Posted by Blueh (Post 489914)

My personal preference for decorating guild houses is to keep a simple spacious layout. Nothing should be entirely barren, and nothing should be over cluttered. Personally, I dislike it when people mistake having lots of furniture in their guild homes as being decorated. Putting a lot of ink all over the canvas does not necessarily make it art. It makes it a mess. Even a good splatter artist is intentional about his/her work. In short, putting random furniture all over the place is not good for creating a theme. My advice is to keep furniture spread out to create some living space. You must keep in mind color and design. Does the furniture go along or compliment the other furniture? Does it create a contrast that allows for your room to pop into life? I try to stay true to a bit of logic when placing furniture. Would you put a couch on the lawn? Do hedges randomly grow indoors? You get the idea. I like to think of furniture setting as a form of art, because I don't pixel or anything like that. It's fun to get a little creative and try to make things no one else has done yet, so I encourage you to try to see what you can't come up with ;). At the end of the day the result you want is to make people who come by feel a bit more happy and thus make yourself feel a bit more happy.

Posted by Craftz1 (Post 489948)

Buy 1,000 rain/snow crystals. Then turn weather effects on and nobody will have to see the ugliness of your house, all they will see is white. Problem solved.

Posted by twilit (Post 489960)

-Choose a theme for each room, and stick with it (my GH has a library and an indoor garden maze). Build on those themes when you are able to. It's real easy to go broke buying a lot of furniture, so ditch a theme because you are low on gralats; save up awhile so you can go on another shopping spree.
-Sometimes, new furniture releases can be worked into the theme.
-Basic furniture like boxes and chairs can be used as building blocks for creative structures (like boats as mentioned).
-Sometimes, basic furniture is just fine to provide a simple "Graal" look.
-Flower pots, plush toys, and other small things provide for good accent pieces.
-A few well-placed rugs look good. Rugs can also be used to hide railroad track.
-I like putting things such as statues, torches, or flower pots on either side of a door way.
-You dont have to put all the furniture on the floor. Its okay to put cosmetic furniture in the walls so there is more walking space.
-I personally dont use weather crystals because they are distracting.

Posted by twilit (Post 489960)

-Choose a theme for each room, and stick with it (my GH has a library and an indoor garden maze). Build on those themes when you are able to. It's real easy to go broke buying a lot of furniture, so ditch a theme because you are low on gralats; save up awhile so you can go on another shopping spree.
-Sometimes, new furniture releases can be worked into the theme.
-Basic furniture like boxes and chairs can be used as building blocks for creative structures (like boats as mentioned).
-Sometimes, basic furniture is just fine to provide a simple "Graal" look.
-Flower pots, plush toys, and other small things provide for good accent pieces.
-A few well-placed rugs look good. Rugs can also be used to hide railroad track.
-I like putting things such as statues, torches, or flower pots on either side of a door way.
-You dont have to put all the furniture on the floor. Its okay to put cosmetic furniture in the walls so there is more walking space.
-I personally dont use weather crystals because they are distracting.