Plumbella did a new shell challenge but inverted if that makes sense? So they put the furniture and you’re meant to build the walls, might be interesting for you to try if you like!
yeah, the "tight" floorplans of older houses are just much easier to heat before hvac became the standard. a series of smaller rooms connected by corridors can be warmed up in sections or opened up in sections to allow for airflow. that way you don't have to heat parts of the house you're not using and it's more efficient on fuel. farmhouses constructed with stone or earth have to compensate somewhat for the lack of insulation in the walls by using this strategy. i love earthen building so i have a lot more to say on passive + radiant heating, but since this is a sims vid, i'll refrain. i just like knowing the practical details behind a design aesthetic.
So, if you like knowing details behind designs, you might be interested in this design and architecture podcast called 99% invisible ✌️ It's pretty cool, and talks about design, design history, purpose of design, good design, and just so much I couldn't possibly list here. Reading your comment reminded me of an older episode 😊 Anyway! Have a good day!
i made a cafeteria with that shell! im entering the sims 4 building world and that challenges is the best way to know more 'bout creative ways to decorate and do some lots. love it!
My go to solution to "How the heck am I supposed to roof this" is to add a balcony. Usually when I do a shell challenge they end up with like five balconies 😂
@@francinesmith1889 No, you can't add external walls (or edit Simsie's existing walls), but half-walls or fence, which you'd probably use for balcony, are okay. Simsie talk about this many times in recent shell challenges and maybe also on twitch.
We love painful shell challenges 😩 I tried making one into a dog park a year or two ago and the roof made me so mad that I rage quit and cried for a bit Anyways, gonna try this one 😎
I wish they would just give us a flat roof option. I know you can use platforms, but you can't put the roof shingles on them. . . It's a small request, but seeing as Dine Out is still glitchy, maybe we'll get them in Sims 7. lol
This is the perfect way to spend my Easter watching a speed build on a Sunday whilst I’m stuffing my face with candy my grandma gave me. Also Happy Easter!!!🐣🐇🐰
I'm about 75% done on my build, I'm excited to see what everybody else makes! This will be my first shell challenge, it's so much fun and challenging :) Also I like watching the VODs, but Twitch scares me lol EDIT: I've finished the build! If you want to share your builds, just tell me your ID and I'll check it out. My build is called Devine House (I made a family to go with the build) and my EA ID is ebec17.
@laskin riubn Ooh that's cool, what's your EA ID? I'll have to check it out. (Mine's ebec17, I'll have my own up soon. Just have to finish up the basement lol)
i love shell challenges because they really help me go outside my comfort zone and practice building. i don't start them expecting to finish them on time or for you to tour them, its just fun.
Looking at the shell, I honestly would not have anticipated what you were able to create! It is so cozy, and has such a warm country living vibe. The kitchen honestly made me think of my childhood and learning to bake and cook with my Grandma, so it was nice that the build brought out some real life feelings :) incredible job!
this build ended up being one of my favorites i’ve ever made! it only took 5 hours but worth every minute!! thank you for all you do for this community simsie 🤗
Simsie, do you think you can try doing Deligracys “do not move these objects” challenge? She posted a video kind of explaining how it work & what she did lol
1:00 Wait it actually looks just like a little triceratops, you can see the weird fanning faceplate thing (IDK what they are called) and a little horn.
This is such an amazing floor plan and works so well. Totally get what you mean by old British house. As a Brit it’s weird to me to see so many open floor plans (the closest we get is archways between distinct rooms), I just love it !! I actually love where the stairs are as well, it feels so realistic having them right by the door and the basement ones work well! I’ve never seen a house with a basement in the uk but it feels like the most real way of doing it putting it by the kitchen !
Build challenge: build a house where all the rooms are the same shape and size (and I mean all of them, including bathrooms, hallways and the porch if there is one)
I don't build in Sims, apart from when you do a shell challenge. I LOVE shell challenges, it's so much fun to figure out what on earth you can do with a shape like that. Thankyou for doing another one I almost out loud screamed.
this is honestly so cute! I can just picture a grandma and grandpa with their grand babies in this house ❤️ and I actually love the lil “dino leg” area!
Honestly, I was amazed with your build. Since I've veen watching your videos a lot and your streams as well, I kinda know what to expect when you build houses but this looks so good! All your builds are amazing by the way, I just feel like you're improving so much and this build proves it.
i'm a bit intimidated with shell challenges bc idk how make a proper floor plan and i typically go for an open one instead of rooms and so i do room shell challenges for now but seeing the results of these shell challenges inspires me!!
