trying to renovate my FIRST EVER SIMS BUILD

[@fabbygrench]

in her defense, i do think that little lilsimsie was clever with her half wall column embellishment idea

[@francis7336]

We should start calling little lilsimsie tinysimsie 😂

[@fabbygrench]

@@francis7336 stop it’s too cute 😂

[@sunnflare]

Little lilsimsie tagging her house as “sexy” was not on my bingo card for today but I’m glad ive gained this knowledge of 2015 Kayak 😂

[@Nooo-e3r]

It’s Kayla

[@D1sturb3d.gh0u1]

@@Nooo-e3rooooo fake fan!! (Kidding, it’s completely okay. The fandom calls her kayak as a nickname)

[@NanaIsMyNickname]

I laughed so much

[@youtubewatching9238]

I might be the fake fan! Cause 3 yrs ago she posted a similar vid and the build had the same hashtags😂(joke)

[@skyechimes658]

I want to say I vaguely recall her putting the cute sexy single hashtags on builds and laughing to herself about how her build would pop up on the gallery search with all the cc sim photos.

[@alexisgraham3496]

The og version of the house is acc so good I could never build like that 😭😭😭 the half walls in the front to mimic the columns with the brick base- literally genius stilll idgafff

[@DoveJS]

You can build like that! It just takes a lot of practice and helpful tips from YT build tutorial vids or blog posts. The reason most of the Sim Builders on YT and Twitch are so good is they've been building for literally 10+ years now lol. (I say plus because some of them also played the Sims 1, 2, and 3.) Keep at it and you'll do fine.

[@confusedfoam5222]

A thought on making the gallery more usable: tagging things with the months/year that they were posted. that way instead of having to scroll back for what you built in April 2024 for example you could (theoretically, galley willing) search your own library for anything that's tagged April 2024

[@francis7336]

That's really smart!

[@Amethyst_06]

@@confusedfoam5222 woah omg I love this idea!!!!! This would be SO helpful!!

[@amandasterling7948]

Their filters really need an overhaul. I would LOVE to actually be able to filter houses based on how many bedrooms/bathrooms they have instead of trying to search based on hashtag. I mean, you have to indicate how many bedrooms/bathrooms are in the house when you upload it anyways. And yes, being able to do a date filter would be AMAZING. Search for stuff form a specify year, month, whatever.

[@shawn.spencer]

Genius!

[@kennysteen2761]

i personally love slightly alt-placing rugs and furniture to make it look either imperfect or like it got moved around a lot, especially in a home that has animals or kids. i for one love fixing my kitchen rug every time i go in there just because i know running over the rug and making it all bunched up is one of the favorite activities of one of my cats. as annoying as i sometimes find it, i know i'll miss it when he's gone. i love including those elements in my builds because of all the small imperfections in my home :)

[@awdatzya]

aww that's so cute! it's basically environmental storytelling hahah

[@kennysteen2761]

@@awdatzya exactly! i personally love the look of an actively lived in home because i feel it brings even more character to the build :)

[@KayokoSudou]

@@kennysteen2761 i love doing that too!!! It's always the small little bits that seem inconsequential that adds a lot of flair to a build imo. The ones I love doing the most is always through cleaning products, like hanging the broom and mop in a small (non functional) storage room or adding the debug plungers and cleaning products next to a toilet because I know that's how my family does it. There's also adding a remote below the sofa because I know no one actually sits while using it, so when they're done, they just end up leaving the controller on the floor for future use. Also, adding half open books and notes with pens and pencils for more creatively inclined residents. I think all this use of debug items to add clutter stem from my only having base game and two of the free packs LOL, I think if I had more packs I'd probably be a lot more lazier in using debug items than this

[@nhaje8707]

Old simsie builds have so much personality

[@_.mikeyx2]

tea

[@gorefactor5653]

i actually prefer it.. than now days imo

[@truestmermaid444]

dragged

[@sarathesimmersarathesimmer1300]

The day there were no more steamboats.. 😞💔

[@flappysquirrel5132]

...and she usually wants to shrink everything if she does a reno.

