i tried building a sims house using ONLY styled rooms

I HATE STYLED ROOMS!!!!
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[@skyechimes658]

I don’t usually just plop the whole styled room down, but I LOVE the ability to pull items out of a styled room. So if I am making an art studio, or I super quickly want to furnish a dining room, I can open the styled room tool and pull the furnishings out to place into my room, without ever placing the room. This can also be a super great way to utilize the career reward objects - because the career rooms with often have the career reward objects all in 1 or 2 rooms for that career, making it super easy to find them.

[@tylerhicks5858]

This is so big brain thank you for sharing! Love hearing and seeing how other people play

[@abc_jv_xyz]

That's actually such a great advice, thanks

[@mariamelahn1721]

The art studio for sure, I have no idea where that little table is in the catalog because I always just grab it from the styled room

[@ItsmeAsher101]

Why don’t you use the career unlocks cheat?

[@Space-Milk]

​@@mariamelahn1721ohhh that little table covered in paint!! I always forget it exists

[@ashmcewen5451]

back in my early sims days i learned how to use build-buy mode by piecing together base game styled rooms like a puzzle, adjusting doors and windows to fit, and roofing it. not a bad way to learn how to play the game, i’m kinda glad the sims team still makes these, even though it’s been years since i’ve personally thought about them.

[@heyseamonkey]

I still do this tbh since I'm bad at sizing rooms lol

[@abc_jv_xyz]

I've done that too. I would get the styled rooms and then I would delete all the items and redecorate.

[@Eooooo3838]

@@heyseamonkey same

[@Author-RKLight]

I was the exact same lol. Back in 2018 when I first got the game lI just yeeted a bunch of styled rooms together and called it a house lol. Wish I saved it to my library, that would be something to look back on

[@BlocGAY11]

Me too, and since I use the consul version of the Sims four, I remember having this small style room house and I loved it

[@kate7152]

idk how to explain it but this house is like a house you would see a family live in on disney channel. the layout reminds me of that

[@maleitemarques]

Keyla is like "omg this is so bad" while I'm just "omg this looks so good"

[@vibeswithdesti]

literally

[@95Capricorn]

the styled kitchen with the vent hood over the island chairs instead of the stove was a very interesting choice...

[@alissalalala]

right are they trying to give them a blowout for their hair 😭💀

[@nattpearl]

that was my thought 😭😭 the vent hood is so random

[@leticiaem]

That vent is actually a light in the format of a stove hood

[@GirlOfTheTardis]

​@leticiaem it's a stove hood with a light in it, that's why it's in build buy with stove hoods and not with lights, so yeah it lights up the room but it the extractor fan may be problematic in that position

[@TehKitteh01]

I just want to say that my favorite thing about you, is that you make your own challenges and ask repeatedly "Is this allowed?" "Can I do that?" "Is it ok if I do this...?" Haha, you're adorable.

[@j_0anna]

little bit of me lore - i was the one who petitioned the sim gurus for the toddler room seen in the promotional photos way back when toddlers were released to be added as a styled room in game! back when i was really active in the sims community. i like to think i had a tiny impact on the game haha

[@cryingwatercolours8127]

that’s cute

[@nexusmiller6411]

that’s sooo awesome

[@madisonemily4083]

love that!

[@sirgaykrovos]

tbf the quality of the styled rooms design got a little better since launch- it used to be soooo much worse; doing this challenge was actually a challenge edit: having that said, they're still a mess lmao

[@nattpearl]

when she showed the base game dining room with just two chairs and a table - 😭😭

[@sikuaq1035]

@@nattpearl and why is it 1400??? like what's so expensive abt that room

[@WesloPresto]

Rules for this challenge should include changing/moving doors and rearranging furniture. Just no adding or taking away furniture in designed rooms.

[@EvilVic420]

I think it'll be too easier to be a real challenge

[@annemarieheld6951]

Okay, but Rags to Riches, but you can only buy furniture etc through styled rooms! So you've got to save up until you can buy a room and then the next. Really got to prioritise then.

