It's Been Awhile, But I'm Still Here

Hey there!

It's been a while since I posted, but I'm still here and still decorating my homes in SL. I just forgot to post the photos. 

Anywho... I'll probably (maybe, who knows) make a post of several houses all at one time to catch up with the last 18 months, but for today I'm just going to post the one I just finished. Then I can pick it all up and start with my autumn house... I already have some ideas on what I'd like to do.

On to today's home. This is the latest house released by one of my absolute favorite creators, Apple Fall. It's called the Patricia Cottage, and it's completely lovely. It's made with the new PBR textures, and also has several different options for floors, walls, and outside paint schemes to customize it to your tastes. I also like that while it's a decent size, it's just a one-bedroom home, which I prefer to decorate. I get bored with the bigger houses before I finish, and I also run out of prims... ooops! 

The brick doesn't change, but you can select your door color and the wooden siding (far right side of the house). Apple kindly included several of the textures in the package, so I was able to retexture a garage to match the house.

The entryway is a decent size, and I used a photo Apple Fall posted on Primfeed as inspiration to decorate part of it. I switched out some items, but the arrangement is similar. The living room has items from AF, Nutmeg, Merak, and Kraftwork. I also used a lot of AF furniture throughout the house because the textures blend well. You'll also notice quite a few pieces from Nutmeg, another of my favorite creators. 

The kitchen is a mix of the Kraftwork CottageCore kitchen with the Apple Fall Douglas kitchen sink. I tinted the white kitchen black, but it is sold in black too. The dining area and bar are a mix of AF, Fancy Fall, and the chairs from the Merak Harborline set that I tinted black to match. I've been having so much fun with textures since PBR was integrated into SL. I retextured the top of an old AF table with a new PBR marble as well as the marble part of the Camillia Bar. The checkerboard tile floor is also a texture I purchased and applied. 

The bathroom has the latest bath set from Merak, the Caldera Spa set. It includes the bathtub, surround, towel rack, floor, and several items behind the tub on the shelves. The other half is mostly from Nutmeg and Fancy Decor, with a few random decor pieces from other places. I don't know what was going on with the sink mirror. PBR mirrors still give me fits and act wonky sometimes.

The bedroom is a mix of Kraftwork (bed), Nutmeg (tables, chair), and AF (wall panels, cabinet, bench) with assorted decor and plants from my inventory. The patio set through the doors is from Fancy Decor. 

Also, I wanted to mention my curtains! They're animesh and blow in the wind. I saw them being used at a store and had to find them! They're from Sweet Pearl Fusion. They're adjustable in size, but the adjustments are limited, and you can't mod them outside of the kit that comes with them, but you can play around and make them work if you've got a big enough set of windows. 

As always, let me know if you want to know about a specific item in the photos, and I'll try to remember where I got it from. Now it's time for me to go think about autumn houses.

Gatekeeper's Lodge in Winter

 

This autumn one of my favorite SL stores, Apple Fall, released a recolored version of a previous gacha item, the Gatekeeper's Lodge. They also released a modular greenhouse that works well with the Lodge, though the windows require a little tweaking or hiding behind things. Still, with a little effort, I have a complete extra room to decorate. As it was the holiday season I made it the place to put my tree. Quite a few really nice home decor items were put out this fall, and I enjoyed putting them together. 

The Lodge is one open room on each floor, which makes a cozy home but can be tricky to decorate. I think I made it welcoming, even if it's snowy and freezing outside. Here's my holiday home this year in SL. The main room is divided into a small kitchen area, entry way, and combination dining & living room.

Nothing like reading by a nice warm fire while it snows outside!

Upstairs is another single room, which becomes a nice bedroom with another cozy reading nook.

And out in my holiday room, I have a lovely tree by Apple Fall and Fancy Decor that came out last year for Christmas. I added the beautiful new fireplace from 8F8 - Imagine...-Warm Hearted Tales Keeper and bracketed it with some wall panels from AppleFall. The colors matched amazingly well and I tinted the top of the wall to make it all blend together. 

I would say that 80% of my decor in this house was from Apple Fall and Nutmeg, because they do the cozy old fashioned look so well. I hope you all had a lovely holiday season, whatever holiday you may celebrate. Meanwhile, Raynee is gazing into the fire while it's freezing outside and dreaming of her next vacation to the place she has in her picture frames. 

