I wish they'd add a new hamper that would be a chair. That chair would slowly get covered in clothes, just like IRL.

OMG! NEW REALLY PRETTY PROFILE PICTURE

I’d love to see a tiny house community and having each home be a ‘unit’

I did this with my sims boyfriend cause I didn't want to control him. The day after I moved him into a spare bedroom he started a revolt 😭

God, to see you whip out this complicated and gorgeously coherent and pretty roofline in two minutes flat. 🤯 moments you’re like, “oh yeah this is her CAREER.” You ATE that 😭

Well now we need a “no blue” challenge where you build a house with zero blue swatches.

I’m also not super interested in the landlord side of things. But I love being able to have different families and extended families on the same lot. I like seeing other sims wandering about, living their lives, while still being able to just play one family. Then also being able to switch over to said other families. I feel like adds a whole new layer to story telling.

We actually saw in James Turner’s Rent to Riches episode that as long as each unit has a hamper you don’t have to drag the whole hamper to the laundry room!

I recently learned that you can place windows from the pool into the basement and it allowed me to make a really cool basement laundry room with an amazing pool view.

As someone who's grandma knitted and crocheted everyone a blanket before she passed, I LOVE having my elder sims pick up knitting tbh. I'll normally start working on the skill when my sims get to like 10 days left of adult hood and then that way they are able to at least have a bit of the skill up and going already once they're elders.

You know it's the start of a new era when simsie changes her pfp

Building a base game house without blue is such a good challenge idea

i'm not even joking, having more than a day without a lilsimsie video made me feel like i was a kayla addict.

You could also try making a fallout inspired Vault, where the apartment is just underground and the Vault Overseer would just be the landlord

Kayla always does this thing (I do too) where she thinks stuff looks bad because the shades don't match exactly, but I think things like that make a house feel realistic! This house looks so much like a friend's house I would've been to as a kid, like yeah: the colors don't quite match, this chair isn't on theme but it was their grandmother's, there are things they're gonna make you agree to ignore.

I'm from north Yorkshire in England, and I find it so weird how different our houses are to yours. Like our thermostat is always in the kitchen and the bedrooms in your builds are massive

The insane part of this video is that I just saw a UKposts short of a fancy basement apartment for a grandma and then BAM 💥 - Simsie video with the correct energy

i know she uploads pretty much every day, but i’m always so excited when kayla uploads 😭

I love that you emphasized not putting fish in bowls! I work in the fish section of a pet store and often have to try to gently steer people away from bowls.

Me, knitting on the sofa watching this : "I don't think the yarn basket is too much."

The only issue with this layout is that when random people come over, they are going to walk into your house and knock on the basement door to visit granny, or walk up your steps and knock on your bedroom door to visit you.

So, this is gonna sound a little weird but does anyone else put her build vids on to lull themselves to sleep? Not saying she's boring at all! Just that it's soothing to me, like a comfort thing 😅

This was one of my first thoughts when this pack was announced. One of the things I find difficult for myself is letting go of my other sims. So I was thinking of the idea of a basement “apartment” or a back house for the grandparents or even the next of the legacy

I want to thank lilsimsie for not cutting out all the over thinking and anxiety she has because it makes me feel WAY less bad about all my anxiety and overthinking from seeing someone else have it too! ❤

you could also do this concept with a guest house/mother in law suit situation. honestly im really excited about this pack, i always want to do storylines with sims outside my household, but find it taxing when they just arent naturally around each other much. but i think making them neighbors on the same lot will help with that a ton! and make it easier to switch from household to household.

This build gave me so much nostalgia! I grew up in a house this same color and my grandma had an apartment suite in our basement just like this one!

If you put the basement in the house and then add a foundation, the basement can be any size without the weird terrain issues. 😊 I love this house!

i think we need a “no blue” build challenge now

Simsie, sliding doors to the backyard isn't just a Florida thing. I've lived in houses in both Idaho and Utah that have sliding doors to the back, as well as visited friends in Arizona that have sliding doors. You don't have to worry that the sliding doors aren't realistic.

There's a common basement window option in cities where the basement comes closer to the street and has either a very strong frosted clear tile or a rail around an indented space

In the UK we call this concept a "Granny Flat", usually to keep elderly relatives who need more care closer to home but still independent. Usually a garage conversion or stand-alone extension in the garden.

You don't really need to bring the hamper with you. You can drag the hamper in live mode into the laundry room, or even just have it there and they throw their clothes that far lol. You can also just drag the laundry piles to the laundry room yourself. I have a shared laundry in an apartment building with 6 units and I put 3 hampers in there, all sims just come over and do each other's laundry, it's fun.

