One of the things you’ll spend the most time doing inThe Sims 2is designing the perfect home for your malleable sims. However, it takes time and dedication to make the place feel cozy and welcoming. Thankfully, there are lots of tools in-game for you to use. Full customization is a big responsibility, and it’s your job to make your sims happy!

From adding all new furniture to an empty room, decorating the floor with carpets or discarded clothes, to hanging your favorite paintings on the wall, we’ll show you all the tools at your disposal so you’re able to fully stylize your sim’s home with flair.

How To Get Furniture

Furniture can bepurchased in Buy Mode, and there are a lot of items to choose from. you may sort through thefurniture by function, room, or categoryfolder. All items are available for purchase, and you need onlyclick the item to view it and customize it.

Items in red cost more than you have available! Sell some furniture or use the sledgehammer tool to get some money back.

When you’re ready to buy it,click and place itin your home. The necessarySimoleons will be removed from your household fundsand the item now belongs to you. To rotate furniture, click and drag it. Itemscannot be placed on a diagonalwithout the use of mods.

How To Place And Shift Wall Hangings

Wall hangings like paintings and other decor can be a great addition to a lot, but theylook dull when all placed at the same level. you may raise and lower these objects byusing the bracket keys! These two keys('[' and ‘]')willraise and lower the paintingor decoration on the wall when selected.

Some decor willgo through furnitureif in the way.

Despite being able to raise or lower the wall hangings, you canonly place one objectin the space. If you want tolayer paintings or other decoron the wall, you canopen the cheat menu using Ctrl+Shift+Cand enter the following cheat:‘moveobjects on’.

This cheat allows you toplace objects anywhere, so use it responsibly! When finished, open the cheat menu anduse ‘moveobjects off’ to deactivate the cheat.

Any objects placed while the cheat is activemay not function properly, as sims may not be able to access them with enough space.

How To Put Furniture In Your Inventory

Every sim has an inventory you’re able to use tohold precious itemsfor them. While this is usuallywhere purchased objects and awards go,you can use it to store furniture when moving sims across lots or while you do construction.

Rather than open the buy menu,click on the rewards iconbelow simology. The backpack icon holds everything in your inventory.Click and drag items outof this section to decorate with the objects. you’re able to alsoplace items in the inventoryfor safekeeping.

If your sim lives in an apartment, do not place urns in inventories! They will disappear. Instead, move them to a community lot.