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Just went on a Naver cafe shopping spree and found some cute mods! Most are just png files though, or I want to repurpose some (e.g. craftables->furniture item) so either way I need to convert them...
Some are from Naver cafe (requires verification) and others are from blogs (Naver blogs, tistory,...) which don't require login. There should be links attached to every recommendation posted below. Hopefully they all work (some are linked on the picture).
Either way here are some of them:
안녕하세요. 오랜만에 글을 쓰니 뭔가 떨리네요. 스타듀밸리를 접고 현실로 뛰어드니 시간이 정신없이 지나...
Vintage-style cafe furniture
I like the vibrant and bold colors in this set, and the potted plant looks nice too. This set feels like it would fit right in in an artsy apartment's living room. I also love the patterned sofa with pillow and the bright and tall standing lamp.
Unpopular(?) opinion: I don't like how the craftable lamps in sdv are so short, like player-height short. I wanted taller lamps too ( ﾟДﾟ)/ Currently my favorite is from Envia's Outdoor Furniture
해변 농장에 어울리는 소파와, 액자 3종입니다. 저는 이런 비비드한 컬러가 좋더라고요. :) 특히 노란색과 ...
3 Vacation-Style Sofas and Picture Frames
From the same creator, and for the same reason that is I like the art style and color palette, beautiful beach-themed paintings and sofa!
Large Tree for Maps
Mentally fell to my knees when I saw this, I love a beautiful flowering tree as decor!
Mint-colored Bike
A cute decorative bike (can't be ridden as a tractor/horse retexture)
Farm decoration, the author mentioned mixed concept such as Where's Wally and Lalaland incorporated here.
It's really lively and if I ever do a festival/circus themed farm decoration concept, I would definitely use this! Also the streetlight look really good...
Outdoor terrace-style wallpaper retexture
I am a sucker for these veranda / balcony-style wallpapers! The addition of a balcony-style room would make the house more open and fresh, I live in a tropical country so I always appreciate the presence of an open air room.
Before this one usually I use Arhen's wallpapers for open-air wallpaper.
Cute 1+1 Cats!
Who can say no to a mommy cat with her baby kitten? This one retextures your regular cat into a mother-kitty duo! Can't wait to see this one in-game.
Junimo on a Wine-filled Well
This is such a cute well retexture for decorating your vineyard or winery.
Flower Hedge Fence
Cute seasonal fence retexture, I love anything that has to do with plants and flower themed deco!
These are my picks from my latest "hauls" from Naver (while I have more, this is getting long already TT) and also! Some of my favorites that I have used aren't listed here as I have them downloaded long ago. I should make another post highlighting them, it's really fun creating these recommendation page ^^
Now, I'm gonna be in the conversion trenches... yay
Proud owner of the best garden in Pelican Town ✌️🫡
I explored a little bit more with my previous waterfall pond design and it got upgraded like this.
It's so fun trying to place the bushes and rocks to create the illusion of a more elevated terrain, while in reality it's just a flat ground xD
Gif version:
It feels more alive with the critters (and junimos) around 🫡
Like in my previous post, the waterfall is added by using Map Editor Extended. I found out if you hold shift button while selecting a tilesheet, you can choose multiple tiles and hence, animation works!
The swan is actually a crab pot and not an actual livestock animal, let's pretend she lives there on the pond.
I wish there were more mods which include large rocks and stones to diversify the look, but so far I only found Cherry Lake Tilesheet (personally converted), and CP Some Furniture. I also converted the big rock from Simple Resources.
Times like these I miss the debug objects from TS4 and the cheat to giganticize or minimize the objects. The rocks, bushes, and the ability to paint the terrain... save me sims 4 landscaping tools
Thinking of a waterfall as a decor furniture... Imagine how cute it would be to create your own pond with waterfall!
The vision TM, made with Map Editor Extended's assistance:
I've been tinkering with the idea, but I feel it would need a lot of effort especially since it's pretty hard to layer the furniture in front of other objects such as the rocks and foliage, while keeping the waterfall size modular.
