I built a wine cellar! The Sims 4 Cottage Living (Part 41)

[@AlinaProbably]

hazel should paint portraits of the current bigwallets to put in the underground corridor, it would be like one of those aristocratic home galleries with paintings of family members

[@mridulabk4354]

Omg, even if it wasn't part of the series, and was done off screen, i would LOVE that

[@alterego1121]

Thisss! Especially with the no filter mod he has

[@jaymefrankhouser]

Yes!!!!!!

[@MorganMakes.]

100%!!!

[@ladyjayne6720]

Was thinking that he needed a potrait of collum in between the columns

[@tabitha8280]

Hazel needs to max the wellness skill so that she can easily teleport to her easel! No more ladder issue. I can also see her being a meditation/yoga queen. :)

[@xMovieManiacx]

Make a flirty treat and feed it to the golden hen, that will give you a hatchable.

[@shutterbug8860]

You definitely need to name one of the golden hens Goldiclucks

[@-Reagan]

Also Henny Penny

[@LivinInSim]

Goldie Hen and Kurt Rooster

[@ScooterBond1970]

Goldchickenfinger

[@meikusje]

This house is slowly becoming as complex and elaborate as Castle Dimitrescu

[@Stuartette]

Perhaps the next generation could make “nectar” with the “help” of some maids

[@mornasev]

Me: Oh no, don't use platforms, they mess up everything! James: How did this stuff get in my inventory? Where did my stairs go? Me: Yep.

[@nikolajbjersing4179]

😂

[@still_overthinking1665]

Love that he's doing gigs with Hazel again. Really hope he gets to finish the realm of magic house!

[@BloodyBraces]

Chaz: I cant believe you set up Aunt Column with Vlad? Hazel: Well why not? They're both powerful supernatural beings that are very lonely. Sides Reginald could use a father figure. Both: * look outside to see Reginald looking into their souls through the window * Chaz: Yeah I can see where you're coming from.

[@LivinInSim]

Hazel: ...and Vlad loaned him a coffin to sleep in. He was so happy to get out of that bassinet! Look, he's not even hunched over anymore! Chaz: By George, you're right! He's walking totally normal.

[@LivinInSim]

Angus: Dad, I got straight A's in school. Trenton: Wow! Great work, Son! Now, if Llamanade and I play our cards right on Saturday at the Fair, we'll be adding a Blue Ribbon to the family honors. Chaz: (Heads down to the Cellar for a bottle of wine and some cash for the judges.)

[@Ellary_Rosewood]

I really wish we had a "nectar making" skill in the Sims 4. One of my favorite things to do in Sims 3 was to run my own vineyard and winery. I miss it so much and wish we could do something similar in this game. 😭🍷

[@irishduchess7577]

If you are able to&use mods, icemunmun has created a nectar maker for Sims 4. She had candle making before it was introduced in Eco Lifestyle, tons of food based recipes, harvestables, kitchen gadgets, even a mill to make your own flour, sugar, tea, etc. She’s very gifted!

[@meikusje]

There's the fizz machine or whatever it's called. I haven't played the Sims 3, so idk if it's the same/similar, but it is a way of making your own drinks from things you grow yourself.

[@DarkMimii]

@@meikusje Yeah but in Sims 3 it just feels better... Your Sim gets to trample fruits in a big basket and slips occationally then put it in the machine to make nectar out of it ... You could create different nectar by mixing fruits and give it a special name... Also, you can get it in build/buy but I liked to make a trip to France, learn about nectar making there und buy the machine there to bring it home along with different grapes to plant. I miss Sims 3 too, I think I have to reinstall it :D

[@morganseppy5180]

Yesssss

[@Fiemus9]

Icemunmun made a mod for it! It's really cool! (Also everything is better in TS3 😉)

[@mekenziekuhn]

I am crying laughing at "Yeah, yeah, look at her skills. We're nearly maxed out, to be honest, except for thinking. She's not very smart."

[@luvzzzz246]

the wine cellar is dope, but larger room woulda stopped the walls from clippin. AND if you put a wall and then a archway in the long hallway going towards the vault and a light in each "room" they would turn on as the person walks towards the vault... like you wanted

[@OrWhatWeHave]

The light idea is genius.