[@Kaiheart]

That actually sounds like a fun rags to riches though.

[@musamaka9848]

​@Kaiheart right I might have to add this to my ever growing list of things to do in the sims

[@kylem519]

learning i can just click on the items in the styled rooms changed my building tbh. sometimes i dont want to put too much time into thinking about what to do for a room so i go to a styled room and use the items to decorate the room. as a nonbuilder who hates scrolling through everything in build mode, its a time saver! (especially for bathrooms)

[@shilleaghlaw]

agreed!! they’re such a time saver for me. I usually adjust them as I play in them but when I just need something to play in it’s so great!

[@YouKnowImOnMyPeriodYah]

I like building and even *I* get overwhelmed when a new pack drops. I want to use *most* if not *all* of the furniture but I get so overwhelmed and I miss things. This is genius

[@lisa_anelis]

Ngl, I sometimes use the styled rooms as like a color pallett. Since you can literally just drag whatever you want out of it, you can pick a room where you like the colors and items used and then make a room based on that I dont think my wording makes sense but whatever

[@abc_jv_xyz]

your wording does make sense

[@Kayllister291]

I also use them as inspiration whenever im stuck when designing something, sometimes those creative juices just dont flow so i need a sort of base lol

[@jacqdoux4077]

Should do another video like this, but with rooms created in the gallery instead. Could be interesting.

[@jenniferschmidt3854]

Was hoping to see other swatches! Some of the pre made rooms have a totally different vibe with some of the other swatches. Also please be kind to yourself! Stop saying your builds look bad all the time. You are one of the best builders in the sims community and you have built houses for EA games, officially. Be proud of yourself! You are a good builder!

[@dreamy_error]

yeah her constantly saying her builds look bad is.. not great and honestly can make other people feel worse about themselves.

[@jenniferschmidt3854]

New build challenge idea: never put yourself down or say something looks bad.

[@ChristopherSmith-il6fo]

Simie: This is such a mess Me: I'm kind of actually liking this

[@orangesodashortyy]

@@ChristopherSmith-il6fo real, it’s better than anything i could build from scratch😭

[@steggopotamus]

At 12:30 it has mcmansion vibes Honestly, it looks pretty good if you're not very good at making houses. It came together pretty well.

[@nexusmiller6411]

I love Kayla’s chaotic era -edit after watching more, I definitely think that moving things around slightly so it’s usable is okay to do.

[@kiralind-obona2554]

It's giving a little bit sims 3 but honestly very impressed you managed to pull it together 😭😭

[@federicarosa3481]

When I first started building in the sims (and sometimes I still do) because you can select individual items in the premade rooms, I would use it as a quick way to build a house without having to figure out from scratch a whole building style, but still manage to get creative and add my own touch!!

[@Avery-ds8fs]

IDEA FOR A CHALLENGE! Kind of like the shell challenge but instead of the "shell" being the house it's instead the landscape. You can build whatever house you can fit WITHOUT moving the trees/ponds/ other natural features.

[@mahariwynn1339]

"Is this allowed?" "Is this cheating?" Kayla, honey, there are no rules here

[@ilovemonkeys77]

Right lol it’s her own challenge

[@AutisticKittyStar]

​@@ilovemonkeys77 Sarah Kendell did this challenge before Kayla

[@itsIia]

14:47 that's literally the house i built for the first time i started playing sims 4 😭 no trees barely any windows no landscaping just a house and lots of rooms

[@kira7184]

i tried this once and nearly cried it’s IMPOSSIBLE you did so well

[@milicaspasojevic1083]

🎵 I'm looking for a room for children 6 tiles, blue walls🎵

[@georgiaillingworth340]

i love styled rooms because i don’t know how to build so i use them as a pre mad thing and then decorate them completely different 😂😂

[@introverted_s1oth]

The outside vibe of the house is really giving sims 3

[@Dinnyeify]

I think the house is actually super nice!! Yeah the rooms are very varied but that's part of its charm. Also I never knew you could pull stuff out of the styled room illustration!

