Plumbella did a new shell challenge but inverted if that makes sense? So they put the furniture and you’re meant to build the walls, might be interesting for you to try if you like!
yeah, the "tight" floorplans of older houses are just much easier to heat before hvac became the standard. a series of smaller rooms connected by corridors can be warmed up in sections or opened up in sections to allow for airflow. that way you don't have to heat parts of the house you're not using and it's more efficient on fuel. farmhouses constructed with stone or earth have to compensate somewhat for the lack of insulation in the walls by using this strategy. i love earthen building so i have a lot more to say on passive + radiant heating, but since this is a sims vid, i'll refrain. i just like knowing the practical details behind a design aesthetic.
So, if you like knowing details behind designs, you might be interested in this design and architecture podcast called 99% invisible ✌️ It's pretty cool, and talks about design, design history, purpose of design, good design, and just so much I couldn't possibly list here. Reading your comment reminded me of an older episode 😊 Anyway! Have a good day!
i made a cafeteria with that shell! im entering the sims 4 building world and that challenges is the best way to know more 'bout creative ways to decorate and do some lots. love it!
My go to solution to "How the heck am I supposed to roof this" is to add a balcony. Usually when I do a shell challenge they end up with like five balconies 😂
@@francinesmith1889 No, you can't add external walls (or edit Simsie's existing walls), but half-walls or fence, which you'd probably use for balcony, are okay. Simsie talk about this many times in recent shell challenges and maybe also on twitch.
We love painful shell challenges 😩 I tried making one into a dog park a year or two ago and the roof made me so mad that I rage quit and cried for a bit Anyways, gonna try this one 😎
I wish they would just give us a flat roof option. I know you can use platforms, but you can't put the roof shingles on them. . . It's a small request, but seeing as Dine Out is still glitchy, maybe we'll get them in Sims 7. lol
I'm about 75% done on my build, I'm excited to see what everybody else makes! This will be my first shell challenge, it's so much fun and challenging :) Also I like watching the VODs, but Twitch scares me lol EDIT: I've finished the build! If you want to share your builds, just tell me your ID and I'll check it out. My build is called Devine House (I made a family to go with the build) and my EA ID is ebec17.
@laskin riubn Ooh that's cool, what's your EA ID? I'll have to check it out. (Mine's ebec17, I'll have my own up soon. Just have to finish up the basement lol)
This is the perfect way to spend my Easter watching a speed build on a Sunday whilst I’m stuffing my face with candy my grandma gave me. Also Happy Easter!!!🐣🐇🐰
i love shell challenges because they really help me go outside my comfort zone and practice building. i don't start them expecting to finish them on time or for you to tour them, its just fun.
9:28 the swan looks like something from that one episode of ‘Barbie Dream House’ when they had stickers of stuff and when you pull the sticker off the object on the sticker comes to life. 😂 Don’t ask me how I remember that.
1:00 Wait it actually looks just like a little triceratops, you can see the weird fanning faceplate thing (IDK what they are called) and a little horn.
Build challenge: build a house where all the rooms are the same shape and size (and I mean all of them, including bathrooms, hallways and the porch if there is one)
Looking at the shell, I honestly would not have anticipated what you were able to create! It is so cozy, and has such a warm country living vibe. The kitchen honestly made me think of my childhood and learning to bake and cook with my Grandma, so it was nice that the build brought out some real life feelings :) incredible job!
this build ended up being one of my favorites i’ve ever made! it only took 5 hours but worth every minute!! thank you for all you do for this community simsie 🤗
This is such an amazing floor plan and works so well. Totally get what you mean by old British house. As a Brit it’s weird to me to see so many open floor plans (the closest we get is archways between distinct rooms), I just love it !! I actually love where the stairs are as well, it feels so realistic having them right by the door and the basement ones work well! I’ve never seen a house with a basement in the uk but it feels like the most real way of doing it putting it by the kitchen !
I don't build in Sims, apart from when you do a shell challenge. I LOVE shell challenges, it's so much fun to figure out what on earth you can do with a shape like that. Thankyou for doing another one I almost out loud screamed.
this is honestly so cute! I can just picture a grandma and grandpa with their grand babies in this house ❤️ and I actually love the lil “dino leg” area!