[@candiedskull9841]

Might want to put a mini-fridge (and maybe a small bathroom) in or near Hazel's studio so she can take care of her needs easier upstairs

[@bpsara]

You can have a juice fizzing station, a bar or a drinks tray in the cellar if you want to make it more usable

[@thesimstrivia666]

They couldn't cook together because there weren't more than 1 counter available. Sims won't use counters that have decor items on or dishwasher under.

[@irishduchess7577]

Thank you, good to know! Gotta love Sim logic-can’t use a counter with a dishwasher underneath, but totally cool with meal prep in the bathroom. 🤦🏻‍♀️

[@salmahalloumi]

Yes but I also think it's bugged. I saw some people talking about on Twitter

[@Renka_dew]

This series is reminding me of the Seasons Let's Play because of how long and complicated it is getting. I love it!

[@thelarisa]

James: we’ll just do a general renovation James, 4 min later: b i r d p l a t e s 👁👄👁

[@sunstripe85]

16:41 lmao I paused right before this to leave another comment and when I hit play and heard, "we'll have a column here, column here, painting in the middle" I imagined a Column Bigwallet at each place like a really weird witch guard of clones for the hallway, and each one is an employee tasked with a different instruction. It makes no sense but my brain went there first and that made me laugh at the mental image

[@_LunaTheBlackCat_]

"This is obviously our secret tunnel" ....I'm fighting the urge to sing the secret tunnel song from avatar the last airbender right now because once i start there's no stopping me!

[@JJ-mz4fd]

I heard it in my head every time he said the words 'secret tunnel' 😩

[@wasupmonkey]

I had to come find this comment!

[@krystalmassey1635]

Yep, core memory activated lmao.

[@purpledragonfly4]

9 hours on and you're *still* singing aren't you?! 🤣

[@the_nikster1]

dude. I can never hear the words "secret tunnel" without singing that song. it's a necessity at this point lol I literally sang it during that entire wine cellar renovation 😂

[@riekol]

If I'm available, I always click so fast on James videos! I'm literally like, sorry other youtube video I was watching, James uploaded.

[@willalewis3295]

Same

[@Bluebee21]

Same lol

[@courtmb7245]

Same!

[@AliceDjinger]

I'm genuinely amazed with the size of this lot and how easily James manages it...

[@cyvintyranea5329]

You should watch some of his city skylines, the way he knows where every thing thing in a huge city is, is amazing

[@AliceDjinger]

@@cyvintyranea5329 thanks! definitely gonna check it out now :)

[@skyechimes658]

Yeah if you raise the basement platforms to a certain height, it causes all kinds of problems. When you slid the walls back into each nook instead of manually raising the platform it dragged items on the floor above around. I don’t know why items on floors above platform floors attach but they do. Probably because the walls secretly extend into the floor above even though it appears they don’t and walls are supposed to be on the floor height not the platform height. Other than a small room that I use as a “stair landing” I build my big intricate basements on the second down basement level. It solves a lot of funky issues. I just mentally go “they dig the basement extra deep” and pretend it’s not an entire floor level skip.

[@phoebess]

Why does it make me so happy seeing James struggle with house additions the same way I do? (It's going always like this with mine. Roof is gone. Stairs are gone. Stuff missing. Stuff in the inventory. Where the hell are my windows? And so on. :D :D :D )

[@morganseppy5180]

Building in the sims is the cheapest 3D modelling program... and then these challenges make you realize why is "free"

[@Fiemus9]

One word : platforms

[@phoebess]

@@Fiemus9 yeah, I know... but will I give them up? Never. :D

[@Fiemus9]

@@phoebess LOL, I get that platforms are really nice

[@lanisinger6355]

I’d like to know at this point what this house costs in the sims? Thanks for the content James!

[@Rocannee]

Imagine a roomba cleaning the fancy basement hallway lmao thats hilarious for some reason

[@taylorwalker7417]

Big 'Love It Or List It' vibes. "We ran out of budget for most of the things you asked for...bUt LoOk! We gave you polished stone floors and a single 4K laptop!!!" 😂

[@sarahssaurus]

I think you should make a "wine appreciation corner" where the giant door is, with fancy couches and a fireplace to drink wine like a champ, and the hidden door/bookshelf at the side of the fireplace, then, another small room behind the secret door where the giant door to the vault corridor is, with greek statues all around and the marble flooring with some different color tiles design in it and a giant chandelier in the ceiling.

