I do really miss spiral staircases. Sims 2 I used them a lot because I thought they were the coolest thing since my grandparents' home used to have one (they later converted it into a regular staircase when it got too difficult for them to use the spiral in their old age which I always thought was sad but understandable.) It had added so much more character to their little country farmhouse. (the regular stairs were much more modern and bland looking and took away from that reclaimed barn wood look that used to be there) I'd love to try and build their house in the sims 4 but need that spiral staircase to do it the way i want to.
IIRC one of the voted on kits that won for a future kit is Medieval. While there are rarely big updates with kits, I'm desperately hoping they figure out at least a stone curved staircase for that as I have a castle build I've been working on that is in need of cured stone stairs for the turrets.
Not curved stairs but if you wanted something similar can make one using platforms, take a look at MrsSims4 on the gallery as she's uploaded one as a room and I've used it atleast a dozen times for different styled builds
This build looks straight out of an Architectural Digest celebrity house video, the nicely renovated barn with the painted white wood plus the obnoxious sculpture in the middle of the living room, I love it 😂
The build items from Jungle Adventure are actually some of my favorites in the game. I love the colorful swatches and use it all the time for my Oasis Springs builds
When you added the terracotta tiles to the kitchen area, it began to sing! You're the reason I love to build barns... all the way back to the Cats & Dogs lets play
Love the way you've incorporated the warm wood tones and terracotta. Feels like you went out of your comfort zone a bit which is nice to see and it looks great!
I love the way you keep in your struggles when building. Building for me is always a struggle but this gives me hope that one day something I make might look nice at the end if I don't just give up and download someone else's build in frustration.
I would hate to walk up all those stairs, but the bedroom up top is so lit. If this was real, I would claim it. It would be sweet if there was an attached bathroom if there was a bit more space.
I probably would have used the horse ranch upper cabinets in the kitchen - the uppers of the country kitchen kit are definitely the week point of that kit - they just don’t tile well. I think you definitely cursed yourself with the fully round rooms. It came out really cool though. If you ever really wanted to tear your hair out, try to recreate the round stone barn from the Hancock Shaker village in the Berkshires in the US. It’s a really interesting building.
It appears that a couple, each with their own place and style, moved into this barn together. The space is a mash-up of each style into a cohesive home. It's very relatable to me as someone who is married to someone from another country.
From the inside the windows reminded me of Minecraft If you don't have any windows yet but want to have some light in the first "home" so you're punching 1x1 blocks out of the stone/dirt. 🤣 Great job pulling that off, i really like the the floorplan of this space! ✨
Wish that top floor had been a Jungle Adventure collectible display room -- and I would have definitely used JA counters over country kitchen. Still, pretty awesome mix -- definitely repeat this challenge!
When it came to my survey submission, I considered what items I use the most when it comes to building. Along with the world's since some of them I love building in and other's not so much.
"A transition strip or threshold is a thin strip of wood or metal that covers the gap between two different types of flooring. They are used when joining two different sections of a building, like offices and a hallway. Transition strips are necessary for many reasons, including: There is a height difference between the flooring in two separate rooms. You are joining together two different sections of a building. Reducer moldings are used when two floors of slightly different thicknesses come together, such as a laminate floor and a wood, vinyl, ceramic or low-pile carpet floor. "
27:48 I think you were thinking of Boggarts. Professor Lupin (bless him, by the way) found one in a cupboard for a practical class and it ended up turning into a Dementor for Harry.
Ok, but that top bedroom is STUNNING. Also, I really like the kitchen minus the blue uppers (just what you got stick with 🤷🏼♀️). The tile floor really set it off and the colors went together very nicely. Modern/Industrial Rustic currently my fav
I was so iffy on that kitchen but then you added the tile and it all came together. It ended up being my favorite room in the house. You did great with such a weird layout, its always interesting to see you work through what'll work in a space.
