https://littlecarping.com/mybb/ Sat, 18 Apr 2026 18:15:40 +0000 MyBB https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=112 Thu, 02 Mar 2023 15:45:46 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=112 Wallpaper Makes the Room contest for February 2023

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I have been meaning to post this set for nearly 18 months since I made it but I stopped making stuff for TS2 and didn't finish it.  Well, now I have so here is the set.  It includes the two walls I put in for the contest (above) plus three more pairs (patterned wall with toning plaster).  They are all taken from patterns offered by John Lewis.  For those of you who don't know, this is a large British retailer that specialises in homewares and is thought to be good quality and tasteful without being over posh.  I like the shop anyway.  

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The patterns can be found under wallpapers and cost $8, while the plasters can be found under paint and cost $7.  They are Cow Parsley, Pomegranate (the one used in the contest), Pom Pom Pink and Harlequin.  The textures are taken from the John Lewis site though all of them are rather older now.  

Swatch:

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As is usual with walls I make for TS2, the top of the wall and fittings (crown) are made to work with the ceilings in game and therefore will have a blank strip at the top of the texture.  You can see this if you play with ceilings turned off or if the ceiling is not visible.

Swatch for contest

  PomegranateSample2.jpg (Size: 140.45 KB / Downloads: 762) ]]> Wallpaper Makes the Room contest for February 2023

  PomegraniteRoom.jpg (Size: 332.41 KB / Downloads: 731)
I have been meaning to post this set for nearly 18 months since I made it but I stopped making stuff for TS2 and didn't finish it.  Well, now I have so here is the set.  It includes the two walls I put in for the contest (above) plus three more pairs (patterned wall with toning plaster).  They are all taken from patterns offered by John Lewis.  For those of you who don't know, this is a large British retailer that specialises in homewares and is thought to be good quality and tasteful without being over posh.  I like the shop anyway.  

  max_JohnLewisFlowerWallpapers.rar (Size: 331.64 KB / Downloads: 156)
The patterns can be found under wallpapers and cost $8, while the plasters can be found under paint and cost $7.  They are Cow Parsley, Pomegranate (the one used in the contest), Pom Pom Pink and Harlequin.  The textures are taken from the John Lewis site though all of them are rather older now.  

Swatch:

  JLPatternsPlastersSwatch.jpg (Size: 343.76 KB / Downloads: 199)
As is usual with walls I make for TS2, the top of the wall and fittings (crown) are made to work with the ceilings in game and therefore will have a blank strip at the top of the texture.  You can see this if you play with ceilings turned off or if the ceiling is not visible.

Swatch for contest

  PomegranateSample2.jpg (Size: 140.45 KB / Downloads: 762) ]]> https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=107 Wed, 30 Nov 2022 22:14:31 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=107 Wallpaper Makes the Room November 2022 

The prompt was "warm and cozy" and having fiddled around a lot with various graphic bits and pieces I decided on entering the gold full panel and half panel wall as seen in the picture (swatch for the contest at the bottom).  But the set was popular with the people I showed it to when it was in progress and so I decided to make a full set using the shaker panelling as the base.  


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There are now six base colours: black; green; blue; red; cream and gold.  For each colour there is a full panelled wall, a half panelled wall (both of these are found in Panels in game) and a full wallpapered wall using the same crown and skirting (found in Wallpaper).  All cost $8 per panel.


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As is usual with my walls, they are designed to work with the ceilings in game so the crown will appear to be a little large at the top if viewed from above or without a ceiling showing.


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Swatch

  ShakerSwatch.jpg (Size: 133.29 KB / Downloads: 1214) ]]> Wallpaper Makes the Room November 2022 

The prompt was "warm and cozy" and having fiddled around a lot with various graphic bits and pieces I decided on entering the gold full panel and half panel wall as seen in the picture (swatch for the contest at the bottom).  But the set was popular with the people I showed it to when it was in progress and so I decided to make a full set using the shaker panelling as the base.  


  ShakerPanels.jpg (Size: 482.35 KB / Downloads: 1196)

There are now six base colours: black; green; blue; red; cream and gold.  For each colour there is a full panelled wall, a half panelled wall (both of these are found in Panels in game) and a full wallpapered wall using the same crown and skirting (found in Wallpaper).  All cost $8 per panel.


  ShakerSwatchSized.jpg (Size: 544.93 KB / Downloads: 1123)

As is usual with my walls, they are designed to work with the ceilings in game so the crown will appear to be a little large at the top if viewed from above or without a ceiling showing.


  max_ShakerPanelsWalls.rar (Size: 891.59 KB / Downloads: 1004)

Swatch

  ShakerSwatch.jpg (Size: 133.29 KB / Downloads: 1214) ]]> https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=105 Thu, 30 Jun 2022 18:45:39 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=105 Sim Pearls Wallpaper Makes the Room for June 2022.  The prompt was to create two walls for a Vets Clinic - I made some nice blue tiles as a full wall and a half tiled wall with a pets hospital-themed paper at the top.  Plain skirting and crown for easy cleaning because vets need to be hygienic.  There's also an extra wall in there not entered in the contest with a plain plaster top to complete the set (not pictured).  As is usual with my walls, the crown is set to a height to show properly under a ceiling - this makes the crown appear a bit high when viewed from above.


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Swatch for Contest:

  VetClinicTilesContestSwatch.jpg (Size: 95.99 KB / Downloads: 762) ]]> Sim Pearls Wallpaper Makes the Room for June 2022.  The prompt was to create two walls for a Vets Clinic - I made some nice blue tiles as a full wall and a half tiled wall with a pets hospital-themed paper at the top.  Plain skirting and crown for easy cleaning because vets need to be hygienic.  There's also an extra wall in there not entered in the contest with a plain plaster top to complete the set (not pictured).  As is usual with my walls, the crown is set to a height to show properly under a ceiling - this makes the crown appear a bit high when viewed from above.


  VetClinic.jpg (Size: 234.23 KB / Downloads: 782)


  max_VetsClinicWalls.rar (Size: 104.35 KB / Downloads: 503)

Swatch for Contest:

  VetClinicTilesContestSwatch.jpg (Size: 95.99 KB / Downloads: 762) ]]> https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=95 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 17:33:03 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=95 SimPearls Wallpaper Makes the Room January 2022.  The prompt was to design two new walls for a bakery called Sweetie Pies.  Well, what do you think of when you think of bakeries and sweets - I think of macarons.


