This is a community lot I made a looooong time ago, so it doesn’t require any expansion packs. I keep finding these stored in all kinds of places on my computer and backup drives LOL.

Well, as much as I like the hgtv red bunk beds, I figured we all might want them in different colors for other rooms, so I made four new varieties: black, white, old worn wood, and a light wood. Each variety comes in three styles: one with both rails, one with the left rail only, and one with the right rail only. All twelve recolors are in the Beds section in the Preferred Members section. Hope you like ‘em!

I also made a Candy Stripe Café for Preferred Members. Meshes and recolors included. It’s in the Sets section, but all the individual files are also available separately in the individual sections. The booths obviously require Nightlife, and, because of the way bookcases work in the game, the magazine shelf requires University.

Sorry. I’ve been really busy and haven’t updated this blog in a few days. Anyway, I uploaded a fur bedroom set (bedding, curtain, and rug). It’s in the free section. I also uploaded a pretty cool house to the Preferred Members section. I use it a lot in my own game, so I figured maybe some of you would like it too.

But, the best thing I’ve uploaded lately was my HGTV Dream Home bunk beds. A TSR member (cablebabe) sent me an email, telling me she was recreating the Dream Home at hgtv.com but she needed the bunk bed, so I made it for her. She said she already had a ladder so she didn’t want that included. Anyway, the one I made uses all the bedding colors you have in your game, and it uses them on both the top and bottom bunk, but the sims can only sleep on the bottom bunk. I made it the same color as the one shown on the hgtv site, but I will make more recolors when I get a chance. It’s in the free section.

Here’s the bunk bed:

And here’s the fur bedroom set and house:

Well, I made a cool discovery. Now fireplaces can be cloned without altering any game files!! The mesh is in the free section and the recolors are in the Preferred Members section in Appliances.

Here’s a link to see how to get them to work in your game:
http://personal-computer-tutor.com/sims2/modfireplace.htm

And here’s how mine looks:

I made some recolors of my bucket food processor for the Preferred Members section and I also have been working on some fireplace technology for the free section, but it’s being tested at ModTheSims2 before I put it at my site (I think it’s ok, but I want to be sure before I offer it to you.) So, becuz I don’t have anything new for the free site yet, I made some fun desktop wallpapers. The hot tub one is currently on my own desktop and I’m enjoying it LOL

New Desktop Wallpapers

And my bucket food processor recolors:

I uploaded another one of my houses that I really like. It includes a gazebo, with a hot tob…and a climbable hillside which is a great location for telescopes. I put a little furniture in it, so you could tell which room is which, but other than that, it’s empty so you can fill it with your favorite stuff. No hacks or custom content.
Then, I made some alternative cooking stuff. These are for sims who are too poor to buy stoves and food processors (or for sims who live in a time before electricity was invented LOL). The hibachi works just like a toaster oven and the mixing bucket works like a food processor - the sims put food in it, then when they pour it into the bowl, the lid opens. Looks pretty good in the game, I think.

New Lot: Bungalow with Gazebo (in free section)

and Hibachi and Mixing Bucket (in Preferred Members section):

Sorry gang. I had to turn off the comments. I was getting spammed to death by the online poker and viagra sites.

Some cute play suits for the kids. 2 for him and 2 for her. Download the gender sets in the free section, or get them individually in the Preferred Members section.

I seem to be on a "lot roll" lately. I had an old neighborhood in the game that I decided to wipe and start over. So, I removed all the families from the houses, then deleted the houses I didn’t really like. Before I moved anyone back into the houses I did like, I packaged them all. So, I have a bunch to upload, so you’ll be seeing a lot of them on my site in the near future. Since I have both University and Nightlife installed, all of these lots, even if they were made before I had the expansions packs, will require that you have both expansion packs installed in order to be able to use them (not my fault … blame that on Maxis’ bad programming). Anyway, since they will require the EPs, I figured I should go ahead and add garages, etc., to them (if there was room on the lot … sometimes there just isn’t and I really don’t want to have to rebuild the entire lot just to add a garage.)

Anyway….here’s the first one. It’s a Southwestern Adobe home. It’s a really good family home… has a few bedrooms and set up well for kids. It’s also a great party house …. nice big rooms and a large outdoor deck for parties. Hope you like it. I use it a lot in my own game, cuz I’m partial to the southwest look and I prefer one or two story homes so my sims don’t spend all their time climbing stairs.

These window shutters fit all single windows. I made a bunch (12) of recolors for them too. The mesh file includes the shutters for both straight and diagonal walls and the mesh has knob handles. But, inside the zipped file for the mesh is an invisible knob recolor if you’d prefer not to have the knobs, along with knob recolors in black, white, and gold. These go on the outside of the window, so you can still have curtains on the inside. They even work with my air conditioners The mesh is on page 3 of the Modified Meshes section and the shutters are in Decorative>Curtains.