I know I say this everytime but it's so much more fun to watch you do the build and talk in that moment. These ones are harder to watch cause the talking just seems very filler. I still absolutely looooove you channel. 💖💖💖
Honestly, I was amazed with your build. Since I've veen watching your videos a lot and your streams as well, I kinda know what to expect when you build houses but this looks so good! All your builds are amazing by the way, I just feel like you're improving so much and this build proves it.
Simsie, do you think you can try doing Deligracys “do not move these objects” challenge? She posted a video kind of explaining how it work & what she did lol
*sims challenge:* every day you randomise a room size, budget, shape and type and you have to slowly piece together a mesh of rooms for a house, like the Winchester Mystery House
You did an amazing job with this shell. The house has a very warm, home feeling. I love it! Whenever I start playing on the Sims 4, I want to use this house as a family home
I made a post-apocalyptic farm out of the shell. Tried a modern-styled house first but it just wasnt working with the floor plan and I bulldozed it and did something completely different. I did chance a part of the cellar because for me it was just a fun thing and I didn't do it for the livestream tour but just for fun. I really love doing shell challenges even if it's just for my own amusement. So thanks for that simsie :)
I've seen some weird stuff on HGTV & this house was bringing to mind some of those, the ones that pop up on House Hunters & other similar shows where there's some of the weirdest looking & shaped rooms you wouldn't know what to do with. I enjoyed this so much, very nice looking in the end.
I never really do shell challenges but I struggle with house shapes(?) but I felt a bit inspired and even made a sim to go along with the house. I might even do a let's play with it.
Simsie! You should scroll through twitter and find other simmers shell challenges and try them out either on stream or on youtube or both! It would be a neat challenge for you to try shells you haven’t created. Idk, just a cool idea for you 🧡
i'm a bit intimidated with shell challenges bc idk how make a proper floor plan and i typically go for an open one instead of rooms and so i do room shell challenges for now but seeing the results of these shell challenges inspires me!!
Simsie!! Bestie! Oh my God :) I'm so happy that you finally made a house that has a proper entry room and there is not a bathroom off of it! This is definetly a very realistic layout I like in the Sims :)
I allready had cottage living but today I bought paranormal, knifty knitting and laundry day, and I just bought tiny living so seeing you put all the stuff in made me really happy because I realised I could download it and it wasn’t just a one pack build 😅😅
I really enjoyed this shell! I was planning to make a house but I put it down on a lot that used to have a nightclub on and something glitched so that I couldn't change the lot type, so I decided to just go with it and ended up building a teen's nightclub/hangout space! I never usually build community lots so it was fun to do something a bit different.
I love this! I have downloaded this to furnish it and then from there am going to use this house as my first ‘not so berry’ challenge! So thanks for the inspiration
I did somethings I don't usually do in my build so that was fun! I didn't end up landscaping but my house is 4bed 2bath which isn't too bad. I even had a laundry room! Always love to participate!!
You should do the Amish challenge!! They have it on tumblr but basically you have to have all of new crest as off the grid farms with large Amish families
I'm British and work on a farm, I've been invited into the farmhouse to have lunch or help with various jobs (like sorting out stuff in the attic or admin jobs in the office) and honestly the tiny little rooms in weird places is very accurate! And interestingly I was talking to the farmer, who's family have lived at the farm for over 100 years, and he said that the farm was likely built in the 1500s during the enclosures act (where they officially fenced off farmland) And the farmhouse itself, which they still live in today, was built around 1670!
Ah, when you said you didn’t love the back I just couldn’t see why. It’s actually very cute for the space that was there! You always make things so cute. ☺️
I did this one and I loved it!!! I made a cute little modern home and it’s my favorite house I’ve ever made. I made it a family home with platforms and stuff. And I made the basement a little apartment type area. I did that because in my mind maybe your sims kid that’s a young adult lives down there
i did a victorian style house too! definitely difficult but i enjoyed it and i’m pretty happy with the result :) obviously there are things i would change/make better but i’m pretty new to building so i think it went alright
I made two designs!! One was an alien base on the secret world of sixam and the other is a dinosaur themed amusement park! So much fun I love shell challenges
Okay so I did my shell build before you posted this... and I thought I was being unique... but I did the same chimney thing in the same spot and had the build oriented the same way with the front door in the same spot... ugh. :)
I saw you post the shell and immediately got inspired to make that basement into the living room, and I spent a few hours making it into a modern suburban family home with lots of entertaining space, for a cute lesbian couple and their children
Before I started building building, I downloaded random shells from the gallery. I was too afraid to building my on my own. Slowly but surely I got up enough nerve to actually build. Never have I ever used a shell from lilsimsie. Her shells are just to complicated for my skills. She has very very talented builders in her community.
