Trying To Build a Winter Mansion in The Sims 4

Building a wintery cabin in The Sims
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[@tainav618]

This house proves that when Kayla uses more packs her builds just have way more personality! So glad she's using more than the base game lately. Such a pretty build 💛

[@alexanderjonsson4063]

Challenge: “draw” a house with terrain paint with the snow on the ground so you can’t see it. Then go back to summer and see how it turned out ✨😅

[@alanabanana4013]

I thought this said "draw a HORSE" at first and I was like why??? Would she draw a horse??

[@itac.2280]

Better yet, make the house you drew out!

[@alexanderjonsson4063]

@@alanabanana4013 Or a horse, sky’s the limit 😄

[@themusicalpilot1382]

This is SUCH a good idea

[@KCJuster]

I’m gonna do this now 😂

[@thistrippyhippie]

i will never understand how people can edit and upload this often

[@crystalw5424]

Dan is her editor, so she's just building and filming

[@derp8575]

@@crystalw5424 Is Dan her pimp?

[@andpad8380]

@@derp8575 he's her husband

[@rohsek7298]

@@derp8575 what’s the point in asking this tf

[@derp8575]

@@rohsek7298 Humans are naturally inquisitive. Nothing wrong about asking questions.

[@AJ-mc6ro]

“Three of my cousins got married this year” Girl, YOU got married this year. Did you all make a pact or something 😂

[@veexai3971]

she's not married..

[@AJ-mc6ro]

@@veexai3971 she did though?.. pretty sure she made a video about it. It was a courthouse wedding, but it’s still a marriage

[@zachcoffell8808]

🤣🤣😂😂

[@spleens4200]

@@veexai3971 she married Dan tho…???

[@jessicaarend]

It’s so nice to hear Kayla say she’s proud of her build for once! 😁

[@Nicci1493]

'I'm a simmer, not a swimmer.' This need to be made into new merch kayla 😂😂😂 x

[@_gracieee]

Bathing one piece suit saying that would be hilarious

[@lizasmith9243]

Haha I thought I was the only one that thought that comment was funny lol

[@anskquu5062]

"But this house has a sauna. Pretty fancy" Me living in Finland where almost every house has a sauna: 😀

[@theartofnina]

"they've made the game work less" is a quote that can be used for several sims updates

[@LillyTheDollMaker]

Man I respect her so much for posting every single day and still make quality ass content. You’re amazing Kayla, thank you for being my comfort this year. Happy holidays to everyone!

[@jesileigh]

My husband inherited his late father's old train set. The first few years we had it our daughter was an infant and toddler. We set it up when she was 3. The next year we had a dog so we didn't set it up. We do have an extra tree now, and she wants to set it up in the attic in her bedroom, so maybe we can put the train around that tree instead of where the dogs can get at it!

[@szuw47]

We had dogs (2-5 at least when I was a kid) when we had the train going. They got excited at first, but ignored it after that. We only ran the train when we were hanging in the livingroom.

[@sunflower3780]

Seeing Kayla’s face every day makes me so happy! I hope she has a great Christmas!

[@grenesims]

I like how the simsie lore expands with each speedbuild

[@yuhhbiscuit]

This is just what I needed today a speed build by Kayla I have been having a bad day.

[@Ribennooo]

Sameee ever since i got covid I've just been watching half her videos 😂

[@yuhhbiscuit]

@@Ribennooo omg I’m so sorry feel better I was just having a day because it’s like 30 degrees outside and 69 in my house and my heats out.

[@ira8908]

same, my grandfather died and kayla is my main coping mechanism rn LMAO

[@miltsu4266]

Hope your day got better!

[@yuhhbiscuit]

@@ira8908 oh god my condolences

[@anygays]

based on the thumbnail alone, this looks absolutely adorable! i just handed in a huge essay and this is the perfect relaxation i need after that, thanks kayak! :))

[@dichterfuerstin]

I would actually watch you build and listen to you for an hour… The build is so cute!

[@NitroIndigo]

I've noticed that a lot of the pre-made starter homes, such as the one vacant lot in Britechester, the single-bedroom house in Evergreen Harbor, and ESPECIALLY the starter home in Midnight Hollow, are really skinny and have the dullest colours. The kitchen and living room in the Britechester one aren't counted as separate rooms by the game because of how the wall between them was placed.

