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No Contest: Bare Bones Interior Design

There is an awesome Interior Design Contest thread you should check out if you haven't already. When I saw that thread I set myself a challenge:  to try and make something enjoyably habitable using nothing more than the furniture we all started with at reset and whatever random objects I had in my bags. Restricting myself to just the starter furniture attempts to replicate the challenge that will be faced by new non-subscribers who lack the skills to craft or create furniture/rugs/wall segments/decorations/etc and the credits to upgrade the furniture/decorations they already possess.

Here is what I came up with: www.glitch.com/snaps/PHV7NB...

It's okay. Not great, almost horrible but considering what I had to work with...I give it a C.

But because I never fail to be amazed by the creativity of my fellow Glitchen, I would love to see others work with these same restrictions to see what they come up with. I've decided to start a separate "contest": Bare Bone Interior Design.
 
To enter the  Bare Bone Interior Design contest please provide the following:

1) Specify which of the 2 Categories you are entering: Non-subscriber (with no subscriber upgrades) or Subscriber (still restricted to the starter furniture but allowed to use Subscriber updates). The categories will be judged separately. You can submit entries for both categories but please make sure that you make a separate post for each entry.
 
2) A discussion of the furniture elements you included/excluded and why.

3) A discussion of additional objects included and why.

4) A link to a snap or screenshot of your design.

All designs in both categories must be limited to using only the starter furniture:

1 Room Decoration
1 Wall Decoration
1 Tabletop Decoration
1 Table
1 Chair
1 Small Cabinet
1 SDB
1 Floor Lamp
2 Shelves
   
Okay I said contest and usually that means prizes. Since i am not a subscriber and have only 8 lingering beta credits to my name  (they need to make something to buy for 5-8 credits!) the prizes will instead be in Currants.

For both categories the prizes are as follows:

1st Place:    75,000 Currants
2nd Place:   50,000 Currants
3rd Place    25,000 Currants

I know for some of you millionaire/billionaire types this is chump change, but I'm hoping the contest is more than interesting enough on its own and that the Currant prizes are just gravy.

I already have one other Glitch who has volunteered to be a Judge. If you are interested in being Judge #3 please send me an in-game mail and let me know why you would be a good Judge. Please note that while Judges can submit designs to the contest, they are ineligible for prizes. 

Posted 7 months ago by Doctor Yum Yum Subscriber! | Permalink

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  • I'm entering as a Subscriber. All my stuff are free(some are sub-only, but no credits- I only have about 4 left from the beta stash).

    And... they're all starter stuff.

    I used all the starter items except for the lamp. It looked totally out of place, so I was like, forget it. 
    Floor and Wall: Wood and Firebog wood... you get the picture.
    Ceiling- Grey Stucco
    Table: Green Firebog Wood
    Onyx Black Small Cabinet
    Table Deco: Flowers in Paper Bag
    Shelves: Wood wall shelf
    Wall deco: Minimalist Bamboo painting
    Room deco: Firebogs fishing poles
    SDB: Simple white, with yellow crumb flowers
    Chair: Wooden Chair with white cushions

    Others: 
    Various herbs(Rookswort, Silvertongue, Rubeweed, and of course, the yellow crumb)
    Various cubimals
    Musicblocks XS-4 and 5
    Hooch
    Mabish Coffee
    Firefly jars
    Chick
    Caterpillar
    Still
    Butterfly Lotion
    Plain crystal
    XS Music Trophy
    Essence of Rubeweed
    Amourous Philtre

    Those looked pretty.

    I think that's all. Btw, I don't have a clue how to stop the jitter in my camera.
    http://www.glitch.com/snaps/PCR8HS6V2FU1MJG/12389-989f711b10/
    Posted 7 months ago by KitkatCat Subscriber! | Permalink
  • That's caused by a buff -- there's "buzzed" and one other that cause camera effects.
    Posted 7 months ago by Fnibbit Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I shall submit my home for the bare bones as i do not have the Furniture making skills that most have, but I decided to get creative with the tools some kind strangers gave me:

    http://www.glitch.com/snaps/PUVQCFAOKES2KGP/12667-12d030b157/

    As for the hoe, it was like that when I unpacked, I felt I should leave it levitating like that for fun.
    Posted 7 months ago by Kouki Sangoma Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I am a subscriber, but this whole housing thing is absolutely overwhelming. My attic is still leaking veggies. I thought it would be funny to see what it would all look like if I just threw in whatever I had, just as it was, so... This is my house without any upgrades at all.

    If I had some milk crates, I'd be a fresh-college-graduate, first-apartment Glitch.
    Posted 7 months ago by Jennyanydots Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Oh, this looks fun! Also, a bit more appropriate for me, since I don't even have non-starter furniture to get upgraded if I won the other contest.

    1) Non-subscriber!
    2) I included all of the starter furniture (other than wall segment) because...it seemed a little empty otherwise. I like matching things, generally, but mix-and-match styles worked better. And I think the green ceiling gives the room a nice splash of color. When I finally gather the materials and make 2 more SDBs, I'll have all 3 of my eggs in a little row. ^^
    3) Well, my decorations are in the form of items that you don't really use every day, but they look pretty or cute. It makes the place look lived in, without being cluttered. And I can't bring myself to destroy my mother-in-law's notes, so I stuck on the table just like I do with my real letters, along with beans and bubbles - it's like throwing your keys on the table to deal with later~
    4) I hope I did this right? lem.to/p/mQ6Q

    It's a far cry from my test house's "under the sea" theme, but I kinda like it. It's certainly tidier than my real house...
    Posted 7 months ago by Faranae Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @Jennyanydots - milk crates would be awesome! Ideas forum?
    Posted 7 months ago by arcturus Subscriber! | Permalink
  • pffft. . . chump change? I am a poor glitch indeed. (Or I'm just frivolous with my currants. *shrugs*)

    1) Subscriber

    2) I included all the contest approved furniture except the Tabletop Decoration. Just didn't find it necessary.

    3) I went with a rainbow theme. I used essences, fruits (and a cabbage b/c there aren't any green fruits), RK, and cubimals in a coordinating Roy G Biv kind of pattern. On the table I put a firefly jar and a silvertongue flower for a little ambiance.

    4) For whatever reason this puter won't allow me to zoom out far enough to get the whole house: Pic 1 and Pic 2
    Posted 7 months ago by le beebs Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I finally got the snapshottery card, so I can submit now... here's my house, with only free upgrades...
    Posted 7 months ago by ziggsters Subscriber! | Permalink