Tiny Homes

Happy Autumn! 

I hope you're enjoying all the cooler weather (or warmer if you're on the other side of the equator!) I certainly am, though it's a little chillier than I like this weekend. 

My most recent home in SL was not a singular home, it was a set of Tiny Homes from Kraftwork. They are color-change both inside and out including the woodwork, plus the deck can be removed. I had fun decorating each one in a different style. 

In the green one, I tried to keep everything inside of it from Kraftwork, just to see if I could. I managed to do so except for a floor panel I put under the kitchen area and the toaster oven, which is from Fancy Decor. I had to do some editing to make some of it fit, but it wasn't too hard. The outdoor decor was not all Kraftwork, but that wasn't my intent so I'm okay with that. I did use a few outdoor items from there even so. 

In the navy-colored house, I went with more of a fun, beach theme. I did keep the Kraftwork Mini Boho kitchen in it because it fits with only a little editing, and I used a bed and cabinet from Kraftwork as well. 

The final color the house comes in is red. I did use another Kraftwork kitchen in it; it's the modular kitchen collaboration with Fancy Decor. The rest of the decor is from a mix of places. 

I had fun seeing what I could manage to fit into these tiny houses. I hope you enjoyed seeing what I did, and if you have any questions about anything in the pictures just ask and I'll see if I can tell you where to find them. 

Now, I'm off to take pictures of my latest decor adventure, which is almost finished.

This Was Supposed to be August's Blog

 

This was supposed to be August's blog post, but I got distracted. I had all the photos picked out but time just got away with me. I was just enjoying the sun and water so much that I couldn't bring myself to blog. At least that's the excuse I'm giving to you, and doesn't this photo just look like that was true? 

This house was another of the {YD} houses; the {YD} Houseboat. Their houses are usually on the smaller side and that helps me finish decorating them before I get distracted by another house! This one was the perfect summer house to decorate. 

It has a patio area on each end of the houseboat and a balcony on the top between the bedrooms. That's a lot of places to relax and enjoy the summer sun and I sure did my best.

Sunsets are beautiful on the deck with a drink!

I don't usually catch many fish, but it's always nice to sit and relax in the sun. You can always make up a story about the one that got away, right?

It's always 5 o'clock somewhere!

Inside the boat started out as a fairly open plan area with one small room at the side and then an open stairway in the center of the boat. I chose to enclose the stairway and give the different areas more definition. 

Kitchen, because I love to cook and I love to eat. Thank goodness I don't gain weight in SL.

I used repurposed some outdoor fencing an wall panels into a stairway railing and to enclose the staircase. 

Some of you might recognize my bookcase. I saved it after decorating it once and now I just whip it out and add a few bits and pieces to make it match the house it's being used in. It's the Kraftwork Bellosguardo Library with a lot of random decor added. I also made a little area around the corner for listening to music. I put some rattan window screens in to give a little privacy without blocking the light completely. 

There was a small room on the first floor that I put a bathroom in, because you know I have to have a bathroom if I can; if only to use all the bathroom decor I buy!

 

Okay, I have a confession. I did get distracted by a new house and didn't finish the second bedroom in this house. I know, shocking I'm sure. I did enjoy decorating the one I finished though. It's nice and spacious. 

 Ah well, it's time for me to actually work on my next blog. I've already done the photos and everything. Maybe I'll manage to get it posted in September and make it a two-blog month!

Time to be Extra

 Hello! It's a holiday here in the U.S. so I made it a 4-day weekend by taking Monday off. I did absolutely nothing, so it truly is a holiday weekend. I did manage to finish my latest house and take a few photos so I suppose I did do something. It's a pretty Queen Anne-style house (or Victorian style) from Scarlett Creative called the Green Lily or Daylily depending on the name of the folder it came in or the actual house. It was a re-release for the Saturday Sale a few weeks ago, so it's possible they changed the name. Either way, it's a pretty house that is perfect for decor from my favorite creators. It gave me a reason to be Extra in my decor, just like the blog title.  