[@arrow_awsome]

ok but that lil tea party in the kids' room is the cutest thing ever omg

[@RynDummer]

I still do that in some of my builds 😂 (I use that table we got in the infant update)

[@hannahkuhn9799]

I am absolutely stealing the toy tea party idea, that is so cute

[@KianaeJ]

3:13 i am getting more and more curious about that donut build, you’ve told us twice now to ignore it and im ready to know what its all about 😂

[@savvvysavvv1934]

I do love how the name of the build calls it yellow when there’s absolutely no yellow in the exterior and interior

[@YouKnowImOnMyPeriodYah]

The siding is yellow. It’s just pastel

[@justoverit]

​@@YouKnowImOnMyPeriodYah she literally says in this video that its beige, not yellow

[@YouKnowImOnMyPeriodYah]

@@justoverit I’m pretty sure it’s tagged as yellow in the game

[@crywxlf4990]

@@savvvysavvv1934 correct me if I’m wrong but is isn’t it called Yellowstone? Which then I’m assuming it’s because Yellowstone is a place…?

[@savvvysavvv1934]

@@crywxlf4990if you watched the video she called it beige

[@SeraEMS]

Honestly as uber fancy as it is, i quite like the style of the original build

[@princessjellyfish98]

OHMYGOD HUNTLEY FAMILY MENTIONED!!!!! I was a DEVOTED reader of those tumblr posts (and I think I still have cc in my game from simsie's recs blog from back in the day 😭)

[@a-yam943]

OMGG ME TOO I used to check her cc tumblr every day. I still use some of that old cc as well LOL

[@gracealice7288]

same!! when she mentioned her tumblr legacy it woke hidden memories, i low-key fancied one of the teens i can’t remember the names though hahah.

[@AnnaRumpel]

The lack of „sexy” tag on the rebuild is a crime

[@AllisonFischer]

I’m going to forever tag all my builds sexy 😂 but really, it shows how Kayla learned to be who she is today 🎉

[@nigeriansimmer3725]

Her old build looks better than anything I’ve ever built in the Sims🥲 Love your videos Simsie❤️

[@Housewarmin]

The original build is honestly great. I can't even laugh at it, cause it's great.

[@LynDewey]

When I was in elementary school I was obsessed with the sims 3 but my computer broke. So, instead of paying attention in class, I’d draw house plans on graph paper and create “sims” to live there. I wish I still had them

[@romywhite290]

God that's actually super cute. It would be an adorable memory to go back to. I'm sorry you lost them.

[@rachelturner5837]

I still have a house plan somewhere that i drew when I was playing the sims 1

[@madisonemily4083]

Omg that is really precious

[@chelseyjoyner9717]

Same! I would even “make” sims like I’d write down names and how I wanted them to look and stories I wanted to play!

[@SirenSong139]

I've been making plans like that right now because I haven't been able to update my game. It's been really fun and I even have been coloring them

[@Ashley_Bradshaw]

As someone that isn't a builder in game and also not having a lot of packs, I love the look of your house from 2015. The renovated house is equally as beautiful.

[@mimmalee]

Simsie please don’t feel embarrassed about your current landscaping style or feel like you have to defend continuing to choose that style! I love the way you landscape! It always looks manicured but organic. Like the owners let it grow where it is but maintains it and keeps it from overgrowing!

[@sirgaykrovos]

seeing this house again is actually making me tear up 🥹 I grew up with Kayla and her series (literally!! we were in high school then later college at the same time)

[@Fall-the-season]

"I don't know why I used to place double of everything" .... "I'll place two trashcans"

[@katia9192]

og house is already so cute, the style looks very of its time and i still cant do floorplans this good😭 also LOVED the little tea party i will be doing that

[@thrillish9868]

I'd love a renovation of old builds series 👀❤️ I love watching you rediscover old tricks and style choices you used to do and seeing how much you've grown as a builder while feeling nostalgic about seeing you revisit these builds I remember watching back in the day.

[@Veli2702]

The day the sims 4 gallery is impossible to work with sometimes, it threatens to crash my game constantly

[@dedlynightshade]

30:13 i thought my phone or wifi was like dying 😂

[@chelseyjoyner9717]

I legit just paused for the same reason!

[@dedlynightshade]

@@chelseyjoyner9717 i paused, waited and rewound just for it to keep doing it in the same spot😂

[@imjakedeason]

fyi, there is a website link to access the full gallery from the EA website. It's laggy but still a good solution

[@CarieAlbers]

I love your Beach Bungalow! I always use it in my game & a lot of your other builds. I'm excited that you are renovating your first builds ❤

[@KianaeJ]

Me too!!

