The Sims 3: Next Phase

I have been playing my two Sims characters to build up their status' at work and at home.  My two Sims have now become engaged to each other.  My goal is to get their income up so they can move to another home or build a new one from the ground up.  I have aspirations of building my own home when I become successful in my future career(s).  So this is why I am focused on doing the same for my Sims characters.  My male Sims has started getting more income, so he is contributing more to the household now.  I also added a room to the home they are living in now so he would be able to workout more to improve his skills in his work trait.

It was fun adding on to the home.  It took about an hour to come up with a simple floor plan and color scheme.  I just chose the most basic concept as possible.  I would like to create a home for them once they get married.  I would do research on floor plans of homes to get an idea of what I would want for them.  Right now they are in a two bedroom.  Later on in this game they will have children, which will call for more bedrooms and extra activities for them, such as a swimming pool, study for homework, and larger living room for  family time.  The controls for adding this workout room were easy to use.  My main concern was looking for colors and changing graphics in the tile on the floors and for the walls.  

I am going to log on to the Sims website and see about gaining free items for my current game.