Common Challenges

A common challenge people face with their properties surrounded by neighbors is how to make it look nice, block the possible mess their neighbors have made, while keeping a natural feel to their land. The most common remedy to all this is to rez borders usually a straight up stone wall, palm tree border, or a large fence. While these ways certainly do the job they don’t create a serene environment for your home. Since her land was small and narrow I decided that putting up a straight border wasn’t the best choice as it would just make your land feel even smaller and closed in.

I decided adding layers to the border and different elements will give it a valley feel under the branches of giant trees would do the trick. In order to accomplish this I added four layers to the border wall created and an off sim finish to keep an open feel.

For the first part of the wall I used Fanatik Architecture “Cliff Cover” as the base to cover the majority of the neighbors prim walls. To give depth I slanted parts of the Cliff Cover. Then I added the The Domineaux Effect “Victorian Walled Garden” and Botanical “Cypress Tree” to create distance between her home and the Fanatik cliff. Added these two parts gives the land illusion of having more space than what is actually there.

Lastly, I used a modified version of the Heart “Wild Great Oak” by moving the tree trunk to the Cliff Cover. I then moved around the branches and leaves to create an umbrella around her home to give natural shading and depth.

To finish blending the design I used Skye “Tropical Beach building Set” and Fanatik Architecture “Lofoten” to extend her land.