by ATS and the rest is from the EA Store.

Vigneto Italiano
 

Welcome to Vigneto Italian, a small yet beautiful home for your winemaker sims. Aside from having a vast vineyard there is also a smaller garden with various types of fruit, a gardening shed, a wine cellar with a wine maker, a rather large kitchen, and a large bedroom and bathroom.

Furnished: 100,459
Unfurnished: 43,687

Front View:


Back View:


Floor Plan




Extra Pictures:


At Night


CC Used (a lot of names I know, but I some creators I only used one item...lol):
armiel (MTS)
QBuilderz (MTS)
Milina Sims
Desdren
Around The Sims
Porkypine
Suza
IMHO
Mango Sims
sim_man123 (TSR)
Pilar
Cashcraft (TSR)
Angela (TSR)
Simmami
SIMcredible Designs
BuffASummer (TSR)
Sasilia (TSR)
Luna Sims
Roan
The Sims 3 Store
Jope
NewOne
Simplan-X
PralineSims
Sims3D
Gosik (TSR)
Anoeska (TSR)
orangemittens (MTS)
Awesims
pyszny16
Cemre (TSR)
DOT (TSR)
RicciNumbers (TSR)
www,sims3.simsdesignavenue.net
Mensure (TSR)
Lemoncandy
Shino&KCR (TSR)

Just a -little- CC you got there, mommy (ETA: I hit on the funny button just due to this)


Few more entries missing, but there is still time! Great lots everyone, who has posted their round two already

For anyone who's interested, my Round 1 lot has been uploaded -> here.

I'm going to be pushing it for time for round 3, I think. I've got a lot on for the next week and a half, so hopefully Q's in a good mood when he makes the foundation and it's not too hard.

All right, so the first thing that came to my mind when I saw that foundation was*: modern house*! It would have made perfect sense to take full advantage of all the weird angles but I wanted to try something different and I was sooo inspired... until I started getting stuck and running out of time to make something decent out if it

Here's my middle-eastern inspired house

Front picture:


Back picture:








CC content:
- Sims store
- Luna from LunaSimsLulamai

BTW, thanks for the grade. It's always an eye opener. I used to think I sucked at landscaping. Turns out it's been my redeeming quality
So far at least^^

Round 3 I'll have plenty of time, but Round 4 I'll be out of the country with sporadic internet, so it'll be interesting what I can manage to create without access to tutorials.

My lots have also been uploaded and can be found at the following:

Round 1 : Family Retreat

Round 2 : Modern Hideaway

Lol, yea it does seem like a ton when it is written out but it just looks that way because most of those I only used one item but then others I used quite a bit. :D

**dabs sweat off brows of Round 2 contestants**
Brav-o everyone!

Such varied house styles, too!
There's a lot of creativity up in this thread!
I lurve it!



CreativeMommy~
I cannot resist... Have you seen this nifty sampler?

Self-admitted CC freak here. And, yes, I have it^ in my game

Finally ungrounded! Glad I submitted my round two entry as soon as I finished it, instead of waiting. xD

Haha! No I have not seen that before but I love it! Now everyone has seen how obsessed I am with CC. *hides away* I'm sorry, I just don't like a lot of the EA stuff, CC is just so purty, I can't help it. :D

Oh, CreativeMommy, no need to hide away & don't apologize! **there there**
I totally agree with you
And just when I say Nope! My game can't take anymore!... someone comes along with a must have! And the spree begins! LOL

Fuzzlechan! Welcome back!

Lol, I hear you. The only reason I don't have so much right now is that I had all of mine stored on an external hard-drive, which died. I recently had to reformat my main drive, so I lost everything I had and have had to start re-downloading stuff.

ROUND 2 IS OVER

Whew! Let the judging commence!

So excited to take a nice, long look at everyone's entries. From what I have seen so far - it looks like everyone did a frakking fantastic job.

Onto the judging, folks! A lot of lovely houses to ogle over the next day or two! :D

It's still the 1st of August where I live.

There was a countdown timer below the Round 2 banner in the first post. It's been there since the round began.

Like ReyaD said above there was a timer under the round two post. Of course it was taken into consideration that so many of us stay in different time zones and thats the reason for the timer so that we all have an official base reference time irrespective of time our zone

I ended this round the same way as the first round; it ended ON August 1st (11:59:59 July 31st)

However, I'm not a stickler. If you can try and get it in today/tomorrow morning, that'd be fine.

Here is my belated entry. I misunderstood the directions.

Cool Breeze by CynKuy
Furnished 56,370
Unfurnished 32,589

Possible Packs Used: Ambitions, World Adventures, Generations, Pets, Late Night, Barnacle Bay, Lunar Lakes, Hidden Springs.

Front of Cool Breeze:



Roof top view:



Second floor plan:



Side View:



Rear View:



First floor plan:



Study two views:



Husband is a dancing machine.



Kitchen:



Bedroom:



I didn't use any CC.

ROUND 3 FOUNDATION POSTED

SCORES PENDING

UNLIKE THE PREVIOUS ROUNDS, YOU WILL HAVE UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY ON THE 12th TO FINISH YOUR ENTRY (see the countdown, just to be sure!)

Q, you sly dog. I love the new foundation

I have a question, is flattening the lot in the front considered "altering the foundation" or "adjusting the height", because you said we could do whatever with the terrain, so I got rid of one of the holes in the lawn. The foundation is the same height and shape, I just wanted to make sure it isn't against the rules.

Ah, I meant to clarify this! Yeah, you are completely allowed to edit the terrain still. If you feel like you still need the 4 click height to work, you can raise the terrain/lower it/etc.

Perfect...I don't have to change my house then, thanks!