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House Upgrades

I just was wondering what was in the works for upgrading your house.  I wanted to know if it will involve decoration upgrades as well as function upgrades.  For instance, adding a pen or more plots/patches or making your cabinet bigger; adding some decorations to your house such as furniture or paintings; or both!

Posted 17 months ago by Laurali Subscriber! | Permalink

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    Posted 17 months ago by NutMeg Botwin Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Color, the larger houses have no color! My house in Alakol is Blah! Also I noted that you can't put anything on a table. I agree with you Laurali, more function and decorations!
    It is possible since you can use a table in some of the underground homes. I went to a party where food and drinks were placed and that was nice! I think all houses should have that ability and if I am asked to vote on that issue someday, its a yes! for me!
    Posted 17 months ago by Joy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • #1 for pens -- the main reason I bought in Alakol.
    Posted 17 months ago by emdot Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Why not basements or secret passages?
    Posted 17 months ago by MikiD Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I want an escalator.

    I doubt we'll get any details any time soon since home improvements aren't scheduled to appear until post-launch.... so AT LEAST six weeks away.
    Posted 17 months ago by Lord Bacon-o Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +1 for the escalator - I keep having "ladder issues" in my home. Too old and stecky :)
    Posted 17 months ago by Momo McGlitch Subscriber! | Permalink
  • More decorations? Paintings? Animated paintings? Rugs? Funny Lamps? Weather vanes? Sculpture? different chairs? Odd boxes? Tea sets? Bulletin boards? Book Shelves? Curtains? Souvenires? Murals? Different colored walls? Different kinds of roofs? Different shaped windows? Different  doors? Books? Bookshelves? Magazines? Someone was writing a gazette and leaving it around on paper.... someplace to put pens, gazettes, newsletters?
    Fountains? Other garden gnomes? Different ladders?
    Posted 17 months ago by sakmet Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Kitchens for cooking in - cupboards, a fridge, or a pantry for storing excess raw ingredients.  Right now, the yard outside my animal pen is strewn with excess ingredients for my favorite top-up (tasty pastas).
    Posted 17 months ago by jasbo Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I want to be able to buy planters so I can do herbs in my home (one of the giant alakol ones). I know that they intentionally make the houses so you cant do everything, but I think it would be far better to let me have just a few window boxes, so I can plant 2 or 3 herbs, but can't do any sort of large production.

    I leave a gnome outside my house welcoming neighbors in, but it would be great to be able to put up a sign. Maybe a piece of paper tacked to the door is free, and then I could buy better looking signs, up to glowy neon in the dark areas?

    Being able to buy a fridge for my food would be nice, and decorations would be good as well. I think theres plenty of room for more interesting additions though. How about a trampoline? zip line from my roof to the end of my backyard? swimming pool? theres all sorts of fun things that could be added to a house. These could either end up as minigames or just interactive bits for when I throw parties. One of the most fun experiences I've had in game was at a neighbors house who handed out spinach and had people jumping off his roof. bouncing around on trampolines would be epic.
    Posted 17 months ago by MrGlass Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes to all of the above. 

    I want to change color, design and structure to my house - I want different windows, different doors, arches, different rooflines, etc.  I want to add an extra floor, and include functional furniture - I want to be able to interact with my furniture (sit on the sofas, put stuff on tables, put things on display in the cubbies/shelves).  I want to have options for colors for the walls, different paintings (to include self produced art), shelves to put things on, more cabinets.  I want more patches for trees vice gardening patches. I want to use all my space in three dimensions, not lay out stuff in a straight line.

    I want to be able to decorate/change the gnome.

    I want to put flowers, bushes, and decorative trees in my front and back yard.  I want water features - ponds, fountains, pools, hot tubs, etc. I want a tree ladder outside my balcony so I don't have to use multiple elevators to change floors or use up my spinach.  I want to put a hammock in my backyard, and be able to change my scenery to be much more sunny...(I'm still waiting on true sunny beach houses vice the cold feeling Alakol lake houses). And I love Mr. Glass's idea of zip lines, trampolines, etc. 
    Posted 17 months ago by b3achy Subscriber! | Permalink
  • LOL B3achy, well now that's another game altogether isn't it!? *snickers*
    Posted 17 months ago by ♥joby♥ Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Tree Ladder in house - plus, plus, plus, plus!!!!! Pantry - plus, plus, plus plus!!!!!

    I want to see more of my tophies. Five isn't enough. Instead of trophy shelf how about a trophy case.
    Posted 17 months ago by Ruby Specklebottom Subscriber! | Permalink
  • emdot, are there pens in Alokol houses? What do you mean?
    Posted 17 months ago by sakmet Subscriber! | Permalink
  • What if we had murals or paintings we could design ourselves? It could be a skill branch..
    Posted 17 months ago by sakmet Subscriber! | Permalink
  • @sakmet -- yes! there is a pen so that the chickens and pigs stay in a corralled area. so nice. :) it's easier to garden when the chickens and pigs aren't blocking your ability to click on the potato crop. that said, another bonus to alakol is that the $50K houses have terrace gardens (love that). see it here.

    all that said, my favorite "look" of houses are the ones in shimla mirch. love love love love those houses. but they need pens. :)

    re artwork: it would be cool if you could buy paintings/posters -- landscape of alakol, house photo of shimla mirch, etc. what about vases/bouquets? i would love a weathervane (#1 to person who posted above).

    one of my neighbors bought 13 gnomes and put them all in front of his house. as you go buy all the gnomes jump up and dance and say hello in a different language. best glitch ever.
    Posted 17 months ago by emdot Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Looking forward to when some of this is implemented! And while you awesomers are creating the new stuffs, could you possibly make the table in my house stand-upon-able? I know some tables in other houses are stand-upon-able but mine isn't :( 
    Posted 17 months ago by Millie Subscriber! | Permalink
  • I'm hoping that we can enlarge the houses (add a second floor or basement) as well as decorate.
    Posted 17 months ago by Marla Subscriber! | Permalink
  • What if we had a construction skill.. tied to engineering... we could make our own furniture or something!!! Tables that we can put stuff on!
    Posted 16 months ago by Lung Subscriber! | Permalink
  • +100 Millie, the one thing that I was disappointed with when I moved to my upmarket Alakol home from my Firebog home in Shimla was the inability to place things on the table/s. 
    Posted 16 months ago by Teena Subscriber! | Permalink
  • Yes, Teena...you'd think in houses where you are paying 3-5x the amount of the most expensive houses where you can do these things, you'd think that you could do more with them...
    Posted 16 months ago by b3achy Subscriber! | Permalink