This is quite different from my usual minimalist tendencies. I try to do fancy but usually end up with monochrome or MCM style when I decorate. It's as if there are two factions in my head; the one that buys all the soft flowy fabrics and fancy decor, and the one that buys all the clean lines and sharp-edged decor. I really let my soft side out on this house though.

I had fun pulling out all the cozy fabric furniture and classic artwork from my inventory. I had to mod the fireplace a bit and the house to make it fit but it was a lot of fun getting it just right. 

This house had no separate dining room so I had to squeeze an eating area in the kitchen. The rounded area was perfect for this. Again, it was fun searching through my inventory for less modern kitchen elements to fit the house. I have so many "country kitchen" pieces that never see the light of day in my usual houses and I am happy I got to use them. 

The stairwell gave me a perfect place to be a little extra in my decor. I love classic artwork so I have a ton of it in my folders but I rarely get to use it, so I went a little crazy here. I wasn't quite done decorating as you can see by the hammer and nails on the landing. I still have space on the walls! 

What could be better in a Scarlett Creative house than to use Scarlett Creative furniture? I had the bed, rugs, and curtains from an old gacha set and they fit perfectly in the house. 

Ok, I saved the best for last! My favorite thing about this house is the greenhouse which makes up the back half of the house. I have so very many plants in my inventory; big plants, small plants, leafy plants, succulents, all the plants! This is the perfect place for Raynee to sit on a rainy day and read a book with a cup of tea. Or on a sunny day with a lemon sorbet- thanks Apple Fall for the yummy lemon set! 

I hope you like this house! It's the first time I've hit my prim limit on my parcel (my SL friends will understand) while decorating a house- all those plants and the creek I built outside were hard on my LI. I actually didn't finish the second room upstairs; it would have been a bathroom or another bedroom if I had the LI, but oh well, ce la vie. 

Anyway, I have another house to decorate! And some BBQ to prepare for in RL, yum!

Some credits, though not all:

Scarlett Creative- house and bedroom furniture

Apple Fall- living room furniture, decor, a plant or two, bedroom cabinets, dining set

Nutmeg- plants, squishy chair, assorted kitchen decor

Thor- kitchen cabinets, random decor items

Fancy Decor & The Vordun- many of the artworks

Other decor stores- Kazza, Soy, Mithral (so many plants!), Broken Arrows, Granola, Kraftwork, and a few I can't recall. 

3 Day Weekend!

 Hey there!

Here in my area of the world, it's Memorial Weekend and that means an extra day off work for me! It's a bit rainy out this Monday so that makes it the perfect time for me to finally blog again. 

I've skipped a house or two since my winter post but here is my latest one. It's another {YD} build, as they are fairly small builds, cute, and very easy on my SL budget. This one is called Almeria House and it's another little stucco house with a patio and MCM feel. I love the arched windows in the front. So, here we go with the photos!

In SL I have a green thumb! That's great because in RL... not so much. I love the front patio area of this house because it reminds me of my RL house, complete with an arched front door! I just wish I had the cute gazebo and furniture in RL.

I didn't start out with the MCM style, but once again I ended up with it due to taking some inspiration from photos of a yellow chair and couch in RL. 

I continued with the gold and green theme in the kitchen & dining area, as you see. The arched bar window was a nice touch and the chairs & lanterns I dug out of my inventory from 2 different stores were perfect matches! 

The bedroom reflects my RL urge to travel the world with its passport and postcards on the desk, travel posters on the wall, and unpacked luggage lurking in the corner. I even snuck in a few RL photos of my favorite places. I like to imagine I'm sitting there at the computer planning my next trip. Ahh, if only.

The back patio of the house is pretty small but it does have enough room for a BBQ grill and table. As I said, it's a holiday weekend and I've cooked all this food, I just need someone to come to help me eat it. Oh, and drink some of this wine! 

(there is a second tiny room in this house but I wore myself out cooking and didn't finish decorating it. It would be a good office or maybe bathroom space)

Some credits:

{YD}, Apple Fall, Kraftwork, Fancy Decor, Muniick, Atelier Burgundy, Black. Sand, Brocante/Floorplan, Mithral, Granola., {moss&mink}, {wn}, HIDEKI, Bazar, DiCore, Broken Arrows, Trompe Loeil, Tarte