I just needed to

Well, this I felt I needed to do. We have company over, so I feel like my normal level of focus (which is bad) is REALLY bad. So I'm reading, but not able to come up with good comments because my brain is lazy.

So I've mentioned that along with my nerdy love of office supplies, I seem to have a love for downloading office furniture for Sims which is silly. No one in Ruin even has an office. But then somewhere along the way, someone (I think Laura or Carla) mentioned Henri would probably have an office.

And then I realized, yes he probably would. And Carla is right, it probably would be dirty and dusty but full of stuff.

I'm no decorator, but here it is. At least what I have so far.





I imagine that he basically would have taken over a room that already had the furniture in it. He hasn't really added much to the place. The type writer was probably where the computer is now, and when he got the computer he just moved it out of the way without caring enough to clear out the space.

Oh the computer? Well, I think, if things go as planned, we'll get to that. It is definitely meant to be an anomaly. I don't think Henri can actually use it very well himself. Probably he can do basic things on it, but he doesn't really use it very often.

If anything, this is a room he uses to hide out in and ponder things. Jimmy and Brandon would know about it and know that if he's in here, they should probably redirect anyone looking for him. Probably only Jimmy would be able to enter the room to talk to Henri, and even then I see him appearing with a small smile and the expectation that Henri would be a little grumpy for being disturbed.


So this made me think about Paula's room too, from before.






I think that side table was something she meant to do herself. She probably bought it herself with money she made from a part time job and with the intent that she'd paint it and make it something of her own. It's supposed to be her desk, but she pretty much just started putting stuff on it, and slowly it started to get covered in a mound of stuff.

But it was her first "big" purchase. (Probably only $20 from a garage sale, and then the offer of a favor for which ever friend brought the truck.)

I actually see her as being very normal and friendly in her old life. A regular student, probably gets mostly A & Bs, except in math, which absolutely stumps her.



I wanted to have a personal touch in her room, of course. Which meant that before I could stage Paula's bedroom picture, I had to stage some other pictures with Paula and a younger version of her mother.