Keara’s New Home

As soon as her mother reached level 10 in the Athletic career and became a Sports Legend, Keara decided to move out of the house and start on her own.  I downloaded a fabulous house from the Sims 3 Exchange, added it to the town, and put some finishing touches on it to make it perfect.  It’s a very contemporary design, which I love, and it’s decorated in white, black, and red.  I added a pool with a bamboo island in the middle, expanded the outdoor entertaining area, and put in a place for a garden.  It really is lovely.

Here’s Keara driving and arriving at the new place.

The first breakfast of waffles was truly horrifying, so they went into the trash and she’s having pancakes instead.

She was quick to invite fiance Sam Sekemoto over for a nice Autumn Salad dinner.  That hair will really have to go after they get married.  And let’s hope that he goes through with the wedding after needing three proposals to finally say yes.

 

Here’s Keara taking a quiet and peaceful dip in the bamboo island pool.  She loves the solitude.

Meet Keara

I recently did a walkthrough guide on the Lifetime Wish of Become a Superstar Athlete for Carl’s Sims 3 Guide.  My characters were Kristi and Bret Yamaguchi and their daughter Keara.  I got rather attached to little Keara and enjoyed having her grow up through the Child years and then the Teenage years.  She’s a Young Adult now and I’m finished with the LTW guide, so I think I’ll take Keara out on her own.  She only ended up with four traits.  The game sometimes doesn’t accept a trait for some glitched reason.  Keara is a Loner, Artistic, Brave, and a Genius.  Her Lifetime Wish is to be an International Super Spy, but I don’t think that’s going to work for her because of her Loner trait.  She gets really stressed when she’s around too many people.  I think she’ll be much better focusing on artistic pursuits such as painting, guitar, and perhaps writing.

Keara Learning to Talk

Getting Help With Homework From Dad

Watching TV with Boyfriend Sam and Superstar Mom

So that’s Keara.  I’ll try to post about her life regularly.  Wish me luck!

 

Homes in The Sims 3

I’m a pretty solid Sims 3 player.  I’ve played through a lot of challenges, Lifetime Wishes, and families.  I can answer most questions that our forum visitors ask.  I’m not an awesome player, but I’m solid.  The one thing I simply cannot do is design and build houses.  For the longest time, I truly could not even build a square box of a house.  At least I can do that now and add onto it as needed.  It’s still boxy and unimaginative, though.  I can modify an existing house.  And I can even decorate somewhat nicely.  But build a stunning house from scratch.  No.  Just…  no.

My answer is to browse through the Sims 3 Exchange and download houses and families that other people build.  It doesn’t always work because the houses aren’t always furnished, for example.  Or they aren’t laid out realisticially for someone who actually plays the game.  Sims need a certain amount of space to maneuver around.  It’s always hit and miss on that stuff.  Plus, I can’t see the interiors until I install the house into my game and go take a look.  Many a house gets the bulldozer right after installation.

Tonight, as I was browsing, I stumbled onto a builder named Bex.  She apparently doesn’t play the game at all.  She just builds.  And wow…  her houses are stunning.  Most of them are modern designs, which is what I really love.  I don’t like country styled designs at all.  Hate them.  No, Bex’s houses are just glorious.  I downloaded many of them and will do some installations soon.  The ones I really want to try out are expensive and I’m not one to use the money cheat, so the Sluder family will have to build up their wealth a little more before they can move.

Until I can get my game situated into one of these houses, click here to view the forum thread featuring Bex and her work.