Lilsimsie is so iconic

I think when furnishing a main bedroom to fit a house like this, you could take some of the most unique aspects of the house, such as the music room, and incorporate that into the bedroom to give it a little more personality. Music related pictures on the wall, a notebook by the bedside where they write down song lyrics they thought of in their sleep, etc. Maybe an extra old guitar in the corner. The pets also help, so I like that you went with that! P.S. I live in Wisconsin and have a sliding door to the back deck, so it's not just a Florida thing! It wasn't original to the house, though.

Thanks for the upload. Been having a hard week with a failed exam and my grandparents cat (and one of my fish) passing away spontaneously. I needed this

I just really need more basement builds! Recently I’ve made a writers cottage with a huge 3-level basement house and it was quite a challenge, since the planning of a basement house is really different from a regular one.

re: around 8:20. You can make window wells! Use this basement technique you're describing for the townhouses, but just like a 2x1 room, and then raise platforms up so you just have windows near the top!

i like watching her build when i do art projects because she talks about her builds exactly the way i feel about my art. she’s just so real i also hate how everything i do looks.

kayla you are so cute!! also i've been loving the long videos sm lately

The exterior color scheme of the house looks somethingyou would see in a sims 1 gameplay me thinks. i like it

i'm super high but i gotta say i always LOVED when people make up lore for sims houses. like you said, part of the fun of this game is playing pretend. it's awesome to be able to piece together the imaginary characters just by looking at their home, it makes the house "lived in", i'd much rather hear you ramble about why the cat's litter box is in the music room than watch you build a more generic, sterile room. run wild.

this build turned out so cute!! easily one of my favourite builds you've done so far :)

i love houses like this, kind of plain so it's playable with most sims. oh, and the focus being on gameplay, making sure the house is functional for actually playing the game instead of just trying to be really unique. i love simsie's builds because they are playable for your sims to build skills and expand their family.

i always love watching your builds and like your buildstyle? how artists have artstyles and writers have writing styles! It's interesting to watch your videos and see what things remains the same (like that thermostat and desk in the hallway, and how it often turns out blue), it's like little cookies of your building style to me! :D

your content is so perfect for background noise while drawing, also the house looks awesome !! :D

the dark blue looks sooo good!!

I know this isn't a very interesting comment, but Kayla talking about how for her she always puts the thermostat upstairs and/or near the primary bedroom was interesting to me because I have always experienced it being near the front door and I never even questioned that

i might be alone in this but my favorite part to decorate is the bathroom lmao. idk why. and also anything with computers. i love placing offices and pcs. its so cozy to me lmao

As someone who lives in a basement flat, I feel very validated today

Omg, love a longer Simsie video!!!

Would you be willing to do a shell challenge but add a rule that there has to be multiple units on the lot? (I realize it's a bit outside of what shell challenges usually are, just dying to see more of what people would do with the new options)

I totally used this house in my save! I currently have it as an rec room in the basement but it totally is gonna be a rental at some point!!

Hi Kayla! I just got back into watching your videos and it made me remember that I used to watch you a lot a year ago. Last year, on the holidays, I spent a month with a lot of anxiety that made me stay in bed several weeks and your videos really helped me to distract myself and fall asleep with all your positivity and good vibes and fun builds. I wanted to say thank you, because now I’m here watching your videos again at the same time of the year but I’m no longer in the mental place I was back then. Thank you so much for bringing me joy at my lowest, to me and to many others, I’m sure 🧡

I love your videos and this house turned out so pretty!

Love the concept!!

It's so fun seeing all the cool things that can be done with this pack!

I’m having so much fun building with this new pack ❤

I love when you build. You have sooo much ideas which I would have in my head 😩❤️

I was looking forward to this video after an exhausting day at work today. Your videos always cheer me up :)

I learn so many good tips from these videos!

SO GLAD YOU MENTIONED THE FISH BOWL THING!! 😭❤

I love this way of playing with the new pack way more that it's initial use! Same this if you make an appartmentbuilding with potential lovers and/or friends and you would make each a different section XD Makes me more excited about this pack, than I was at the drop of this pack

I immediately saw the new profile picture and went AWH KAYLA UPDATED HER PICTURE ❤️

this is such a cool idea for gameplay!

I‘ve been watching her videos for nearly 3 years now and she finally has a new pfp

I love the blues so much!

