Old Farmhouse and Barn ~ 4B/4B/Gar-Barn, Basement, Porch - Minimal CC

I spent several years living in Kentucky, USA; during that time I visited as many farmhouses as I could. I absolutely love the mix of different architectural elements many of these old houses have. A lot of them were built out of necessity - so, are very practical in their original layout. Then, they were added on to when needed - so, new babies meant new additions. When 'indoor plumbing' became more practical, bathrooms were worked in where possible (and not always where you'd expect them to be nowadays But hey! At least it's inside now!) If the farmer had a good harvest that year, then maybe they could take some time and 'prettify' the old place up a bit. The work was all done by hand, of course. By their hands - the people who actually lived there and used the place.

When I saw the above picture, I imagined what the inside must be like. I based this floor plan on the outer shape of the building, and other farms I once visited. I used as little CC as I possibly could - I hope you can find some Gingerbread trim to 'prettify' it up with (I would include a link, but I don't have one atm.)


Please scroll through all the above pictures to see everything this house has to offer. The house is lightly furnished. All appliances, plumbing and lighting are included. The stove, grill, and fireplaces, all have smoke alarms. The front door is burglar alarmed. The telephone is on a central wall.

This is a clean copy of this house/lot; no sim has ever lived here. The package has been cleaned with Mootilda's Clean Installer.

There is parking for one vehicle in the garage.

Pictures were taken with the following item in place, but they are NOT included:
- Front door REC - OFB Euro Door in MM woods by Amythestfenix
- Invisible Driveway by Sophie-David @ MTS2

As always, I recommend hiding those fugly smoke alarms with this:
- Invisible Smoke Alarm by pfish @ MTS2

Possibly used but NOT included - so, you may need to GO get it:
--- I use the Lifestyle Build Bundle wallpapers/floors ALL the time. (If you followed that link, it's the second link in the top post - extracted from Lifestyle Stories by Argon @ MATY) This 'bundle' lives back in my Bins folder so it doesn't have the CC star. If you ever enter one of my builds and find it has blank/unpapered walls/floors, it is because I used ones from this bundle and forgot to mention it. So, either substitute the wall/floor of your choice, or go get this bundle and re-install the lot (from your lot bin.)


Custom Content Included:
- Chic Stairs MAIN - made recolorable by HugeLunatic (HL) @ MTS2 - no script file needed as these override the original stairs.
- Chic Stairs - Open Underneath by HugeLunatic (HL) @ MTS2 - these require a script file so follow the link and make sure you install them properly!
- Chic Stairs REC - Burnished Amber Wthd by iCad @ MTS2
- Quaint/Chic Fence in Burnished Amber Wthd by iCad @ MTS2
- SSN Country Window No Shutters 1T and 2T by pbox @ MTS2

Lot Size: 2x3
Lot Price (furnished): $68,245


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 Niol/Moi's Roof Shader for brighter roofs
And, HW/Honeywell's A Little Greyer: Roof Trim Defaults
Then, if it's a Bespoke Roof recolor - it will be THESE adjusted versions by The Llama Park/Tumblr that you see used in the pictures.
(However, what you get in the packaged file, will either be the plain EA roof or the straight, un-modified Bespoke roof from the set here on MTS2.)
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.


Additional Credits:
Thank you EAxis for this wonderful game
And, MTS2 for this terrific website!