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Quiet Corner - Book Display

Hey everyone!

I wanted to finish this set earlier but these last few days were really hard for me, it took a lot to work on this set and complete it.

Sorry, if I won't be that animated in this post, despite that I'm still excited to share this set because I worked a lot on it, especially on the book covers.

This part of the Quiet Corner Collection focused finally on the books and showcasing them in the shop. I wanted to create bookshelves, displays and a lots of books. As you may saw my posts on Patreon I tried to as many book covers as I could. They took a lot of time so I couldn't do everyone's suggestion but thank you for everyone who sent one. I handpainted all of them in small resolution so in general one cover took about 10 minutes.

About the collection: The bookshelf is modular and can be placed next to each other seamlessly. I made some cabinets which snap to the wall and you can either build up a unit with them or put them above the bookshelf. They are 1 tile high so for medium wall you can place bookshelf+1 cabinet for tall bookshelf+2 cabinets. I was really inspired by the bookshelves in Livraria Lello in Porto, but I simplifed and changed the design so it fits to the style I was going for with my bookshop.

Both the bookshelf and the display shelf has a slot for a book genre sign, you can snap it on them and change the swatch.

I made the display shelf and the round display Businesses&Hobbies compatible so you can sell things from them. A slight disadvantage that you can't decorate them if you enable the sales because sims will buy the deco things as well. But on the display shelf you can put the in-game books and sell them (some of them have that thing when you put them somewhere they magically have a bookstand under them), and I plan to do some functional, readable books (hopefully) to have some trendy books in the game, and I'll use your earlier suggestions for that.

That's all. I hope you like this set, and I hope I can continue with the next part that I plan to be the last for this collection. Right now I'm a little overwhelmed and I have a hard time finding my motivation.

I just want to say, if you're here and keep supporting me by either subscribing or just following me, I am really grateful and I never once took it for granted. I respect everyone's opinion if they come with the same respect but I won’t respond to any hateful comments directed at me. I'll keep doing my Patreon as before, I won't post less, actually as I said in an earlier post, I want to post more often.

The Set Includes

Bookcase

Display Shelf

Round Display

Book Cabinets (2 versions)

Chalkboard

Books (2 version)

Book Stand

Book Genre Sign

Quiet Corner - Welcome Desk

Hey everyone!

Here's the next part for the Quiet Corner Collection themed around a cozy bookshop. This part is about the front desk. I wanted to create a little corner where you can pay for your books and buy some extra unnecessary things. (Of course just in our imagination because sadly sims don't stand in line in front of the cash register.)

For this set I was partly inspired by the series "You" and its vibes for the interior but I added elements I thought would look cool.

The cash register is functional with the Get to Work retail system so you can manage your store by clicking on it but if you don't have that pack the item is still going to show up, it will just be decorative.

I tried to add more than one slot for the register on the counters but I was unable to make it work so it has only one in the middle.

The countertop book display has two empty space for the in-game books, they will slot there.

Both the stack of books and the closed delivery box are stackable.

I made a wooden wall panel and a chalkboard that you maybe saw in a wip post, I couldn't finish those for this set but they'll come in the next! I had to spend more time on the bookmark patterns, and also on the tote bags.

I hope you like this set! Next part will be about the shelves and hopefully books to put on them! I want to make some simple books to fill up the shelves but I want to make simmified book covers as well, possibly functional, readable books. I don't know what will fit into the next part, as I mentioned earlier I'm trying to upload more frequently so I really have to regulate myself not to go overboard with the amount.

The Set Includes

Shop Counter (2 and 3-tile)

Swivel Desk Chair

Countertop Book Display

Vintage Cash Register

Vintage Lamp

Tote Bag Merchandise

Book Delivery Box

Closed Delivery Box

Old Book Stack

Clipboard

Bookmark Display

Quiet Corner - Lounge & Read

Hey everyone!

The last part of the Quiet Corner Collection is here! The main theme for this part is the lounge area where you can sit down and read your favorite book. I know bookshops usually don't have this area but this is a fancy bookshop. :D

I made a centerpiece item which has absolutely no funcionality other than looking good. This would be the spiral stairs which in theory and in our imagination is for the sims to reach to upper bookshelves. I added some slots so you can decorate it

I wanted to make a seating set with a sofa, a loveseat and an armchair that would look good in residential homes as well.

I also added 20 new readable books. 4 of them are from the last set I just made readable but the other are all new and I made a little sheet with all the titles on what books I added (I modified their titles a little compared to the original ones). I don't know if you're aware but most in-game books have different states when you put them on a display. They change to a similar look as I have my deco bookstands in my previous set. I wanted these new books to have this funcionality but I was unable to find a solution on how to change the covers for the displayed books. (Even some of the in-game ones are incorrect.) So I made a custom tuning for each of them and removed that code from the it so the books won't change state.

As I said this is the last part of the Quiet Corner Collection. I was struggling a little with this last part, I felt my motivation slipping away but thanks to all of you who left a supportive comment I gained back my passion and I'm really excited to continue with a completely new theme next. I mentioned earlier that the next style I will create in will be the Victorian style, trying to make it look stylish and not dated. That idea combined with a lived-in family home. We'll see how it'll come to life because I'm yet to specify what I want to see in this collection. I know I'm gonna start with windows, doors and build stuff. I'm really inspired by Victorian windows at the moment. So expect a check-in next week!