[@BrittanyLeeBuilds]

The little snippets of dialogue that she has and the end of every video always bring me joy

[@robertgronewold3326]

Just a little advice about saunas in houses. You typically don't just have them on their own. There is usually a bathroom with a shower right next to them, so you can clean off after sweating. I had experience with this because when I was a child my family house sat a mansion for a year and it had a basement sauna.

[@blorbidorbi]

I was about to comment the same thing as I'm someone who is from Finland where every house has a sauna :D I currently share a sauna with the rest of my apartment building since I live in a tiny student studio, but most apartments have their own saunas here. But whether they're in a house or apartment, they're always attached to the wet room (bathroom), so in order to use the sauna you have to go through the wet room. Public saunas always have a changing room and showers attached to it as well. The wet room helps keep the steam and moisture contained so all the wetness doesn't spread to other rooms :)

[@foranzo1582]

When Kayak mentioned the house with no doors and stairs to nowhere, I thought "Ah, yes, the Charm household, of course!" LMAO

[@kiiakoskinen1964]

I’ll never get over the fact that saunas are considered fancy and “luxury” when we in Finland have them in basically every average house…

[@Theadhdentrepreneur]

Is that because of the cold, or for muscle recovery or relaxation or something totally different that I haven’t thought of. Really cool though!

[@vaskikissa]

Same. I'm also way too bothered by the fact that there's no showers or even a dressing room before the sauna. But eh, it's the Sims, I'll forgive her

[@kiiakoskinen1964]

@@Theadhdentrepreneur if I’m being honest I don’t even know if there’s a reason for it. People use them in the summer when it isn’t cold and people use it without exercising before.🤷‍♀️ I think it’s just a tradition and saunas are built in every house so there is easy access for everyone

[@wolfsong4720]

I've never personally made a gingerbread house from scratch, but I went to a party this year where I helped assemble a handmade gingerbread tower of the eye of Sauron!

[@MissFunilla]

these warm, muted colours on the outside _always_ remind me of TS3 and how everyone painted their houses that way! :D

[@almapix]

Kayla's sense of humor is just like a dose of serotonin for me also this house is gorgeous i could never spend as many hours building a house but i guess that's what u need to do if u want results like this

[@fernandaalbrecht2674]

i don't think you realize how much I've been wanting to have a wintery christmasty house in my game seriously, living in Brazil and not having snow on Christmas has me crying every december night

[@Celenta]

It was fun to watch the stream with saunas confusing a lot of people because where I'm from almost every home has a sauna :'D they usually have a shower room attached so simsie's sauna opening to a library was pretty funny to me

[@FunGhoul69]

finland? 🥲

[@Celenta]

@@FunGhoul69 yes finland :D

[@ellalouise1048]

Gingerbread house tip: join the walls with melted sugar rather than icing! Scary but sets faster and stronger

[@Chaotic_Pixie]

Growing up we actually had a needlepoint train under the tree that my mom had made for my brother. It now resides under his tree and his kiddos love it. It's soft... made of yarn and plastic canvas with wooden beads for wheels and fluffy polyfil filling the "coal" car. I always loved it and I'm thinking I should make one for myself.

[@amberb.6395]

Okay, I knew Kayak could build really cool stuff with more packs, but I’m completely blown away by this build!! I absolutely love it and I’m downloading it right away for a save! This is absolutely my most favorite build yet of yours!!!

[@brittanylester7087]

My dad loves trains and we're all nerds so we always had a model train under the tree! Love this build -- so pretty

[@Lizziel23]

I live in a small British semi-detached house and even I have two chimneys - so i totally support the need for 3 here

[@camelliahyacinth5926]

Im excited for all these winter builds, I also remember this stream and was excited to see it here!

[@aaronmartinsson6195]

I live in Sweden and in the winter sometimes it can get as cold as -20 c because of this it’s very common to have a sauna inside of your house and a lot of new houses have a built in sauna. Also, my house (which is a not very big 1850 house) have had a fireplace in almost every room. My guess is that we have had about seven fireplaces (only five of them are left) but all of these only need two chimneys because of them being connected, but obviously all of our fireplaces aren’t in the same place which means that we need two chimneys. So in my professional opinion it is very realistic for a house this size to have at least three chimneys. So there’s my very long explanation of why you’re right ;)

[@DRodriquez]

Its very common to have more that one chimney. I live in Ga my grandmother had 3 bedrooms each had chimneys also the living room and dining room had one as well so totally common.