My birthday is may 17th! I’m getting the sims four bc it’s my 12th birthday so my parents will FINALLY let me get the sims! The shell challenge in may will be one of my first builds! Any tips for cc or packs to buy?
One of the best build I've ever made is a Lilsimsie shell challenge where I made a restaurant but to tie it together, I put a top floor exclusive for bathrooms. Of course it was disqualified, but I still use it because it was beautiful so, as Lilsimsie said, breaking the rules is OK if you are doing it for fun.
This is my first shell challenge and i'm impressed how well you did the roof. I had my difficulties with that. Nevertheless, it was a lot of fun and I am really happy with the result. I'm ready for the next challenge 😇
I started this challenge at the beginning of the month, lost my train of thought, and now I'm going to wait for a new one to take part in since I can't think of anything else.
Plumbella did a new shell challenge but inverted if that makes sense? So they put the furniture and you’re meant to build the walls, might be interesting for you to try if you like!
so did deligracy! it looks so much fun
@@tashawilliams9460 Ooh haven’t seen deligracy’s yet, about to watch now!
New rules: ONLY touch the walls 😂
omg that sounds so fun
I sometimes do that without doing a challenge
I love that Simsie made a PERFECT Triceratops and called it a Stegosaurus
Thats exacly what i was thinking! 😂
literally LOL
Right??? 😆
yeah, the "tight" floorplans of older houses are just much easier to heat before hvac became the standard. a series of smaller rooms connected by corridors can be warmed up in sections or opened up in sections to allow for airflow. that way you don't have to heat parts of the house you're not using and it's more efficient on fuel. farmhouses constructed with stone or earth have to compensate somewhat for the lack of insulation in the walls by using this strategy. i love earthen building so i have a lot more to say on passive + radiant heating, but since this is a sims vid, i'll refrain. i just like knowing the practical details behind a design aesthetic.
That’s fascinating!! I always wondered why even big old houses seemed to have such small rooms :)
i could read about this forever idk why its probably bc i can tell you r interested in it yourself it rubs off so easily on me
So, if you like knowing details behind designs, you might be interested in this design and architecture podcast called 99% invisible ✌️ It's pretty cool, and talks about design, design history, purpose of design, good design, and just so much I couldn't possibly list here. Reading your comment reminded me of an older episode 😊 Anyway! Have a good day!
Potential hot take: I really appreciate that you build and create Sims without mods. some UA-camrs go crazy with it
i made a cafeteria with that shell! im entering the sims 4 building world and that challenges is the best way to know more 'bout creative ways to decorate and do some lots. love it!
What's you game id? Ill check it out!
@@danitho hey! its mvp_kanghan. thank u for checking!
My go to solution to "How the heck am I supposed to roof this" is to add a balcony. Usually when I do a shell challenge they end up with like five balconies 😂
Mine is like that too... but I made it a mediterranean inspired restaurant so I guess I get away with it :D
Isn’t that changing the shell?
@@francinesmith1889 simsie did it in this video 🤷🏼♀️
@@francinesmith1889 No, you can't add external walls (or edit Simsie's existing walls), but half-walls or fence, which you'd probably use for balcony, are okay. Simsie talk about this many times in recent shell challenges and maybe also on twitch.
There's one house on my gallery that I just have a flat roof because I couldn't figure out how to roof a fat tertris z piece
There is always one meaning in the entire vid: DONT TOUCH SIMSIES WALLS
😂 and it’s one of my favorite parts of the video 😂
Simsie: this is impossible
2 seconds later: beautiful home 😭
Build challenge :house but only using kits!!
