lot tour for Lonsdale Manor [royalty]

[bacc_krow]

Every King needs a castle, right? So here's the home of the Lonsdale family. I call it Lonsdale Manor even though it's not actually a manor, but it's set in the future so whatever. 8|

Anyway, this house is one I built in drips and drabs so it took at least three days to put together, probably more. It's also a stunning example of why I don't like

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[bacc_krow]

Thanks, I like it too. :3 I'd totally have one for myself IRL if I could. That and a treehouse.

The hanging chair is from -Maylin-'s Sunny Paradise set, I think.

[olivethegreat]

The house looks great. The garden is gorgeous. I really can't wait for you to start playing and posting updates. x)

[bacc_krow]

Thanks! :3 I'm really pleased with how the garden turned out. I'm excited to start too, but I wanna give everyone homes first and... well... @_@; there's that whole 'time' thing.

[leech_jar]

Wow, this looks really great! I especially love the garden.

[bacc_krow]

Thanks! :D I really like the garden too.

[carizzo08]

This house is amazing. Would NOT mind living there myself, haha. Can't wait to see it in action, so to speak.

[bacc_krow]

Thanks. :D I look forward to actually getting in there and using it, lol.

[carizzo08]

And I look forward to the pictures of it in use, like I already said. :)

[kumiko_fuji]

Do you have this and other RKC lots uploaded anywhere? I wanna start one, but I'm already bad at building boxy houses, much less making it look like something you'd see IRL. Especially castles. I'd really like to have these lots if you were able to upload them.

[bacc_krow]

Alas, I don't have them uploaded. :< I am happy to, though they contain quite a bit of CC. I might take the time to rebuild them as cc-free as possible, and upload those. I'll certainly see what I can do, but I'm afraid it won't be quick.

In the mean time, the best advice I can give to break out of the box-house style is just practice. Build build build, find styles you like and build some more. It really isn't as hard to build non-boxy houses as it seems, you've just got to learn how. And the best way to do that, is practice. C:

Oh, but you can certainly recreate the buildings from their pictures, if you want. That'd be faster for you I'm sure.

[kumiko_fuji]

I might just do that. I'd get a bit of practice out of it, even if it's just recreating. Thanks for offering to upload them too.

I think my difficulty with building is laying down a pratical layout. I like one floor houses with 7 bedrooms (to have a married couple, the previous couple, nursery and possible quads) and 3 bathrooms, and since the most I build with is 3x3 lots, it gets hard to change the layout and still have it functional. Doesn't help that sims have retarded routing, so it's hard to get creative with kitchen/dining room placements.

The only style I've found that can offset the boxy build without too much decorating is using the funky roof shapes. Use the round roof and suddenly your house looks like a Super Mario mushroom. I have a BACC all in that style, and it looks cute even if the layout of the houses are identical.