{"id":57124,"date":"2024-02-09T00:01:39","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T05:01:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=57124"},"modified":"2024-02-08T14:00:06","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T19:00:06","slug":"sims-4-overthinking-loves-labors-lost-farmhouse-sink","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shamusyoung.com\/twentysidedtale\/?p=57124","title":{"rendered":"Sims 4 Overthinking: Love’s Labor’s Lost (Farmhouse Sink)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The overhead light is the first victim this week. They had been going to replace it since the very beginning of\u00a0 the project, but as the space has gotten notably nicer, the need has intensified.
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Boring, round, and almost as prevalent as the ever-present ‘boob light’ (which the Sims only has one of, in colors that never match any build.) The saucer light pictured is fine, but no longer lives up to the rest of the room. The floor and walls have vintage, and a bit of drama, so the choice of light fixture is an important decision.<\/p>\n

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This light is a fine idea, but it makes the black look slightly encroaching. Besides, in a real-lighting situation, it would be damn near moody. I’m of the ‘we don’t use the big light’ generationA fairly self explanatory opinion had predominantly by children born under LEDs and forged by commercial space harsh lighting. Typically younger people (in the US, at least) are pivoting towards the use of lamps and other smaller, warmer light sources<\/span>,\u00a0 so this would usually be fine, except for two things.<\/p>\n

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  1. A kitchen is a work space, and is an exception to the ‘big light’ rule in almost all cases.<\/li>\n
  2. The parents of our family are only on the cusp of the ‘no big light’ generation, they’re older millennials, almost cuspers. They’re reaching for something bright.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Bright, hint of vintage, statement, not all black.<\/p>\n

    The downside of decorating a bold space is that one wrong move can take you straight into tacky or kitschy.<\/p>\n

    This light doesn't actually exist in the Sims 4, I've made it by combining two existing lights, one over the other. One of them is a candle! Luckily Sims only catch on fire randomly by trying to directly interact with a fire source. A floating, inaccessible and ever burning open flame is fine.<\/div>
    This light doesn't actually exist in the Sims 4, I've made it by combining two existing lights, one over the other. One of them is a candle! Luckily Sims only catch on fire randomly by trying to directly interact with a fire source. A floating, inaccessible and ever burning open flame is fine.<\/div><\/p>\n

    Black, a little bit of color, a little bit of art deco. Bold. Perfect. Onto the sink and stove.<\/p>\n

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    The stove is a crowning glory, a splurge the family is proud of and all appliances bought after are picked to match. Kelly and Logan had been talking the whole project about the farmhouse sink they wanted. Porcelain with waterfall’d corners, vintage charm, everything they could dream of.<\/p>\n

    Then, of course, came the price tag. With the cost of…everything else, a thousand dollar sink gets removed from the plans. We’re left with a faded, yellow sink that would scream 70’s in most kitchens, but matches perfectly in this one.<\/p>\n

    Next, the laundry room.<\/p>\n

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    They’ve grown quite attached to the window between the two spaces. It opens up the laundry room and makes it feel friendlier.<\/p>\n

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    This blank bit of wall in the back of the room…it’s perfect. They could do a closet, modular shelves, ironing board. Of course, no one in the house actually needs an ironing board, but it could go there if they suddenly did! No one in the house has ever used a stand mixer either, but it suited the kitchen so well they got it, to be regretted later.<\/p>\n

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    Folding, storage, ironing, light, drawers, detergent, this wall’s got it all. Never have a group of people ooh’d and aah’d at a laundry room like our family is right now. They are enchanted by the tile, the subtle wallpaper, the light fixture. Waking up in the morning and seeing the new spaces all over is a feeling both rare and beautiful. In a week the effect will have worn off, but for now they eat their breakfast whilst just soaking in the serotonin, basking in the new rooms.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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