I think you did awesome. It reminds me of the big Luxury cabins/barns they offer on airbnb here in the states. I love it! ❤ totally worth the time spent
This is such a lovely barn house, when can I move in? Hehe you've done an amazing design James it reminds me of the country estate homes we have in the UK countryside 🎉✨️
I guess you have never seen or or paid close enough attention to house hunters or design makeover shows or anything because it's very popular here in America and you have two options in the fence category for when you want to switch tiles, just Google rooms with two different floorings and you will see that when the two floorings need to connect whether it's tile and wood or wood and carpet or anything else they use a really really thin sometimes it's made out of wood or metal and it just covers the seeming of the junction where the two different floor styles meet. Added in my house as a kid I had terracotta tiles in my four year and in the rest of my health I had wood so I had a piece of wood that was about 1 1/2 inches and it covered the seam from wood to the terracotta and then I had linoleum in my kitchen. In the fence category it looks like a really thin lines, there's one from get to work I believe and one from Strangerville. And when you place them on the ground you could barely see them they don't come up off the floor and they are basically dividers plumbella uses them all the time and I just assumed most people know about it because that's what everybody does in real life. Because it's a tripping hazard if you don't conceal the edges where two different floorings meet. It's not the one that you use to make those trellises that you crisscross and put binds on top of sometimes, it's even smaller than that like I said there's only two options in the catalog 1 from Strangerville and one from get to work and they look like little skinny lines a new put them at the edge of where two different floors meet and they come in many different colors and it looks fantastic. You can match it with the wood or you can make it a metal color or whatever you want just promise and trust me. Google it first because I don't know what it's called
Ah, yes, cursed walls. (not a typo 😅) It's funny cause just yesterday I thought to myself how I haven't seen curved walls being used since they came out & we all realized they're bugged af. Nice build, as always!
That quip about stone buildings having been done before wood ones really got me, because there's this colony sim I play, and in it you can build from wood right off the bat, but to build with stone you first have to research it. So I thought that reversal was funny.
This makes me want to see something inspired by renovated barns in the uk, there are tons of them in the country side and i love the way they combine modern and classic styles
Dream home decorator is SO broken right now; the career doesn't work, the work day won't end, you don't get promoted, the ovens don't work and your food never finishes cooking... sucks because I love that pack gameplay
I just had a build challenge suggestion! In really old buildings there are historians focused on architecture. These people can look at a building and tell the story of what parts were added when, and what parts are original. IDEA: you should build a house where one part is obviously old, and then add new layers that can be distinguished as added in certain time periods. Even better if someone (Deli? Gluon?) were to guess the timeline!
15:37 I had that same glitch with a fridge I checked the other fridges too and it was the same, it seems for some reason when you place a cooking appliance in the corner of the room on the outside wall it either can't or goes into your household inventory or disappears after placing I was really frustrating and I had to rearrange the layout
should've made that curve on the bottom level the entry way. And HOW DARE YOU not use the jungle adventure mirror!? Sasha would be appalled lol cant wait to renovate this tonight! i don't have horse ranch though :(
barn + jungle adventure? this would be Katrina Bigwallet's dream home! I'd love to see this build return in a (future or current) let's play. it's too good to never be seen again
Cute, but needs more color. 75% black and white and 20% brown really isn't that much (5%) "color". The blue in the kitchen and green in the kids room is really the only color there is. The kitchen is my favorite just because it is something not black and white.
In my ranch build I had a long room that was the living room too. I broke it up by putting the fireplace in the middle and a TV area on one side and the side facing the fireplace I had a couple chairs. I also made the whole thing sunken once and the fireplace is on a platform to make it the same height as the rest of the house but higher than the living room itself
This is a lovely build and you made the build items from each pack blend in seamlessly! It would be great if you could also do a build, after the survey is finished, of the packs most of your audience owns! ☺
I came up with a lore for this build, hear me out: Roberto Crinkletop, after faking his death, went to Apalloosa to start his dream nectar empire. After a while, he met this nice lady and had a little boy with her. The businness grown, but unfortunately his lovely partner passed away, which led him to drinking problems. The son, watching the misery of his father, took over the family business, which keeps florishing, and renovated the old family barn, making a beautiful memorial to his mom and maintaining the Crinkletop's legacy.
