Fisherman's Beach Cottage | A Sims 4 Stop Motion Build | No CC

Hello Everyone!

I’m so glad you’re here. It’s August, and it’s Thursday! You know what that means. It’s blog post time! So, if you haven’t seen my YouTube channel yet, I’ve made this month’s house build, and it’s an island themed one. Check it out if you haven’t already.

https://youtu.be/qeOG7vxBVdY

So, here’s the thing, I was really debating whether or not I should go for the island theme or a coastal theme. Essentially, I wasn’t sure if I wanted to do a Sulani build or a Brindleton Bay build. I had, for the longest time, thought I’d do a coastal build, because I liked the Brindleton Bay aesthetics, but if I really thought about it, there are a lot of coastal builds, especially because the style is used in a lot of American homes (literally, if you make a coastal build, you can plop it in any of the other base game worlds, on The Sims 4, it’s not as special as you think). In the end I opened up the Sulani world, and I let the beaches decide what I wanted to make, and hey presto! We have a beach cottage.

Let’s Dive Into Why I Chose The Beach Cottage

Ok, like I said, I wanted to do a coastal themed house, for the past few months. In fact, that was the plan I had starting this year. I was going to do houses that were similar to those you’d find in The Hamptons, in America, but whenever I pulled YouTube up, to get ideas for other styles of builds, I’d always find these types of houses, plonked pretty much anywhere, deserts, the coast, even in worlds that are meant to be cultural and traditional. In the end, I started to find the aesthetic rather boring.

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So, at the very last minute, I decided to change things up, and when I say last minute, I mean, last minute. When I opened the game to start building, I literally blindly picked Sulani, and gave myself a tour of the world, before I started building. I thought a coastal build here would be better, because it would have the island influences there, but as I started building, I couldn’t stay away from the whole beach cottage look. Now, don’t get me wrong, I know I did huts for the Jungle, and I’m very well aware that the look would be similar, but I came across a Pinterest post (yes, it’s an AI post, but it still inspires me…sometimes).

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This is what made me decide to make a beach cottage. I loved the closed in seating area, it’s like a garden, but not, and the whole mismatched look of the furniture just spoke "cosy" to me, and that’s what set me down the beach cottage path. And so, we have a completely new and different look to what we started with.

The Eclectic Aesthetic

So, for a beach cottage like this, I chose to do a sort of eclectic theme, where the people who live here scavenged all sorts of things from the beach and sea, and crafted them into functional items, and decorative pieces. Essentially, it’s an “everyday” home, for the people who live on the island.

It’s not fancy, it doesn’t have all the bells and whistles that a luxury mansion would have, but it’s got everything that they need. It has spots to relax, after a long day of fishing and cleaning up the ocean, you can paint, knit, cross stitch and do all sorts of handiwork, in the living room and on the hot tub & yoga deck, and at night, you can hang out at the beachside bar, they have in the little “garden" space that the owners carved for themselves.

For me, it’s a typical islander home, because as someone from the Philippines, you can bet that this is the kind of thing you see in their homes. They may not have much, but they make the most of it. That’s the mentality behind this build, and honestly, it’s a better mentality to have. You don’t need the world; you just need to have a small piece of it. That’s what I like about this build, it’s a good reminder that you don’t need to be rich to be happy.

My Favourite Room

So, you can probably tell that the “backyard” area is my favourite part, I mean, it’s on the beach, and you’ve got a sweet place to hang out, after swimming, or boating. Honestly, the whole landscaping of the build is something I’m proud of. What really grounds this build is the junk that’s stored to the right of the house. Not all of it is the owner’s junk, but they most likely contributed to it, or take from it, since they scavenge things and repurpose them.

Although, if I have to talk about the inside, I’d say the balconies are my favourite, especially the one with the yoga mat and hot tub. I mean, they may be poor, but you can probably guess that’s because they bought the hot tub. Not only that, but the balcony for the first room on the second floor is probably my favourite, since I can imagine a young woman (maybe the sister of the owner) lives in this house, and does all her painting and crafting from her room (that’s why there are random garlands strewn about the place, and those canvases behind the living room chair!).

As for the other balcony, I mean, it’s the best place to see the sunset. Sure, there’s a bike in the way, but that doesn’t matter, the views alone make up for it, and that’s why I imagine the owner of the cottage would sleep in this room, and I imagine they’re a business owner who decided to get away from city life. He (because of course he’s a he) still keeps up with business, and actually turned his thriving city office into a beach bar and fishery (I think you know where the community build is going to go), and lives off that. He threw away the big city life to help the locals keep their beaches clean and safe, while also educating tourists on the importance of recycling and living off the land, and sustainability.

The Story

I think it’s obvious. A big city business owner visited Sulani once and fell in love. He found out that the island is dying because of pollution and climate change, and decided to do his part, selling his big city company and opening his own beachside bar and fishery, living off the land (and sea) and doing what he can to help combat the impact of global warming and climate change. In fact, he sometimes secretly buys shares of his old company, to ensure that it can be reincorporated into his new vision, one way or another.

While he does that, his sister comes to visit, or that’s what he thought at first. She never left, after she put her stuff down, and began making things for him. She was an artist, again, a big city girl, but wanted to try out this whole living off the land thing that her brother started, and now even she can’t get enough. The slow pace, the inspiration and the motivation to create really hit her, while she stayed with her brother, and now she helps him out with his beachside fish business, making furniture to sell or use in the fishery, fixing things that might have washed up on their shores, and making decorative pieces, both for their home and their business. She even does a little bit of yoga on the side.

Tell Your Own Story

Honestly, I’d like to see how this story plays out, but alas, I still have many houses to build. However, I’d like to see what stories you’ll tell with this build. So, if you do tell a story with it, or any of my other houses please don’t forget to tag me or mention me. I’d love to see what you do with them! Oh, and if I have to rank this house, out of all the others I’ve made, I’d say this one’s in the top 10 (it’s not enough to get to the top 5).

Anyway, as with my previous builds, you can download it here on this post. Just click the ZIP folder below, and let it download. Remember, to play with it, you'll need to drag and drop it into your TRAY folder, in your Sims 4 game folder:

Documents > Electronic Arts > The Sims 4 > Tray

Enjoy!

Fisherman's Beach Cottage.zip

Download ZIP • 205KB

Well, that’s it from me today, I’m going to go build the next one. While I do that, please don’t forget to like, subscribe, comment, share and follow me, here on Feather’s Charm, on my YouTube channel, on my other social media channels (Instagram, Twitter/X, TikTok), and on Patreon. Your support really helps me make more content like this for you guys.

And as always, be kind, be creative, and be unique.

I’ll see you later!

Feather, out!