[@wendyhubble1383]

🤣 It's a good thing when the kids get the message that they can't get past A. It means they have an A in school. And, I think your ceiling keeps disappearing because you have doorways that go above the ceiling. I would lower floors in the basement so they are not above the ceiling 😁

[@InBloodChains]

Laughed so much at ultimate demanding parent James wondering why his kid can't get a grade higher than A 🤣🤣🤣

[@joycealves6052]

At the vault room, you could separate the corridor in sections with walls, use spandros (?) Idk how to write in english, and put one chandelier on each so at each section the light will light it up as long the sim pass by. I hope ypu can understand what I said 😅

[@morganseppy5180]

I think you mean "spandrils" whic are the room separators.

[@b1jou447]

ohh cool idea ! and it would help fancy the hallway up more with there being wood detailing on the ceiling

[@joycealves6052]

@@morganseppy5180 yes, thank you

[@gracie_l_lee]

You could have the bookshelf doors between each colum, and then make a maze of secret rooms under the whole lot. Story wise it would be like, people know they’re secret rooms, but each room has a different thing you do to open the door, so no one can get in

[@slogy4052]

This would be amaaaazing!

[@lionmcmuffin4751]

please get a butler James!! they'll attend to your plants all the time 24/7 if need be :D

[@laughsalatte3098]

I think every manor house should have a butler!

[@limes838]

I needed this video more than anything. Been having a depression wave and my brother is super sick. This made my mood much better. Thank you James ♡

[@sebastiankrolik3927]

I hope you too will get better soon

[@irishduchess7577]

((Hugs))

[@limes838]

@@sebastiankrolik3927 thank you ♡♡

[@limes838]

@@irishduchess7577 Much needed :(. Thanks tho

[@Marylogical]

Limes, hope you feel better soon and your brother too. God bless you.

[@MónicaChavesMusic]

the way james predicted we would get nectar in the sims! i was just catching up on this series after watching ranch to riches (and waiting for episode 2 of rent to riches)

[@samicharae5484]

It’s always gonna be a great day when there’s a new video from James! Even better that I didn’t have to work today. For Hazel, since she has the easel so far away, it may be beneficial for her to level up in the wellness skill so she can teleport to where she needs to go and save some time. I know it’s not a super rushed thing with her painting, but it could still be fun to have one of the family members have that teleportation trait. It would kind of be funny, too, if it was her with it since she’s the “normal” sim and Trenton is the alien, which would make more sense for him to teleport.

[@irishduchess7577]

Looked like an oversized groundhog was burrowing underneath the house on their way to eat the oversized crops! 🍉🍆🥬4:02 (edit for time stamp)

[@piswap9493]

this episode is pure gold of absolutely confusing glitches and james trying to deal with them

[@LivinInSim]

James: What HAPPENED to my ceiling!!?? Me: (Has flashback to Warden Hardass days and the open pit prision.)

[@Pomanimpam]

With the cooking together I find it easier to have one sim start the cooking, and then click on that sims as the others to 'join cooking'

[@basicallyeliaden]

I'm always so impressed at the things James builds. I feel like the things I do in the sims are farts in comparison and I use a lot of cc lol

[@Cutelatinguy2]

The basement level is giving me Resident Evil game vibes! Love it!

[@elizabethmantel3451]

There is a woohoo interaction with the vault that is a hidden gem of the sims

[@jessicabowyer11]

You should add a seating section to the new cellar, so they can sit and 'enjoy' the wine! Maybe a 'tasting' table and stools?

[@FantasticaB]

Not too far past the build stage but don’t forget about all the eggs you’ve been keeping in the fridge in the greenhouse. Genuinely not sure if you sold them or not but it’s good to check!

[@BrianFlower23]

JAMES! If you hold control or shift when you are placing stairs (I can’t remember which one) you can place them from the top story and you can see the top of the stairs they won’t pop up to the current floor! 😊

[@JamesTurnerYT]

Yeah that didn’t work in the space under the stairs unfortunately

[@jenplaysgames]

James! you can wall off the vault so that only the door is visible, like wardrobes!!

[@Nami-dq3ox]

I concur that the Wags clinic was already perfect. I play on console, and I liked it so much that back when we didn't have access to the gallery, I used the build video as a tutorial and built it in my game (at least, as closely as I could with the packs I had).