Using Map Editor, it's really easy and simple to place the waterfalls modularly, so you can adjust the size, but unfortunately there's no animation (╥﹏╥) Actually, rereading Map editor's description it says animated tiles yay! It's a bit laggy tho.
So it's not a furniture in the end after all
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Eventually, I want to create a multi-level waterfall and pond, just like terraforming in the Sims 4. I actually have finished one, but I'm still not satisfied with some of the rock's placement.
Got a little burnt out, but there are still so many layouts and furniture sets to try out :'' Anyways. A beach patio! A relaxing space where you can hang out with friends, enjoy snacks, and even unleash your creativity by painting the ocean landscape ahead.
The map is a PIF from Sharogg's Patios.
Ah right, I was able to use 2 different floorings for the patio because I used Dynamic Flooring. Stairs heading down comes from Sharogg's tilesheet converted to a carpet furniture.
This is supposed to be the patio extension to the Cozy Coastal Island House map, but I haven't finished that yet lol. WIP jumpscare:
I really wanted one of the doors to open to this patio, but I still don't know which one. Might keep the room to the right as is, but I'll switch the kitchen with the door on the left. Do we have a PIF that opens to a beach, I wonder. If not, I'll just frankenstein some mods together heheh.
You might be wondering what's up with the watermarks, it's because I'm also editing these pictures to upload to xiaohongshu and the users sometimes get their pictures stolen by mod resellers. Hence, the obnoxious watermarks. Just today someone posted how they didn't put watermarks for aesthetic reasons and finally saw their picture used by a reseller, so...
What better way to show your partner of your love than with a hot air balloon and a dinner in the sky date? Visit your local flower garden and book a slot for a hot air balloon date package for the low, low cost of G25,000!
More details below:
Landing and boarding area.
Night and day.
Disclaimer that these are all purely cosmetic and for decoration purposes only. The date wasn't with the real npc, just a decoration hahaha.
Also you might see those watermarks, which got added because I was stitching my clips in rednote (automatically adds those), and I was too lazy to edit in another app (it was a 5-minutes work). So of course I just covered them with another watermark. Give recommendation for a free good video editor please hehe.
The gnomes and gnome houses from HxW Fairy Garden Furniture are so adorable that I got inspired to create a gnome/fairy/junimo village.
The map was kindly given to me by 蓝鸟 on Xiaohongshu. This is the gif view is on sunset.
Edit: This map is now available on nexus as an additional area to Sakura Valley Stream Map.
In the night, it looks even more magical with the fireflies from Debris is in the Air-Night Lights.
Closeups below.
Himetarts made a pair of gnomes that look like Henry and Mia from Always Raining in the Valley! It makes me a little mellow that Henry's lookalike is called "Overworked gnome" 🥹 get some sleep, gnome-Henry.
The Henry gnome, I positioned him to be like a manager supervising the delivery gnome. Our Mia gnome is called "Pancake-loving gnome" hence I gave her a stack of mouthwatering pancakes!
I tried making a diagonal heart-shaped pond on the right, I wonder if it looks like a heart 😅
A housing section, with a family of gnomes tending to their flowers. There is also a swing you can sit on, near the 2 playing junimos. And who's there on the bottom of the village?
The peak of the village. There are junimos happily playing near the building. The one sliding on the leaf looks very happy.
In addition, there is another section for gnome and fairy houses.
Unseen from the closeups, on the entrance we are guarded by the vigil gnome and a guardian bear statue~ the sign says Fairy Village. Also yes, my farmer is cosplaying as a fairy. When in Rome a fairy village, do as the Romans fairies do, right?
