I did the Official Sims 4 Shell Challenge

The family I babysit for has an open concept kitchen, living and dining and I really like it. It's nice to be able to cook and watch the kids at the same time. Plus, we can eat dinner and have music playing on tv! If I ever have my own home, I'd want a formal dining space to be it's own room though. For entertaining purposes.

When my family moved into my current home, the open concept was great to be able to watch us and also be in the kitchen, but now that we are older- It can become VERY loud and chaotic. Someone is trying to watch TV, someone is playing with the dog, there's someone else watching stuff on their phone, and then someone else is cooking! We personally don't want an open concept for our next house, but it does have its good aspects to it!

On open concept -- it's phenomal for kids (so you can see where they are) and for hosting (so you're not isolated in the kitchen while entertaining). That said, a mess in one area, makes everything look messy, so requires more cleaning/upkeep than closed off spaces.

Open concept plans looks good for pictures, but I find it so *loud*. You can hear everyone doing everything. That's really my biggest selling point for closed concept.

I think this is one of my favourite builds you’ve done! I love the warm wood tones mixed with the modern design!!!

I love seeing you bounce around, feels like a more realistic way of building 😅

I like our open concept 90% of the time. But it requires compromise with my husband sometimes if one of us wants to watch something the other doesn't, or if I want to cook while he's watching something (the kitchen lights can cause glare on the TV if it's a dark show and the range hood sound or running sink water mean having to turn up the volume)

I'm really happy NOT having an open concept home, as I like being able to close the kitchen off from the rest of the apartment (I do sleep in my living room though). But in The Sims, I really like them!

I have an open concept layout, and I haaaaate it! Grew up tho in a house that had rooms closed off from each other and really preferred that layout -- my grandmother's house also had closed off rooms for the main living areas. Both were very old houses. I just like not having to match all my furniture because you can see it all when you walk in the door. Like, let me have mismatch woods and patterns because it's different rooms!

I have no idea how you managed to use that oddly-shaped, basic shell and turn it into such a beautiful, modern home, but you did and it is amazing. I'm gobsmacked at the final product. Well done, you're incredible! 😍❤️

I did do this shell and I turned it into a vacation rental in Sulani. It's got 4 bedrooms and a lot of entertaining space.

Currently living in a semi open concept condo. I think that this is the best Floorplan idea because there's a pass through breakfast bar halfwall between my kitchen and living room and with my dining fully open to the living room and the kitchen open to the entryway and hallway. I have the ability to close pocket doors on either end of the kitchen to close it from the entryway and dining, but it's open for family life and entertaining with big sliding door walls to the outside in the dining and the living rooms. Our game room/office and the laundry room both here pocket doors as well offering either open concept or closed off privacy. Only the bedrooms and bathrooms have "regular " interior doors. It makes for an amazing ballance because the house (a series of boxy rooms) doesn't feel cramped and closed in but still feels very comfy and nostalgic for my partner and I.... it also offers both privacy and plenty of ability to supervise when we have our daughters friends over

This house is so cool!! I love the warm wood tones, the layout, and everything--- ugh just chefs kiss. I WOULD LOVE to go on vacation in this house lmao. Great build all around!

I really enjoy having an open floor plan in my apartment:) the living room, dining room, and kitchen can all be the community area when friends come over, people can be in any of the spaces and can still talk to each other 💜

The desert luxe curtains slayed in this house. Stunning work.

We have a very closed concept new england farmhouse (circa 1811) and there are definite benefits but those benefits are also downsides, haha. 😅 with closed off rooms, they stay warmer, they also compartmentalize sound so it's harder to hear noise, but with that it's also harder to see people / kids. I would like it to be semi open, where we have a couple bigger openings between sitting and cooking to see easier, but I don't like open-open concept - it's too big, noisy, and often too expensive to heat or cool.

When it comes to open concept I do believe it has a lot to do with where you live. I’m Scandinavian and we have very old buildings that have been renovated on the interior for open concept apartments. For me it’s a pretty standard home design. My mom lives in a really old building in a renovated attic. She has a sky light in the hallway, a lofted living room and a whole lot of slanted roofs. That’s a pretty standard renovation to do here. I also like it a lot. Being able to cook but talk to people sitting on the couch is nice. It feels way more sociable than closed of spaces, if that makes sense.

I remember watching your videos a few years back and we talked about all the things that weren't possible in the game at that point. I was a noob and you took the time to explain many of the mechanics to me. And looking at the game now, so many things have been added. For such an old game at this point, I'm amazed at how much content the developers are still adding to it. This shell turned out so great! Well done!

I love the way you bounce from room to room! When I build in the sims I tend to do main furniture then go around and decorate, and it's really satisfying to see you do the same.

Lived in an open concept house since I was 10, and the main complaint I have is we all have to use headphones if anyone wants to listen to anything, and the tv can be heard from literally every room in the house.