Lexi has been after me for years to build her a home of her own. After inheriting *
ahem* a bit from her long lost Aunt, she brought me some tentative house sketches.
- She wanted someplace unique, with an interesting use of space - large enough to get lost in, but not ostentatious or overly conspicuous in size. Except, she says, there
must be a Tower. Petey has to have a Tower!
- OK. A
non-conspicuous tower...
- Color, yes. Lexi loves colors - the more color, the better, she says. No bland beige for me, she says.
- But, a bright red roof will kinda stand out a bit, don'tcha think?
- She blinks at me... from under her mop of bright red hair.
- I see.
After much deliberation, drawing, and debate, this is the result. Lexi is both delighted and proud of her new home. It is a one-of-a-kind place, and as quirky as she is.
Please scroll through all the pictures above to see everything that this unique home has to offer. The "Official Tour" starts with photo #19:Welcome (below)
The pictorial 'tour' will lead you all throughout the house, returning many times to the Main Gallery (below) which is at the center of the house, in the base of the Tower.
Oh. My. There is a lot going on in that picture. (I told Lexi she should have Dramamine on hand for her visitors!) *sigh* We return to this room often because, as you can see in the picture, this is the room of choices. If you turn to the right, you can go out into the yard. If you go straight ahead, you are in the kitchen and beyond to the rest of that wing. If you go down the hidden winding staircase on the left, you will find the bedroom wing. Going up the spiral marble staircase takes you up into the tower (watch out for Petey - that's his turf!) and eventually you will come out at the rooftop pool.
Most of the interior walls are either done in Teak paneling (reminiscent of Lexi's ship) or cool marble (to which I breathed a sigh of relief, Miss Colorful was limited to only four shades of colored marble,) even so, once the house was finished, and all her treasures moved in, there is a LOT to look at in there. I hope you enjoy the rest of your tour...
This is a clean copy of this house/lot; no sim has ever lived here. Petey the parrot is NOT included. The package has been cleaned with Mootilda's
Clean Installer. Invisible smoke alarms are over the kitchen stove and outdoor grill. The telephone is on the wall in the kitchen. There is a burglar alarm by the front door.
CC list - used but
NOT included - so,
GO get it:
From the
TS2 Store Items now housed at GoS you will need:
Enter with Dread Door from the
Spooky Collection
Banner of the Bold and Great Lord's...Shield from the
Castle Collection
Potted Orchid from the
Asian Collection
From the
Pet Stories Stuff made recolorable by HL @ GoS - you will need the aquarium "StationFISH", the bench press, and the "Dangling Bougainvillea"
From the
Life Stories Buy Bundle @ Sims2Artists - the LeatherSofa and "Strife Unrepentant" picture
Pre-Order BONUS Items you will need to get are - HobbyPoster/FT, StrindTable/IKEA, NominellChair/IKEA, GardenGnome/M&G,
And the Alienware PC from the
Maxoid Archive on the Wiki
Also you will need...
Invisible Driveway by Sophie-David @ MTS2
2T Tall OFB Windows by Windkeeper @ TSR
Short Epee Fence (grey/yellow) by Shakeshaft @ TSR
M&G matching Empire Double Arch by Shakeshaft @ TSR
M&G matching Empire Single Arch by Shakeshaft @ TSR
- not used in this build, but needed for the double arch to work.
Custom Content Included:
- Maxis Art Nouveau Modular Stairs - made recolorable and their Black REC by
Huge Lunatic (HL) @ MTS2 - no script file needed as these
override the original stairs.
- Maxis Shinto/Step Into a World Modular Stairs - made recolorable by
HL @ MTS2 - no script file needed as these
override the original stairs.
- Maxis Shinto Stairs medium wood recolor by me
CatherineTCJD @ MTS2
- Holy Smoke recolorable stairs by
Numenor @ MTS2
- Gold recolor of Holy Smoke stair and rail by JLonier (?maybe) it was a loooong time ago, here on MTS and I can't find it anymore, but it's included - thank you whoever you are!
- Tornado Fence recolor by
Michelle @ MTS2
- ModernFence_Low by
Lirunchik @ BPS (now at TSR)
- Stainless Steel Floor Edger by
HL @ Sims2Artists
- Backless tub/shower by
HL @ MTS2
- Backless expensive shower by
HL @ MTS2
- Transparent Floor Tile and Wavy Pool Water (transparent tile) by
Frillen @ MTS2
- RetainingWall_Mesh, TopMesh, and 2 recolors - NearDirt2000, and ZigguStone by
tbudgett @ MTS2
- Invisiblesmokealarm by
pfish @ MTS2
- Kitchen counter dummy by
Honeywell @ MTS2
- Werbunnst MM loveseat by
LeeFish @ NixedSims WordPress
- Dachdeko Set 1, 2, and 3 (Boho roof pieces) by aytinap - slaved by
HL @ Sims2Artists
Standard mods I use that are
not necessary nor included - but were probably used whilst building/photo-ing/prepping this house for upload...
I use Moi's
Roof Shader for brighter roofs
Maranatah's
White Wall Top texture replacement
Moo's
Turn On/Off Lights
Menaceman's
Lunatech Lighting Fix
BeosBoxBoy's
no-red-pause-mod
Nopke's
Go Under Spiral Stairs mod for proper spiral stair usage
And, of course, everyone needs Numenor's
CEP and
SEP!
I also use
FRAPs to take in-game pictures, and
PhotoShop to clean/collage said pictures.
And, I highly recommend using gummilutt's
Invisible Medicine Cabinet to add features to any mirror - as per her policy, it's not used or included in this lot.
Lot Size: 5x3
Lot Price (furnished): $282,839
Additional Credits:
Thank you EAxis for this wonderful game
And, MTS2 for this terrific website!