[@laurelchase6296]

I hate to say this but it looked soo much better before imo!

[@ahoee]

@@laurelchase6296 yess!! i loved the style of the house, so many of the builds i do have a similar dark wooden colors scheme’s

[@awdatzya]

i also think that but i think the landscaping is a huge improvement, especially when you're looking from the perspective of a sim and not just from the top like in the build mode

[@mermaidqueen9881]

I loved the original. I think her older builds had so much personality. The newer ones feel very repetitive

[@musi.ctia.straphause-qr7cv]

@2:58 idk why she embarrassed the house is very sexy lmao the comedy is gold

[@Glitchella]

I'll never forget the absolute banger of the "chocolatetoffe" intro and the Huntley family. *sigh*, great times.

[@luciabaran8346]

I forgot about her old intros!!!

[@meg2444]

This build was gorgeous when you started. I cannot do landscaping at all and the landscaping wa so good in this. It obviously had some issues, but very impressive for an early sims 4 build

[@arby64]

Simsie continuing to do miles more than the actual sims team for the anniversary 👍

[@awdatzya]

oh boy do i have news for u!

[@fromviennatoyou]

The origional bar/dining/kitchen was STUNNING ❤

[@mumplaysthesims8396]

I actually love the OG build

[@Unstableo]

Am I the only one thinking that it’s insane for the game to have launched the way it did and that essential things we didn’t have came with the years in updates?? Nevermind the buggy state it’s in at this point but I find it absolutely wild how we didn’t have babies, seasons (arguably THE pack everyone agrees should have always been base game), building options such as half tile placement, the lackluster swatches and options in bg in general, the list goes on and on, evident by the way Simsie talks about 2015 her being amazed by what we have now. If The Sims 4 was a triple A game, they would have been SLANDERED for the state it launched in, an unfinished, unpolished feel (imo I should say again). I genuinely wonder how people can play with only base game because it FEELS like a 2014 game, a bad one. I love The Sims, I love The Sims 4 and I hate EA to my core so I will always take an opportunity to show just how awful this instalment was and is being handled by the developers.

[@awdatzya]

no pools too, and babies (now called newborns) would age up straight into kids?? i get that they had to save the game from failure (watch a video about project olympus from plumbella, it's about the sim 4 before it became what it is now and was supposed to be an online game) but i'd rather them just postpone the launch and fix everything. the game is so bugged and beyond repair now because the base game has still a lot of issues so it just piles up with every new dlc.

[@Unstableo]

@@awdatzya YESS!!! Exactly my thoughts too!! I haven’t seen that video, will for sure check it out but I’m right there up with you, instead of releasing something so unfinished just so they can get something out they could have (and should have!!) taken their sweet time too produce a good, well-thought-out Sims entrance. The base game today is the major problem, its engine and how its constructed just cannot hold up anymore, that’s most probably why every new pack completely breaks the game, because the game itself is running on such old software that it can’t keep up. It saddens me deeply that we are this point today …

[@Evren-friends]

Those rock half walls are actually very nice

[@MysticDreamFox]

Lilsimsie putting more work into the sims franchisee alone than the whole company

[@brooklynnmcconnell]

I REMEMBER when you posted this speed build holy crap! I was in middle school back then now I’m in the middle of college! Thank you for so many years of great videos Kayla ❤

[@kataratakaran5271]

bittisimsie would be very proud of how far youve come too, not just the sims. youre blowing her whole mind rn

[@TheShakedGuide]

9:06 THE TEA PARTY I'M OBSESSED

[@jessiuss_juiice]

i’m only @ 9:42 but this is a really good build, there is actually nothing wrong with it very cute.

[@justoverit]

I mean a bar entrance ONLY from the office is very weird lol

[@lukvanleeuwen7603]

I went to the comments and saw this at exactly 9:42 in the video😅

[@TheKelliestKelly]

The gazebo! That was the best you could do back in the day! How nostalgic

[@dehelenhowlter]

I don't know what is it, but I LOVE renovation videos sooo much. It's always so fun and interesting to look at your own builds with fresh eyes months/years later with new building habits and experience!! Great video, simsie, as always, but this one in particular was a pure joy for me 😊❤

[@mermaidqueen9881]

I actually think this house is amazing. You did a lot of amazing things that are different and not repetitive. I don't mean this in a mean way, but a lot of your builds do feel repetitive sometimes. All of the half walls you used, the cool gazebo roofing, the larger size house, the tilted science table, the tea party, the fancy bar. I really liked it. I'd love if you could re upload the original so it would be easily found. I'd love to play in it.

