Nina?

[andavri]

Uh, what is the best way to put this... Hmmm, um, HELP!

Okay, now that that's out of the way, I really could use some help. I'm working on your photoshoot. (I finished Moon's last night, except I didn't feel like critiquing and went to bed instead.) And I'm trying to decorate up a set house for you. You know interesting backgrounds and all.

But I can't "pin" you. Nothing I have is just jumping up and saying "Nina" to me, really. And after two hours of rearranging coffee table junk, (And I mean two hours quite seriously.) all I feel I can do is throw myself on your mercy.

If it wouldn't be too much to ask, could you give me a point in the right direction? RL fabric you like, a furniture catalog you like to look through, a color you always seem to pick out, a favorite artist (painter/sculptor/photographer) or band whose cover art you like. Heck pointing me to a decade you'd have liked to live through.

I'm afraid I'm stuck. I can't even say make everything match the couch--cause the couch has gone through practically every in game couch.

I'm not going to quit fussing until I think it's "right" and I'm unfortunately not sure I can get it "right" on my own. So, anything you can point out will be a lot of help. I really want to work on this for you, sim-you and Pontus are sitting in the sim bin waiting for the set house to be done.
~Steph

[xmasqueen]

I'm not Nina but I had to laugh at the remak about the couch. I was trying to pick a couch for a house last night and wondered if anyone else spent hours trying to get just the right couch and wall paper.

[Nina]

I love light coulors... Blue, green, yellow, pink... Anything that makes me happy. I loved walking with Pontus, playing with him inside the house, and in the garden. I loved taking pics of him, and I love to read, doing stuff on the comp, watching tv/movies...

I'm not that into the 18th, 19th and 20th century. I like to live in this century (21st), so anything modern would be nice, but not that modern though.

[andavri]

Thanks, Nina. That helps, a lot. See, part of it may be that "naturally" I'm completely the opposite. I don't like modern furniture at least for me. I love not necessarily life as in decades past, because there's always a downside, but I love the clothing and furniture from other eras. I like dark colors. Happy makes me unhappy.

But I'll get it, I at least know what to look for now, which will be a great help.

Carol, no, you're not. I spend hours on most of the houses I decorate. It's not uncommon for one to take me six or more hours. I fuss over pretty much every detail, though big details, like the sofa and the wallpaper which set the tone for the room are worst. Kellie always asks me how I can make a Maxis only house look good. And I always tell her the same thing. It's in the details. And if that means you spend two hours rearranging junk on a coffee table and replace the sofa fifteen times, then that's what you do.
~Steph