i feel like this house belongs to an old money family in chestnut ridge. maybe like an adult whose family essentially built the town (with or without the permission of the people who lived there first...hmm), their spouse who loves glitz and glamor, maybe a failed actor/actress? and maybe a child whose actually in tune with the nature and animals who doesn't want to see chestnut ridge industrialized, and a teen who desperately wants to move to the city like their other parent
Funfact: I bought Vintage Glamour after seeing you using the clock from the teen room combined with this round swish thingy wall deco from Spa Day and I loved it so much :D To this day I never used the butler once but I keep going back to the clock and wall deco combo :D I really like build buy in that pack, so it still was worth it. The build came out cool :)
I though ranches were found on the country side, so just like how the Country Kitchen Kit fits perfectly with Cottage Living, it's also Spot On with Horse Ranch
James I would love you see you do a 4 pack of random pack challenge but with an extra catch… No Plants! As a fellow plant décor lover I feel like it would be fun to watch you decorate without the use of plants lol
As delayed and out of order as I watch these, I realize this is a weird video for this comment, but I'm so pleased to hear James thanking all of his channel members lately!!
Hey man! Been watching your channel for years, I literally will watch anything you make. Your editing is so smooth, I love it, really easy to get into the video! Keep the good content coming
James: I'm gonna make a small build since it's just for one sim
Also James: * builds a barn so huge it takes up the entire lot *
😂😂😂
With all the packs they've put out you'd think they would have given us at least ONE spiral staircase by now.
I do really miss spiral staircases. Sims 2 I used them a lot because I thought they were the coolest thing since my grandparents' home used to have one (they later converted it into a regular staircase when it got too difficult for them to use the spiral in their old age which I always thought was sad but understandable.) It had added so much more character to their little country farmhouse. (the regular stairs were much more modern and bland looking and took away from that reclaimed barn wood look that used to be there) I'd love to try and build their house in the sims 4 but need that spiral staircase to do it the way i want to.
Yeah like Vintage Glamour or Get Famous would have been a perfect opportunity to give us some spiral staircases tbh 😑💔
IIRC one of the voted on kits that won for a future kit is Medieval. While there are rarely big updates with kits, I'm desperately hoping they figure out at least a stone curved staircase for that as I have a castle build I've been working on that is in need of cured stone stairs for the turrets.
@@Terahnee ARE YOU BUILDING HOGWARTS?!
Not curved stairs but if you wanted something similar can make one using platforms, take a look at MrsSims4 on the gallery as she's uploaded one as a room and I've used it atleast a dozen times for different styled builds
This build looks straight out of an Architectural Digest celebrity house video, the nicely renovated barn with the painted white wood plus the obnoxious sculpture in the middle of the living room, I love it 😂
“… but is the Sims and it’s supposed to just *look cool*” are the vibes I needed this morning
I feel like half the time James goes for 100% realism and the other half is just vibes
I literally cheered when you changed the kitchen floor that tile is one of my favorites and looks so good with the blue of the counters
Lol same! When he first used the concrete I was like “but but… the jungle adventure tiles are right there!”
"I don't wanna make it TOO big"
makes a building that occupies the whole lot asdnfsdls never change, James, never change
The build items from Jungle Adventure are actually some of my favorites in the game. I love the colorful swatches and use it all the time for my Oasis Springs builds
i would be so envious of that teens room as a teen! it’s gorgeous and so private
Leave it to James to build a completely wacky lot that turns out to be cool and somehow just works? 😄
It’s his super power lol
CLASSIC James Turner 😂😊🩷
When you added the terracotta tiles to the kitchen area, it began to sing! You're the reason I love to build barns... all the way back to the Cats & Dogs lets play
Hi James! I think it’d be cool to see a generator for community lots next! Thank you for all the amazing content you always put out!
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yes i always struggle to get inspired for community lot builds
Love the way you've incorporated the warm wood tones and terracotta. Feels like you went out of your comfort zone a bit which is nice to see and it looks great!
First floor silo room could’ve been like a wine cellar! I feel like that’s a good use of space
I love the way you keep in your struggles when building. Building for me is always a struggle but this gives me hope that one day something I make might look nice at the end if I don't just give up and download someone else's build in frustration.
Mood…😂😢🩷
This house looks like what a van family would buy when they are forced to move in an actual house by their kids/the social services
I would hate to walk up all those stairs, but the bedroom up top is so lit. If this was real, I would claim it. It would be sweet if there was an attached bathroom if there was a bit more space.