[@awdatzya]

there are so many cute things in this build that you HAVE to bring back (please): the tea party, stone and columns behind TVs, the half-wall trick in the front, the steamboat and fountains in more fancy houses!

[@avaschaefer6656]

I really love the original house! It’s cool to see how your style has evolved. It’s different but there’s definitely a Kayla energy to it. Such a great video!

[@loganarnoldkicks4321]

Personally I think the original house had no major problems with it other than the roof and the fact that the bar area and the gym could only be accessed through the office

[@kristaceresa4699]

I got into The Sims 4 pretty late, like late 2019, and seeing what simmers were able to do with so little is always really impressive to me.

[@413jmee]

7:30 ok but you know someone is RICH if they have double ovens/stoves (ESP if they have the stacked ovens) and a MASSIVE fridge (which i pretend to do by placing two fridges :P) but also this house was so pretty!!! its so funny looking back at how little there was to furnish with and how creative you had to be as a result, and i love love love the style the house was done in too!

[@cocozy852]

I'm halfway through watching this video, but you've really done a great job with the landscaping. The ambiance in the backyard is lovely.

[@ryans413]

We need more videos of these time capsules builds from you.

[@m.miraculous226]

The house is really cute to me! Sure it needs some touching up, mainly the roof, but I adore it!

[@tarruvi]

I'm pretty sure many people playing at the time had those tags added after seeing that they were trending. I did it, and was mortified.

[@aaronlevesque8173]

Looking back at the old house I love it so much! Making me realize how long I've followed you because I remember back in the day when your builds used to look like this!!!

[@etheplant]

this was so fun to watch!! as someone who also grew up playing the sims 3 there really was something so sims 3 about the og house lol. that's the exact type of landscaping/backyard i would do too.

[@NotElarie]

Omg I remember playing in this house! You and steph0sims is who I’d always get my legacy houses from

[@alexforsythe1116]

I want to see you rebuild all of these! But I'm most excited to see the beach "bungalow" renovation

[@eliserenee2158]

I would love to see you renovate one of your old builds but only using the packs you used originally! I think it would be fun to see how differently it would turn out now!

[@JSandwich13]

OMG THE HUNTLEY FAMILY! I LOVED YOUR VIDEOS ABOUT THEM!

[@lauren3596]

Kayla, this was actually a really really good build even in 2024 standards. I would love to see some larger builds like this again

[@MadameOcean]

longtime fan, and it just hit me how much you've grown over the life of your channel! it's been such an joy getting to watch your rise to success :') here's to many more years of simsie!

[@BrainIsDead888]

I love seeing how your style compares to my own. I almost always use the spooky pack and all the black/gothic stuff. Your blue suburban is my gothic mannor. I can't not make everything black

[@allie6271]

Kayla, whatever you’re doing to your hair recently is making it look so luscious and shiny 🥰💇🏼‍♀️

[@MadelineSheffield]

This genuinely warms my heart and makes me want to go back to old series

[@Katie-tw9nd]

This is my favorite video of yours. Very adorable, nostalgic, insightful. More of this!

[@juliascz]

watching this made me realize how much my builds improved since i started watching simsie videos,, luv u

[@awdatzya]

same!

[@smhfroeg]

3:33 "I- 👁️👄👁️"

[@cicieverywhere]

21:10 lilsimsie said that she put brooms and stuff there just in case, but only cats can get in 🤣🤣🤣

[@mirianrichter2905]

I love how many of the things little lilsimsie did are things I would do, specially because I just bought tiny living and dream home decor(it is my happiness) so I really had only the base game and have to use my imagination to make it work!

[@hadrianblack9996]

watching this while my sim dies from laughter just after getting engaged and leaving his husband to look after twin infants

[@MsEmpregetes]

I actually think the slightly turned rugs look great depending on the build. It does look more lived in!

[@xudaman____4213]

The old build looked so good omg

[@briclare]

you’ve always been an amazing builder kayla!

[@leticia5189]

Very cool!! I think it would be cool if it was limited to the same items and gameplay mechanics at the time, like shrinking and stuff, is a very fun way to see how even with limitations is clear how much better you got over the years ❤❤

[@stuckinabook]

OMG! I remember the steamboats from the og speed build sundays!