Hot basement tip! If you put windows in your basement, they will still let in a little bit of light as if it's above ground! I put high up, rectangular windows in all of my basements, and it genuinely makes a difference.

how do you slay so hard i’m so serious i look forward to your videos every day

KAYLAAAA you’re so gorgeous 😭😭🫶 happy holidays !!!!! be safe !!!!

love the new pfp! very pretty, the flowers and you!! ❤️

I love the apartment content ❤💅 I wish it wasn't unreasonable to ask for 3 videos a day 😂 I also really really love the kids rooms, the wallpapers work so well!

How cozy it turned out! This grandmother is very lucky

this new era of simsie builds has been my favorite ngl

As someone from central MN we also usually have sliding glass doors onto a patio area

I'm from the Netherlands....But I know that in Germany they often have family houses that consist of, for example, 3 parts. Each floor is its own apartment with its own front door and house number. (inside you have a stairwell that leads to all doors) And a different family member lives on each floor. For example: grandma and grandpa live on the ground floor. The daughter lives on the first floor with her husband, son and daughter. And their son lives on the second floor with his wife and his son and three daughters. And they have a common room in the basement were they also often celebrate birthdays together for exampe. Or very often they all sit in grandma's kitchen or garden. And when the parents die, the house is passed on to the children. Just as the parents had inherited the grandparents' house,

I really love the multi-unit stuff (the only being a landlord for one or two units less-evil vibe) and I feel like they could have added way more 20x15 lots in Morensong so we could acc flesh out the world moreeee

I started using this bulid before seeing this video, lol. Don't have for rent, so I made it a "live in nanny" type vibe. Love it!

I haven’t even tried gameplay yet. Most of what I do in the sims is build anyway, so I’ve just been working on art builds. I built some factories that were converted into luxury lofts in moonwood mill, trying to mimic the style of all the debug buildings, I’m currently building some Greek apartments in tartosa, I have a giant affluent neighborhood in wendinburg, as well as some cute townhomes. I really love all of the ideas that I’ve been having around ways to build “apartments.” Now I just need to go back and furnish everything

I love this build! I can't wait to see how your everyday gameplay works with the Granny Suite. Side note, I am from Colorado and a lot of houses have sliding glass doors to get to the backyard. I guess it just depends on personal preference.

coming home from work and run right on youtube just to see new lilsimsie video 🤩

I’m like really sick rn but your videos are cheering me up ☻︎

Sometimes I put one of those big blocky closets in the hallway, when I have extra place. Either the 2x2 or the 2x1. Reminds me of my nan's place. She had all her coats and fancy dresses in a big closet outside of her bedroom.

22:55 this is interesting because in my experience the controls to the AC have always been in the living space, so I put my thermostat in the hallways near the kitchen or living room

Your TV console idea is GENIUS

Growing up, my family had a similar set up to this! so this is super realistic and I would be excited to use this pack this way

i'd love to see a trailer park, similar to the one in ts2 apartment life (my favorite favorite lot in ts2)

yay! So much love for the fishbowl shout out. Love when people are well informed

Nice build! I will be using the rental system to make multiple houses on bigger lots. As soon as I saw how it worked, I knew I wanted to make some Compton/Inglewood style houses in Del Sol Valley! (Bc i’m still upset that they put those huge lots in that neighborhood..)

My day is ten times better now ❤

With university someone made a mod where you can choose who your roommates are to kind of do this but it didn’t work perfectly and often had to reassign everytime you restarted so I also am SO EXCITED to have roommate style ‘apartments’

Thank you for looking out for the fish ❤❤

As someone who lives in ND where it snows every winter to a point that we get colder than some places in Alaska- sliding glass doors are very normal 🤣 25:17

25:42 midwest here (aka the epitome of suburbans) and we have sliding doors, too! Super common, even with the cold

I literally grew up in a basement apartment under my grandparents’ home so thank you for the inadvertent representation 😂🥰

I've been playing with For Rent pretty much the same way, just instead of grandparents, it's grown up kids of my Sim. My Sims twins both got their own apartments with kitchen, living room and bedrooms on the top floor and the downstairs living room and kitchen are shared. There's also an atelier room that he shares with the oldest daughter, and a play room for the grandkids, so those are also community rooms.

the new pfp is gorgeous!! every day is a great day with a simsie upload

a group of units that look like an old house might be my new fav thing

With the basement thing.... There are different moments when you add basement and depending on that, the ground thing may appear or not. I can't remember correctly which one exactly triggers ground but you should just try out different options (like firstly add basement then walls +fundament, or add room and then basement)

I’ve already achieved 5 star Top landlord aspiration with my Sim ..Don’t know how -I had a lot of tenant revolts and explosions-even had 2 tenants die🤦🏻‍♀️😂But I’m a legacy player-so I will be making and adding builds like yours! ❤

I really like this idea