I probably would have used the horse ranch upper cabinets in the kitchen - the uppers of the country kitchen kit are definitely the week point of that kit - they just don’t tile well. I think you definitely cursed yourself with the fully round rooms. It came out really cool though. If you ever really wanted to tear your hair out, try to recreate the round stone barn from the Hancock Shaker village in the Berkshires in the US. It’s a really interesting building.
It appears that a couple, each with their own place and style, moved into this barn together. The space is a mash-up of each style into a cohesive home. It's very relatable to me as someone who is married to someone from another country.
I feel like this is one of those bizarrely decorated homes you find on Zillow 😂
James is in his dream jungle ranch country glamour phase and I am here for it!
Not putting the piano in the middle part of the big open room is criminal, it would sound amazing in the living area
I find this style of build video very engaging compared to a speed build with voiceover. Thanks, James!
From the inside the windows reminded me of Minecraft If you don't have any windows yet but want to have some light in the first "home" so you're punching 1x1 blocks out of the stone/dirt. 🤣 Great job pulling that off, i really like the the floorplan of this space! ✨
2 minutes ago? I was literally saying I feel like watching a James build video and here you show up as soon as I refresh youtube :)
Wish that top floor had been a Jungle Adventure collectible display room -- and I would have definitely used JA counters over country kitchen. Still, pretty awesome mix -- definitely repeat this challenge!
When it came to my survey submission, I considered what items I use the most when it comes to building.
Along with the world's since some of them I love building in and other's not so much.
Matching this challenge with the random build challenge would be insane! OH OH AND ADD THE CAN'T MOVE AFTER PLACEMENT RULE TOO!
this is such a good idea!!
Omg yes!
You have my like, because I REALLY want to see that happening.
He may or may not lose his mind
Some people just want to watch the world burn…😂😂😂
I love that tile in the kitchen! I was so worried you were going to remove it.
"A transition strip or threshold is a thin strip of wood or metal that covers the gap between two different types of flooring. They are used when joining two different sections of a building, like offices and a hallway.
Transition strips are necessary for many reasons, including:
There is a height difference between the flooring in two separate rooms.
You are joining together two different sections of a building.
Reducer moldings are used when two floors of slightly different thicknesses come together, such as a laminate floor and a wood, vinyl, ceramic or low-pile carpet floor. "
27:48 I think you were thinking of Boggarts. Professor Lupin (bless him, by the way) found one in a cupboard for a practical class and it ended up turning into a Dementor for Harry.
This build looks like it would be the set of some autumny Hallmark romcom in Vermont 😂
So true, and the person who owned it would have a job that would not explain the level of luxury, like "owner of a homemade jam business" or something
Ok, but that top bedroom is STUNNING. Also, I really like the kitchen minus the blue uppers (just what you got stick with 🤷🏼♀️). The tile floor really set it off and the colors went together very nicely. Modern/Industrial Rustic currently my fav
The kitchen and bathroom are giving me Firewatch vibes…James you should DEFINITELY do a fire watch tower build! Maybe even in Granite Falls?
I was so iffy on that kitchen but then you added the tile and it all came together. It ended up being my favorite room in the house. You did great with such a weird layout, its always interesting to see you work through what'll work in a space.
15:48 oh my god I’ve had the same glitch. Sorta comforting that it’s not just my game being broken… oh wait it’s the sims. That tracks.
This is hands down one of the best houses James has ever built. Its absolutely gorgeous. 😍😍 He did such a good job!
I think you did awesome. It reminds me of the big Luxury cabins/barns they offer on airbnb here in the states. I love it! ❤ totally worth the time spent
I wish I had your build skills, James. Another fantastic build!!
