You're right as far as changing the graphics. It's not too hard if you have a good program and the basics of how to use it. I've made several mods to my everyday village.
My problem--and I suspect the problem of many of us on this thread--is: I can edit the graphics, but have no clue how to go about making them into a nice zip or exe files, then package them together to share w/everyone.
I don't have a ton of free time, and if I spent it on major mods like that, I'd want to share it.
_________________________
arcadiarose Win Vista/AMD 64 AthlonX2/2.4 GHz/2 GB RAM/Direct X 9.0/256MB/NVIDIA/flatscreen + widescreen monitor/1280x1024 32-bit display