Growing Together Family Home 🏡 || The Sims 4: Speed Build

this video was made possible by the EA Creator Network to another speed built so today I am building another family home and this time I am building with the brand new expansion pack in the brand new world the expansion pack is called growing together um and yeah it'll be out very soon thank you so much to EA for providing me with an early build of the game with base games so I could play around with this pack early and share some builds with you guys so this is the first home that I built with the expansion pack I was going to do a build and buy overview as well but since I'm limited with time these days to do videos I felt like builds would be a better use of my time just because so many people do build and buy overviews that you guys will get a pretty good idea of what is coming in this pack and then I can also talk about the items in my speed builds so yeah this is a very family oriented pack as you guys could probably tell if you've seen the trailer or any teasers and then also the name growing together um suggests it's very family oriented so like my first impressions after seeing the live stream the teasers and then looking at like the stuff myself this is a very gameplay focused expansion pack so for me the world isn't my favorite and I feel like this is kind of my own fault just because um with it being based off of the Bay Area you know near San Francisco I kind of expected those Victorian townhouses and I expected it to be more of a city and apartments and I just had this really like specific World in my mind and it's still a nice world I still enjoyed building here a little bit more than I kind of expected but the world that I had built up in my mind was so like magnificent like it was like a dream world and um I think because I had it built up in my mind I just kind of got let down after realizing that it wasn't going to be that so um yeah I don't know let me know what you guys think about the world because I'm curious um and then the build and buy items I really love the Cozy Furniture like there's this one couch that you'll see in this build and then the next one that I built and then not the or no actually yeah two of the builds that I did anyways I built three of them so far um anyways the couch is super cozy it has pillows and it has a throw and it's like a nice leathery looking couch it just looks like old and lived in and just cozy and homey and just like something you would see in like any family home basically and so I love that there's also a really cute toy chest stickers and like little decorations on it and it looks like the wood is worn and I just love that like those types of furniture pieces so there's a few different things like that but then there's also this whole like modern furniture that's like The Groovy collection and I'm assuming this is for like the recreational centers and that's why um they were included and for me personally I would have preferred just like one theme or maybe more focused of a theme just because it felt like the sets weren't complete like individually they're all useful I guess I mean the modern stuff really isn't my favorite but I assume some people really like them but um it just seemed like there wasn't like a complete set there was just kind of like pieces of stuff here and there there's also some like eclectic like travel stuff which is pretty cool um but there's just like a few pieces here and there there's also some like Tooth Fairy posters and then some really cute stuff for kids I mean there's great items but it's just didn't feel like cohesive to me so I don't know you guys have to let me know if you agree but that was my first impressions of like the build and buy items but using them even with just the base game I did feel like I was able to create like three unique homes so that was pretty fun for me and I like all of them this one I think is super cozy I was just going for basically like that like classic Suburban lived-in family home like middle class you know they don't have like a lot of money but they're doing pretty well and they're raising their family and growing together basically um but yeah there's a kitchen of course a dining room there's a living room a downstairs bathroom there's also like this hallway where I put a piano because in this pack we're also getting a standing piano which is something that you guys have probably heard me mention in one or two videos if not a lot more that I really really want and so I'm definitely happy to finally see that released in a pack and it's just it's so nice there's a bunch of different watches are some that are more patterned and crazy and then there's this one that's really cool that has like graffiti and like stickers and stuff on it and then there's some plain neutral like a good variety of like just plain swatches that you could use pretty much in any family home so yeah there's a nice little Nook for that there's also an area at the top of the staircase for a computer so I put a desk in that Nook and then also there are three bedrooms so one for parents and then I did a cute like pinkish sort of room and that one is for two children Sims I kind of was thinking they're twins but of course that's totally up to you guys if you decide to play in this build and then I did a nursery because another huge thing that is coming out with this expansion pack is the base game update for infants so we now have a ton of infant items of course there are infants in the game I haven't played with them yet or looked at them but I've seen the build and buy items that are coming with them so there's a ton of Base game furniture and then a few items that are coming with the expansion pack as well that are centered around babies and infants and so I wanted to include a nursery and I think it's just really adorable and I just the infant stuff is just so sweet I'm like so excited about it like for me the update is like it's so huge to have like actual bassinets and baby items and just like the Clutter pieces like the diapers and the rattles and just the the baby stuff it's so adorable so I'm very happy that that is going to be coming as well and very happy to have used it in this build but anyways here I'm moving on to the interior so these are the couches that I was talking about and one thing that really bothers me not only in this pack but in like 99 of the Sims pack is they'll give us one great couch and then not a complete set to go with it so it's just a full like three seater couch and I love it I would have loved to have seen a love seat that matches it with different pillows and a different throw on it and then like a armchair to go with it as well I think that would have just been so nice to have a full complete set we did get another couch in this expansion pack and it's like this very I don't know how to describe the shape of it you'll see it in my next build but it's a like it's a it's another three-seater but it's like an egg shape kind of like I don't know how to describe it it's an interesting shape but it's very modern and the textures are nice it has pillows on it so it looks comfortable and all that kind of stuff but the style of it I think is very weird and it kind of feels very out of place for me in this expansion pack even along with the other modern furniture like I just kind of don't understand its placement in this pack so um for me it was kind of challenging I think I made it work in the next build but I'm not really sure if I'll use it any more than that one specific build that I used it in so you guys gonna have to let me know if you do like it so definitely check out my next Speed Build so you guys can see the couch because I don't think you'll see it in this one maybe you'll be able to catch it in the catalog but um yeah this is the um little Nook that I was talking about for the piano so this is the piano and I just love it and I put a