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Show me your villager yards!
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Ellen_from_Waihekiwi
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I have basically three types of yards! Only garden, furniture+tree and furniture+flowers 
They’re small but I’m happy with them
They’re small but I’m happy with them
I'm working on them now and don't have pictures yet, but I've had some side yards that villagers didn't really utilize, so now I'm changing to front yards. It seems like villagers sometimes hang around in front of their houses, so I'm hoping the front yards will get more use.
I've found a good size is 10 wide x 8 long (with the house at the back of that plot). The houses are 4x3 (or 4x4 if you count the front step), so that gives you 3 spaces on each side and 4-5 spaces up front. 10 x 10 could also work well if you want some more space up front.
I've found a good size is 10 wide x 8 long (with the house at the back of that plot). The houses are 4x3 (or 4x4 if you count the front step), so that gives you 3 spaces on each side and 4-5 spaces up front. 10 x 10 could also work well if you want some more space up front.
SmrtLilCookie
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All of my villagers have small 3x3 yards with a 1x3 strip of space on the other side of their house I sometimes put things into. This is the only photo I currently have of a yard, but you can see I coordinate the decorations/furniture with the villager’s preferred colours. I also try to match the types of activities I assume they’d enjoy (in Norma’s case, sitting on a bench while perhaps reading, having a few flowers to tend, and air-drying her laundry).
Some other examples are Spork (he has a hammock, picnic basket, and donut pillow) and Antonio (sand filled yard with weights, a track jacket, and basketball shoes). I’ll see if I can get photos later when it’s not raining on my island
Some other examples are Spork (he has a hammock, picnic basket, and donut pillow) and Antonio (sand filled yard with weights, a track jacket, and basketball shoes). I’ll see if I can get photos later when it’s not raining on my island
my yards don't have any rhyme or reason to them, though i based it vaguely off of who they are, what fit in that location, and what looks nice. some of my beebs have their own yard, whereas other houses i just plopped where i had room. i was going for a more organic look.
i should note literally none of them use anything i ever give them lmao. marshal sat in that rattan chair once and i was amazed. is2g giving villagers furniture is like buying cats toys. the cats will always prefer a paper bag. villagers will always just sit on the ground.
in order: marshal, deirdre, zucker, zucker again, and tybalt
i should note literally none of them use anything i ever give them lmao. marshal sat in that rattan chair once and i was amazed. is2g giving villagers furniture is like buying cats toys. the cats will always prefer a paper bag. villagers will always just sit on the ground.
in order: marshal, deirdre, zucker, zucker again, and tybalt
Uffe
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Do you still have enough room for other things? Because one major issue I've been dealing with has been the size of yard space possibly consuming space for other things and it gets me demoralized at times.
Nunnafinga
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I recently started working on an all-cat tiny island for Katt and Raymond.I'm trying to figure out what else to do with their yards but this is what I have so far.
Yeah, it can be a tricky balance - I do have a a couple areas left that I can do something with, but the housing does take up a good chunk of space. Two of my houses are going to be less than 8x10, but I think most of the others are around that size.
My main goal is just to add stuff that the villagers will use. At one point I had a cafe and a garden area, but they just weren't getting used much, so I'm alright with devoting more space to front yards.
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I've been trying to give everybody some yard space, but it feels crowded. It's 7x5, with their house being up in the right hand corner while having space for 3x5? I don't know how to better explain it. It just feels kind of cluttered and I'd put trees outside of the fences, and then it just feels like I'm taking up way too much island space when I start adding more houses around. I kind of want to have a neighborhood looking area, but I also don't want to stick 10 houses into one neighborhood.
I know what you mean regarding clutter. That's ultimately why I went 10 wide on the yards (with the house centered). It is a lot, but then you can stick a bench or some 2x1 object next to the house and still have some breathing room around it.
I like the idea of neighborhoods as well, and have seen some good ones, but with my layout, it wasn't really going to be possible without making major terraforming changes, so I have the houses spread out with no more than two next to each other.
This is a nice use of the limited space!
Uffe
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Well I appreciate the help. I'm going to have to go about terraforming here and there just to see what else I can do. Perhaps scattering houses around wouldn't be a bad idea. Maybe I'm just overthinking.
Thanks! It’s definitely a challenge every time I get a new villager.
I recently finished decorating my ninth yard, and I'm really happy with how they have turned out. Every yard has a different shape, and I tried to make each one unique. Stitches is my favorite, so he definitely has the biggest yard! Also, I purposefully glitched Lucky's home because Fang's exterior looks better than Lucky's default exterior lol.
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