Sorry for the amount of gifs I put here, I placed too many animated items and effects to just post a static picture lol. My favorite is still the junimos sliding down a leaf, 2 pairs of junimos jumping together, and the fireflies at night~
Welcome to my humble plant/flower studio. Here we arrange flowers and plants in a variety of pots and vases to fit your aesthetic~
This is actually a Ginger Island Farmhouse map, with the kitchen or mini fridge removed. Shoutout to Rebekah Tiny Island Hut! The ceiling window (with animated bird) is a really unique touch and I love all the flowers visible there. Be sure to check out their other mods too, I'm going for the Greenhouse next~
Also the lovely panels on the wall are from Lovely Wall Panels. With this mod, you can create the illusion of a unique wallpaper, dynamic and suited for your needs.
Furniture and flowers are mainly from HxW Florist Furniture and CocumiT (imucocT on Curseforge)'s Plant Dreamer set. Highly recommend for adding more flowers to your home!
Adding a sunlight version down below.
I love Global God Rays mod. I've been thinking about getting the Dynamic Shader mod too, but I'm afraid it'd be too heavy. Has anyone used this mod before, how was the experience?
Because this is a small build, I can make a mod list yay! Famous last words. Listed below.
Rebekah Tiny Island Hut
Lovely Wall Panels for all wallpapers and wall panels
HxW Florist Furniture
HxW Greenhouse Furniture
HxW Fairy Garden Furniture (for the gnome)
Plant Dreamer
PC's rattan furniture
Lumisteria Furniture (small rectangle pond)
Kisaa's Kitchen (sink) and restaurant furniture (menu/price list on the wall)
Quaint Living Fence (bottom right flower grass)
Jiaojiao's classic furniture (sofa)
Orangeblossom cute chic furniture? For green rugs
Orangeblossom basic wallpaper and floors (for the wood flooring)
Yellowslime's 3 big windows (floor length window on the right)
Orangeblossom's windows for the curtained windows
Recolor decorative pots and plants by sirrobertsmom
Dustbeauty wallpapers and floors (for stone floor on the bottom right room)
Aster Festive Kotatsu (for the flower floor cushion upstairs)
Molamole's kitchen counter, for the big table at the center of the left room
Adorable bathroom furniture (drainhole)
Th3fishh blue furniture (white fence upstairs)
Orchid and light orange flower vase -> Xiaohongshu exclusive mod by SongKe
I'm still missing some stuffs like the wood floor, coffee table, white sandals, and a flower vase somewhere there but it's complete enough. Why is it so long 😫 when I think it's done I keep seeing an item from a different mod, oh right I used that, oh wait I also used this... and so on.
Good news, I think I got the mod list generator working! Bad news, it keeps growing and the number kinda scares me...
This is the link to my mod list! ☆☜(≧▽≦☜)☆
It will look like the image above, and you can filter out and see per category. This wonderful html page is generated by MH Mod List generator on nexus! Very convenient to use, and this list was generated with like, 2 or 3 clicks.
Additional info below.
This is the mod list for the save I'm currently playing and posting the screenshots of, note that this is a very visual-heavy mod list. After visual category I think a lot are either QoL or Maps? I don't think I added many, or any, new NPCs/Characters, but I'm saving them for my next time after my decorating juice slows down.
Note that this is not actually my full list of mods, as I have many that I personally edited or merged into 1 mod. Many of such are png files from naver cafe or rednote (shoutout rednote!! Come join us if you like pretty furniture and pretty clothes).
I wonder if I can manually add the naver links bit by bit to the html file before uploading them to the site 🤔 if not, I'll just make a separate post adding all the naver mods I used.
Please feel free to ask me if you can't find an item you see in my screenshots, I'd be happy to help find them.
This is the beekeeping area of my flower garden. I plan to use the building to make a small cafe/bakery serving honey-based tea and snacks from Wildflour's Atelier Goods! I'm still choosing the interior map though, should it be a large map, or a small map?
In front of the building, I put some jars (of honey) and a let's say honey lemonade. The sign says free tester ^^ in the hopes of encouraging visitors to enter the bakery and taste more honey-based delicacies~
I am trying to go for a warm atmosphere here, so the honeybees can live comfortably and the honeys taste more refreshing~ the global God rays really helped a lot with this.
