Bonsoir,
I decided to enter Rubysim's 10x10 starter home contest as well. And this is my entry, called The Peachy Starter.
I used the live down cost method by having a Sim living in the house for a while, allowing me to use some of the nicer and more pricey items from the catalog. It took a while but I finally managed to get the lot value just below 16,500K without compromising too many of the items I really wanted to keep in it. All of the appliances and plumbing have been upgraded. No 3rd party CC was used, only EA content. I hope you like it!
Checked with Custard before uploading.
Thank you for looking!
UPDATE:
The exchange is glitchy as per usual, so no store items are listed for this build even though I used some. Here is a list of them (hope I got them all):
Eero Mid Century Countertop
Alvar Vintage Famous Food Processor
Alvar Vintage But Modern Microwave
Grandmother's Cooktop
The exchange is glitchy as per usual, so no store items are listed for this build even though I used some. Here is a list of them (hope I got them all):
Eero Mid Century Countertop
Alvar Vintage Famous Food Processor
Alvar Vintage But Modern Microwave
Grandmother's Cooktop
I also used a wall light called Lightbulb Sconce that is no longer available and it wouldn't let me link it.