#sunblind by softerhaze

[reticulating-splines]

WIP - West 70th

1880s-1910s row of Upper West Side townhomes.

Been working on this row of late 19th c. brownstones on and off for the past year now, so needless to say when I heard about For Rent I was hype.

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This initially started because I was homesick for NYC during the pandemic. Specifically for the area of the upper west side my dorm was in while I was a student. I mainly blame this experience for my obsession with historical architecture - walking along central park west past the Dakota on the way to the subway, smoking on the stoops of the brownstones late at night, going to classes in the wedding cake that is the Ansonia - it was just everywhere, and so, so beautiful to look at.

Except a lot of it is faded glory - buildings subdivided, details chipped or covered in the thickest coats of grime or paint. So I wanted to replicate some of the old New York from around the turn of the century. The one I read about in the Luxe series and saw in the Samantha movie lol.

The basement or garden level of each four-story brownstone will be dedicated to the original purpose as the main workplace of the service staff. Unfortunately no room for the actual garden, so laundry lines and planters are on the roof. There are bedrooms and bathrooms for a cook and a housekeeper/butler, along with the staff dining and the kitchen. The butler's pantry is directly upstairs from the kitchen, and the top floor is almost exclusively made up of staff bedrooms and washrooms.

I usually do the service areas first because they're the most interesting, and there was nothing more interesting than a full edwardian brownstone kitchen. Lots of exposed piping, beadboard, subway tile, and shelves of clutter. Has a separate scullery, pantry, and stairs down to a basement storeroom to keep your best champs-le-sims nectar in. There's also a servant's bellboard in the kitchen and the staff dining room. It along with the "boiler" system are made with tool and CC-free.

The main entrance and parlor are doing their best to continue the gothic revival theme of the exterior. The library and dining room follow in the enfilade starting in the parlor. Since this first house is a corner lot, it has a bit more width and space than a true brownstone. The only actual brownstone I've been inside of is Lady Mendl's, so ofc I had to have an extensive tea setup. Def took a lot of inspo from these two pics alone for these rooms.

The main stairwell and picture gallery lead to three large bedrooms on the second floor, and then up to the children's room and nanny's bedroom on the third floor. I really like skylights. I learned the importance of decent lightwells in staving off depression one semester when my window looked out onto a brick wall

The master bedroom and the children's room above it both have their own private sitting rooms and bathrooms. All rooms have either fireplaces or cast iron radiators.

There's no way this is going to be finished by the time For Rent comes out, so im just going to release it in whatever state it's in when it does come out. The exteriors and interior room layout for all the townhomes will (hopefully) most likely be set by then anyway.

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Also the anniversary of Chez Cromwell is coming up! Ive been gone for the better part of the year due to starting a new job, but I havent been idle. C.Cromwell has been updated for infants and ceilings, which led to me redoing the exterior and almost every room, so a rerelease is coming v soon! Sneak peek below. Happy Thanksgiving!

[diwns]

copperdale has never looked better. — oh, and featuring @glittermutt's new preset :DD

[nesurii]

to afford her bills, aimee has taken to working early morning shifts at the local coffeeshop. she’s not a fan but at least she gets to wake up to this view every day~

[unstabletrait]

man this game is pretty

[pixelglam]

Home.🤍

[peoglymiss]

kitchen, dinner & living room

i’m crying with these photos, this preset, this sunblind.

to ‘morreno’ de mais com essas fotos, preset e o sunblind jurooo

thanks! @softerhaze, @felixandresims, @harrie-cc, @pierisim & @tudtuds s2

[simplypxels]

she's starting on her knitting grind! gotta make that money!

aspiration progress: humble knifter

knit for 5 hours ✅

start 3 knitting projects while inspired

knit on a rocking chair

[windslar]

sunblind working its magic at dawn. thank you @softerhaze.

[dreamstatesims]

sunblind

[rhysnolastname]

those are all different fires on that same evening... (┬┬﹏┬┬)

[sueniia]

some screenies from my new playthrough~

[reticulating-splines]

How now spirit? Wither wander you?

Olde Mill Inn, sunrise.

[fizzytoo]

not looking forward to updating sunblind....

[avornalino]

mornings on the farm ;; im doing some actual gameplay for the first time in months so maybe i'll post some updates every now and again!!

[hellomidnightbreeze]

[kingsimdom]

@softerhaze Sunblind is sooooo delectable !!

Let me tell you something ... this lighting mod has just leveled up my preset & my whole gaming experience 😍😍😍