20 delightfully tacky 80s wallpapers that are perfect for a funky accent wall, or do up a whole room in them if you’re all about that #maximalist life. They don’t make them like this anymore!
The home phone was the ultimate in communication back in the 80’s. If you weren’t out with your friends you were probably on the phone with them, and without call waiting it was your only line out into the world. Those were the days you’d fight your siblings for a turn with it, hope your parents weren’t listening in on another phone, and without caller ID they were a great source of entertainment if you decided to make a few prank calls.
In the 80’s kids spent a lot more time outside since PCs and gaming consoles were still in their infancy, and most kids had a bike to get around. If you don’t have Growing Together and want your little ones to ride, this mod will do the trick. Plus, it’s got stuff for Toddlers, too!
This is a great and versatile summer camp option for Child and Teen sims of any interest! Your characters can choose from one of 11 different camps to visit, and they have the option to go for the day or take a full week (camp will replace school when your sim is enrolled). Sims will gain skills based on the camp they went to and also might even bring home a nice buff or two. You can only send your sims to camp during the summer season and the cost will depend on the duration of their visit.
Seasons is the only DLC required for the mod to work, but you’ll want other DLCs and the Language Barriers Mod if you want the full scope of available camps.
Just a couple of best friends sharing every 80’s kid’s favorite food. What’s your go-to pizza topping?
Although their swatches aren’t as over-the-top, this wicker furniture set is somewhat reminiscent of the furniture seen in the TV show Golden Girls. It’s beautifully detailed and the pillows are independent from the seating so you can easily change them out for pillows that better suit the vibe you’re going for.
A wonderfully detailed collection with everything your sims need to have the best D&D gaming sesh: books, character sheets, miniatures, dice, and several other pieces combine to create a beautifully crafted set that any DM would love to have!
Here’s a cute selection of fridge recolors with various magnets, notes, stickers, and more stuck to the front doors from a time where everything wasn’t made of stainless steel.
Although it’s not a 1:1 recreation, this usable version of D&D will allow up to 4 sims to get in on the adventuring action! Dungeons & Dragons was first created in 1974 but grew in popularity during the 1980’s when it was targeted by the Satanic Panic which unfortunately is still a thing in some places today. The reality of it that this is an epic fantasy game where your imagination and the randomness of dice rolls creates a choose-your-own-adventure experience that serves as a wonderful outlet for creative nerds everywhere.
Two types of cupboards, stacking stoves, a sink, a fridge, and a functional calendar (additional mod required) make this set perfect for furnishing 80’s kitchens.
Recreational spaces for young people really started taking off in the 80’s, with arcades and entertainment restaurants popping up all over the place. Build your own 80’s hangout spot for the local kids with this great arcade set that brings 11 functional arcade games into your sims’ worlds. Good luck winning against the claw machine!
This creation is a genius workaround to the issue of the vanilla arcade game that came with Get Together being absolutely massive. It’s a 2-part system which consists of a functional arcade cabinet with over a dozen swatches and a decorative video screen that plays looping animations of whatever game you choose.
Use this arcade system to enhance your malls, movies theaters, pizza restaurants, arcades, and more!
A gorgeous nursery collection with bedding, furniture, and decor that comes in a range of colorways that allow it to fit into any build from 1950 and beyond without looking out of place. “Heirloom” is an appropriate name! All told you’ll end up with a dozen items for a timeless nursery your sims can pass down through the generations.
Miss Ruby Bird is not a fan of the base game How Low Can You Go Deskblock Computer so she decided to give it an update with 8 colorful recolors featuring pastel hues and lots of stickers. You didn’t often see 80’s kids with their own PCs, but if your sims is one of the lucky ones their machine will look a lot cooler with one of these fun swatches.
A funky television that manages to look futuristic and old fashioned at the same time! She’s a little beat up but still stunning in 10 swatches, ready to bring entertainment and charm to any 80’s household.
This little download is a 3-for-1! First you get a small, old-fashioned but functional TV. Then, there’s a version where the TV has been hollowed out and turned into a small table with shelving, giving you lots of room to store things. And finally, if you have Cats & Dogs your kitties and small dogs can enjoy a pet bed conversion of the TV which has been a popular craft idea going around for a little while now. Use these in different builds for whatever you want, or combine them in a single story to show the passage of time. It’s definitely an upcycle-friendly set!
