The Sims

March 2006 NOTE:

This page has already been moved to my NEW mini blog, which is replacing this old site. No need to update bookmarks as the main URL is the same that used to lead to this site..

MY SIMS VERSION OF DHE'S FAIRBANKS DOLLHOUSE:

ŠStella Stenroos 2004
The three nearly identical L-shaped houses in the picture above, are my Sims versions of the "Fairbanks" dollhouse by Dollhouse Emporium - you can see the actual dollhouse here:
ŠDHE 2004
This is my favourite dollhouse in their catalogue, and if I had the room for it, I'd buy it. But for now, I'll only get to play with it in the Sims! LOL
ŠStella Stenroos 2004
As you can see, it's not exactly like the real one.. If I kept the exterior close to the DHE house, I couldn't fit much stuff in the house when I play the game, so I've made some compromises..

Another angle..

And the back of the house..

View to the ground floor rooms..
ŠStella Stenroos 2004
And upstairs view..

The Sims family have just moved in, so they haven't yet decorated the daughter's room..

Just a little sample for those who are not familiar with The Sims (computer game), how close you can get by zooming in..

USING THE SIMS (game) FOR DOLLHOUSE DESIGN:

ŠEmilia Tapiola 2003, picture here with permission
Emilia's Tuscan coffee shop / bakery..

If you have The Sims (computer game), you could use it for dollhouse design! In the first picture, you can see a detail of Emilia's dollhouse. She was wondering whether to paint the table and chairs black/brown or not, so I built a similar house in The Sims, and took screenshots with the same furniture in green and brown.
You can also build the room you are decorating, and try it with different colour schemes *etc* before you actually buy and do anything. (I have shrunk the images for this page, so you get better details in the game)

ŠStella Stenroos 2003
The Sims screenshot 1

ŠStella Stenroos 2003
The Sims screenshot 2

Below, I have posted a series of screenshots showing a few different "virtual roomboxes". I built them all in the same "box", only changing the wallpapers, carpets, window styles, and furniture. The last two scenes also have an additional wall, dividing the space. You can see a left and a right view of each scene.
First, two different living room scenes, then a bedroom, a kitchen, a small living room and bathroom (with a dividing wall), and finally a garden/shed scene (with a dividing wall also).

ŠStella Stenroos 2003
The Sims virtual roombox 1a