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I didn't quite like the first version I made of these walls so I reworked them.  You can see the original swatch at the bottom of this post.  

These are in wallpapers and cost $8.


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New Swatch:


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Original swatch for competition post:

  CreamSwatchMacaron.jpg (Size: 85.29 KB / Downloads: 763) ]]> SimPearls Wallpaper Makes the Room January 2022.  The prompt was to design two new walls for a bakery called Sweetie Pies.  Well, what do you think of when you think of bakeries and sweets - I think of macarons.


  MacaronBakery.jpg (Size: 397.77 KB / Downloads: 741)

I didn't quite like the first version I made of these walls so I reworked them.  You can see the original swatch at the bottom of this post.  

These are in wallpapers and cost $8.


  max_MacaronBakeryWalls.rar (Size: 78.34 KB / Downloads: 616)

New Swatch:


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Original swatch for competition post:

  CreamSwatchMacaron.jpg (Size: 85.29 KB / Downloads: 763) ]]> https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=94 Fri, 15 Oct 2021 15:12:13 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=94 Wallpaper Makes The Room October 2021 - the theme was tropical.  So I made these bright and cheerful walls featuring a red parrot (or two).  The image came from one of dozens of advertisements that have been fired my way after I did my 'research' for something else earlier this year.  It's like Google went, 'oh you're interested in that are you?  Well, here's a pile of that sort of thing.'  I know it does that but I have collected an enormous number of bright floral images.  Maybe I'll use them...


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Swatch for SimPearls:

  TropicalSwatch.jpg (Size: 198.7 KB / Downloads: 861) ]]> Wallpaper Makes The Room October 2021 - the theme was tropical.  So I made these bright and cheerful walls featuring a red parrot (or two).  The image came from one of dozens of advertisements that have been fired my way after I did my 'research' for something else earlier this year.  It's like Google went, 'oh you're interested in that are you?  Well, here's a pile of that sort of thing.'  I know it does that but I have collected an enormous number of bright floral images.  Maybe I'll use them...


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  max_RedParrotWalls.rar (Size: 158.23 KB / Downloads: 676)

Swatch for SimPearls:

  TropicalSwatch.jpg (Size: 198.7 KB / Downloads: 861) ]]> https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=93 Wed, 15 Sep 2021 21:21:02 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=93 Wallpaper Makes The Room September 2021 - called Undersea Bathroom.  


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The walls are based on the tile pattern in the first instance - I downloaded the original graphic file but fiddled with the image quite a bit.  Then I did an inset painted pattern as the top half.  As on other occasions, I created more walls than I was allowed to enter for the contest because I like to fiddle about and try things out.  I include those here.  The first two were entered into the contest and are called: Full (i.e. the full tiled wall) and Turquoise; the other two are labelled Beach Shells and Turtles.  They can be found in Tiling and cost $8.  This is the full swatch:

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Swatch for Contest:

  UnderseaBathSwatch.jpg (Size: 125.53 KB / Downloads: 1053) ]]> Wallpaper Makes The Room September 2021 - called Undersea Bathroom.  


  UnderseaBath.jpg (Size: 303.74 KB / Downloads: 1096)


  max_UnderseaBathTiles.rar (Size: 272.88 KB / Downloads: 765)

The walls are based on the tile pattern in the first instance - I downloaded the original graphic file but fiddled with the image quite a bit.  Then I did an inset painted pattern as the top half.  As on other occasions, I created more walls than I was allowed to enter for the contest because I like to fiddle about and try things out.  I include those here.  The first two were entered into the contest and are called: Full (i.e. the full tiled wall) and Turquoise; the other two are labelled Beach Shells and Turtles.  They can be found in Tiling and cost $8.  This is the full swatch:

  UnderseaBathSwatchFull.jpg (Size: 202.45 KB / Downloads: 971)

Swatch for Contest:

  UnderseaBathSwatch.jpg (Size: 125.53 KB / Downloads: 1053) ]]> https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=87 Sat, 31 Jul 2021 14:45:46 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=87 Christmas in July event 2021.  I made a cafe lot for Infinite Iterations (details here) and there were two lots of walls to go with it.  


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Basta Café Walls
The first group is called Basta Café walls.  These are a remake of some walls I made a (very) long time ago and I'm much happier with these neater, better textured versions.  They are for an interior of a cafe and feature nice coffee brown walls with a coffee cup logo and birch trimmings.  There is also a cream version of the plaster wall because, as I found with my 'research' for the event, many Nordic interiors have white or cream plaster walls with only accent walls in colour.  They cost $7 and can be found in Paint and in Panelling.


  BadstrandCafeInterior.jpg (Size: 153.08 KB / Downloads: 663)

Swatch

  BastaCafeWallsSwatch.jpg (Size: 149.05 KB / Downloads: 700)

Nordic Exterior Cladding
The second group is a pair of exterior walls for the café - one dark and one in paler birchwood.  These can be found under Siding also for $7.  The paler birchwood cladding (used on the interior of the balcony of the cafe) was not included in the original upload to GoS.


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Swatch

  BadstrandCafeExteriorSwatch.jpg (Size: 94.49 KB / Downloads: 703)

Swatch for GoS

  BastaCafeWalls.jpg (Size: 105.57 KB / Downloads: 844) ]]> Christmas in July event 2021.  I made a cafe lot for Infinite Iterations (details here) and there were two lots of walls to go with it.  


  max_BastaCafeWalls.rar (Size: 373.05 KB / Downloads: 643)

  max_NordicExteriorCladding.rar (Size: 166.6 KB / Downloads: 662)

Basta Café Walls
The first group is called Basta Café walls.  These are a remake of some walls I made a (very) long time ago and I'm much happier with these neater, better textured versions.  They are for an interior of a cafe and feature nice coffee brown walls with a coffee cup logo and birch trimmings.  There is also a cream version of the plaster wall because, as I found with my 'research' for the event, many Nordic interiors have white or cream plaster walls with only accent walls in colour.  They cost $7 and can be found in Paint and in Panelling.


  BadstrandCafeInterior.jpg (Size: 153.08 KB / Downloads: 663)

Swatch

  BastaCafeWallsSwatch.jpg (Size: 149.05 KB / Downloads: 700)

Nordic Exterior Cladding
The second group is a pair of exterior walls for the café - one dark and one in paler birchwood.  These can be found under Siding also for $7.  The paler birchwood cladding (used on the interior of the balcony of the cafe) was not included in the original upload to GoS.