[@amylikewoah]

I noticed James snuck in a Trazel woohoo... kinda wondering if he's gonna surprise us with the ol' try for baby surprise.

[@ainoruoste9338]

Wine cellar seems like a hobby Chaz and Hazel would share. Trenton feels like he wouldn't be too interested in such frivolous things in life. He's just happy that his family members have hobbies. No matter that the hobby includes storing piles of money and stolen artefacts in a basement. What a wholesome family!

[@emmaturnbull2011]

omg it really needs the columns and the knight statues leading towards the safe that would look awesome

[@SillyKatt69]

James: "... a secret tunnel" My brain: "SECRET TUNNEEEEEEL, SECRET TUNNEEEEEEL..." (ATLA fans will hopefully get me xD)

[@MissChonny]

Yes!!! Love this 😂😂

[@shesthebethest]

THROUGH THE MOUNTAIN

[@plumdutchess]

I didn't know what you meant, so I googled it. Thanks for brightening my day!

[@aSwedishGirl]

I did exactly the same xD

[@marieechevarria8095]

Sameeeeee🤣🤣🤣

[@hamzin131]

Hazel could do some juice fizzing down in the cellar or store some down there if it’s possible? Just an idea 😊

[@rubylydford]

This has sims 3 world adventures vibes omg...the secret wine cellar in the chateâu

[@samie1726]

Love the wine cellar. Also love seeing the renovation.

[@rileyalyssa3359]

I found it hilarious that James was confused by the "having trouble with the alphabet, he couldn't get past 'A'" notification. Its a good thing dont worry.

[@casie6778]

There’s a reward trait you can get that makes you paint high works or art so more likely to be masterpieces!

[@Miss_Meryan]

Oh yes! The luxury basement is a classic rags to riches move. You can do the turning lights on as they walk towards the vault creating rooms along the corridor connecting them with archways, that could be pretty fun! And as they have more money, it totally needs to be get famous expensive 😂

[@ElaineLoyd]

Wine was one of my favorite things about Sims 3. Only reason I kept adventures (was that what vacation was called) installed. One of the reasons I still pay sins 3. I love this so much ❤️

[@itsGabrielaCristina]

I haven’t watched this in a bit and wow! It looks so different!!

[@hayley8616]

Country homes tend to have entrances on the outside of the house that leads to the basement!! Even some residential homes do too! Think of “Home Alone”!

[@JimBones1990]

1, 2, or 3.

[@hayley8616]

@@JimBones1990 1!!!! :)

[@FirebladesSong]

For the future; James, the chickens reset to young adult when you give them golden or midnight treats!

[@skyechimes658]

Ohhh when the vet clinic liked gardening; isn’t there a bunch of cat nip herbs? And ingredients for gourmet pet treats in the gourmet cooking skill? You could have a little herb/treat ingredient garden - like the vet clinic is making their own organic treats!

[@thepandaone]

I honestly thought you said Colin Firth is building a tunnel between his house and his workshop and puts that on youtube, and had to go check that out!

[@lozzieelizadesigns05]

Same

[@markabele8794]

Nice basement renovation James. It looks really good. When I saw that hallway to the vault, I was imagining you would put multiple security doors like the show in the show Get Smart where Don Adams' character goes through multiple doors in a hall to a room with a telephone booth at the end.

[@alexandrialeonora6542]

No joke, that wine cellar is a genuine work of art...!

[@joshow926]

The wine cellar looks great! I bet the finished basement will look amazing. 👌 I didn't watch the decorator series but as I'm really into renovation vids atm it's fun watching Hazel do her gigs!

[@jennykeevil6373]

Wine/Nectar tasting table, with the chesterfield style armchairs too

[@lisita15]

I got super excited that Hazel is doing a gig..... I can't tell you how much I enjoy all your content! I'm still watching your Bigwallet series and love that they are in order! I'm currently in the 360's of 500 videos! 💙 **after watching this video** YAY!!! another gig on the next video!!! Thanks James!!

[@codytomblin5748]

The wine cellar is one of my favorite things I’ve ever seen in the Sims! Excellent work.

[@ffionlewis5394]

Lol the ghost planting things is so ramdom

[@Will_Rutter]

Mad to hear a Colin Furze shout out! He lives in the same town as me and is a living legend!

