Your Ugliest Paysite Creation Find: Round Two.

[ValkyrieProfile]

Nope, so far I can't figure out what makes my kitchen more "american" than say, my friend in England's kitchen...or my other friend in France....we all got the same stuff.

Seems stupid, really.....it's the idea that this person is trying to sell their set as a specific culture-influenced....but how is it specific? 

What makes an american kitchen is not what you put in it, but the way the kitchen is built into the house. The kitchen is separated from the living/dining room by a half-wall and an arch (no door). The half-wall is most of the time used as support for an eating surface.

That feature was the selling point of many a house back in the seventies and early eighties here in France.

[ChaosInAMinor]

Fascinating. You learn something new every day.

[fway]

Someone forget about this?

[SnarkyShark]

And why in the hell do the TSRians expect people to pay for them? D:

TSRian=Win 

Fway, only a true TSRian would find that flower-splotched bed attractive.

[River]

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What makes an american kitchen is not what you put in it, but the way the kitchen is built into the house. The kitchen is separated from the living/dining room by a half-wall and an arch (no door). The half-wall is most of the time used as support for an eating surface.

That feature was the selling point of many a house back in the seventies and early eighties here in France.

Ok, I see. So just to clairfy, an "American" kitchen is one that has the main dining area as part of the kitchen, not a completely separate area? Is that right?  When I was growing up, the house I lived had been built in the 50's and our kitchen was one large room that included space for a large table, which was where we ate. Interesting. Are all/most of European kitchens completly set aside from the dining area, like a separate room then? 

[Panthpirate]

Someone forget about this?

<TSRianesque fug>

That bedspread is made of epic phail.

[ValkyrieProfile]

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What makes an american kitchen is not what you put in it, but the way the kitchen is built into the house. The kitchen is separated from the living/dining room by a half-wall and an arch (no door). The half-wall is most of the time used as support for an eating surface.

That feature was the selling point of many a house back in the seventies and early eighties here in France.

Ok, I see. So just to clairfy, an "American" kitchen is one that has the main dining area as part of the kitchen, not a completely separate area? Is that right?  When I was growing up, the house I lived had been built in the 50's and our kitchen was one large room that included space for a large table, which was where we ate. Interesting. Are all/most of European kitchens completly set aside from the dining area, like a separate room then? 

The main dining area can be part of the kitchen or not, depending on the size of the kitchen or of the house. Qualification for "American kitchen" comes from the half-wall/arch combo, not whether you also use it as a dinig area or not.
The traditional kitchen for most European houses is to have the kitchen as a completely separated room (ie 4 solid walls, and a real door connectng it to the rest of the house).

[HeartOFire]

Once I knocked over a pail of gumballs..I found most, but not all of them (pail was only 3/4s full after refilling).  After seeing that bedspread, I know where the others went.

[Ry]

 

[Bella Roughnight]

Uh, why is there a dimple in the lipstick texture?

[Ry]

I'm a little creeped out by the sims face on the real gal's head.
And notice the name? Tarte? 

[kenmtl]

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The main dining area can be part of the kitchen or not, depending on the size of the kitchen or of the house. Qualification for "American kitchen" comes from the half-wall/arch combo, not whether you also use it as a dinig area or not.
The traditional kitchen for most European houses is to have the kitchen as a completely separated room (ie 4 solid walls, and a real door connectng it to the rest of the house).

Ok I stand corrected. Less amusing, but corrected.

Calalily, LOOK OVER THERE!

from the French Wiki;
"Une nouvelle forme d'intégration entre la cuisine et la salle à manger est apparue assez récemment, dans le XXe siècle : la cuisine ne consiste qu'en un simple « atelier » de préparation, et n'est séparée de la salle à manger que par un comptoir de bar. On nomme ce type d'organisation une cuisine américaine.

For those of you who know French, this basically translates to " what she said"

[Panthpirate]

<MY EYES!!!!!!>

 

God, lady, slowly put down the eyeshadow and get some therapy.

[Yaardarm Monkey II]

Uh, why is there a dimple in the lipstick texture?

no

actually, its a coldsore !!

aye carumba! its herpes simplex attack

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coldsore

(gotta love that pic btw     )

[Mareada]

The model looks as stylish as Lenin's mummy...those eyes seem to be painted on closed eyelids.
And dead.
Definitely the work of a serial killer.
*shudders*