  BadstrandCafeExterior.jpg (Size: 235.19 KB / Downloads: 673)

Swatch

  BadstrandCafeExteriorSwatch.jpg (Size: 94.49 KB / Downloads: 703)

Swatch for GoS

  BastaCafeWalls.jpg (Size: 105.57 KB / Downloads: 844) ]]> https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=85 Tue, 15 Jun 2021 11:14:40 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=85 Wallpaper Makes the Room contest for June 2021.  The theme was 'retro' and, as that is a fairly flexible term these days, I decided to make a 30s style art deco fan wallpaper with a toning plaster wall to go with it.  Special features include the geometric crown design and the lush cream fan pattern.


  CreamArtDecoPapers.jpg (Size: 372.73 KB / Downloads: 915)

As usual, when I designed the walls, I went through a number of other possibilities and also include here three other colour ways using the same crown and skirting.  All designs are based on Art Deco style fan patterns.  There is a green fan design with a green plaster wall, a silver fan design with black plaster wall and a gold fan design with dark blue plaster walls.


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Swatch:

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Swatch for contest:

  SwatchContest.jpg (Size: 145.11 KB / Downloads: 927) ]]> Wallpaper Makes the Room contest for June 2021.  The theme was 'retro' and, as that is a fairly flexible term these days, I decided to make a 30s style art deco fan wallpaper with a toning plaster wall to go with it.  Special features include the geometric crown design and the lush cream fan pattern.


  CreamArtDecoPapers.jpg (Size: 372.73 KB / Downloads: 915)

As usual, when I designed the walls, I went through a number of other possibilities and also include here three other colour ways using the same crown and skirting.  All designs are based on Art Deco style fan patterns.  There is a green fan design with a green plaster wall, a silver fan design with black plaster wall and a gold fan design with dark blue plaster walls.


  max_ArtDecoFansWallpapers.rar (Size: 447.33 KB / Downloads: 702)

Swatch:

  MainSwatch.jpg (Size: 396.07 KB / Downloads: 810)

Swatch for contest:

  SwatchContest.jpg (Size: 145.11 KB / Downloads: 927) ]]> https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=83 Mon, 12 Apr 2021 23:22:54 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=83 Wallpaper Makes the Room for April 2021.  The theme was Damask and for the contest I made two walls - the base Mozart Silver Damask* wallpaper and a nice pale pink plaster wall to go with it (the actual pink is rather paler than it seems in the main picture because the lighting I used brings it out).  


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  max_MozartSilverDamaskWalls.zip (Size: 348 KB / Downloads: 649)

But the set itself consists of 8 walls because I played around with the textures till I got the ones I wanted.  Some of the other combinations are also pleasing but you can only enter two into the contest.  There are two versions of the damask wall: one plain, one with a dado rail; there are two of the pink plaster as well - one with a dado rail the other plain; there are two grey plaster walls in the same format because I originally thought about being achingly tasteful and grey-on-grey is so refined (as you may know, that does not usually appeal to me) and finally there are two walls with a mix of the paper and the pink plaster with a dado rail separating the areas of the wall covering.

*the name comes from the site I downloaded the image

Swatch:

  MozartDamaskFullSwatch.jpg (Size: 357.52 KB / Downloads: 752)

Swatch for contest:

  MozartDamaskSwatch.jpg (Size: 90.81 KB / Downloads: 894) ]]> Wallpaper Makes the Room for April 2021.  The theme was Damask and for the contest I made two walls - the base Mozart Silver Damask* wallpaper and a nice pale pink plaster wall to go with it (the actual pink is rather paler than it seems in the main picture because the lighting I used brings it out).  


  MozartDamaskRoom6.jpg (Size: 238.92 KB / Downloads: 875)


  max_MozartSilverDamaskWalls.zip (Size: 348 KB / Downloads: 649)

But the set itself consists of 8 walls because I played around with the textures till I got the ones I wanted.  Some of the other combinations are also pleasing but you can only enter two into the contest.  There are two versions of the damask wall: one plain, one with a dado rail; there are two of the pink plaster as well - one with a dado rail the other plain; there are two grey plaster walls in the same format because I originally thought about being achingly tasteful and grey-on-grey is so refined (as you may know, that does not usually appeal to me) and finally there are two walls with a mix of the paper and the pink plaster with a dado rail separating the areas of the wall covering.

*the name comes from the site I downloaded the image

Swatch:

  MozartDamaskFullSwatch.jpg (Size: 357.52 KB / Downloads: 752)

Swatch for contest:

  MozartDamaskSwatch.jpg (Size: 90.81 KB / Downloads: 894) ]]> https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=82 Fri, 26 Mar 2021 14:30:54 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=82 MTS.  The textures, as I remember it, were taken from a swatch originally posted by daislia whose downloads and, now, site has long since vanished.  So these aren't the original files or textures.  As far as I know though, this is the only version of this CC now available.  I originally put them on Mediafire but I have lost access to my account there and they might eventually disappear so I thought I'd give them a permanent home here.

Not a great picture but you can see what they're like.


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  max_DaisliaJadeWallPanels.zip (Size: 282.93 KB / Downloads: 724)

I'd normally put stuff like this in CC Fixins' but in this case I put them here because there are some other Eastern fresco panel walls to come and they make a collection.  Will post these later but in this thread I think.]]> MTS.  The textures, as I remember it, were taken from a swatch originally posted by daislia whose downloads and, now, site has long since vanished.  So these aren't the original files or textures.  As far as I know though, this is the only version of this CC now available.  I originally put them on Mediafire but I have lost access to my account there and they might eventually disappear so I thought I'd give them a permanent home here.

Not a great picture but you can see what they're like.


  ChineseJadeWalls.jpg (Size: 268.81 KB / Downloads: 730)


  max_DaisliaJadeWallPanels.zip (Size: 282.93 KB / Downloads: 724)

I'd normally put stuff like this in CC Fixins' but in this case I put them here because there are some other Eastern fresco panel walls to come and they make a collection.  Will post these later but in this thread I think.]]> https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=80 Mon, 15 Mar 2021 22:42:26 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=80 Wallpaper Makes the Room contest.  The theme was 'Sunroom'.  


