Community Spirit

The front elevation shows a colourful flower garden, the impressive feature windows, the verandah and a lemonade stand the children sometimes use in Summer. A neighbour walks past but doesn't top to say hello today.

And the back. Here you can see the treehouse in its entirety including the toybox which has faded in the sunlight which bathes this side of the property.

Aside from the small flower garden at the front of the house, the parents wanted a low-maintenance garden with space for the children to play. The bench on the verandah offers a cool, shaded place to watch the older kids while the babies can play closer to the parents' supervision (there is a xylophone toy here, visible on the floor plan.) Aryn's colleague, somewhat of an inventor, built the playhouse a few years ago when the girls were younger. They don't often venture up here now, but the boys love it.

As the family grew it became more difficult to fit everyone into the ordinary-sized kitchen to eat, so they built this outside area, as they love to cook and eat outdoors. When it rains they just have to take their plates indoors or onto the verandah. When the twins, Naima and Layla, aged 1, grow up they might have to extend this but for the moment, it works. (I like to pretend that the children sometimes use the tea table as their personal eating space.) The counter out here prevents sims from wandering inside to place the serving plate down.

In through the front door. I wanted it to feel like the Lamrabets had adapted a quite standard Sim house into their personal Moroccan themed paradise, which is why I have kept most of the windows and the ceilings as standard types. The tiled floor is hardwearing and colourful.

The unseen wall from the kitchen holds cooking equipment and family notices. They still have the old table in here. Sometimes a child does homework here, half supervised by Yasmine while she is cooking, or somebody in a rush will use it for a quick snack. A large fridge contains enough food for all the family, and a dishwasher is essential too (see floor plan for these).

The living room boasts a beautiful tiled fireplace as well as the feature windows - decorative only, as the chimney has not been swept in several years. A pot plant stands in the hearth (for gameplay purposes, an invisible fence in front of the fireplace prevents sims from trying to light it. I tested this, and they can't, even when directed to.) There is an old smoke alarm installed from when the fireplace was active just in case. The family don't watch TV as they prefer reading, playing with each other, or pursuing their individual hobbies. The living room has just enough space for them all. (The toybox is usable, the bookcase isn't, but there are bookcases present in several other rooms, and I think they prefer to read in a quieter environment.)

Upstairs in the hallway, there are bookcases, a potty (just visible lower right) and stairs to the attic space. These are accessible, I checked. The children even slide down them fairly regularly.

In the master bathroom, we can see a walk-in shower (fully usable and tested), toilet, counter sink with mirror, and ornate bathtub.

The Lamrabet's fifth pregnancy caused much excitement in the household when it was found that they would be welcoming twins! The older children all worked together to create lovely things for their bedroom.

Required object!

They drew pictures and Mohamed, who was seven or eight at the time, created a lovely set of model planes to hang from the ceiling. This bedroom is a squeeze because they decided to fence the fireplace completely off for safety, but once the twins are older, this will no longer be required.

I ran out of pictures, but the parents' room is also on this floor. Details on the floor plan.

Upstairs is the boys' room. Mohamed is aged nine and Rachid is five. Behind the camera is a bookcase and another small storage cabinet. Mohamed loves to play pretend, and Rachid loves dancing. Luckily, he likes one sister's pop music just as much as the other's preference for metal! They always have time to dance with him.

Bunk beds are key in this small space! Seventeen year old Sophia sleeps on the top bunk. She's beautiful, and she knows it. She likes to date artsy and sporty types. Geeks seem to get on too well with her dad, which is just weird! ACR informed me shortly after they moved in that she likes girls. Aziza, aged thirteen, sleeps below.

Both girls are really into clothes and make up. You can see the split on their dressing table and wardrobe, though! They have very different styles. Sophia is the queen of traditional beauty and her side (and inspiration poster) is on the left. Aziza's style is more alternative, cyber goth, but the girls find a common ground in comparing products and techniques. The dressing table is near the window so that they can get their looks right in natural lighting.

The older children have their own additional bathroom with a shower, toilet and large sink counter area. They've personalised the mirror. No privacy window necessary up here, as it's too high for anybody to see in, which leaves the room nice and light.

Now, floor plans! Foundation - no cheating!

Ground floor. Hallway, living room, kitchen, downstairs toilet (not otherwise pictured). Note the xylophone on the decking, the phone in the hallway, the smoke alarm in the kitchen. The potty (light blue) in the downstairs toilet is accessible for training.

First floor. Hallway, master bath - note cleaning supplies on a high shelf, with spare towels on the lower shelves. Someone dropped their panda toy. And the bar across the bath isn't in the way of toddlers or anyone else who uses it. (I have a no censor mod. So no pics!) In the twins' room, you can *just* see a little ikea stacking toy by the changing table. They can use this without issue. The parents' room I decided not to photograph another way, but they have more calming white walls, the item in the top left corner is a shelf with books and plants, the bed is accessible, the wardrobe is accessible. On the shelves near the bed they have more books and a tennis ball they confiscated from someone who was playing with it indoors. An ikea heart pillow has been abandoned on their floor.

Second floor - NOTE - rotated 90 degrees to the left to fit more detail in. The girls' room is on the left, as you can see, they are quite messy! The boys' room is neater on the right, and you can see skateboards and ice skates in the bedroom. Their shared hallway has a bookcase and laundry bin. The bathroom at the top of the picture is narrow but functional and pleasant.

Bonus treehouse floorplans, sans tree. Ground supports.

Main deck with flag and octopus toybox (faded)

Lookout tower.

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