T w e n t y S i d e d

Alright, so after a few days of back and forth, the save game is salvaged. The latest version of the save was totally gone, but I’ve got screenshots to recreate it. It looks like maybe an item put in the house in the last three overhauls might have affected things? But that’s just a guess. I can hear my dad now, complaining I never back things up. He was right, I don’t and it’s a horrible habit. I lost a four years in the making creative Minecraft build once. Someday I’m going to learn my lesson. Either way, the house and family are both backed up now.

 

And here we are again, with the door. It might be just slightly different than the last time you saw it, but if you notice something, no you didn’t. The set dressing is nowhere to be found in this shot; despite the fact it is still very much there to our family. We in all of our omnipotence get the benefit of seeing what it looks like without the construction mess. The next step for them will be pulling up the carpet and installing faux tile linoleum.

Kelly, in looking for linoleum they like for the space, stumbles upon the world of vintage-look linoleum, which not only matches the rest of the house, but also immediately strikes a cord with Kelly. She’s been looking through home renovation forums for months now, and it’s all house flippers and people trying for a modern and sleek look. Millennial grey is in, and it does not bring her joy.

These vintage, heartfelt renovations pull Kelly down a rabbit hole of passion projects, and soon enough she has a mood board of her own. Their kitchen is planned to be functionally very small, so doing something a little more expensive isn’t as much of a hit as if they were redoing the downstairs kitchen. Now, she does remember the home when her mother first bought it, and the awful 70’s linoleum they had to rip up, so she has some sense to control herself some.

Beautiful, small batch linoleum isn’t cheap, but for a tiny galley kitchen it’s not so bad. The Sims doesn’t let you custom cut pieces of tile, but rest assured they didn’t actually waste expensive tiles on the space under the future appliances.  Next, wall color and selecting to either replace or keep the current counters.

The wall color alone is a bit much, but Kelly just tells her family to trust her, she has a vision.

The unfortunately named ‘Smeg’ fridges are in style this year, making knock offs easily found and not too expensive. The countertop selection quickly becomes buying new, which again, isn’t ideal but this small space only requires three, making it easy and oh so tempting to rationalize.

Then, the moment Kelly has been asking her family to wait for; the upper cabinets. Until that line of black came in to break up the tile, it seemed just a little off, but now it’s clicking into place.

The very meaning of ‘trust the process’.

Next week we’ll tackle the stove, sink, overhead light, and a discussion of dressing up the laundry room.

Bay Jubilee Oldest child of Shamus Young. They/Them