Berit Bellanca means "Gorgeous Blonde." Berit truly is that.

She also has another claim to fame.

Berit loves all things cedar. She lives at Cedar Camp, and inside her cedar log home (shown here), she collects everything she can find to compliment the lovely wood.

Berit also loves the great outdoors, which is why she built her house close to Horseshoe Lake...

...right on the shore...

...where there's a great view.

Berit also enjoys being able to see her friend Emily Gingham's home directly across the lake.

Here's a detail shot of the log construction of her home.

Download the Walls

As you can see, this is a multi-split-level home, with lots of wood and lots of light. Note that the chimney matches the foundation.

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Looking through the front loft window, you can see one of the splits...from this little cubbyhole, up into Berit's warm, lovely bedroom. This is the TV nook.

Download the TV

Here's what it looks like from above. Notice that the glass steps are cedar-colored, like everything else in the house. (Numenor's recolourable stairs made this possible.) At the top of the stairs, there are several clear fence panels that have also been recolored to cedar tones.

Download Numenor's
Recolourable Stairs
from Mod the Sims 2...
(1) Wrought Iron
(2) Holy Smoke*
(3) Wooden*

Each download page has
FULL INSTRUCTIONS
for using these stairs.
You MUST have these files
in your Downloads folder,
for my recolors to work.

Alternately, you may
download all three files
(WITH NO INSTRUCTIONS),
by clicking HERE.

*If you download any one
of the lot files (above)
you will get both the Wooden
stairs and the Holy Smoke
stairs, and all the recolors.
You won't have to download
anything else, unless
you also want the Wrought Iron
set, for which I made NO
Cedar recolors.

NOTE: When you install
any lot version above,
the stairs will have
reverted to a
non-recolored version.
Just use the Design Tool,
click on each step,
and recolor it the way you want.
The Top and Bottom Steps
can be re-designed from
above the top stop.
To color the other steps,
go down one level
to the "landing,"
then click on the middle steps
one-by-one, to recolor them.

Download the Recolored Stairs

The pictures on the wall are part of an entire "Fire In the Night" series that Berit owns. They are all photos of either the aurora borealis, sunrises, or sunsets. Here you can also see the view out to the front sidewalk.

Download the Pictures

Just a few steps up from the TV nook, we find Berit's double bed with its gold and burgundy coverlet. The round, fluffy rug on the floor echoes the same colors, as do the lacy curtains on the cedar-framed windows.

Download the Curtains

Download the Bed Coverings

Download the Round Rugs,
the Runners, and
the Bathmats

The other side of the bedroom holds Berit's dresser, a sofa, another special rug, and a beautiful fireplace, with another "Fire In the Night" painting above the mantel, and yet another one on the wall by the window. Berit also has an extensive wall-rug and tapestry collection. Here you can see one of her favorite tapestries hanging beside the bed.

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The upstairs bedroom features another, smaller round rug in rich red tones. Notice the golds and reds of the rest of the bathroom accessories, as well. The small square bathmat is an expanded version of the small white one that Berit originally bought. The towels and racks have been painstakingly matched to the other items, as have the wall-sconce lights.

Download the Towels
and Other Misc. Decorations**

**These include the
Grandfather Clock
and the Lying in Wait Screen.

Going out of the upstairs bathroom, there's a small hallway (partially covered with another one of Berit's fantastic rug collection), that leads to a little reading and office area. All the furniture, including the piano is coordinated. The chairs were purchased locally, but the piano was specially-surfaced for Berit. The computer is orange, as are the curtains--bringing out yet another of the cedar panel colors. The bookcases (though stock items) are cedar-colored also, and the wall hangings complete the ensemble.

Download the Piano

Download the Rug Collection

Here's the view down the split staircase. Notice again, the cedar-colored glass steps--pretty neat!

Download the Floors

Here's the stairwell from another angle. At the right, you can see the glass door leading out to the upper deck (over the kitchen).

Download the Doors#

#This includes garage doors

Download the Windows

The deck overlooks the terraced swimming pool...

...and the little observation decks that are connected to the house by stairs...just out of view here, to the left and "down." Berit likes to practice her chess out here on the covered deck. She also loves this vase filled with grasses that matches her cedar tastes.

This view again shows the split from the upstairs TV nook that sits above the front porch--perched between the top of the living room and the bottom of the bedroom, height-wise.

The specially-crafted vases on this little shelf caused by the split-level, are lit from within, causing a lovely ambient glow in the living room. Also, the special lighting throughout the house focuses on the wall-rugs and tapestries. Here's the main floor's fireplace, and you can see into the dining area, too. The kitchen is situated just under the upper deck.

Download the Vases
and Other Sculptures

Here's the front porch, directly under the TV nook. Isn't this a lovely inviting area in which to spend a summer afternoon? Notice the cedar log columns, which are featured throughout this lot.

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The brick of the all the pathways around the house match the driveway brick. The picket fence is not the boring white that some of Berit's neighbors have...it's also made of cedar! The little lanterns are stock items, but they are perfectly-colored for this home.

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Due to the many large panes of glass used throughout the house and carport, the lighting at night is particularly effective.

Download the Lighting

The front of the lower floor contains the living room--bright and cozy with more coordinating furnishings and curtains. The computer in this room matches the red tones in the cedar.

Download the Computers

All the plants even have color-coordinated pots! Don't you just love that large carpet on the wall to the right of the hallway arch?

Download the Plants

Situated under the main stairway, the downstairs bathroom is bright and sunny with yet more cedar-coordinated accessories. Both the small round rug and the bathmat actually have a cedar-grain look, yet they are soft and fluffy. The tubs, showers, sinks, and toilets have plenty of color choices and combinations.

Download the Tubs/Showers^

^Includes both the cheap
showers and the cheap
tub/shower combo,
as well as the Colonial Combo.

Download the Toilets+

+Includes the Resi-Stall
Public Toilet Booths.

Download the Sinks

The small dining area is framed by mirrors on three sides, which help to make the small place seem larger. Berit loves to serve espresso from the small bar area in the foreground, while gazing out over the beautiful lake.

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Here's the kitchen, with it's cedar floor and burgundy appliances.

Download the Counters

Download the Matching Bar

Download the Fridges

Download the Ranges
(including the Barbecue)

Download the Small Appliances

This door leads out to the lower deck, which connects directly with the observation platforms (see the corner of one in the top left corner of this photo). Also notice the huge log columns, too.

Download the Dishwashers

Download the Trash Compactors

Here's the wonderful kitchen at night, with all the lights on. Wow! Berit has obviously searched far and wide to find not only a red microwave, but a red boombox and red blender as well...not to mention the red range, fridge, and sink! Oh...the counter tops match the cedar plank floors in the dining room, too.

Download the Boombox

Download the Smoke Sentry

Here are the observation decks--one of which is equipped for stargazing as well as lake-gazing.

Here's what they look like with the roofs in view.

The small swimming pool had to be built on a hill. There isn't much space between the carport and the main house, but Berit managed to construct this unique, layered pool, in which she loves to spend her time.

The rock wall around the pool matches the slate of the foundation and the chimney.

When Berit parks her car, she can get out and go right down to the pool, if she prefers.

Here's a daytime shot of the view from the carport. From this view, you can also see the split of the kitchen and deck, in comparison to the upper floor that contains the bedroom.

I hope you have enjoyed your tour of Berit's Cedar Camp. She's enjoyed showing it off to you.