Enjoy!!

Another mesh of mine that’s popping up on other sites without my permission….so I’m offering it for free at my site now. There are also 6 recolors in the Preferred Members section. It works great over beds, as a reading light, and also fits nicely above a computer on a desk, and the black recolor looks great as a range hood over a stove.

Well, I made a bunch of stuff late last nite. (I needed a break from work, so I went kinda nuts LOL).
Anyway, first I uploaded one of my older lots that doesn’t require any Expansion Pack. I made it before I had any EPs so it works in all versions. Unfortunately, when I packaged it a long time ago, I included the family in it….now, I can’t remove the family because if I open it in my game to remove them, the lot will then require both University and Nightlife (what a drag, Maxis…why can’t you fix this?). Anyway, I named it Cool Pad. Hope you like it.
Then I decided to make a lot for my Preferred Members, so I made some cedar floors and walls and did the whole dang place in cedar….so I put the lot in my Preferred Members section (on the Lots page) and then I zipped up the cedar floors and walls and put them in the free section.
Last of all, I was visiting a very popular site and saw some stairs I had made a long time ago for TSR’s Future World Theme. Well, I promised TSR that I wouldn’t put the stuff I made for them on my site…but when I see it on someone else’s site and they are taking credit for making it, I figure all promises are null and void. So, I added the stairs to my Preferred Members site…they are in the Build Mode section.
Hope you enjoy it all. Happy Simming!!

Cool Pad that requires no EP:

Cedar Floors and Walls:

I liked that brick barbecue grill I made so much that I decided to do it in old stone, then that inspired me to make an entire kitchen out of old stone. So, I recolored my bucket sink in old stone and old wood, then I made a new mesh - an old ice box in stone and wood (it’s a working fridge). Then I recolored NeptuneSuzy’s sturdy table and chair set and one of Maxis’ counters and made a brown fur rug. Oh, and I also recolored Maxis’ wall candles in old worn wood. I put the recolors of NeptuneSuzy’s table and chair in the free section and the rest of the stuff is in the Preferred Members section (the ice box is on the Modified Meshes page and the rest of the stuff is in the appropriate categories.. and the whole set is available in the Sets section.)
Quite a job, but I’m pretty happy with it all. Hope you like it too.

I recolored a mesh from NeptuneSuzy’s site (ts2creations.com). She’s good at body meshing, so I’m very grateful to her for sharing this mesh. My recolors (and her mesh) are in the free section. Then, I also made some flashy jumpsuits for men (wooooot!). I put them in the Preferred Members section.

Hope you like ‘em!

I don’t know about you, but I hate it when my sims eat outdoors and keep running inside to use the trash compactor, even if I put a trash can outside. So, I made a trash can that’s based on the trash compactor so they would use it! I made it a while ago, for TSR, before I knew how to assign animation to parts and also, before I knew much about texturing, so it wasn’t really that good. Well, today I fixed it. Now, when the Sims use it, they slide it out from under the counter and it looks pretty realistic. I put the mesh in my free section and the recolors in the Preferred Members section. If you had my old ones from TSR, download these and they will just overwrite the old ones. I’m pretty happy with them.

I forgot to post here when I uploaded these last nite. Sorry bout that. This is a new brick barbecue grill I made yesterday. I like it. I actually like it best when I put it in a kitchen. I’m planning to recolor it in various stone textures when I get a chance, and maybe even make some more stone kitchen stuff to go with it. But, for now, the grill mesh is in the free section of my site and I combined it with some other meshes (cooler, picnic table, picnic bench, and outdoor fire alarm) to make an outdoor barbecue set, which I put in the Preferred Members section. Hope you like them!

These are recolors of my Patio Table and Director’s Chair meshes that I just uploaded to the Preferred Members section. The meshes are on page 3 of the Modified Meshes section, the tables are on page 5 of the Surfaces section, the chairs are on page 5 of the Seating section, and the complete sets are on page 3 of the Complete Sets section.

One of the things that really bugs me about The Sims 2 is the fact that if you create a lot with an Expansion Pack installed, no one else can use that lot if they don’t have the EP. I don’t know WHY Maxis did this!! So, I have some old lots that have been in the Preferred Members section for a long time, that I made before I had any expansion packs, so they will work for everyone….so I figured I’d share them in the free section of my site, so people who are new to the Sims 2 and only have the original game installed can have some lots to download. Of course, if you DO have the expansion packs, you can still download these and use them.

Anyway, here’s the first one….I’ll upload more at another time. Enjoy!

I just updated the desktop wallpaper page in the free section of my site, with these four new wallpapers. Enjoy!

I just love Dr Pixel’s Hearse, so, of course, I had to do one of my tacky recolors LOL

The mesh is included in the zip file, along with Doc’s readme file, as per his instructions. Be sure to read that if you want to recolor it too. These are in the free section (and obviously require Nightlife).