modern luxe kit wouldve been perfect for this! amazing build as always ❤
This is such a lovely barn house, when can I move in? Hehe you've done an amazing design James it reminds me of the country estate homes we have in the UK countryside 🎉✨️
I guess you have never seen or or paid close enough attention to house hunters or design makeover shows or anything because it's very popular here in America and you have two options in the fence category for when you want to switch tiles, just Google rooms with two different floorings and you will see that when the two floorings need to connect whether it's tile and wood or wood and carpet or anything else they use a really really thin sometimes it's made out of wood or metal and it just covers the seeming of the junction where the two different floor styles meet. Added in my house as a kid I had terracotta tiles in my four year and in the rest of my health I had wood so I had a piece of wood that was about 1 1/2 inches and it covered the seam from wood to the terracotta and then I had linoleum in my kitchen. In the fence category it looks like a really thin lines, there's one from get to work I believe and one from Strangerville. And when you place them on the ground you could barely see them they don't come up off the floor and they are basically dividers plumbella uses them all the time and I just assumed most people know about it because that's what everybody does in real life. Because it's a tripping hazard if you don't conceal the edges where two different floorings meet. It's not the one that you use to make those trellises that you crisscross and put binds on top of sometimes, it's even smaller than that like I said there's only two options in the catalog 1 from Strangerville and one from get to work and they look like little skinny lines a new put them at the edge of where two different floors meet and they come in many different colors and it looks fantastic. You can match it with the wood or you can make it a metal color or whatever you want just promise and trust me. Google it first because I don't know what it's called
This house looks like it belongs to a retired archaeologist who likes the farm vibes, but also has money.
Ah, yes, cursed walls. (not a typo 😅) It's funny cause just yesterday I thought to myself how I haven't seen curved walls being used since they came out & we all realized they're bugged af. Nice build, as always!
That quip about stone buildings having been done before wood ones really got me, because there's this colony sim I play, and in it you can build from wood right off the bat, but to build with stone you first have to research it. So I thought that reversal was funny.
I loved this! I kept hoping you'd put the artifacts you dig up in Jungle Adventure into the glass case though!
Someone needs to stop James from using this many windows.
A James build with only auto windows?
You should make a barn venue for whenever Lady gets married!
This makes me want to see something inspired by renovated barns in the uk, there are tons of them in the country side and i love the way they combine modern and classic styles
1:14 this will never stop being funny 😂
I love this! I am not a huge fan of ranch/country style Homes but you made it look amazing with the vintage glamor pack
I really like how funky and cozy the kitchen turned out, such a cool build
Dream home decorator is SO broken right now; the career doesn't work, the work day won't end, you don't get promoted, the ovens don't work and your food never finishes cooking... sucks because I love that pack gameplay
Straight up, love this! You're builds are getting to be really amazing and next level! Love it so much!
You're so creative!! Your builds inspire me to up my Sim building game.
I’m not a fan of the blue and black kitchen, but the rest of the barn looks really swanky like a $1,500/night Air BnB 🤠🥂✨
i think you hit the nail on the head, coming from someone who has seen a lot of rich folk's houses in Texas
loved the way you mix and match the different packs !!!!
James, you built what us southerners call a Barndominium
I just had a build challenge suggestion! In really old buildings there are historians focused on architecture. These people can look at a building and tell the story of what parts were added when, and what parts are original.
IDEA: you should build a house where one part is obviously old, and then add new layers that can be distinguished as added in certain time periods. Even better if someone (Deli? Gluon?) were to guess the timeline!
I watched the whole video but I still don't know how you pulled this off! I really like it.happy Halloween
Love your imagination! Thanks for a great morning inspiration!
15:37 I had that same glitch with a fridge I checked the other fridges too and it was the same, it seems for some reason when you place a cooking appliance in the corner of the room on the outside wall it either can't or goes into your household inventory or disappears after placing I was really frustrating and I had to rearrange the layout
8:52 I love book place!
I do book all the time!
should've made that curve on the bottom level the entry way. And HOW DARE YOU not use the jungle adventure mirror!? Sasha would be appalled lol
cant wait to renovate this tonight! i don't have horse ranch though :(
I really loved this build, it's beautiful!
I think the last update broke the dream home decorator oven, at least mine hasn’t worked since…
barn + jungle adventure? this would be Katrina Bigwallet's dream home! I'd love to see this build return in a (future or current) let's play. it's too good to never be seen again
Me, a recovering HP nerd: “James, I think you meant a boggart, not a dementor.” 😂😂😂
I thought the same thing. 😅 But the one he's thinking of did turn into a Dementor, so we'll give it to him. Lol
@@limedovahkiin2806 Oh yes, totally acceptable hahahaha!