This challenge is impossible and Kayla will lose her mind 😂
That’s not possible
Great idea, but we need at least a bathroom kit first
I read kids when I first saw it 😂
Oh no
We love painful shell challenges 😩
I tried making one into a dog park a year or two ago and the roof made me so mad that I rage quit and cried for a bit
Anyways, gonna try this one 😎
Roofs in the sims give me panic attacks and sever anxiety 😂
Roofs are the worst. I hate them with a blind passion
I wish they would just give us a flat roof option. I know you can use platforms, but you can't put the roof shingles on them. . .
It's a small request, but seeing as Dine Out is still glitchy, maybe we'll get them in Sims 7. lol
The fact that you named this “dino” reminds me of your “building a house shaped like ___” videos! i would love to see another one
I'm about 75% done on my build, I'm excited to see what everybody else makes! This will be my first shell challenge, it's so much fun and challenging :)
Also I like watching the VODs, but Twitch scares me lol
EDIT: I've finished the build! If you want to share your builds, just tell me your ID and I'll check it out. My build is called Devine House (I made a family to go with the build) and my EA ID is ebec17.
@laskin riubn Ooh that's cool, what's your EA ID? I'll have to check it out. (Mine's ebec17, I'll have my own up soon. Just have to finish up the basement lol)
oddly enough i think “do not touch my walls” is like just simply the best explanation 💀💀
This is the perfect way to spend my Easter watching a speed build on a Sunday whilst I’m stuffing my face with candy my grandma gave me.
Also Happy Easter!!!🐣🐇🐰
Happy Easter!
@@malami4891 Happy Easter!!!
@@biscuityy ahhh i got my wedding stories today 😭 i am so happy rn
Honestly, relatable
@@malami4891 good for you, I sadly have to do homework today 😞
i love shell challenges because they really help me go outside my comfort zone and practice building. i don't start them expecting to finish them on time or for you to tour them, its just fun.
9:28 the swan looks like something from that one episode of ‘Barbie Dream House’ when they had stickers of stuff and when you pull the sticker off the object on the sticker comes to life. 😂 Don’t ask me how I remember that.
This challenge is impossible!
Proceeds to pass the challenge and make it awesome
my childhood cat passed away today, i’ve had her since i was 2. thank you for cheering me up
1:00 Wait it actually looks just like a little triceratops, you can see the weird fanning faceplate thing (IDK what they are called) and a little horn.
Build challenge: build a house where all the rooms are the same shape and size (and I mean all of them, including bathrooms, hallways and the porch if there is one)
What if you do a shell challenge that's already got roofing floorplan etc. but see how other people furnish it and see what types of lots people do!!
Looking at the shell, I honestly would not have anticipated what you were able to create! It is so cozy, and has such a warm country living vibe. The kitchen honestly made me think of my childhood and learning to bake and cook with my Grandma, so it was nice that the build brought out some real life feelings :) incredible job!
i actually love this shell and what you did to it, happy easter everyone
I realllly love this build. The size, the weird layout tricks. It feels so realistic to a house of this style in real life.
Yesss~ shell challenge means we get to see fan creations soon 😍😍😌
this build ended up being one of my favorites i’ve ever made! it only took 5 hours but worth every minute!! thank you for all you do for this community simsie 🤗
Same i started and was like hoooooow but then it was so much fun and i love the finish build sooo much
This is such an amazing floor plan and works so well. Totally get what you mean by old British house. As a Brit it’s weird to me to see so many open floor plans (the closest we get is archways between distinct rooms), I just love it !! I actually love where the stairs are as well, it feels so realistic having them right by the door and the basement ones work well! I’ve never seen a house with a basement in the uk but it feels like the most real way of doing it putting it by the kitchen !
video idea!: simsie forces herself to create a modern LA mansion without crying
I don't build in Sims, apart from when you do a shell challenge. I LOVE shell challenges, it's so much fun to figure out what on earth you can do with a shape like that. Thankyou for doing another one I almost out loud screamed.
I did it and i had so much fun! I’m so proud of it!!
I love watching sims4 (especially when it comes from Kayla)!
Happy Easter everybody!
I love how happy you are with this build! It turned out sooo cute. I'm definitely downloading and playing CL for the first time since releasing!
I always put the bird feeder in my builds I like it. Sontimes if you fill it to soon the birds attack you
this is honestly so cute! I can just picture a grandma and grandpa with their grand babies in this house ❤️ and I actually love the lil “dino leg” area!
I woulda gave up so quickly, it's amazing how you can push through.
