Serious advice needed for landscaping my town! (dream code)

[xiaonu]

Hello! I wanted to post my dream code of my town ^^;
Please don't mind the name.
I'm having such trouble with things. I also have a ton of flowers, and I'm planning on getting rid of a big pile once everything is structured out. I am holding off on pwps because I haven't been suggested the pwps I wanted ^^;

Some problems I have are:

-The house in front of the bridge is killing me.. (Lolly's house) What to do?
I tried to make the pathway look a bit broader but.. Should I demolish the bridge?
I use it quite often though. Where else would a bridge look nice?
(I'm trying to get fairytale bridge which hasn't been suggested yet)

-I want more structured pathways.
Should it be 2 or 3 tiles thick? So far its 2 to match the width of bridges.
And I can't stress bushes enough. I want bushes everywhere! but its difficult to place them properly and evenly.

-The narrow pathways on villager homes.
How can I make this look nicer? I feel like 3 tiles is too thick, and abundant. But 2 tiles looks uneven cause it's not centered with the house doorway.

-The plaza feels so empty.
I can't decide if I should put pathways to cover all the stone? Should I surround it with bushes and trees? And if so how, without them withering? I can't place flowers entirely around it because of my pathway, so it doesn't feel like a complete circle due to the tiles way of working. its jagged looking. The plaza just looks like its lacking in general.

-I want the train station area to look fenced off.
Problem is the bushes can only be consecutively 12 in a row, and its confusing for me ; - ; Does this apply with a flower in between each space? I just want to know how to make it look more nicer without relying on only flowers. What about bamboos where to be placed? I'm not a fan of many trees.

-The house next to me (Lily's house)
Ugh, its so badly placed. Her bush fence ruins the even flower border on my pathway, and it was a nice space for the street lamp I built. How can I make this look better? ;;

This is all I can think of so far in terms of flaws that bother me. I want some serious advice please;; The more in-depth, the better! I appreciate it so much if someone could help!

And finally here is my dream code: 4400-4293-3527

Thank you!!

 

[xiaonu]

bumpy ; - ; I'm sorry its long. Just would like general advice, anything really! I'm trying to make my town appear "kawaii".

 

[Whoville]

I'm in your town as I type this, so I can try to give my impressions completely. Keep in mind, mine is just one opinion and everything is subjective. I hope you get more to help as well.

I tried not to mind your town name...BUT, it most definitely doesn't fit with your town theme and more importantly, I don't think it's appropriate when many of the people that may visit your DA could be kids. Not much you can do about it now though.

In regards to Lolly's house and the bridge. I would cut the path down to 2 wide and rather than circling her house, go behind it to the left and then down just one side. I would NOT demolish the bridge. If you do, Isabelle won't let you put another one in that spot until there is no house there. Another bridge might work well on the west side of the plaza, north of Flurry's house.

Your path fits your town theme without being overly cutsey, which is nice. My personal preference is 2 tile width paths. I don't use any single width paths in my town. To me, they feel to crowded. What might look nice is to find another path or even two that are complimentary to what you already have and use them to highlight certain areas. For instance, you could use a complimentary tile to go around the tree in the plaza and then surround that with your regular path as it branches off in the different directions.
I found the paths to be somewhat confusing in some areas. The path from the North bridge doesn't lead to the houses across the bridge on the south end at all. The path from Lolly's house leads to the beach, but doesn't go to Ruby and Flurry's homes. It makes the flow a bit disjointed.
Bushes are great for lining paths, but you're correct in that they can be a pain to get right. I use some bushes in my town, but mostly, my paths are lined with trees and/or flowers.
If you're going to use bamboo, be aware that it will take over if you're not careful. You either need to watch for new growth every day, or fill all the area in between and nearby with flowers or tiles so that it won't spawn. I think bamboo looks nice closest to water. I have one section in my town off a bridge that I have placed a zen garden and surrounded it with bamboo and cosmos. I'm placing a couple other zen pwp's in that area so it fits in.

I'm still working on my own plaza, but I've seen some cool finished towns where they have a lot of trees/bushes/flowers in the area around the plaza, as well as areas with "presents"..things for dream visitors to play with when they're in the town. I tend to enjoy some open areas. I know you mentioned the abundance of flowers. I would recommend making them more ordered in most areas, by type/color. Maybe use one of the open areas as a wild flower field where you can just put a bunch of random ones, but then structure the others that line paths or around the homes, etc.

Not really sure what advice to give in relation to Lilly's house. It doesn't look annoying to me, other than it would be nice if she hadn't plopped down directly in front of your street lamp. lol It's hard when a villager moves in right on top of paths or in the middle of your perfect fruit orchard. I've had that happen before.

Overall, your town is still a work in progress, and I'm sure that once you start getting the pwp's you want and organize a bit, it will look great! Good luck!