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The textures have been updated since I was rushing to get the entry done on time and made some small errors. Also I added some shadows to give a little more depth. So they don't look exactly the same as the main picture. The swatch picture has been updated though.


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Swatch:


  SunflowerSunroomSwatch.jpg (Size: 197.26 KB / Downloads: 715) ]]> Wallpaper Makes the Room contest.  The theme was 'Sunroom'.  


  SunroomWalls.jpg (Size: 386.2 KB / Downloads: 950)

The textures have been updated since I was rushing to get the entry done on time and made some small errors. Also I added some shadows to give a little more depth. So they don't look exactly the same as the main picture. The swatch picture has been updated though.


  max_SunflowerSunroomWalls.rar (Size: 364.22 KB / Downloads: 565)

Swatch:


  SunflowerSunroomSwatch.jpg (Size: 197.26 KB / Downloads: 715) ]]> https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=78 Tue, 15 Sep 2020 20:36:48 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=78 Wallpaper Makes the Room contest.  The theme was 'Cactus'.  

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There are two walls - one a paper from floor to ceiling with a skirting board, the other the same but with a nice green wooden wainscot added.  The walls are slightly different than in the picture as I fiddled around with the lighting of the wainscot so it's more to my satisfaction!


  max_CactusGardeningRoom.zip (Size: 110.68 KB / Downloads: 698)

Swatch:

  CactusSwatch.jpg (Size: 180.95 KB / Downloads: 1002) ]]> Wallpaper Makes the Room contest.  The theme was 'Cactus'.  

  CactusGardeningRoomS.jpg (Size: 293.06 KB / Downloads: 1093)

There are two walls - one a paper from floor to ceiling with a skirting board, the other the same but with a nice green wooden wainscot added.  The walls are slightly different than in the picture as I fiddled around with the lighting of the wainscot so it's more to my satisfaction!


  max_CactusGardeningRoom.zip (Size: 110.68 KB / Downloads: 698)

Swatch:

  CactusSwatch.jpg (Size: 180.95 KB / Downloads: 1002) ]]> https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=75 Sat, 15 Aug 2020 15:54:13 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=75 Wallpaper Makes the Room contest for August 2020 - the brief was to design a modern nursery.

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When I did my research for this (aka looking at pictures on Google), I found a lot of achingly tasteful designs in severely bleached out colours and lots of gray (GRAY! In a BABY's room!).  The modern advice seems to be to create a calming room for a baby. But with all the leached out colours and dead grays, I felt many modern little darlings must be badly sensory-deprived. You know: numb rather than calm, even if they have burgeoning highly-refined tastes.  

So, as I don't want to underburden our little sim children and I absolutely have no taste, I made these instead. Not sure they quite come under the area of modern either.

  max_StarlightNursery.rar (Size: 283.76 KB / Downloads: 818)  

I only made the yellow walls for the contest but I also include an alternative in green because that was what I was going to do first - then I changed my mind.  There's also a cream carpet in the rar file - based on one of the EAxis carpets though I've forgotten which one.  I was going for a modern (natch) calm atmosphere but with something a child might actually want to look at.  Besides, those watercolour stars are lovely.

Swatch:

  NurserySwatch.jpg (Size: 141.38 KB / Downloads: 926)

Yellow Swatch needed for entry:

  Swatch.jpg (Size: 69.24 KB / Downloads: 1159) ]]> Wallpaper Makes the Room contest for August 2020 - the brief was to design a modern nursery.

  StarlightWalls.jpg (Size: 211.95 KB / Downloads: 1138)
When I did my research for this (aka looking at pictures on Google), I found a lot of achingly tasteful designs in severely bleached out colours and lots of gray (GRAY! In a BABY's room!).  The modern advice seems to be to create a calming room for a baby. But with all the leached out colours and dead grays, I felt many modern little darlings must be badly sensory-deprived. You know: numb rather than calm, even if they have burgeoning highly-refined tastes.  

So, as I don't want to underburden our little sim children and I absolutely have no taste, I made these instead. Not sure they quite come under the area of modern either.

  max_StarlightNursery.rar (Size: 283.76 KB / Downloads: 818)  

I only made the yellow walls for the contest but I also include an alternative in green because that was what I was going to do first - then I changed my mind.  There's also a cream carpet in the rar file - based on one of the EAxis carpets though I've forgotten which one.  I was going for a modern (natch) calm atmosphere but with something a child might actually want to look at.  Besides, those watercolour stars are lovely.

Swatch:

  NurserySwatch.jpg (Size: 141.38 KB / Downloads: 926)

Yellow Swatch needed for entry:

  Swatch.jpg (Size: 69.24 KB / Downloads: 1159) ]]> https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=69 Sun, 12 Jul 2020 16:05:08 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=69 Wallpaper Makes the Room contest for July 2020.  

  CK_PastelCladdingDemoPicS.jpg (Size: 131.52 KB / Downloads: 1163)
The brief was to create two walls to a theme of a country kitchen.  I'm never sure when people talk about decorating styles whether I miss something about that.  For this I just thought about my grandmother's home when I was a child - miles out in the country.  It was always colder there than it was at home in the city and everything was a bit worn but also clean and bright (because the air was considerably cleaner).  I came across a picture with these lovely pastel painted planks which, I thought, got across the idea of that pretty well.  

  max_CKPastelPlanksWalls.rar (Size: 282.69 KB / Downloads: 950)
Swatch

  CK_PastelCladdingSwatch.jpg (Size: 128.22 KB / Downloads: 1163)
I made two walls for the contest but there's also an extra wall in the rar file with just the planks going floor to ceiling which could be used as an outside wall. The interior walls, as is usual with walls I make, are designed to work with the ceilings in the game - so the crown board sits under the ceiling.

I've been doing a few of these contests and events lately and really enjoying them.]]> Wallpaper Makes the Room contest for July 2020.  

  CK_PastelCladdingDemoPicS.jpg (Size: 131.52 KB / Downloads: 1163)
The brief was to create two walls to a theme of a country kitchen.  I'm never sure when people talk about decorating styles whether I miss something about that.  For this I just thought about my grandmother's home when I was a child - miles out in the country.  It was always colder there than it was at home in the city and everything was a bit worn but also clean and bright (because the air was considerably cleaner).  I came across a picture with these lovely pastel painted planks which, I thought, got across the idea of that pretty well.  

  max_CKPastelPlanksWalls.rar (Size: 282.69 KB / Downloads: 950)
Swatch

  CK_PastelCladdingSwatch.jpg (Size: 128.22 KB / Downloads: 1163)
I made two walls for the contest but there's also an extra wall in the rar file with just the planks going floor to ceiling which could be used as an outside wall. The interior walls, as is usual with walls I make, are designed to work with the ceilings in the game - so the crown board sits under the ceiling.

