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.

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!