[@lydiahubbard7039]

My parents house has 5 fireplaces (they have wood stoves in the fireplaces) and 2 chimneys. (It’s an old 1800s farm house.) 4 fireplaces are on the same central chimney.

[@tomomafuy]

8:40 I would definitely be interested in watching a super long speed build! i find these very entertaining

[@katiepetkewich]

Having a basement in a small/medium suburban house is really nice because I suck at floor plans so it gives me extra space to add like a laundry room or family room. It’s an opportunity to do lots of fun things, like add a kitchenette or entertainment space. I’ve even put a bowling alley in a basement before

[@southdakotachick3456]

Yes about the train around the tree. I had 3 sons and it was a norm at our house when they were growing up. They actually make train tracks for the tree now. Yes, you heard that right. The train tracks hang and are actually elevated. Shane Dawson has one.

[@malami4891]

Simsie! You really shouldn’t put word " tried " in your videos titles! You do such an amazing job with these builds 😃 You always do this 100x times better than me! (And You taught me to not build houses shaped like shoe boxes lol)

[@szuw47]

I had a Playmobil train when I was a kid and we used to put it around the tree at Christmas. We also added a sauna under the basement stairs of our cabin. Very oddly shaped, but since it was on Silver Star mountain, in the winter, we'd run outside to roll in the snow to cool off, then run back into the sauna again! How can you tell I'm Canadian, eh? We also attended Christmas tree hunting parties for the first 20 ish years of my life. 💖

[@KaraPeterson2]

When you mentioned the bulldozed house having staircases that go nowhere, it made me think of the Winchester mansion. I wonder if that was the kind of kooky aesthetic they had in mind.

[@clooty818]

In my (brief) time as a maid this actually reminds me of some houses/mansions that I've cleaned and it's really cool to see

[@Radiosatyr]

Just started the video but from that thumbnail I can tell this will be another beautiful build ^^

[@riverbrandybrook]

The multiple fireplaces and chimneys are more common in older homes where they used fireplaces to heat the house. Usually bedrooms, kitchen and living space/study where the most common rooms.

[@paigeschmidt1506]

I use basements all the time for a home gym and/or storing all my collectibles! For me it’s easier to see them laid out than in my household inventory and I don’t like having them in just my sims’ inventory!

[@Gosperella26]

I've never had a basement in my life but I lobe adding them. Extra bedrooms and game rooms. I always find myself creating something new. Which is amazing cause I used to never like building.

[@giggles8766]

Hi Kayla I'm from Atlantic canada and I do have to say, where I live there are multiple houses with like four chimneys because a lot of the houses here are historical and belonged to people who first settled here so...that's cool and your house is accurate for a historical build in Canada. Also I have to agree with you skiing is terrifying! I would suggest snowshoeing or snowboarding both are less terrifying and in my opinion a lot more fun. Love watching your builds and tiny life updates! You go girl!

[@mally6101]

This is one of my favorite Simsie builds in a long time! Really showcases what a good builder she is!

[@mikal2441]

We did the train set thing for a few years while I was a kid! It was super inconvenient for watering the tree abs placing presents.

[@bright-coloured-stones9954]

Hi Kayla I love your videos they always make my day and I have came up with some build challenges that I made up in brain if you want to do them 1. A build challenge where you only have a certain amount of time to build each room for example only two minutes to do the kitchen or 5 minutes to do the exterior 2. Build a normal house but every item you use you have to make it your least favourite swatch so if you want this window you have to use your least favourite for another example Feel free to use them in your own save if you want

[@alissataylor337]

I had a train set that went around the tree, but at one point I had a ski slope that went around the entire tree. It was take the skiers up to the top and then they would ski down the tree. It was amazing!

[@thatonemessyartist1760]

This house kinda reminds me of my grandparents house! I hardly ever get to visit them, but I will always remember how big and cool their house was.

[@jesshammer7655]

I had a train around the tree when I was younger! My mom still has it actually, but she doesn’t put it out anymore because dogs. It was a Christmas gift from a doctor she worked for when she was a medical assistant.

[@tini_ceh654]

Hey Kayla and whoever sees this, my mom is a baker and she does a lot of gingerbread houses every year so I have a tip, decorate first then once it’s completely dry, assemble. This makes it easier to decorate in general but especially better for if you’re putting candies on as they won’t fall off as easily.😁

[@Aquilla842]

The train around the Christmas tree was my favorite thing as a kid. My parents worked for Ringling Bro’s in the early 2000’s so we had a lot of circus memorabilia from that point of the circus and one of those things was a giant train with signs of different popular acts that went around the tree and it was the coolest thing ever

[@pietrofattorello]

this is a gorgeous one!! i think it'd make for a great winter vacation getaway

[@TropicalPlaties]

My dad used to have a train set. We only put it around the tree a few times, we never really had a set up in the living room for it to fit, then we also now have 3 cats. and trains dont go well with cats who chase.

