How do you peole get so much money? I have $10,925. What I do is make them work non-stop, and not buy anything but food and medicine. My people never break rank 3 on their careers! WHY??

Thanks Princess_Atta and ajuma! When the blue bedroom is the playroom I use the green bedroom and sometimes the large central room (above the kitchen) for the kids to sleep in (depending on how many kids I have). All of my families have different room arrangements.

@ ajuma: I have both! I couldn't resist either! LOL! I got the idea to use the different colored soaps for decorating from one of *Moonlyght*'s mods for the original Virtual Families. She placed colorful objects on top of the collectibles cabinet.

Here are a couple of screens of my house in my first game. (With some mods in use obviously.)





I know I have 7 single beds when really only 6 are needed. But since they sleep anywhere they feel like anyhow, I figured I'd give them an extra option... Or if I'm being honest, one of the rooms just felt incomplete without the extra bed so I added it.

As you can see, I'm more into design than practicality lol. Oh and books. Lots and lots of books. I have 4 bookcases in place and 2 more in storage with an idea of where I want them to go lol. I swear my little peeps are almost always reading.

Another note, the large room and the green bedroom are incomplete so the little that you see isn't all there will be to them in the end lol. Like the green room I'm likely going to mod here soon.

Oooooh NICE! Someone has been busy modding!

Thank you! And yes, modding is pretty much the only thing I did in my spare time last night and this afternoon

I'm in awe Princess...and Miss Kathy! Are those mods available for us poor people who've tried modding and failed? (using a "begging on bended knee" icon here!)

Aww thank you! Two of the mods are from Corylea and Swedane (and blended w/ my own mods). I'm just getting the kinks out of my mods and then I plan on sharing them for anyone interested Hopefully by the end of the weekend.

What is a "mod" and how do you do it?

A mod is a modification to the game, typically the images. GIMP is a popular modifying program and has free downloads. Before you start be sure to back up your original files.

Is there a 'tutorial' on modding?

I remember that I modded (sp? looks funny?) the first Virtual Family - but can't for the life of me remember how I did it! I also modded a few thing in the Villager games.

Thanks for any info = where the files are and how to access them to change color etc?