In hindsight, I should have added the Bees' Knees Apiary from Rose and the Alchemist mod 😳 but I ran out of space. Well it can be placed somewhere else then!
Let me just add the version with a little bit more sunlight, she's a bit bright though hehe
This is before I (very recently) found out how to use Stardew planner v3... (instead of clicking upload picture, I always clicked upload save, and get very confused when the picture doesn't load)
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Backyard
Cat Cafe Sunroom
Teashop
Flower Garden
Christmas room
But drawing it like this on my phone gallery, I think, has more freedom than just using the planner, especially if I am going to incorporate a lot of modded items/structures. That said, I admire people who can masterfully and creatively decorate in the planner! I've seen inspiring works posted in the community.
Usually, I start by going "shopping" through my Happy Home Designer catalog, and place the items I think would suit the area, but not in an organized way yet. After that I freestyle the placement a bit, before actually planning out my layout. And sometimes, I scrap or alter the design. I'm still struggling designing my cellar... Send some links to your favorite cellar design please heheh. For the areas I didn't like after actually putting it in-game, I usually paint the screenshot over and sketch over it.
For bigger maps I can even make a gif of the progression, because I draw and progress bit by bit 🫡 it's not done yet though, just a bit more to go!
Did I do a good job in bringing the vision to life? 😅
A few Gunther (Stardew Valley) sketches in honor of Clint being the new bachelor 😞 can't even give this man a birthday gift because he doesn't even have a birthday (I think he would really enjoy ancient fruit and its wine because he's consuming something that he's presumably read about in history books as being long gone or very rare. Strikes me as a fan of rum.)
I don't know what possessed me but I started building this aquarium while waiting for the 1.7 marriage candidate announcement! Willy failed to come home (It's okay Willy can still come and hang out here as friends), but Clint is honestly an interesting choice and I can't wait to see how CA will write his story-line. I also wanted to build some kind of pottery workshop area to complement my tea cafe and tea workshop, so adding a smithy too isn't too difficult!
This is a 3-story building. The first floor is an entrance, and it is beach-themed. There are aquariums in the wall, the concept is that's the bottom of the aquarium seen on the second floor.
The second floor is a full aquarium. There is a big fountain on the center, and the aquarium is filled with all sorts of rocks, reefs, and decoration to imitate the feeling of a rich ocean ecosystem. I hope I conveyed this well.
The uppermost floor leads to a sitting area overlooking the aquarium below, and also a special see-through glass window floor!
There is also a deck, or balcony, overlooking the seas, and visitors can enjoy the nice breeze of wind while sitting there. Occasionally, some seagull friends also visit so beware the (potential) sandwich thieves ^^)
Since the building is semi-outdoor, I find it fitting to turn on the Global God Rays mod for ambiance. Here are the lighting at different hours.
Today's building is actually from HxW Buildable Brewery! I was browsing for more building types to add to my farm, and when I saw this layout, inspiration struck. Tbh I'm running a non-alcohol run so the repurposing of a Brewery fits my farmer's lore just fine.
I had always wanted to use the Water Ripple Furniture because you can also put fish here, but when I tried to put them outside, it always seemed off (my own skill issue, not the author's). That's why I designed this indoors! Coupled with Global God Rays, it looks absolutely stunning!
I also have my eyes on Aqua Link (to connect fish tanks) but I'm not sure if it works for this Water Ripple furniture since this technically isn't a fish tank? Because right now my fish are confined in 4x4 tiles area mostly.
It's the season of joy, so I invited a lot of villagers to my house for a Christmas gathering~ It's an upper floor of my farmhouse!
I was going for a family-style celebration concept, hence why the dinner table only has 4 chairs (me+spouse+2 children). And also why I wanted to make a train model in the extra room! (Shoutout to Kehaan's replica series in Curseforge for the tiny houses!) I thought it was whimsical and I've seen some from the Christmas movies I watched growing up.