I've been doing a few of these contests and events lately and really enjoying them.]]> https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=68 Mon, 27 Apr 2020 17:07:42 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=68
  LansburyHouseWallsExample.jpg (Size: 220.37 KB / Downloads: 978)
The first set is based on a Life Stories wall called Vertic-all Siding in Winter White (lower floor in picture), while the second is based on the (I think) Base Game Scallop Wall Shingles also in White (upper floor).  

The sets are quite simple really because what I wanted was a sense of a wooden frame for the build (as can be seen in the picture).  I made for each version of the walls a wall with quoins (that is reinforcing for the corner of a building) - these match vertically as well as the walls matching horizontally so that you can make it look like the reinforcing quoin goes up the full height of the wall on a house.  And then I also made a crown for the very top of a house wall.  The wall variants are: base wall with crown; double-sided quoin (for fitting in one-space gaps); double-sided quoin with crown; left quoin; left quoin with crown; right quoin and right quoin with crown.  That is seven variants for each wall.  I have included with the Verticall set the original EAxis file because not everyone will have the Life Stories stuff.  So there are eight files in that set (delete the base wall if you have the LS files).  The Scallop Wall Shingles has seven files - all the variants - but I haven't included the original file because, as it's Base Game, everyone should have it anyway.

  max_LansburyHouseWalls_LSVerticall.rar (Size: 404.03 KB / Downloads: 767)

  max_LansburyHouseWalls_WhiteShingle.rar (Size: 220.51 KB / Downloads: 754)
Swatches:

  LSVerticallWhite_Swatch.jpg (Size: 259.12 KB / Downloads: 974)

  ScallopShingles_Swatch.jpg (Size: 322.53 KB / Downloads: 965) ]]>
  LansburyHouseWallsExample.jpg (Size: 220.37 KB / Downloads: 978)
The first set is based on a Life Stories wall called Vertic-all Siding in Winter White (lower floor in picture), while the second is based on the (I think) Base Game Scallop Wall Shingles also in White (upper floor).  

The sets are quite simple really because what I wanted was a sense of a wooden frame for the build (as can be seen in the picture).  I made for each version of the walls a wall with quoins (that is reinforcing for the corner of a building) - these match vertically as well as the walls matching horizontally so that you can make it look like the reinforcing quoin goes up the full height of the wall on a house.  And then I also made a crown for the very top of a house wall.  The wall variants are: base wall with crown; double-sided quoin (for fitting in one-space gaps); double-sided quoin with crown; left quoin; left quoin with crown; right quoin and right quoin with crown.  That is seven variants for each wall.  I have included with the Verticall set the original EAxis file because not everyone will have the Life Stories stuff.  So there are eight files in that set (delete the base wall if you have the LS files).  The Scallop Wall Shingles has seven files - all the variants - but I haven't included the original file because, as it's Base Game, everyone should have it anyway.

  max_LansburyHouseWalls_LSVerticall.rar (Size: 404.03 KB / Downloads: 767)

  max_LansburyHouseWalls_WhiteShingle.rar (Size: 220.51 KB / Downloads: 754)
Swatches:

  LSVerticallWhite_Swatch.jpg (Size: 259.12 KB / Downloads: 974)

  ScallopShingles_Swatch.jpg (Size: 322.53 KB / Downloads: 965) ]]> https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=67 Thu, 23 Apr 2020 18:45:11 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=67 Daisy Chain 2020 event and this is what I said about that (my post is on page 2):

Eh well, when I signed up for this I told Shastakiss I'd been having a pretty troubling time recently what with the pandemic and everything so I wanted to sign up for the event because I wanted to cheer myself up with something creative and also get back in touch with the sims community because I've been away a while - things have been difficult at work too and I'm working at home atm (I hate it).  Of course, Shasta was kind and took the pressure off and I was set - or so I thought.  My prompt was Spring Forward, Fall Back and being a sim gardener (how many of us are there?), I was thinking about flowers and seasons and stuff.  BUT THEN I actually got the virus.  Not a pleasant experience I can tell you - I'M FINE and getting better, so please don't worry on my behalf.  Anyway, I lost two weeks and got behind with work stuff and everything else and, well, I didn't have enough time for seasonal flowers.  So I fell back on my good old reliable standby - making some walls - which I've done a lot, all things considered.  I love messing around with colours and patterns and that cheered me up no end and I enjoyed doing something a little creative.  I can whip walls up pretty quickly these days so I was able to get something done for my deadline and here they are. Hurrah!


  max_AutumnLeavesWallpapers.rar (Size: 703.65 KB / Downloads: 941)

  max_SpringCrocusWallpapers.rar (Size: 557.55 KB / Downloads: 892)

For Spring Forward, I made 10 walls based on a crocus pattern I came across while thinking about flowers originally.  

  CrocusBlue1.jpg (Size: 228.23 KB / Downloads: 6122)
I decided to make the crocus pattern into a silhouette, added a crown and skirting board (from my, ahem, collection) and then also added a wainscot.  There's an underlying textured colour layer and there  are five colours: pink, green, blue, yellow and purple.  There are two versions of each wall, one with the texture over the full wall with crown and skirting and one with the wainscot added.  I picked the colours from pictures of lovely spring flowers I'd looked at when I did my research for the project. I didn't realise till I did that just how vibrant spring flowers are.  I was originally thinking these would be lovely pastels but the colours are stronger and more cheerful than that.  

For Fall Back, I made 10 more walls but this time based on a silhouette pattern of autumn leaves (sorry, being English I'll call it autumn not fall).  

  AutumnLeavesGreen1.jpg (Size: 208.59 KB / Downloads: 6182)
Again five walls with a crown and skirting and five more with an added wainscot.  I found a picture of a really nice oak wainscot and have used that to construct the skirting board and crown.  I'm quite pleased with that - I really wanted a lovely oak wooden frame for the autumn leaves texture and colours.  The mood here is more dramatic and the colours are rich, taken from pictures of autumn coloured leaves: green, gold, brown, red and blue (I know blue is not a leaf colour even in autumn but I wanted to round the palette out).