[@jennifersmith3102]

Stairs to nowhere remind me of the Winchester mansion in California.. maybe that was their inspiration 🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️ but you solved why I always build in winter.. I don’t get much snow in Louisiana either! I love snow

[@mikaylagarn1246]

We have a train set!! I was like 12ish and my Dad bought one. It’s really fun! The engine has a spot for smoke oil so it blows smoke and whistles. I’m sad he doesn’t decorate since he lives alone and doesn’t care, so hopefully I get it once I’m in a house. It made my brother buy one a couple years ago since he has two little boys. My oldest nephew came to dads a couple years when we had the train set up and he loved it!!

[@emmastace2793]

Spent a few years collecting the Winter Lego sets which include a battery powered train. And yes, we set it up to go round the Christmas tree. :-). Great house!

[@spillinda]

As someone who grew up skiing and now lives in Texas I can say i miss it a lot and it was real fun hearing Kayla talk about it even if she hated it lol ☺

[@giannachelland1714]

i once had a train set around my christmas tree!! lol my family did it a lot when i was younger but as me and my sister got older my parents stopped. my grandparents on the other day still donit every year! my grandpa works on trains still as his job so he gets excited 😂

[@cynthiacyprus]

As a person that skis every winter (and that was a natural at skiing from the start), I cannot imagine someone ONLY SKIING ONCE!

[@teneillesw.4312]

I like that you put a sauna in the basement! My dad is Finnish so we have a sauna in our basement too. And lots of families in my town have sauna in their house!

[@EmpressEmbeth]

Omg I've been playing Sims 4 for years but I never realized that the real chimney pieces actually smoke. That's so cool, thanks for teaching me something!

[@LYREMusicGroup]

I have a train going around my Christmas tree right now, and not just any train but Hogwarts Express! I’m obsessed with it. Yes, I’m 34, and no, I’m not remotely ashamed 🤣

[@alexusduncan3198]

I had a train set around my tree! Not every year but most. If it wasnt there it was because we had our mickie & friends house set up which was a big ole heavy set of items that lit up and sung with movement. I didnt even know we had toy trains in the sims i always find something new in your videos i make a mental note of!

[@alyssazaidel1904]

My uncle always had a full train set as well as an entire christmas village under, around, and surrounding his tree. Started putting it together thansgiving and it stayed up past new years. So cool as a kid, wayyyyy to much work for me to want to do as an adult 😂

[@EmilyBennett]

kayla!! i have been watching you for so long and when you said you went to colorado 2 weeks ago i squealed because i was also there then!! basically we were supposed to go skiing but i'd only ever done it in north carolina and girl...colorado mountains are BIG. and scary. so props to you for doing that even tho you don't ski queen bc i was fr too scared

[@lourdesvasquez3421]

From a person who's lived her entire life in Colorado I haven't once had a basement in my house. However I know some people who do, though it would be really cool to have one in the Rockies.

[@sarah28370]

I grew up in a small town in WI with a ski resort/hill thingy like five minutes from my house. I lived there for 16/17 years of my life until I left for college, and I’ve been skiing all of twice in my life. 😂 I legit didn’t know it existed until middle school.

[@ConfusedCorvid]

Ooooo I love watching your builds so much!! I can only imagine how long this took, whenever I try to make a build this big it takes weeks on and off and I eventually just have to call it quits. Big props for this, it’s so cute!

[@nicolelake5848]

I've never had a train set around my Christmas tree, but I've seen it in real life. My grandparents neighbours have a large conservatory and they really go all out at Christmas. They have a working trainset going round the tree and the room.

[@SmallSnailMarie]

My house has three chimneys, many houses around me have multiple chimneys as well here in Pennsylvania. Pretty common thing around here as many houses are super old and have numerous fireplaces. 😊 Edit: Halfway through the video and she said Colorado is the inspiration and I can also definitely picture this house in Colorado! I was raised there and this is the type of house there are at the golf courses and in the mountains for sure 😁👍

[@jessy2040]

I think it'd be cool if you could show us with the POV like eye level through the house, instead of an above view? I feel like it zooms through all your hard work and details when we only see from above. would be special to see it in the view as if you're the person inside :)

[@seedyourmind9690]

We have a North Pole express train around our tree or in front of it on Christmas Eve. Kids wake up amazed that Santa set it up!