[@sarahhkateeeee]

The neighbours house is beautiful 😍

[@lininacrowne1941]

😂

[@AshleyAnnAu]

I plop these rooms down like a puzzle when I want a quick house or if I’m making a huge family and just need to expand their house quickly. It’s also neat for quick apartments where it’s even more of a puzzle, because you have to fit the existing space. I’ve also had my kids build houses using these rooms then we change the swatches, add clutter, figure out roofing, landscape, etc. since it’s easier for them than a full build.

[@caidenpeterson1806]

I actually really love the shape of the house, it looks like it's been added on to over generations.

[@magicmaloo830]

I did this once with a legacy challenge, since I cannot build a house to save my life, it actually turned out quite well! It was fun adding every room as I made more and more money. Great job Simsie! You have a gift for building, I often use your builds!

[@jessecaw7]

im the entire polar opposite of lilsimsie, i absolutely despise building in this game so i use the pre-built rooms every single time i build

[@the_nikster1]

I sometimes use styled rooms in new builds because I'm not a builder and I don't often have the patience or energy to build a house from scratch. if I can't find what I want on the gallery, I place a few essential rooms and then build around them. this helps me to cut down on build time immensely. I hope you did put this on the gallery because I want it! I don't have all the packs but I'll fill it in with what I have haha 😅

[@LAK.Z]

I always forget that styled rooms exist 😂

[@Mortalitys_Echo]

This video made my heart happy. This is how I build since I struggle with the controls on how to build normally. My brain just is a bit different. Thank you simsy for this video! You did a great job! ❤

[@Helios411]

Styled rooms smell like chaos 😅 I'm here for it.

[@JeansXoX]

I think it turned out great. you get so hard on yourself sometimes lol

[@ReallyCoolUsername-n7t]

Yess was waiting for something like this

[@1b0y4me]

I do this when im too lazy to build and just want to get into gameplay, it usually ends up looking pretty weird so im excited to see what you do loll

[@KlaraL-_-]

I remember when I accidentally discovered these pre-made rooms in The Sims 2, it blew my mind!!! But I´ve never really played with them, I loved to build.

[@leahaf808]

I really like these styled rooms, because sometimes I'll spend some time designing a house, go to actually play in it and realise I've forgotten something, or then as the game goes on you need to adjust. I was playing with another family in one save, went back to the original family and boom, surprise baby. Couldn't be arsed to build/decorate a whole new room for the kid, just wanted to play so the pre-decorated newborn room really came in clutch. Same for adding tiny bathrooms as the family expands.

[@Atheynm]

The way I use styled rooms is not as a whole unit, but kind of for bits and pieces and for floor-wall swatch combos. When you click on a room, and it appears in the lower right corner like that, you can click on individual items in the room and it's like the eyedropper where you get just that item / wallpaper and can place them individually. I'll have my own floorplan already laid out, and will be working on the dining room, and I'll just go to the styled rooms for dining rooms and scroll through them for ideas and just grab items of furniture or whatever, and use that.

[@skyewolf9027]

I think it would be cool to see you redo the rooms like. Make a new shell and use all the same furniture to make a better room and maybe a more congruent house. I feel like its something you would be really good at.

[@MyRageness]

Ooo! I think that taking all the furniture, decor, and the wall and floor choice out of a styled room and into a room of a shell could be fun! You have your colors and scheme already picked out and it could make for a fast decorating of a shell!

[@KlaraL-_-]

This was fun!! I wonder what it would look like if you put rooms of the same style together to make a house.

[@Ceselle.]

Hi! I’m back~ just wanna say that 🫵🏻 you are special! And I hope you have an amazing day/night!❤

[@disaster4550]

this feature saved me many times when I wanted to just play and not spend hours building like usual, lol, especially with bathrooms and kitchens

[@cathrine1238]

I love all of your videos!!! So creative, been following you for soooo long ❤🎉

[@saoirse1082]

you know what i never thought of it but i bet styled rooms are super helpful to figure out floor plans and also helping with skill building furnishing/rooms

[@Rosebud_official]

I don’t use styled rooms but I love to save rooms with debug objects I use often as rooms and plop down the rooms to use the debug objects.