Cute, but needs more color. 75% black and white and 20% brown really isn't that much (5%) "color". The blue in the kitchen and green in the kids room is really the only color there is. The kitchen is my favorite just because it is something not black and white.
In my ranch build I had a long room that was the living room too. I broke it up by putting the fireplace in the middle and a TV area on one side and the side facing the fireplace I had a couple chairs. I also made the whole thing sunken once and the fireplace is on a platform to make it the same height as the rest of the house but higher than the living room itself
This entire build I was saying "just trust the process just trust the process"
A good build James. Well done
This is a lovely build and you made the build items from each pack blend in seamlessly! It would be great if you could also do a build, after the survey is finished, of the packs most of your audience owns! ☺
I did not know how you were gonna pull it off but I actually LOVE the interior of this build!!
I just finished Deli's build video. I love the difference between these two builds. 😂❤
27:51 I LOVE HARRY POTTER!! And you’re right, it DOES look like the Dementor cupboard from Prisoner of Azkaban!! 😂😂😂🩷
I came up with a lore for this build, hear me out: Roberto Crinkletop, after faking his death, went to Apalloosa to start his dream nectar empire. After a while, he met this nice lady and had a little boy with her. The businness grown, but unfortunately his lovely partner passed away, which led him to drinking problems. The son, watching the misery of his father, took over the family business, which keeps florishing, and renovated the old family barn, making a beautiful memorial to his mom and maintaining the Crinkletop's legacy.
i feel like this house belongs to an old money family in chestnut ridge. maybe like an adult whose family essentially built the town (with or without the permission of the people who lived there first...hmm), their spouse who loves glitz and glamor, maybe a failed actor/actress? and maybe a child whose actually in tune with the nature and animals who doesn't want to see chestnut ridge industrialized, and a teen who desperately wants to move to the city like their other parent
The different cabinets are bothering me a little bit, but the build looks so cool and different from everything I’ve seen so far!!
I had the same problem with that oven. The other one worked fine.
11:44 you could use that room and one above it as knitting rooms
No you did the silo right. Some barns are built similarly. Excellent work!
Funfact: I bought Vintage Glamour after seeing you using the clock from the teen room combined with this round swish thingy wall deco from Spa Day and I loved it so much :D To this day I never used the butler once but I keep going back to the clock and wall deco combo :D I really like build buy in that pack, so it still was worth it.
The build came out cool :)
I though ranches were found on the country side, so just like how the Country Kitchen Kit fits perfectly with Cottage Living, it's also Spot On with Horse Ranch
Loool this build and its zillion tiny windows are stressing me out 😂
This is one of the coolest builds I have seen!
Hi James. Hoping you will upload this one to the gallery asap and I’m totally raring to get my hands on it and renovate! Thanks!
It's linked in the description :)
James I would love you see you do a 4 pack of random pack challenge but with an extra catch… No Plants! As a fellow plant décor lover I feel like it would be fun to watch you decorate without the use of plants lol
Nice build, James. I was thinking that putting the stairs in the Silo would've worked better and solved the round wall roofing.
As delayed and out of order as I watch these, I realize this is a weird video for this comment, but I'm so pleased to hear James thanking all of his channel members lately!!
Could of put the vintage glamour round rug in the silo lol. Thank you for the video, you’re the best ❤
The display case is the most Jungle Adventure thing to me. They def went to South America and stole some artifacts 😂
The top level could have been a buttler's room! But very nice build for the limited packs!
James: I'm gonna add color with the vintage pack.
*used mostly black and white in the vintage bedroom* 😂 The whole house is super cool! Great build.
I can see this barn in grand designs for sure
put this build into your bigwallet save, never know, you may need to use it
The barn reno is giving Lakelynn vibes which is perfect tbh
Hey man! Been watching your channel for years, I literally will watch anything you make. Your editing is so smooth, I love it, really easy to get into the video! Keep the good content coming
Another idea for anyone who needs to break up space with that random wall between rooms in a fancy build --> Wine refrigerator
/cellar space!
"Dream Jungle Ranch Country Glamour Barn" is giving "Mojo Dojo Casa House" xD
Double Staircase would be so Glam!