I know I say this everytime but it's so much more fun to watch you do the build and talk in that moment. These ones are harder to watch cause the talking just seems very filler. I still absolutely looooove you channel. 💖💖💖
Honestly, I was amazed with your build. Since I've veen watching your videos a lot and your streams as well, I kinda know what to expect when you build houses but this looks so good! All your builds are amazing by the way, I just feel like you're improving so much and this build proves it.
This is actually my favorite shell challenge so far. It really made me think outside of the box from what I usually do!!
My favorite parts is seeing all the truly awesome creations. Can't wait for the touring. 😁
Simsie, do you think you can try doing Deligracys “do not move these objects” challenge? She posted a video kind of explaining how it work & what she did lol
*sims challenge:* every day you randomise a room size, budget, shape and type and you have to slowly piece together a mesh of rooms for a house, like the Winchester Mystery House
I have been waiting for this so long ,the shell is so crazy.I watched it on live twitch.
This build is so cute! I can see a small family living here with their farm cat
I saw your shell on the gallery before the video and I ended up doing a western styled country house! Loved doing this one, thanks Kayla!
You did an amazing job with this shell. The house has a very warm, home feeling. I love it! Whenever I start playing on the Sims 4, I want to use this house as a family home
I made a post-apocalyptic farm out of the shell. Tried a modern-styled house first but it just wasnt working with the floor plan and I bulldozed it and did something completely different. I did chance a part of the cellar because for me it was just a fun thing and I didn't do it for the livestream tour but just for fun. I really love doing shell challenges even if it's just for my own amusement. So thanks for that simsie :)
I actually submitted my shell today. It’s like a modern kind of house with like a pool surrounding it.
Mines a big country like home outside and more modern on the inside! What’s your name on gallery!?
This turned out so pretty! Makes me want to go back to cottage living too ☺️
I might just take this shell to make my sims dream house, cause a dinossaur shaped house would be exactly the type of thing they would be looking for
I love these shell challenges, simsie always makes them look so cool ❤️
This might be one of your best exterior designs so far! I really enjoy it a lot.
I'm so happy that you can have a break!! I love your videos so muuchh
I've seen some weird stuff on HGTV & this house was bringing to mind some of those, the ones that pop up on House Hunters & other similar shows where there's some of the weirdest looking & shaped rooms you wouldn't know what to do with. I enjoyed this so much, very nice looking in the end.
I never really do shell challenges but I struggle with house shapes(?) but I felt a bit inspired and even made a sim to go along with the house. I might even do a let's play with it.
omg the little mudroom you made is so cute, i never think about that
Simsie! You should scroll through twitter and find other simmers shell challenges and try them out either on stream or on youtube or both! It would be a neat challenge for you to try shells you haven’t created. Idk, just a cool idea for you 🧡
Could also help smaller simmers get more people to try their shells, but that’s not the point of the comment, just a thought that came to me
i'm a bit intimidated with shell challenges bc idk how make a proper floor plan and i typically go for an open one instead of rooms and so i do room shell challenges for now but seeing the results of these shell challenges inspires me!!
Simsie!! Bestie! Oh my God :) I'm so happy that you finally made a house that has a proper entry room and there is not a bathroom off of it! This is definetly a very realistic layout I like in the Sims :)
Ana!! Bestie! She doesnt build for you! She doesnt care what yOu LiKe , not eveeythint is about you!!!!!!!
I allready had cottage living but today I bought paranormal, knifty knitting and laundry day, and I just bought tiny living so seeing you put all the stuff in made me really happy because I realised I could download it and it wasn’t just a one pack build 😅😅
I really enjoyed this shell! I was planning to make a house but I put it down on a lot that used to have a nightclub on and something glitched so that I couldn't change the lot type, so I decided to just go with it and ended up building a teen's nightclub/hangout space! I never usually build community lots so it was fun to do something a bit different.
I love this! I have downloaded this to furnish it and then from there am going to use this house as my first ‘not so berry’ challenge! So thanks for the inspiration
I absolutely LOVE the cat room! such a cute house! 💞
I did somethings I don't usually do in my build so that was fun! I didn't end up landscaping but my house is 4bed 2bath which isn't too bad. I even had a laundry room! Always love to participate!!