[@chickennug3872]

ground lights for the hallway would give it that creepy supervillain vibe haha

[@alyssalee3018]

This LP just leveled up in a major way

[@katyd.976]

You can lower a basement like a foundation. With the stairs and everything in it.

[@arianak6103]

you could put a cute lil bistro table in the wine cellar alcove and hazel and trenton could go on a date since they rarely spend time together 😅

[@drake713]

"The lights will start one at a time; boom boom boom - like that, and a vault at the end!" Overshadowed by a dust bunny

[@carlamanning2791]

The wine cellar is great!! Fantastic needs to be added to all houses!

[@erincarter9457]

“We’ve got ingredients but no food.” My life with teenagers.

[@peterpumpkinpatch]

This video aged like fine nectar… HAHA

[@AmandaC.]

How do you come up with these ideas.. A NECTAR ROOM!?! It looks absolutely AMAZING!! ❤️

[@slogy4052]

The secret passageway should use the bookcase door (isn’t there one of those in some pack?) Put a desk by it on that wall and it won’t look so out of place.

[@beegremlin9486]

there's a basegame door that's a 'secret' door. It looks like a bookshelf but it's actually a door if you wanted to use that instead of an actual door to your wine cellar. It's called door of perception. I used it in my not so berry mint gen for a secret evil scientist lab XD

[@talentedgiraffe1918]

james the reason why your produce goes into your inventory is because if you don’t harvest it instead of replacing it the un-harvested produce goes into your household inventory

[@luplayssims]

The wine cellar idea reminds me of the Sims 3! I loved the wine/nectar objects

[@stevenmitchell5623]

Wow James that Cellar is out of this world 🌎. I wish I could do stuff like this

[@docette2015]

Tunnel time! Platforms messing up the tunnel time! XD Oh man. . .this is why I use platforms sparingly above ground. Ah well -- the nectar cellar DOES look pretty awesome, I gotta say. And hey, don't get yourself down about Hazel's maybe sort of half-assed renovations -- from what I understand, the game kind of FORCES you to half-ass these things with their budgets and their general broken gigs. *sigh* But I have high hopes for making the Realm of Magic house better! (And I KNEW Trenton and Hazel were still only just engaged! Though I guess it'll be a bit yet before we see any wedding stuff -- I did see the news about the pushed-back release so the latest pack would go out worldwide, BUT now Wedding Venues THEMSELVES don't function as wedding spots according to Sims Community. . .)

[@playtomax]

Maybe Chaz can adopt a teenager. He seems like he will be a good dad. And it will be helpful to have another Sim to help with the garden.

[@MuirlySims]

I love platforms in The Sims because they can add so much personality to builds, but they are SO buggy! I highly doubt they'll fix it any time soon. Maybe in The Sims 5?

[@coloradoblue6929]

If James ever needs more chickens, he should totally have one named Eggar Alan Poe

[@cassiel.6918]

I love the idea of a secret fancy dungeon.

[@mollylself4]

me every time james says secret tunnel: “SECRET TUNNELLLL SECRET TUNNELLLLLL”

[@BaeCat872]

Omg this makes me miss the wine cellars you could make in the Sims 3 from World Adventures

[@z3r0n3ss]

So cool to hear you reference Furze, I love watching his stuff, really funny to hear a gamer reference him, good on you mate!

[@elleen9177]

Not me singing 🎼Secret tunnel!! Secret tunnel!!!🎶 throughout the build 😂😂 ~

[@Bellam83]

SO happy to see a james video pop up

[@sszzyyjjaa]

In the fancy corridor- paintings hazel has done or.... Stolen paintings 🤔

[@FlowingDown]

It would have been cool for the secret basement to be connected to the evil chicken island. Maybe if one of the Ricks' decides to be a criminal mastermind or evil genius they can build a lair beneath the island and the evil chickens can act as their guard dogs :)

[@thekissofdawnHIM]

While you were doing the room reveal at the vet clinic all I could think about is Hazel stealing the large dog painting for the art wall in the basement 🤣

[@eacool179]

The next gen of Bigwallets should definitely go into the wedding business. Bigwallets wedding emporium. Flowers,Clothes, and Cakes. That have more playability then a wedding.

[@mabeljackson]

I have a problem with cooking together glitch too. I'm like waiting for ages for them to gather for cooking 😅🤣

[@JordzXD]

When Semaj says 'lets do some more gigs to steal stuff' then doesn't steal stuff lol