Haunted-ish House | Paranormal + Tiny Living | No CC

"From ashes, life grows anew."

Gallery name: Blooming Ashes House
EA ID: Cowcolate

Type: Haunted House Residential
Price: 221,098 / 171,624 (cluterless) / 90,894 (shell)
Size: 40x30
Summary: One-story house with garage and greenhouse, has 3 bathrooms and 3 bedrooms (1 for kids)
Packs Required: Paranormal + Tiny Living
Location: Oasis Springs ━> Parched Prospect ━> Cacti Casa (Roomies household)

After making a tower, I wanted something closer to the ground and more modern. After trying a bunch of different shapes, I got one that looked good enough. Felt bold enough to use a stone flooring I never did before, and even more to paint the walls red in order to match it. Even though a strong desire to use objects from Paranormal (especially the hanging plant) and Tiny Living (mostly for the murphy bed, though I love their toilet) lured me towards an unintended style, which I'm unsure what to call, I love the end result.

My lack of planning came back to haunt me, as I sat trying to make a logical layout come to life, ended up deciding to ignore the diagonal section and huge bedrooms to focus on the main rooms. Due to the sideyard, it made more sense to locate them on the left side of the house, but one of them would have to occupate the lame middle room, so the living room was chosen for that, although to minimize its lack of windows I brightened the space with archways to the kitchen and dining.

While I prefer landscaping on the desert when it's sand, I left some areas green to break up the sameness. After adding a jungle gym and monkey bars to the yard I needed a kids room to justify their existence, and it was a good excuse to include every single related kid activity. They sure are talented! Although, I should've removed the gaming poster, as they lack a computer. 

I was planning on using the largest room for skill building objects, until the garage demanded their presence. After they were gone, I turned it into a bedroom. The colors had to be bold to match the red windows, but couldn't be too dark, as it was also a nursery. I moved the original bed of the previous room to the diagonal bedroom because it's one of the better looking ones from base game, but none of the swatches matched the color scheme, while the white one was too plain; so, just like the other room, it was removed, but now for good. 

The fairy lounge Cracked Kyber made for Enchanted by Nature pack motivated me to give more effort to the lighting, so I repeated the trick of my last Ravenwood build, which was to use a wall light, sized up with TOOL, over every window, then I changed their light to red, purple or cyan. I expected sims to enter the house through the front door, but a robber chose the side door instead, so a second burglar alarm had to added, but at the garage.