One of the biggest losses when it comes to the rise of mobile phones is the disappearance of the novelty telephone. You used to be able to get home phones in a huge variety of styles including those of your favorite cartoon characters, drink brands, and let’s not forget the super-cool transparent variety. There’s not a whole lot out there for novelty deco phones for sims, but this assortment from Sandy is a great place to start.
You can find even more decorative phones from ATS here.
Look at that CHONKY remote! Back in the day electronics were pretty hefty, but they lasted forever so it was a good trade. Bring more vintage electronics into your sims’ lives with this collection of of tapes, a VCR, and that thicc remote.
Although everybody knows Barbie as being the top doll out there, in the 1980’s Cabbage Patch kids definitely gave her a run for her money. Introduced in the early 80’s, these dolls were marketed as babies that were born in a cabbage patch and each came with its own birth certificate when a child “adopted” them. Despite their odd appearance they had quite a large following, even being parodied with “Garbage Pail Kids” trading cards.
An incredibly simple way to change up the theming of your space is by updating your accent pieces to properly reflect the look you’re after. Bedrooms, living rooms, and more can be modified easily with the addition of some themed throw pillows to set just the right mood.
A collection of posters with45 swatches featuring movies and bands that were huge in the 1980’s. Celebrate your favorite films and performers by plastering your walls with this set!
Horror movies weren’t invented in the 80’s but that is definitely when they had their first heyday. These posters are made from renders created by retired simmer Mossviol and capture the terror of the stereotypical horror teen victim. TRIGGER WARNING: the images on the posters are a bit graphic featuring lots of blood, so proceed at your own risk.
The work of Patrick Nagel was very popular in the 70’s and 80’s. His work appeared in many places but one of the better known images can be seen on the album cover for the band Duran Duran’s 1982 record Rio. Patrick unfortunately passed away in 1984 but his artwork was so popular it became the subject of a counterfeit ring through the early 90’s and his pieces have once again seen a resurgence in popularity throughout recent years.
Simmer Busted Pixels has done both large and small version of some of Patrick’s works which can be found through our download button.
Keith Haring was an artist whose pop-art pieces gained prominence in the 1980’s graffiti scene, and his pieces are recognizable far and wide. Sadly he passed away while at the early age of 31, but his amazing artwork keeps his legacy going even decades after his death. Bring his memory into your sims’ homes with this collection of his work.
Add a little neon charm to your 80’s themed spaces with this wall light, featuring a hungry Pac-Man nibbling dots in pursuit of a ghost. We love the shocked looking eyes of Pac-Man’s soon-to-be-snack! If he’s still hungry after, there’s more where that came from.
If Pac-Man isn’t full after just one ghost, this fun neon lamp will let him get ’em all! We love the adorable expressions on the little ghosties as they try to outrun our circular hero.
Admittedly, the computer in this set is definitely too modern for the 80’s but that’s not what we’re focused on here. The Pac-Man statue and ghost planters are a super-cute way to bring that retro flair to your space while having some functionality too, and you can easily use the pieces separate from one another without losing any of their charm.
Do you want your windows to look like they came out of a blender with every 1980’s pattern ever made? If the answer is “yes,” you’re going to want these curtains in every room of your house! They’d also be perfect for a Teen bedroom or a clothing boutique that specializes in 80’s vibes.
The 80’s was a time period big on patterns in the home. Plaid patterned furniture, granny square afghans, and floral wallpapers were just some examples. Bring a little retro pattern overload into your sims’ homes with these curtains, inspires by designs from the 60’s through the 80’s.
A giant boombox in shiny silver for your 80’s music fiends, in both a functional version and an accessory version made to be used with poses. Creator Mel Bennett already has a few retro pose packs that use this boombox to get you started.
Surely-Sims does it again, this time by taking the broken down Retroplex Console that came in the Basement Treasures Kit and making it functional. In addition to giving this TV a use, she has added a bunch of extra colors and fixed a detail on the back of the item that wasn’t properly implemented in the first place and made it base game compatible. Because while it might make sense to keep an old TV, it makes NO sense keeping an old TV that doesn’t even work!
Let’s get retro! Furnish your old-school office with this fantastic collection that gives you 2 different computers from the early 80’s, a new desk, chair, and several decor pieces to round out the set. The attention to detail here is phenomenal—there’s even a slot on the deco tape recorder that you can use to place one of the deco cassette tapes! Carabiner Sims has a “further reading” link at the bottom of the post that goes a little more into the specifics of each item since they’re all based off of real-world objects. Learn something new and make your sims’ house look more rad at the same time. A win-win!
