Decorating the train station

[Hypno KK]

I'm having trouble decorating around the train station, I can't get my paths up to it to look right because of the cobblestones. I've thought about editing a path so it's half cobblestone and half the path I use on the rest of my town, to use on the edges, but I don't know if that would work. Another thought I had was laying down on the edges one of those paths that looks like grass with flowers and then make my paths go from there.

How did you work around your train station?

 

[vanielle]

I put the edges around the station so it just looked like the path ended and the foundation for the building began !! good luck getting yours to look how you'd like <3

 

[(ciel)]

I covered most of the cobblestones with the pattern I use for paths (leaving space open to be able to drop items) My paths are pretty much the same gray, so it doesn't look that weird. I have a path leading from either side (one leads over to the plaza and the other down to re-tail), and then bushes lining around it. And right outside the train station, I usually put mushrooms or baskets of fruit on either side of the entrance.

 

[Ettienne]

I haven't just yet, but one my favorite decoration ideas from DAs is to use a water path or a purely ornamental path to make a nice three-sided square in front of the train station, following the edge of the building outwards. Then have the regular path begin outside this area.

That's probably not a very good description... Hopefully someone has maybe a picture or graph. ^^;

 

[Tairgire]

I just ran my path straight under it, with a little uneven offshoot toward it where it curves up a bit for the road to the shops, but you guys are giving me ideas.

 

[Nix]

This was my favorite idea. Doesn't show it all but you can fill in the blanks. xD

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[Reese]

I didn't path it at all because I don't like how you can't cover up the cobblestone in front of the doorway (and I like the cobblestone anyway ). I have blue hydrangea bushes lining the edge of the cobblestone with a single two-space entrance between the train station and main street entrances (an idea I stole got the inspiration for from a very nice dream town I visited early on in the game, I believe it belonged to user grrayson from GameFAQs).

 

[jeido]

I don't mind the path overlapping the stone, since my path has a definitive border to it. In both my Plaza and at Re-Tail, the path reaches the stone and then stops, I didn't try to cover the stone at all, so it looks like the path is just coming to an end at the stone areas. From the train station to town hall, I have a horizontal path crossing the stone - wide enough to cover the edge of the cobblestone (where it touches the grass) but I've gotten used to seeing the stone underneath my paths, I don't think it looks bad at all. You just have to make sure that you use the border pieces to make the space in front of the doorway look natural, if your path has corner/edge pieces separate from the main parts.

 

[tolisamarie]

I just used the same path pattern I have in the rest of my town:

The grand opening of my Fairy Tale Station on Sunday last!

 

[Mega_Cabbage]

I used bushes and PWPs as distraction. I actually really like the cobblestone though.

 

[Hypno KK]

Thanks for the suggestions, everyone! Keep them coming, they're being really helpful in figuring out what to do.

I like the cobblestones too, which is why I don't want to get rid of them unless I really have to and if I used patterns, I'd only just do the borders (so the cobblestone would look a more regular shape I could work with).

For the people who line it with bushes and PWPs, where do your paths start? One of mine would be more logical to start on one of the corners of the station and that's the one that's been giving me more trouble since it's harder to make stuff line up with it to make it less awkward. When you put down the bushes, how do you make the grass (between the cobblestones and your path) look less awkward if you don't make another pattern overlap with the stones?