You did an amazing job with this shell. The house has a very warm, home feeling. I love it! Whenever I start playing on the Sims 4, I want to use this house as a family home
I really enjoyed this shell! I was planning to make a house but I put it down on a lot that used to have a nightclub on and something glitched so that I couldn't change the lot type, so I decided to just go with it and ended up building a teen's nightclub/hangout space! I never usually build community lots so it was fun to do something a bit different.
I never really do shell challenges but I struggle with house shapes(?) but I felt a bit inspired and even made a sim to go along with the house. I might even do a let's play with it.
I've seen some weird stuff on HGTV & this house was bringing to mind some of those, the ones that pop up on House Hunters & other similar shows where there's some of the weirdest looking & shaped rooms you wouldn't know what to do with. I enjoyed this so much, very nice looking in the end.
I love this! I have downloaded this to furnish it and then from there am going to use this house as my first ‘not so berry’ challenge! So thanks for the inspiration
I made a post-apocalyptic farm out of the shell. Tried a modern-styled house first but it just wasnt working with the floor plan and I bulldozed it and did something completely different. I did chance a part of the cellar because for me it was just a fun thing and I didn't do it for the livestream tour but just for fun. I really love doing shell challenges even if it's just for my own amusement. So thanks for that simsie :)
I did somethings I don't usually do in my build so that was fun! I didn't end up landscaping but my house is 4bed 2bath which isn't too bad. I even had a laundry room! Always love to participate!!
9:28 the swan looks like something from that one episode of ‘Barbie Dream House’ when they had stickers of stuff and when you pull the sticker off the object on the sticker comes to life. 😂 Don’t ask me how I remember that.
I know I say this everytime but it's so much more fun to watch you do the build and talk in that moment. These ones are harder to watch cause the talking just seems very filler. I still absolutely looooove you channel. 💖💖💖
Okay so I did my shell build before you posted this... and I thought I was being unique... but I did the same chimney thing in the same spot and had the build oriented the same way with the front door in the same spot... ugh. :)
I allready had cottage living but today I bought paranormal, knifty knitting and laundry day, and I just bought tiny living so seeing you put all the stuff in made me really happy because I realised I could download it and it wasn’t just a one pack build 😅😅
I did this one and I loved it!!! I made a cute little modern home and it’s my favorite house I’ve ever made. I made it a family home with platforms and stuff. And I made the basement a little apartment type area. I did that because in my mind maybe your sims kid that’s a young adult lives down there
I'm British and work on a farm, I've been invited into the farmhouse to have lunch or help with various jobs (like sorting out stuff in the attic or admin jobs in the office) and honestly the tiny little rooms in weird places is very accurate! And interestingly I was talking to the farmer, who's family have lived at the farm for over 100 years, and he said that the farm was likely built in the 1500s during the enclosures act (where they officially fenced off farmland) And the farmhouse itself, which they still live in today, was built around 1670!
Simsie! You should scroll through twitter and find other simmers shell challenges and try them out either on stream or on youtube or both! It would be a neat challenge for you to try shells you haven’t created. Idk, just a cool idea for you 🧡
I made two designs!! One was an alien base on the secret world of sixam and the other is a dinosaur themed amusement park! So much fun I love shell challenges
This is the first one I’m participating in, and I have no idea how you managed to make it look so big!! Fitting the stairs in was a nightmare so I opted for a ladder to the basement. At least for once roofing was decent enough
Simsie!! Bestie! Oh my God :) I'm so happy that you finally made a house that has a proper entry room and there is not a bathroom off of it! This is definetly a very realistic layout I like in the Sims :)
*sims challenge:* every day you randomise a room size, budget, shape and type and you have to slowly piece together a mesh of rooms for a house, like the Winchester Mystery House
i did a victorian style house too! definitely difficult but i enjoyed it and i’m pretty happy with the result :) obviously there are things i would change/make better but i’m pretty new to building so i think it went alright
You should do the Amish challenge!! They have it on tumblr but basically you have to have all of new crest as off the grid farms with large Amish families
I started this challenge at the beginning of the month, lost my train of thought, and now I'm going to wait for a new one to take part in since I can't think of anything else.
Ok so I was trying to find a house on your gallery for my current save and I chose this house and didn’t know when you made it bc I haven’t seen the stream yet😂😂
Before I started building building, I downloaded random shells from the gallery. I was too afraid to building my on my own. Slowly but surely I got up enough nerve to actually build. Never have I ever used a shell from lilsimsie. Her shells are just to complicated for my skills. She has very very talented builders in her community.
I saw you post the shell and immediately got inspired to make that basement into the living room, and I spent a few hours making it into a modern suburban family home with lots of entertaining space, for a cute lesbian couple and their children
I'm not particularly good at making up a house shell that actually looks good, I prefer just furnishing and decorating existing houses, so shell challenges are my favourite thing ever