The walls are found in wallpaper and cost $7.  Like all my walls, the crown is placed on the wall so as to fit under the ceiling when viewed with ceilings and walls up.  Swatches:

  SpringCrocusSwatch1.jpg (Size: 132.71 KB / Downloads: 6107)

  AutumnLeavesSwatch1.jpg (Size: 121.14 KB / Downloads: 6134) ]]> Daisy Chain 2020 event and this is what I said about that (my post is on page 2):

Eh well, when I signed up for this I told Shastakiss I'd been having a pretty troubling time recently what with the pandemic and everything so I wanted to sign up for the event because I wanted to cheer myself up with something creative and also get back in touch with the sims community because I've been away a while - things have been difficult at work too and I'm working at home atm (I hate it).  Of course, Shasta was kind and took the pressure off and I was set - or so I thought.  My prompt was Spring Forward, Fall Back and being a sim gardener (how many of us are there?), I was thinking about flowers and seasons and stuff.  BUT THEN I actually got the virus.  Not a pleasant experience I can tell you - I'M FINE and getting better, so please don't worry on my behalf.  Anyway, I lost two weeks and got behind with work stuff and everything else and, well, I didn't have enough time for seasonal flowers.  So I fell back on my good old reliable standby - making some walls - which I've done a lot, all things considered.  I love messing around with colours and patterns and that cheered me up no end and I enjoyed doing something a little creative.  I can whip walls up pretty quickly these days so I was able to get something done for my deadline and here they are. Hurrah!


  max_AutumnLeavesWallpapers.rar (Size: 703.65 KB / Downloads: 941)

  max_SpringCrocusWallpapers.rar (Size: 557.55 KB / Downloads: 892)

For Spring Forward, I made 10 walls based on a crocus pattern I came across while thinking about flowers originally.  

  CrocusBlue1.jpg (Size: 228.23 KB / Downloads: 6122)
I decided to make the crocus pattern into a silhouette, added a crown and skirting board (from my, ahem, collection) and then also added a wainscot.  There's an underlying textured colour layer and there  are five colours: pink, green, blue, yellow and purple.  There are two versions of each wall, one with the texture over the full wall with crown and skirting and one with the wainscot added.  I picked the colours from pictures of lovely spring flowers I'd looked at when I did my research for the project. I didn't realise till I did that just how vibrant spring flowers are.  I was originally thinking these would be lovely pastels but the colours are stronger and more cheerful than that.  

For Fall Back, I made 10 more walls but this time based on a silhouette pattern of autumn leaves (sorry, being English I'll call it autumn not fall).  

  AutumnLeavesGreen1.jpg (Size: 208.59 KB / Downloads: 6182)
Again five walls with a crown and skirting and five more with an added wainscot.  I found a picture of a really nice oak wainscot and have used that to construct the skirting board and crown.  I'm quite pleased with that - I really wanted a lovely oak wooden frame for the autumn leaves texture and colours.  The mood here is more dramatic and the colours are rich, taken from pictures of autumn coloured leaves: green, gold, brown, red and blue (I know blue is not a leaf colour even in autumn but I wanted to round the palette out).

The walls are found in wallpaper and cost $7.  Like all my walls, the crown is placed on the wall so as to fit under the ceiling when viewed with ceilings and walls up.  Swatches:

  SpringCrocusSwatch1.jpg (Size: 132.71 KB / Downloads: 6107)

  AutumnLeavesSwatch1.jpg (Size: 121.14 KB / Downloads: 6134) ]]> https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=65 Sun, 02 Feb 2020 18:46:10 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=65 Goldenrosen Landhaus which I built for the Wanderlust competition at MTS.  They were designed to evoke the sense of being in an Alpen lodge - warm golden brown tones and natural wood surfaces. I also used in the build some older lodge walls of mine.  If you downloaded the Goldenrosen Landhaus and its CC bundle, you will get these walls in that set of packages but I thought I would also upload the walls here as a free-standing set.

  LoungeTowardsReception.jpg (Size: 416.52 KB / Downloads: 947)

Included are:
Chalet walls and floors - there are two wooden interior chalet walls made using a texture from High Resolution Textures. These are found in Paneling and cost $8.

  PurpleRoom2.jpg (Size: 313.25 KB / Downloads: 897)
  max_ChaletWallMixed.jpg (Size: 216.17 KB / Downloads: 1000)
and a lovely wooden chalet floor with a texture from The Foundary, found in Wooden Floors and costing $7.  WARNING - this is a high resolution file and the file size is large.

  max_WoodenFlooring.jpg (Size: 313.2 KB / Downloads: 957)
There are three lodge walls - a wide-logged one called Log Cabin Siding and two narrower-logged walls called Clapboard Siding, one horizontally laid, the other vertical. These textures were made by me (quite a long time ago now too). These are in Siding and cost $8.

  LodgeSidingSwatch.jpg (Size: 140.92 KB / Downloads: 929)
There is a simple brown recolour of the in-game Goth Aged Wood floor (see comparison picture) which was used for the ceilings. This is also in wooden floors and costs $8 (that was a mistake - it should be $6).

  max_WoodenRoofingComparison.jpg (Size: 187.04 KB / Downloads: 933)

There are two rars here - one contains all the walls and floors EXCEPT the Chalet Wooden Floor - this was separated out because it's a huge file size because I didn't shrink the high resolution texture (it looks great).  I might remake that, as a matter of fact, reducing the resolution.

  max_ChaletWallsnFloors.rar (Size: 351.25 KB / Downloads: 772)

  max_ChaletWoodenFloor.rar (Size: 1.81 MB / Downloads: 708) ]]> Goldenrosen Landhaus which I built for the Wanderlust competition at MTS.  They were designed to evoke the sense of being in an Alpen lodge - warm golden brown tones and natural wood surfaces. I also used in the build some older lodge walls of mine.  If you downloaded the Goldenrosen Landhaus and its CC bundle, you will get these walls in that set of packages but I thought I would also upload the walls here as a free-standing set.

  LoungeTowardsReception.jpg (Size: 416.52 KB / Downloads: 947)

Included are:
Chalet walls and floors - there are two wooden interior chalet walls made using a texture from High Resolution Textures. These are found in Paneling and cost $8.