Close ups in gif form below! Some characters are animated.
Note: the villagers are actually animated furniture (another shoutout, to Ignifex's animated furniture). Because I'm kind of proud with today's decoration, below is a video tour with some ramblings.
BGM: The Wind can be Still from Piano Valley Mod
Note 2: if you're wondering about the door on the right, it actually leads to another PIF: a corridor. Which leads to many more rooms! My farmhouse is kinda finished at this point, just shy of a backyard (PIF too), cellar, and 2 seasonal rooms (Summer and Fall version). I had this genius idea where I would decorate 4 seasonal rooms and swap them out everytime the season changes. This one is the winter version, and so far I've finished only the spring version. I should update the map of my farmhouse sometimes. WIP map can be seen in my previous post.
(But elvie, all your previous posts are set in spring, why is it suddenly winter?) Shush shush suspend your disbelief for a moment, it's the vibe that matters. (Yes, it's still spring. I'm decorating solely because it's actually Christmas now and there are lots of Christmas mods coming out. Also in Rednote there's an event to share Christmas decoration to get a time limited furniture mod lol)
Sometimes I feel my choices of room are too small because I wanted to fit in more decoration, but if I were to choose a bigger room, it's hard to fill it in :"
I've been procrastinating on my farm and opting to decorate my farmhouse and smaller additional farm LOL. Next up on my to do list is adding additional room for my cat cafe!
Hope everyone has a magical and beautiful holidays!
Small update, because I can't stand seeing a room without a window /j (lowkey /srs though)
Static image and gif version
It feels brighter now, with light actually spilling into the rooms. The previous version has a not-as-sunny, snowed-heavily vibes, but the current one is a sunny-snowy combo weather
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Also this outfit feels like another contender for becoming another favorite outfit for me!
Finally stopped procrastinating and built HxW Tea Shop! I've been wanting to decorate one of their maps for now, but inspiration hasn't struck me until today. Since this is built in my flower farm, of course I added lots of flowers and plants deco. And a pond is a must-have for my builds at this point lol.
Design thoughts and musings below:
For the entrance I've added display shelf for the tea products (WAG loose tea leaves, Bauble's teapots, and some incense) as like, a merchandise.
For the pond area, I actually have a lot of personally edited mods. I've been thinking about how nice it would be to be able to have diagonal paths, or paint a ground/terrain texture like you could in the Sims 4. At first, I was going to edit a lot of paths into their diagonal versions but gave up due to the sheer amount of paths design.
Then, an idea came: if the paths can't be diagonal, just let the grass be the one that's diagonal! Thus, the diagonal grass rug is born. I only need to make 4 seasonal variants, ready to grab from the outdoors tilesheet and voila!
I made several shapes so technically I can make a round pathing too, but they're not perfect yet.
Color scheme for this build: pink, green, dark brown, white, with hints of red. The purple wisteria is built on the map itself.
The 2 signs near the cashier and counter say "In" and "Out" respectively, so people know where to start queuing.
I will probably add a PIF HxW small business kitchen for the door behind the counter, and mayyybe add the outdoor dining area PIF too for the door on first floor's left side. But geographically speaking the outdoor area doesn't make sense (exterior WIP photo below) so I should save that for my HxW Bakery build.
Although I say this, my farmhouse is even more of a monstrosity geographical-wise HAHA with at least 2 backyard & patio
I think, I will revert the tea shop exterior to its original texture. This is HxW's tea shop AT retexture, but I want to compare between the original design and this one (I legit just realized the AT isn't just a simple recolor but a different layout altogether ToT)). This one is pretty too, but the original one I think is more flowery and would fit the aesthetics of the farm better.
Currently liking pastel color palettes with some flowers mixed in. The outfit on the center is the one I'll choose for a romantic dinner date~ (Valentine's vibe)
I thought my farmer was a silver girlie but the earring seems a bit washed out? But the gold earrings are also a bit... I don't like sliding the color wheels to get the right color T_T