You should do the Amish challenge!! They have it on tumblr but basically you have to have all of new crest as off the grid farms with large Amish families
I LOVE THE TRICERATOPS!!! When you pointed it out, I immediately yelled, "It's a triceratops!!!" It's so cute
hi simsie idk how you make that building into the cutest cottage ive ever seen!!!
I'm British and work on a farm, I've been invited into the farmhouse to have lunch or help with various jobs (like sorting out stuff in the attic or admin jobs in the office) and honestly the tiny little rooms in weird places is very accurate!
And interestingly I was talking to the farmer, who's family have lived at the farm for over 100 years, and he said that the farm was likely built in the 1500s during the enclosures act (where they officially fenced off farmland)
And the farmhouse itself, which they still live in today, was built around 1670!
Thx for this awesome video on easter :)
Thank you for taking 5 minutes of your time to explain a shell challenge. Again. I always forget the rules whenever I watch these videos.
Ah, when you said you didn’t love the back I just couldn’t see why. It’s actually very cute for the space that was there! You always make things so cute. ☺️
You did such a good job with this Kayla! :D
This looks like so much fun! Really hoping my computer is fixed soon so I can do this!
Omg I love the shell challenges!
If i had the time I'd do one but exams take up 1000% of my time lol
This is going to be my first shell challenge I’m participating in, but I already have so many ideas in my head.
I did this one and I loved it!!! I made a cute little modern home and it’s my favorite house I’ve ever made. I made it a family home with platforms and stuff. And I made the basement a little apartment type area. I did that because in my mind maybe your sims kid that’s a young adult lives down there
Ngl I love the interior, the layout feels so homey
I did a victorian style house created a whole backstory for it and everything lol It was definitely hard but really brought me out of my comfort zone
i did a victorian style house too! definitely difficult but i enjoyed it and i’m pretty happy with the result :) obviously there are things i would change/make better but i’m pretty new to building so i think it went alright
I made two designs!! One was an alien base on the secret world of sixam and the other is a dinosaur themed amusement park! So much fun I love shell challenges
I am obsessed with this build 😍😍
Definitely downloading this to use whenever I get my hands on Cottage Living ❤️
I’ve already done it. Evil chickens have taken over 😈
Okay so I did my shell build before you posted this... and I thought I was being unique... but I did the same chimney thing in the same spot and had the build oriented the same way with the front door in the same spot... ugh. :)
This house is sooo cute Kayla!
I saw you post the shell and immediately got inspired to make that basement into the living room, and I spent a few hours making it into a modern suburban family home with lots of entertaining space, for a cute lesbian couple and their children
There are SO many builds for this challenge on day one already. how? yall build so fast omg
I struggled so much with this stupid shell and you just created like the cutest house ever. 🤣🤣
I'd move the front door into the "formal living room" and use the entry, bedroom & study to create a main suite on the first floor.
Omg I’m so excited for this one!
Before I started building building, I downloaded random shells from the gallery. I was too afraid to building my on my own. Slowly but surely I got up enough nerve to actually build. Never have I ever used a shell from lilsimsie. Her shells are just to complicated for my skills. She has very very talented builders in her community.
i feel like simsie is energized in the start of this videos
Happy Easter 🐣🐇!
My birthday is may 17th! I’m getting the sims four bc it’s my 12th birthday so my parents will FINALLY let me get the sims! The shell challenge in may will be one of my first builds! Any tips for cc or packs to buy?
i always watch kayla videos before bed and it always has a McDonald's ad and it always make me go to sleep hungry
I just made my build and now I'm gonna see how yours is much better!
One of the best build I've ever made is a Lilsimsie shell challenge where I made a restaurant but to tie it together, I put a top floor exclusive for bathrooms. Of course it was disqualified, but I still use it because it was beautiful so, as Lilsimsie said, breaking the rules is OK if you are doing it for fun.
This is my first shell challenge and i'm impressed how well you did the roof. I had my difficulties with that. Nevertheless, it was a lot of fun and I am really happy with the result. I'm ready for the next challenge 😇
It turned out so nice 😍
I started this challenge at the beginning of the month, lost my train of thought, and now I'm going to wait for a new one to take part in since I can't think of anything else.
I’ve had so much fun with this challenge!
This is the earliest I’ve caught a lilsimsie video!