few decorations up on top of it I was very happy to see that it had snapping points so you could actually clutter it up and I just think this hallway is super cute you'll also notice that the curtains in this build are new with the expansion pack and I really like them I think this Swatch and maybe like one or two other ones are great like uh for using and family homes just like their neutral Swatch basically but a lot of them are more colorful I think they're intended for a children's room or a nursery or something especially with like the beaded tie that's like holding it together or tying it up rather I think makes it feel more like it's a bit more youthful but I think it worked in here and it just made it feel pretty cozy in my opinion I also put a chess table in the living room and looking back maybe I should have put the board game table because with this expansion pack here Sims can actually like do puzzles and stuff together um and so maybe that would have been a better use of that space because I'm sure all of you guys have played chess like a thousand times in the game so um you could easily swap that out though if you do um prefer that but this is the downstairs bathroom it's a full bathroom and this shower and sink are new with the expansion pack and I really like them the shower and I think are both super modern but I think the shower is really nice like it's a pretty design and the sink is nice too but the shower I really like it I would have I mean I love the whole like cozy Furniture but that modern shower to me was something so different than our other showers and it's been such a long time since we've got a shower tub combo so I was very happy to see it um here in the kitchen you'll also see that the stove and the refrigerator and the stove range are new and I really like like them as well I think they're a cool design and I think they work both for traditional and modern so I think it's like a nice middle ground so I think that is really nice as well the tiny curtains that I'm using in here are new too and they're very cute and the bar stools are nice this is like another thing that I noticed was kind of mixed in with the pack is some more like metal furniture item so it's kind of industrial I don't know if that's supposed to tie into the metal in the stove in the refrigerator but the bar stools there's also this planter pot that's really metally and then there's also an end table or two end tables that are metal and I don't know I just felt like I I like all of the different areas but it just for me nothing felt complete so I'm curious to see if other game changers who have this uh Early Access build of the expansion pack are going to have the same opinion or if you guys are I'm just kind of curious if that's maybe my own um like First Impressions or or if like maybe there's a consensus on this I'm not sure but anyways um there at the top of the staircase is where I made the little computer Nook so I had the extra space and I felt like a computer desk would fit in there perfectly and I think it does and then here I'm quickly decorating the upstairs bathroom just using the same items that I used in the downstairs one and yeah just a nice simple bathroom but I think it looks really cute and has everything that your Sims need of course to use the bathroom um and then the first room that I'm going to decorate I believe is the parents room but right now I'm trying to get like a idea of where everything is going to go and which room is going to be used for what I really wanted to use the bunk bed for a kid's room but it was just awkward for me with the placement of the windows oh it's the kids room that I decorate first anyways I really want to use the bunk bed but with the placement of the windows I didn't think it was gonna work right just because I didn't want to block a window and it just kind of felt awkward to me and I didn't want to remove a window so I just decided to put two beds in here and I went with a pink color scheme and I just think this room is so cute and you can see some of the really adorable clutter items both from the base game update and the expansion pack and I just think the items are so cute like I just I'm obsessed with them like the kids stuff in this expansion pack is probably like the Highlight to me like I really love like the couch and the like lived in rustic furniture but for me the kids room stuff is just it has so much personality there's this cute little like sculptures and stuff oh yeah there's even a tree house that you can build in the game now I didn't end up putting it in any of my builds just because I didn't have the space for it because what it is is these two tree decorations and then there's some like boxes and stuff surrounding them and then it's an activity for your Sims to do to go through and actually build the Treehouse together but there's some like slot points on the Treehouse like platform or deck around it where you can actually place a couple of items for your Sims to interact with so I definitely need to play around with that and I'll definitely be doing more builds once I get my hands on the expansion pack because of course this is just a limited access version of the game with base game only so I don't have like it in my full game with my reshade and my mods and everything so I'm definitely very excited to like go all out with everything but this is going to be the nursery that I was talking about so I'm just going through looking at the furniture I think the majority of the furniture that I used in here is part of the base game update so like this really cute bookshelf that I use in here oh there's one of the kids sculptures so cute and the shelf that I put above the bassinet the bassinet itself and then also the changing table now the changing table is attached to a trash can and the trash can is specifically for diapers and if it's not attached to the changing table then I believe they just fall on the floor and I'm not really sure how it works if you just have one of those trash cans like in a different location not specifically attached to the changing table itself if the Sims will automatically place the diapers in there I'm not sure how that gameplay works exactly but um either way I put one with the trash can in there just so your Sims weren't piling up diapers on the floor and having to walk around and clean them up um and then this is going to be the parents bedroom so the kids beds were new with the expansion pack as well as this bed so two beds one single one double and I like the design of them this rug is also new again it has like this like like eclectic like traveled feel to it but then the kids beds are pretty modern I don't know and then here you can see the dresser is quite like eclectic looking and I don't know it's just like there's different stuff pieced here and there and I do like them all I'm just I don't know again I'm curious to hear what you guys have to say but over here on top of this little side table I put a cute like a few cute little decorations and I really like the owl decoration and then here I really wanted to put a car in the driveway so I'm just opening up the live edit object so I can do that and then I think I just go through and then do some terrain paint just to sort of finish off the build and then this is going to be it so I hope you guys have enjoyed the speed build hopefully you guys are looking forward to my other builds that I was able to complete with my Early Access so yeah I really appreciate you guys watching and I hope you guys do enjoy the screenshots and yeah thank you guys so much for watching please leave any comments or decisions you have and I'll talk to you soon bye [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] [Music] thank you [Music] [Music] thank you

Channel: SimLicy

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Length: 17min 33sec (1053 seconds)

Published: Mon Mar 13 2023