[@rudiahries9942]

it looked way better before. The landscaping especially. Brown Town challenge inside.

[@bunchoflemons]

Challenge idea: try to make the most expensive tiny home possible. Like could you spend a million simoleons in a tiny home?

[@karenjackson3261]

For the record I still think the build you renovated was really pretty, even the landscaping though you didnt go overboard, it looked really nice and well kept

[@ThatAwkwardBecky]

The staple chess table on the porch fits so nicely with the chess table also right inside the front door 😂 I think it’s a beautiful build and I love what you did to update it 😊

[@maggie4028]

I love the concept for this build challenge and I love the result!

[@norskovv]

litterally always watch lilsimsie before going to sleep she just calms me down cus her videos are just so simple to follow even though im half asleep lolol

[@sickosis5658]

Hey simsie - have you noticed since you have had to use a new pc your OBS footage goes out of focus when you move fast in game? I have been having issues myself with OBS making my footage out of focus with my Sims4 recordings. Everytime I move fast in game all my footage goes out of focus. Looking at your old builds prior to the PC when you moved fast in game your footage stayed clear but these last few videos on your page has your video go out of focus - I know this isn't an issue you can fix if your not sure what to do about it but maybe comparing your OBS settings on the new pc and your actual pc that is getting fixed could help someone like me who wants clear footage when I move fast in game xxxx

[@redbellpepper8705]

I think you should have kept more of the grass open in the backyard, cause it would be like kids run around it the grass

[@shxd0wwazhere]

The "sexy" tag got me😭🖐🏻

[@redeemablefuture779]

i wanna see the renovation of that beach bungalow. that house looked neat.

[@Isabella-gq6xv]

i think you should do a tour of your fav builds of yours! like the ones you are the most proud of

[@thatoneluisa]

This brought back soooo many memories! I started following you on Tumblr during your Huntley family era! More recently, I even added Gen 2 (Teagan and her husband and kids) to my own legacy challenge and my heir is about to marry Maisie! They're also good friends with Mia and Mikey (the meme kid) by the way.

[@briclare]

i kinda miss the old days of my first ever simming. the houses had so much personality, and then i got a bit of skill, and it’s just not the same ☹️

[@itslele_]

In 10 years Kayla will come back to this and she’ll be - respectfully - horrified 💀

[@Bumblebeerocks23]

I really like your hair parted like that! ❤ great video again!!

[@animefantastic9705]

I legit got so much better at building thanks to watching lilsimsie. I still have a long way to go but I know I improved significantly.

[@awdatzya]

same here, especially when it comes to landscaping

[@sarahgavlak7076]

the beach bungalow was one of the first speed builds i watched of yours omg

[@demureworm]

everything kayla says about what didn’t exist “back then” is shocking. i can’t believe they released such a lackluster game

[@mikej7445]

How about a "Couple's Decoration" challenge? You and your fiance take turns decorating a space. You each get to put down 5-10 items and after your turn is over the items cannot be moved or recolored. See how well you can make 2 possibly clashing styles work together. (Not just decorations, everything from appliances, floors/walls, windows, landscaping, etc.)

[@wiblywoblytimeywimey]

Her and Dan are already married. It just happened during COVID so they never got to have a proper fancy wedding just a courthouse ceremony, that’s why she is now planning a wedding

[@awdatzya]

despite Dan (her husband actually! they've been legally married for 3 years now, just never got a chance to have a proper wedding party) editing all of her videos, he's hilariously unfamiliar with the sims 4 so i bet it would be very funny, i love this idea

[@bogwitchxx]

You're just a year older than me and it's so crazyyy that i've been watching your videos since the beginning of your channel and all these years later. Almost feels like we grew up together in a weird way.

[@iamicognito4203]

Oh my gosh I remember seeing you build this for the first time. It feels like it was more recent, not a decade ago!

[@vil8374]

Yeah, the search feature doesn't work when you're trying to search for things that only have the packs that you've bought

[@_benn]

kelly i love this house so much omg

[@sydneychappus553]

Oh my gosh the flashbacks I just had of your old legacies 😂❤ amazing!

[@Kameab1213]

Can we talk about how this house looks from the side like the Amityville house. 😮😅

[@laureyallen]

such a sexy renovation lol