New Devonshire Cottage

I have had this pretty little English cottage in mind for a long time. It's probably my favorite style -- but only recently did I get a clear enough idea of what I wanted it to look like that I could go ahead and make it.

The Devonshire Cottage is 191 prims without the pool area in back, has a soaring two story ceiling, an optional loft, upstairs master suite, downstairs bedroom/study/game room, dining and kitchen area, and many extra accessories (though no furniture is included).  It fits nicely on a 4096.

Featured Designer and Modifier: Michael Curry

Michael Curry gives us a tour of his beautifully modified and decorated La Villita as well as some hints on how he's created some elegant changes, partly by stealing bits from a previous home, the Briargate Cottage. Michael and his family members are now in the process of decorating the Gran Villa di Galli, giving it the detailed tweaking you will see in the pics below.

 "The different doors are from the Briargate Cottage.  Basically, I used 2 copies of the sculptie and sandwiched the glass (scripted root prim) in between.  The outer one was tinted to match the shutters, the inner was tinted slightly away from the pure white that it was on Briargate.  The trim around the doors is a couple of copies of a window prim, hollowed and cut."

"The living room area was left intact except for the doorway you can see on the left the door that goes out back. "

"The dining area is pretty much intact as well, except for the alteration of the doorway into the bedroom.  It was changed using a window prim and also the height was set to match the front door since they are so close together.  The door is a standard Briargate door, nothing tricky on that one.  An extra prim was added above the doorway, because the proportions didn't cooperate with using a hollowed prim."

"A bit of a closer shot on the front and bedroom doorways."

  "In the bedroom area if you look at the mirrors you will see that a reflection of the room has been used as the mirror surface texture.  For some reason it doesn't update when you walk in front of it though.  Maybe I should file a bug report with LL on that one?  ;-)

 "The fireplace area in the bedroom took on a significantly different look with a very simple mod.  I copied a wall prim and stuck it in the corner at a 45* angle and put the fireplace up to that."

 A pretty much straight on shot of the bathroom doorway. 

"The bathroom mirrors are modded to simulate a reflection as in the bedroom."

The doors from the bathroom out to back deck. 

Michael, thanks for taking us on a tour through your lovely home!

Featured Designer and Modder: Felina Fermi

Felina Feri's recreation of the Monterey House is a wonderful mix of old world style and ultra modern convenience with a splash of pure creativity.  Felina has retextured some walls and floors and made other modifications such as the bathroom doors to give the home a very dramatic look and feel.

A more natural, immersive camera position!

Penny Patton has written a great deal about the benefits of scaling everything in SL down -- a long-term project for sure.  The main reason that structures have had to be larger than necessary is that the camera position is set so far back away from the avi that walls, doorways, and ceilings are often in the way --- so the answer has been to just making everything large enough that it doesn't happen. And this leads to warehouse-sized rooms and huge doorways (and then we make huge avatars to fit those).

So the first step is fixing the camera so everything is easily seen but your avi can easily navigate smaller spaces -- more like in other video games, and more immersive.

Penny gives two different settings to change in order to fix that, but in my opinion, just doing the one below is not only sufficient but preferable:

To make your camera position more like other video games:

1. Go into the Advanced menu at the top of your window (if it does not show, do Control > Alt (or Option) D ).

2. Open Debug Settings at the bottom. Type in whatever is given below for your viewer version:



CameraOffsetDefault (In Viewer 1 based viewers, including TPVs like Ascent/Phoenix/Imprudence)

CameraOffsetRearView (In Viewer 2 including TPVs such as Firestorm, Kokula, Kirstens, Starlight and Catznip)

3. Then enter these numbers:

X: -2.000
Y: -0.400 (Make positive for a left shoulder view or keep 0.000 for a centred view.)
Z: -0.200


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New Walnut Regency Bedroom Series

 Walnut Regency Paisley Bedroom Set

Four new, beautifully sculpted Regency style beds are perfect for a castle, mansion, manor, or elegant home!  Each style is available in a full (145) or a lower (86)  prim bedroom set.

 Walnut Regency Paisley Lower Prim Bedroom Set

 Walnut Regency Indigo Damask Bedroom Set

 Walnut Regency Indigo Damask Lower Prim Bedroom Set

 Walnut Regency Gold Damask Bedroom Set

 Walnut Regency Gold Damask Lower Prim Bedroom Set

 Walnut Regency Burgundy Damask Bedroom Set

 Walnut Regency Burgundy Damask Lower Prim Set

Vibrant jewel toned damasks and classic paisley linens decorate the beds in this unique Regency series.  The beds include retractable linens as well as an optional canopy with a curtain feature that rezzes from a menu.  The beds also have multiple single, cuddle and sleep animations.  

Each set also has a Regency styled matching bedroom bench with sit animations and matching chaise with sit and cuddle animation.

The regency style armoire includes open-close doors and rezzes folded clothes and decorative bowls inside from a menu.  You can also clear the items and put your own things inside.

All versions of the bedroom sets also include matching scarf tables and 3 prim, gold trim lamps with on/off glow touch.

Special to the full bedroom sets are the optional Regency style walnut and burl nightstands.

The full bedroom sets also include a Bombe walnut and burl dresser which comes with an oval gold leaf mirror and a decorative peony centerpiece bowl.

All sets include a sculpted rug and walnut framed, paired iris prints.

Check out the Regency Series in world!