[@sydneyjennings4316]

my family is super extra when it comes to christmas we have a train under the tree, a train in the tree, and 2 trains through our christmas village set, safe to say we like trains😂

[@BluPandaYT]

I’ve decided what I wish they had included in Cottage Living… So it was based around the British Countryside etc… so I kinda wish they would have included like a Kettle, Coffee/Tea making clutter stuff. Like a nice modern mug stand, bread board/chopping board, Tea/Coffee/Sugar pots.

[@nervelli5639]

I think it is so sweet that your mom knew she was going to be dealing with an infant all December so she made sure to make a gingerbread house with you early so you still had good memories that year.

[@rosaliappeldoorn1524]

honestly I would love to watch an hour long speed build hahah

[@xKyuwu]

I had a train set around my tree when I was really little but my mom stopped putting it there because me and my sister would take it apart and move it away from the tree to play with 🤣 My grandfather has a whole train table now, it has a whole town and everything he sets up every year for christmas idk how he has the patience to do that 🤷‍♀️

[@misfi99]

We always had a train around the tree growing up, we stopped about 10 years ago when my nephew was born because he always wanted to play with it and by the time he was old enough to know not to play with it his brother came along, so now we’re waiting for him to get to that age so the train can make its return.

[@lexiestrada248]

We actually had a golden Disney train set going around our tree!! It was super cool! ☺️✨

[@ConcreteAngelx3]

This is such a great build! And she’s actually not dissing herself the whole time for once!

[@dinofairie]

This is one of my favourite build of Kayla's - it's so cute and cozy 🥺

[@maatuainen6208]

Having a sauna is fancy. But they are usually attached to a shower room.

[@joshuabergin3087]

I always struggle with roofing, but dang you make it look easy haha. Loved the build.

[@michaelsteve1639]

I had a train we bought at a market under the Christmas tree and it was Christmas themed and had lights on it. It broke last year so kinda sad but was cool for when I was a young child.

[@simelly_6813]

The roof clipping glitch you were experiencing has been in the game a while. It happens when the roof has a wall piece that is as tall as the walls that are connecting to it. One way to fix it is to drag the roof to be 1 tile away from the house, and then pull the eves over to connect the gap and that way the roof walls and house walls don’t connect.

[@cannon-evans]

We always had a train going around our tree! It was my favorite part :)

[@anahicia]

4:42 ”Correct me if Im wrong” well yeah you are lol. As a Swede, Ive never seen a house with multiple chimneys. I also think that there is like a pipe system if a house has multiple fire places so there is still only one chimney but Im not sure.

[@justanothergaycowboy]

"This house is honestly my favorite thing I've ever built in the Sims!" - Kayla every 3rd build 😂

[@steph88jones44]

I’m 33 with no children but I have had a train around my tree for 8 years 😄😄😄 i love Christmas and although I live in a flat and have the biggest tree possible. 7.5ft high and 5ft wide, the train sits lovely at the bottom

[@kaylimann]

We used to do the train set around the tree! My brother LOVED trains as a kid so it just made sense

[@addisonmiller7493]

I think its funny when you talk about florida like how it doesn't have basements etc, cuz i live in utah and pretty much every house has basements and chimneys, also we hav ehuge pretty mountains where i live, were actually building a house right on the base of them anyway, i was just in disney world (Saw you there!) And it is sooo differet than utah

[@lexibersagel997]

I forget there is places that don't have basements.. I live in Colorado and the only places that don't have them are trailer homes and apartments.. but then again we also get tornados in the front range and the plains so we kind of need them during certain months lol

[@ashleyhoran5388]

I live in a bungalow with a partially finished basement, we have two chimneys, we have a wood stove on both floors

[@craftsbyvesper7421]

this, by far, is my most favorite build of yours!

[@feedthecat2828]

I'm really anxious today and these always help. Thank you Kayla

[@samanthabergeson2301]

To answer the train question: yes my family did that when I was a child. I loved setting it up with my dad. And now my boyfriend and I put our train in our tree. It’s really cool.

[@daninyxtyler6283]

I never had a Christmas train till randomly this year I bought a nightmare before Christmas one and I am so extremely weirdly happy about it.