[@EvaMatthewsS-h9t]

Always enjoy your content, never gets old.

[@LauruxGO]

I used to build with the styled rooms all the time. guess I was lazy. my favorite was the maritim rooms. also love the hair like that!

[@maggie4028]

Styled rooms and styled looks are both super helpful in that they often put things together that I wouldn't have originally thought of or helps highlight what all is in the pack!

[@MichelleScott-um2iz]

Ur channel never disappoints, good job!

[@Stinemma]

I did this challenge earlier this week 😅 I never use the premade rooms, but I think it's a fun challenge 😁 You did a good job 😃 I would love to see you do this again, but then allowing yourself to make changes, but the rooms have to be recognizable, if that makes sense 😅 I'm curious how different it would be 😊

[@katiepetkewich]

I think it would be a fun challenge to use the styled rooms to decide what items you can use. Like you have to use all the items that come in a styled room but you can move items and change the swatches. It would give you more freedom but still limited

[@AutisticKittyStar]

Sarah Kendell did this

[@jkmacrunnel]

I pull rooms off the gallery all the time when I want to "renovate" my house, or just something different. There are some amazing rooms on the gallery!

[@MavonEast]

A few years ago I did this for a "quick" build and it became one of my favorite vacation homes. I can't wait to see what Kayla makes.

[@andreamyob9458]

I like to challenge myself by getting a styled room and then styling a house around it. It's easier than what you did there but you have to stick to the style.

[@justinecaron5305]

switch the laundry room and the office and it's the perfect house honestly. you did such a good job! now i wanna try that challenge myself :)

[@Loafism]

Video Idea! Re-make this house but you have to use similar stuff to what was already in there, but just make it look better! I feel like that would give this house some justice lol (Same layout)

[@improvingtomorrow6430]

It would be cool to see you do this same concept, but with rooms from your previous builds - a blend of lilsimsie to create something new!

[@cutesykb]

I love the idea of this challenge! Maybe if you ever decide to revisit it you could change the rules slightly? Id love to see you use the styled rooms but youre allowed to change the room shapes, window/door placements, and color swatches but you cant delete or add anything.

[@cutesykb]

The focus would be more on styling the rooms together.

[@moraelity]

I used to do this before I started to learn how to build my own houses that aren't just rectangles (only within the last two years). I'm still not the best builder (I struggle with floor plan A LOT) but I'm miles better than when I made puzzle pieces with mismatched aesthetics.

[@kellyssimsstories8982]

I once tried to add all of the prebuilt rooms in one lot. It hurt my brain. So that was really cool to watch them become a cohesive build!

[@ChyAF]

uploaded 7 mins ago?! This is the earliest I've shown up for an upload

[@logic5360]

I love the vent hood over the kitchen counter that has no oven!!

[@weird_person7501]

I’m imagining a family going to see an open house and this is what it looks like just kind of a concept of how you could place the furniture in the house like a normal open house but the family decides to just keep the open house as it is so now they have this

[@phylliswebb4992]

Love the way your bangs are in this video you look so beautiful as usual 💗

[@sebastianvargas7614]

17:17 her reaction made me actually lol

[@turkoizdog]

I've wanted to see creators use this feature more, especially since so many people upload rooms to the gallery, but I rarely see people use them, only full builds.

[@debrapyeatt7128]

You ought to make a challenge where people have to build using the style rooms and set up parameters like, hallways are allowed to be made, or you can move things with in a room, but you cannot get rid of anything, or something like that. It would be fun to do a challenge like that and it would be fun to see what other people come up with. If you make up a challenge like that, I would love to do it. Another thing could be it must have at least three bedrooms and two baths or you have to have, a music room or whatever and you use the packs that you have. I would enjoy trying to do it.