  PurpleRoom2.jpg (Size: 313.25 KB / Downloads: 897)
  max_ChaletWallMixed.jpg (Size: 216.17 KB / Downloads: 1000)
and a lovely wooden chalet floor with a texture from The Foundary, found in Wooden Floors and costing $7.  WARNING - this is a high resolution file and the file size is large.

  max_WoodenFlooring.jpg (Size: 313.2 KB / Downloads: 957)
There are three lodge walls - a wide-logged one called Log Cabin Siding and two narrower-logged walls called Clapboard Siding, one horizontally laid, the other vertical. These textures were made by me (quite a long time ago now too). These are in Siding and cost $8.

  LodgeSidingSwatch.jpg (Size: 140.92 KB / Downloads: 929)
There is a simple brown recolour of the in-game Goth Aged Wood floor (see comparison picture) which was used for the ceilings. This is also in wooden floors and costs $8 (that was a mistake - it should be $6).

  max_WoodenRoofingComparison.jpg (Size: 187.04 KB / Downloads: 933)

There are two rars here - one contains all the walls and floors EXCEPT the Chalet Wooden Floor - this was separated out because it's a huge file size because I didn't shrink the high resolution texture (it looks great).  I might remake that, as a matter of fact, reducing the resolution.

  max_ChaletWallsnFloors.rar (Size: 351.25 KB / Downloads: 772)

  max_ChaletWoodenFloor.rar (Size: 1.81 MB / Downloads: 708) ]]> https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=64 Sun, 02 Feb 2020 17:36:40 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=64 Goldenrosen Landhaus for the Wanderlust content at MTS, I made some recolours of EAxis's Modern Tile GO! walls which were used in the bathrooms. These were made so I could colour-match the bedrooms and bathrooms. 

  BathPurple.jpg (Size: 257.69 KB / Downloads: 932)

They come in yellow, purple and brown and I also made an orange which was not used on the lot but I wanted that colour for the set.  They are in Tiles and cost $1 just like the originals.

  ModernTilesWallSwatch.jpg (Size: 114.16 KB / Downloads: 875)

  max-OrangeWallTile.jpg (Size: 60.41 KB / Downloads: 937)

I also made a quick set of matching floor tiles for the walls following the model of those done by Rosebine. These were not used on the lot but I've uploaded them because I thought people might like them since Rosebine did such a good job extending the set and making those walls useful and more usable. They are also in yellow, purple, brown and orange to match the walls. There are two tile sizes - personally, I prefer the smaller tiles but you might like the larger ones.  They are in Tiles and cost $5 just like Rosie's.

  ModernTilesFloorSwatch.jpg (Size: 60.49 KB / Downloads: 880)

  YellowFloorTiles.jpg (Size: 127.24 KB / Downloads: 916)

There are also some recolours of the Sveje Ikea rugs here in matching colours.

  max_ExtraFloorTiles_ModernTilesGo.rar (Size: 18.03 KB / Downloads: 818)

  max_ExtraWallTiles_ModernTilesGo.rar (Size: 12.25 KB / Downloads: 710) ]]> Goldenrosen Landhaus for the Wanderlust content at MTS, I made some recolours of EAxis's Modern Tile GO! walls which were used in the bathrooms. These were made so I could colour-match the bedrooms and bathrooms. 

  BathPurple.jpg (Size: 257.69 KB / Downloads: 932)

They come in yellow, purple and brown and I also made an orange which was not used on the lot but I wanted that colour for the set.  They are in Tiles and cost $1 just like the originals.

  ModernTilesWallSwatch.jpg (Size: 114.16 KB / Downloads: 875)

  max-OrangeWallTile.jpg (Size: 60.41 KB / Downloads: 937)

I also made a quick set of matching floor tiles for the walls following the model of those done by Rosebine. These were not used on the lot but I've uploaded them because I thought people might like them since Rosebine did such a good job extending the set and making those walls useful and more usable. They are also in yellow, purple, brown and orange to match the walls. There are two tile sizes - personally, I prefer the smaller tiles but you might like the larger ones.  They are in Tiles and cost $5 just like Rosie's.

  ModernTilesFloorSwatch.jpg (Size: 60.49 KB / Downloads: 880)

  YellowFloorTiles.jpg (Size: 127.24 KB / Downloads: 916)

There are also some recolours of the Sveje Ikea rugs here in matching colours.

  max_ExtraFloorTiles_ModernTilesGo.rar (Size: 18.03 KB / Downloads: 818)

  max_ExtraWallTiles_ModernTilesGo.rar (Size: 12.25 KB / Downloads: 710) ]]> https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=61 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 18:00:30 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=61

  St Millicents 1 Side.jpg (Size: 270.66 KB / Downloads: 968)

There are thirteen walls in the pack, mostly meant for exterior surfaces but there is also one which is half-plastered for interior walls (the top part being taken from EAxis's own paste plaster wall for easy matching).  


  Horton Stone Walls Set.jpg (Size: 293.76 KB / Downloads: 975)

Thanks to Granny by Gaslight for the stone texture.  The trims, coping, string course, quoining, dado etc. are taken and recoloured from other EAxis walls.

  max_HortonWallSet.zip (Size: 548.08 KB / Downloads: 655) ]]>

  St Millicents 1 Side.jpg (Size: 270.66 KB / Downloads: 968)

There are thirteen walls in the pack, mostly meant for exterior surfaces but there is also one which is half-plastered for interior walls (the top part being taken from EAxis's own paste plaster wall for easy matching).  


  Horton Stone Walls Set.jpg (Size: 293.76 KB / Downloads: 975)

Thanks to Granny by Gaslight for the stone texture.  The trims, coping, string course, quoining, dado etc. are taken and recoloured from other EAxis walls.

  max_HortonWallSet.zip (Size: 548.08 KB / Downloads: 655) ]]> https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=40 Sun, 25 Aug 2019 18:20:01 +0000 https://littlecarping.com/mybb/showthread.php?tid=40
However, they have been updated.  These wallpapers were originally made before I was completely in the habit of making interior walls fit to ceilings and so the original textures went to the top of the wall.  The textures on these new versions of the files have been adjusted so that the crown of the paper sits at the point on the texture to make it appear correctly when viewed with the ceilings visible.  Otherwise, there is a gap at the top of the paper.  If you already have the files and have used them, you should be able to simply replace the files in your Downloads folder.  I inserted new textures into the original files rather than make new wallpaper files (the textures have been compressed).  This means the internal references should be the same and, if you have used the files already, the new versions should simply replace the ones you've already decorated with.  However, I am not entirely sure this will work, so if you have any problems, please let me know. I haven't made new pictures BTW - the pictures here are the originals but the crown you can see on the swatch has been moved down (and in some cases, the pattern adjusted slightly) so all the crown is now seen below the ceiling.