Put your favorite Dungeons and Dragons CC on display with this pose pack for up to 7 sims. All poses are for adults and designed to work with a coffee table, but with a little versatility you should find that most of these poses will work for other situations as well.
This pose pack is perfect for creating your own 80’s teen romance movie! There are 18 poses total and the pizza comes in several regular food designs, along with swatches where the pepperoni spells things out such a “prom?” and “sorry.” Who could say no to that?!
This neat little mod brings a new 3-day Event to your sims with Summer Camp! Start out by deciding who will attend the camp and get them set up with their camp uniform (or use the Dress Code Gadget from LittleMsSam and assign them later), then select the event from the phone menu. Choose your camp staff, campers, camp activities, and location and then get ready for a long weekend of fun and summer adventures! The mod is base game compatible, but the more DLC you have the more activities will be available to you.
There is a summer camp linked on the page if you don’t want to build your own, or you can grab this one by Mini Simmer to get started right away.
Though you may still see one here and there, pay phones are a very rare sight these days. In the 80’s they were absolutely everywhere and you never left the house without a few coins in your pocket just in case you needed to call home. Make your community lots feel just that bit more back-in-time with this appropriate (and functional!) detail.
Based off the Motorola DynaTAC 8000x which was released in 1983, this massive phone will transport one to a time before many of you readers even existed! It still has all the modern-day functionality of the vanilla cell phone, although some of the animations will look off because it’s so chunky. Looking at how freakin’ cool it is I’d say that’s worth the trade-off.
The download page has lots of other great 80’s stuff too so be sure to look at it all!
A cushy round headboard makes this bed frame sit nicely along contemporary modern styles, but the colorways allow it to sink perfectly into an 80’s styled bedroom. The pastel shades in particular are perfect for that technowave kind of vibe.
Check out the main bedding page for links on mattresses and blankets you can use with this bed frame.
Does this table look like a flamingo? No. Is it rad as heck and perfect for an 80’s design aesthetic? Yes!
Summer vacation is always fun because that’s when kids have the highest potential for an epic adventure, and traveling away from parents makes it an even bigger deal. Send your kids to an exciting summer camp and get some time to yourself. This mini set comes with a new bunk bed featuring a cool rope ladder, a rug, and some wall art. The unique style of the bed frame would work well in a pirate or jungle themed bedroom too!
This 10-item collection comes with all the needed kitchen furnishings along with some cute clutter items. ZWH claims that the toaster and teapot come in decorative and functional versions however we were unable to get the toaster to function. Either way it’s a great 80’s set, though!
This mini set features conversions of several converted objects from The Sims 3’s 70s, 80s, & 90s Stuff Pack:
They’re nicely made and would fit into any 80’s home you want to create for your sims.
A throuple of converted pieces from The Sims 2, this floral furniture is just the thing to furnish your 80’s granny’s home. Although, she might not let you sit on them so they don’t get wrinkled.
This little download brings 15 new/old plaid patterns to the Hipster Hugger couch, and the textures work on sofa and living chair conversions of the couch, too (meshes required).
First, Teekalu created a bunch of bright and cheery recolors for the sofa that came with Desert Luxe. Then, Surely-Sims expanded on the idea and made a matching loveseat and chair, while also making the sofa base game compatible. All in all you get 3 new pieces of furniture in 38 swatches to find the perfect look for your room!
Travel to 1970’s-1980’s Vietnam and celebrate New Year with the Tet Collection! 23 Maxis match items to furnish your living areas, including furniture, decor, lighting, and more. If you have For Rent, these pieces should fit in nicely with the aesthetics of Tomarang.
This assortment of retro patterned carpeting and complementary wall colors will transform any room into a 1980’s theater/arcade. Plus, the patterns are great at hiding stains like spilled soda and pizza grease!
Stranger Things has brought the 80’s aesthetic front and center in the common era, and its accuracy to the time period is so, so good. We’re all familiar with the Wheeler house, a central hub for the Hawkins kids between their world-saving misadventures. Now you can bring that house into your own neighborhood! The details in this build are great and it really captures the feeling of the TV show with the limitations of vanilla-only content. You will recognize things like the basement and Nancy’s bedroom right away!
Welcome to Miami! Whether you’re trying to channel the charisma of “Sonny” Crockett or want the perfect home for your Barbie sim, this build has it all. Not sold? Take a video tour here!