[@crazyratlady3115]

My headcanon is that this is Stanley Humphrey's childhood home. They made him sleep outside in that little tent and that's why he's so comfortable outdoors.

[@diogothedodo]

I’d love to see Kayla try to renovate this in a future video and aim to keep the same vibes!!

[@flueder]

Maybe it would be fun to build a house inspired by a single cute styled room. Like build a house that goes with a cute styled backyard.

[@KittyCat260]

Simsie: We're not allowed to move stuff in the rooms Also Simsie: no one said we weren't allowed to rearrange

[@RedK5]

Fascinating, I use only styled rooms. I suck at building rooms but I love to decorate so I usually modify them to my liking.

[@gregputnam7243]

I feel like no one uses the Pre-Designed Rooms until this challenge came out YEARS AGO. I am have convinced the only people that do are people fresh to the game, they might place a room down and then tweak it, or the Devs themselves for the box art when a pack is released.

[@ellenm.5762]

i think a fun spin off this challenge would be to randomly select one on these pre-styled rooms and have to adapt it into a full build 😊 not sure if kayla has ever done anything like that before tho

[@XScarlyX]

I still do this when I’m lazy 😂 I’m a terrible builder so this is perfect for me!

[@aIwoods]

Kayla id LOVE to see you make a no base game house- every item, door, window, stairs you use etc. being from a pack 😇

[@princessjellyfish98]

I've always wanted to see a challenge like this! Just making a bunch of hallways and trying to connect them like puzzle pieces 😂

[@manda3025]

Your ability to place a bunch of boxes, and make it into a beautiful home, is absolutely amazing. I am jealous and aspire to build like you Kayla!

[@noraa1]

I love this I used to do this when I first started playing sims4 and this was always me like wtf am I doing 😭 but i really like what you did! You should do this again it’s like watching someone play Tetris or load the dishwasher lol

[@NihilxKei]

i usually use styled rooms for inspo djdj it usually helps to just look at them

[@june_buggi3]

usually i make my own builds cause i LOVE decorating, but sometimes i am too lazy to do that and im making a house for a sim im not super invested in, so always make houses out of default rooms when it comes to it lmaoo

[@3lli0]

2:55 thank you! I was waiting to see the rooms 😂❤

[@SuDeeSimmer]

In the past I would build a house with styled rooms so I could hurry and get to the playing part. Now, I would much rather build than play.

[@erikaperrone4260]

Kayla: “I should be allowed to move doors” Also Kayla: “WHY IS THE DOOR THERE I CANT USE THIS ROOM”

[@pamelac.nation5437]

The one time I did build a full starter home using cheaper rooms just to get something started, I did make a hallway/entryway to connect them all.

[@hannahmentz4110]

You should make a video of a community lot made of prestyled rooms like the movie theater bowling alley etc.

[@hannahmentz4110]

You could also do a video of this same concept but be able to move the stuff around and not add anything

[@decyst6294]

Even for someone like me who don't like to build too much, fitting the styled rooms is more of a pain than building a room from the ground up.

[@jeanmetzger9359]

I love the idea of just using just the wallpaper and furniture from the styled rooms.

[@faiththayer7652]

In all my years of playing sims, I never knew you could just click and drag from styled rooms. That is awesome!

[@Cmill15255]

It is crazy how there are so many houses like this with random bare rooms and really cramped

[@TheSaltwaterRoom]

A part two of you fixing this build would be so cool, like you cant remove items but can nake it more coherent

[@HanleiHess]

Always find ur vids helpful.

[@iDislocateMyArmsAlot]

The build kind of reminds me of the houses you find here in the UK

[@louisec-m9503]

This is such a fun concept! And I think you allowed yourself just enough adjustment to make the house work, without altering what made each styled room what it was in the first place 🥰

[@tailsmad8155]

I built my first sims house in 2017, when I was 9. It was just styled rooms. No outdoor textures, no windows, no roof. Truly hideous looking back 🥲