Grammapat did a WCIF a while back asking about CC to make a pink bathroom 1950s style and I went mad and made a whole set of tiles for kitchens and bathrooms. But something about the websites I was looking at for ideas got to me and I went even madder still. As I travelled across the internet looking for inspiration, found some lovely textures that I thought would work nicely as retro style wallpapers with a modern take. 


  DamaskRose.jpg (Size: 205.51 KB / Downloads: 1093)

As with the tiles, the selection is (loosely) based around a colour set based on classic 50s design: pink, turquoise, lemon, chartreuse and candy apple red. There are 4 pink walls, 5 turquoise walls, 3 lemon (yellow) walls, 5 chartreuse walls and 2 candy apple red wallpapers plus a cream wallpaper which I just liked and thought had a retro vibe. A set of 20 wallpapers in all then – all have the same kickboard and crown.


  AlbertineDining.jpg (Size: 92.31 KB / Downloads: 1069)

I also made some carpets based on an interesting spotted texture I found. Again there are five colours, pink, turquoise, lemon, chartreuse and candy apple red, to go with the walls.


  CARLounge.jpg (Size: 128.96 KB / Downloads: 1038)

The walls are all classed in the wallpaper section and cost $7. The floors are in the carpets section and also cost $7.  See swatches for names should you want to delete any.  The names are derived from the sources for the textures.


  ChartreuseSwatch.jpg (Size: 179.59 KB / Downloads: 1011)
Chartreuse L-R: Siraa; Kasey's Dress; Stripes; Apogee; Marrakesh


  PinkSwatch.jpg (Size: 174.94 KB / Downloads: 1022)
Pink L-R: Retro Funk; Dias Coral; Tivoli; Rustic Damask; Candy Stripes


  TurquoiseSwatch.jpg (Size: 202.68 KB / Downloads: 1026)
Turquoise L-R: Groovy Diamonds; Stripes; Albertine; Fans; Turkos Leaf


  YellowsRedsSwatch.jpg (Size: 167.52 KB / Downloads: 1008)
Candy Apple Reds & Yellows L-R: Candy Tart; Yellow Polka Heart; Autumnal Stripes; Vector; CAR New Year

  50sCarpets.jpg (Size: 23.49 KB / Downloads: 835)

  Chartreuse Stripe Paper.jpg (Size: 132.03 KB / Downloads: 868)

  max_Retro_Carpets.zip (Size: 144.51 KB / Downloads: 742)

  max_RetroWallpapers_CARYellow.rar (Size: 259.63 KB / Downloads: 771)

  max_RetroWallpapers_Chartreuse.rar (Size: 197.62 KB / Downloads: 805)

  max_RetroWallpapers_Pinks.rar (Size: 284.15 KB / Downloads: 844)

  max_RetroWallpapers_Turquoise.rar (Size: 207.75 KB / Downloads: 794) ]]>
However, they have been updated.  These wallpapers were originally made before I was completely in the habit of making interior walls fit to ceilings and so the original textures went to the top of the wall.  The textures on these new versions of the files have been adjusted so that the crown of the paper sits at the point on the texture to make it appear correctly when viewed with the ceilings visible.  Otherwise, there is a gap at the top of the paper.  If you already have the files and have used them, you should be able to simply replace the files in your Downloads folder.  I inserted new textures into the original files rather than make new wallpaper files (the textures have been compressed).  This means the internal references should be the same and, if you have used the files already, the new versions should simply replace the ones you've already decorated with.  However, I am not entirely sure this will work, so if you have any problems, please let me know. I haven't made new pictures BTW - the pictures here are the originals but the crown you can see on the swatch has been moved down (and in some cases, the pattern adjusted slightly) so all the crown is now seen below the ceiling.

Grammapat did a WCIF a while back asking about CC to make a pink bathroom 1950s style and I went mad and made a whole set of tiles for kitchens and bathrooms. But something about the websites I was looking at for ideas got to me and I went even madder still. As I travelled across the internet looking for inspiration, found some lovely textures that I thought would work nicely as retro style wallpapers with a modern take. 


  DamaskRose.jpg (Size: 205.51 KB / Downloads: 1093)

As with the tiles, the selection is (loosely) based around a colour set based on classic 50s design: pink, turquoise, lemon, chartreuse and candy apple red. There are 4 pink walls, 5 turquoise walls, 3 lemon (yellow) walls, 5 chartreuse walls and 2 candy apple red wallpapers plus a cream wallpaper which I just liked and thought had a retro vibe. A set of 20 wallpapers in all then – all have the same kickboard and crown.


  AlbertineDining.jpg (Size: 92.31 KB / Downloads: 1069)

I also made some carpets based on an interesting spotted texture I found. Again there are five colours, pink, turquoise, lemon, chartreuse and candy apple red, to go with the walls.


  CARLounge.jpg (Size: 128.96 KB / Downloads: 1038)

The walls are all classed in the wallpaper section and cost $7. The floors are in the carpets section and also cost $7.  See swatches for names should you want to delete any.  The names are derived from the sources for the textures.


  ChartreuseSwatch.jpg (Size: 179.59 KB / Downloads: 1011)
Chartreuse L-R: Siraa; Kasey's Dress; Stripes; Apogee; Marrakesh


  PinkSwatch.jpg (Size: 174.94 KB / Downloads: 1022)
Pink L-R: Retro Funk; Dias Coral; Tivoli; Rustic Damask; Candy Stripes


  TurquoiseSwatch.jpg (Size: 202.68 KB / Downloads: 1026)
Turquoise L-R: Groovy Diamonds; Stripes; Albertine; Fans; Turkos Leaf


  YellowsRedsSwatch.jpg (Size: 167.52 KB / Downloads: 1008)
Candy Apple Reds & Yellows L-R: Candy Tart; Yellow Polka Heart; Autumnal Stripes; Vector; CAR New Year

  50sCarpets.jpg (Size: 23.49 KB / Downloads: 835)

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