As I'm writing this it's currently 3AM and I'm travelling tomorrow morning for a few days trip away and I have to rant a little because I can't believe I always end up posting my sets in the middle of the night. I was almost finished with all the pictures when I noticed the walls weren't looking correctly in the game. So I had to save almost all of them again and that means hundreds of images. So yeah, I wasn't happy. Of course I always do these nonsenses when I don't have time. Rant over, thank you for reading it. :D

I hope you'll like this set even it's a little smaller than I try to aim for. Thank you for all the love throughout this collection!

The Set Includes

Sofa

Loveseat

Armchair

Decorative Cushions

Sidetable

Head Sculpture

Decorative Library Stairs

Oval Rug

Ceiling Light (3 sizes)

Wood Parquet

Ornamental Wall Paneling

Ornamental Half Paneling

20 readable books (available from any bookshelf as other in-game books or from debug)

Hey everyone!

As I mentioned in my earlier post when I published the latest set, there were some items I couldn't finish and include in that one. So I decided I'd release the windows and doors and work more in the other things and upload it a week-2 weeks later.

These items are meant to go in front of your shops. The main goal was to achieve a cozy, "Iwannaseethoseoldbooksandsitdownandreadalittle" feeling. I hope I could bring this feeling to life with this set.

The other important thing was to make as many signs as I could. I have to be honest, this task was creatively draining for me because I had to come up with different "logos" (which I've always hated to make") and different kind of flyers, signs so they would be useable for more than just a book store. Most of the design elements I used are from Freepik, but I modified, recolored, redesigned most of them. None of these were made using AI.

The signs come in 2 sizes, each design have 2 versions for these sizes. Sometimes it's the same as the bigger, sometimes I used different text but they always go together. They will snap onto the sign panels from the previous set. I tried to make a big variety of them for different type of lots, and I tried to make designs with only text (these usually come in black and white options).

The shop flyers as I called them (but now I realized poster would fit better, but I can't change it now because I have to go) can be used alone and put on the wall, on the windows or as I intented: they can be slotted onto the empty sign board. I made a bunch of designs for this as well. (The photos only show a few of them.)

I hope you'll find these signs useful, I really tried to do many options to choose from.

I told you about me travelling home so I won't be available until the 19th of January, I won't upload WIP posts in this time but I'll be here answering comments!

After I come back I'll start on the next part which will be finally an interior set, I don't know what exactly yet because I have so many ideas for the inside, I think I'll have to do more parts for it as well. :D We might start with the reception and lounge area because I wanna do bookshelfs too but I just know they will be a lot so I think they'll be in another part.

The Set Includes

Wooden Bench (1-tile, 2-tile)

Book Cart

Wall Lamp

Postcard Rack

Shop Flyers

Shop Signs (2-tile, 3-tile)

Quiet Corner - The Facade

Hey everyone!

I'm sorry for being a little later with this but there was so much work with creating all the versions and sizes for these doors and windows, the days just flew by me. And we had something called Christmas too :D and I took some time to relax a little.

This collection is called Quiet Corner, because I wanted the name to reflect the cozy bookshop vibe as well. This collection is called Quiet Corner, because I wanted the name to reflect the cozy bookshop vibe as well and this gives me exactly that feeling when you're in a bookshop and starting to read the blurbs of the books you're browsing through and you're so concertrated and into it that only the quiet surrounds you. The corner is because there's nothing more inviting than a bookshop in the corner. :D

As I was putting together the photos, I realized how many pieces there actually are, and suddenly it made sense why I couldn’t finish everything I had planned. :D Of course, I had to make bay windows, open doors, curved windows, and on top of that, slightly different styles of windows and doors, with all of the above variations included.

As I said earlier I'll try to finish the remaining items in the next week so I'll upload it earlier than next month so you can really use the coupon code I shared in the previous post.

I wanted to upload this as soon as I’m done with the main pieces so you can already enjoy them, and in the meantime I can finish the swatches for the signs. I really want those to be as versatile as possible.

This set is all about your future shop’s facade, with different styles of windows and doors. I also made a few decorative pieces, such as the pilaster and the sign panel. The sign panel has a slot, so you can place any in-game sign on it. I tried to make the size as large as possible without the windows looking too squeezed, but with some bigger signs you may need to size them down once to make them fit properly. You’ll also be able to use the signs I’m going to make next.

These decor pieces work best when you use quarter-tile placement by pressing the F5 key. If you have it turned on they snap perfectly next to each other.

Each door and window+the sign panel=full wall height. The pilaster has 3 heights as well. I wanted to make it modular but it would have been more complicated and the shader on them looked really awful.

Every 2-tile window has curved variants, so if you want curved windows use those!

Sorry for the long description, I just had a lot to say but I really hope you'll like this! I had fun putting it together, a little less fun putting them into the game but finally they are done! I'm really excited for the interior but first let me finish the outer objects I already made.

The Set Includes

Double Doors (2 styles, Tall, Medium, Short)

Open Double Doors (2 styles, Tall, Medium, Short)

Single Doors (2 styles, Medium, Short)

Bay Windows (2 styles, Tall, Medium, Short)

Curved 2-tile Windows (2 styles, Tall, Medium, Short)

Single Windows (2 styles, Tall, Medium, Short)

Decorative Pilaster (Tall, Medium, Short)

Sign Panels (Straight, Small Curve, Medium Curve, Large Curve)

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