Copying someone house decoration?

So recently i found someone who copying my basement (like to the very corner of it), im fine with it and actually kinda proud!
However my friend who share the house with me with the tenant system is not amused...

Just want to know what others think about this...

If I find something I find really neat, I might imitate it. Or from screenshots people post online.

I won't see it as a problem, as you say, it's more of a compliment. People wouldn't copy it if it didn't look good.

Also note that this has been done with glamour for years as well.

Well you don't own your design so being upset with it is all your friend can do.
Personally I would also take it as a compliment (altho I don't understand why you'd wanna take someones ideas for a whole room instead of having fun coming up with your own ideas) unless I knew that person claimed to have come up with that design, then I'd prob be pissed but I wouldn't be able to do anything about it.
My two houses (my own and my hubbys that i decorated) are a mix of my own ideas, things i've seen in other houses and things I've seen when googling for inspiration.

Copied the sephiroth tree in the middle of the lawn style from a neighbour :D:D:D

I borrow looks from people for houses I decorate.

14 is very hit or miss with how things look, sometimes the one thing someone is using is one of the only ways to get a specific set of things looking right.

After a few weeks of trying to get someone's FC house looking like they wanted, I'm about to start scouting out other servers for ideas, because theres a LOT of bad ways to have "fountains in side rooms of a marble hotel" and hell if I can get it to work right with the camera angle.

Running around looking for ideas in other peoples houses is one of the best things about Housing! Just seeing what people can come up with and how they have solved problems that you might have encountered.
Just like RicaRuin said, it's more of a compliment if someone is using your housing ideas.

Sure, you probably shouldn't go and steal someones entire housing design, but copying some minor things here and there makes no harm. At least not in my opinion. :)

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Originally Posted by Miminming

So recently i found someone who copying my basement (like to the very corner of it), im fine with it and actually kinda proud!
However my friend who share the house with me with the tenant system is not amused...

Just want to know what others think about this...

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I'm not really bothered by it, I'm kinda flattered! There's little that you can do to combat it - you can lock up your house and stop people from visiting if your friend wishes, but that's really it.

Others can copy what I've done all they want. It doesn't bother me at all and they get to be a bit happier with their own house/apartment.

It's also not necessarily someone copying but coming up with the same idea on their own. There are some furnishing combos that just make sense for certain looks.

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"

I don't know why anyone would have a problem with it. I definitely wouldn't.

Its a compliment when someone copies an aspect from your place. It means you designed it well. I actually spent about 1-2 hours going around to every ward in every area taking screen shots of every house in order to put together the better aspects of each of them and combining them into a singular concept whilst also considering my own creative side.

Housing is really fun when you are able to get into it. I feel bad for those who can't obtain one due to lack of supply but I love how innovative we can be with the Housing Designs in FF14.

I wouldn't mind. In fact, I would be flattered they liked my layout enough to copy it for themselves. :)

If someone copies a design, that just means that they really like it! Let them enjoy it as well~

If someone doesn't want their design copied they can lock their house and not post screenies to public places of it. But no I wouldn't mind personally. I have been running around a lot to see what kind of things can be done with furniture since I'm newer to housing. It's nice to see all the different styles :3 Gives me some good ideas for what I wanna do.

One of my neighbors copied my bar to a near identical degree. Annoying? Slightly. But I know mine looks better.

Apperantly my friend worried people brand us the one who copied things because the other house is a so-so big FC house...

It does feel great when people are copying my house, however for avoiding future trouble we decided to take this chance to redecorate our house! Now we can play with more housing xd

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Originally Posted by Alyanna_Elingval

"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"

I don't know why anyone would have a problem with it. I definitely wouldn't.

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I agree :)

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Originally Posted by Miminming

Apparently my friend worried people brand us the one who copied things because the other house is a so-so big FC house...

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But YOU guys know. That's what matters. Think that every time they get a compliment on their house design, that compliment is for you.
Also since, you are a lala, you have a lot of emote to annoy them and moke them > Use your lala power.

If they copied it to a T, like exact items and positioning and dyed same color, etc I'd be aggervated because they just stole my idea.

But if they liked it and did their own take on it then I wouldn't be upset.

If your friend is primarily worried about being branded a copy-cat, then it might be worth removing access to make it 'closed for refurbishment', then when done, taking screenshots or doing a video walkthrough of the property before opening to the public. Post these on various places, both as a way to get a bit of an ego stroke from folk who will love it, and as a public-record timestamped proof of when yours was done. Then if anyone looks sideways at you thinking you're the copier, you can just direct them to the old thread/video. Hell, worth doing just to get some appreciation for your hard work, and if it gives your friend a bit more peace of mind, all the better.

Reality is, even your new design will be copied by someone somewhere. Many people want to have a nice home but just don't have the imagination, or will to put in the energy, or gil to hire a decorator, and so copy-pasting something you find and like solves the issue. Even those who are fantabulous at it and more than able/willing to come up with great ideas themselves will frequently find something and fall so in love with it that they need to include it (although mark of a good decorator would be to at least modify/customise it a little). You do tend to find there are limited ways you can stick a fishtank in a wall or whatever, so several individuals will wind up with the same thing even without seeing the others'. Obviously entire layouts being carbon copies becomes less likely to be just that, but you do need to know that there will always be someone looking at your stuff and thinking "oh, that's a lot like [Popular Figure] did in that other place, I guess they copied it or at least took inspiration".

Good that you seem to appreciate that (or at least don't care about what some rando you'll never speak to thinks!), which is good, but it's also understandable that your friend is a little precious about keeping the place unique and special, so no harm getting your due plaudits whilst keeping them happy, too.

I've never had that happen with my designs (that I know of), but I'd take it as a huge compliment if it did! I work hard to create designs that might inspire others every time I remodel. If they want to lift ideas wholesale from me that's great! I just wish more folks would sign my guestbook lol.

As long as they give credit to where they got the idea from sure you can use it. But don't take it and try to pawn it off as your own idea that'll annoy me

I'm fine with people stealing my ideas as I don't mind stealing others. If I see something I like, I'll use it and I expect others should able to do the same. It's actually flattering when someone does that. I won't claim I created it if I didn't, of course, but it's not like its some copyrighted thing.

Keep your house private if this is a problem for you. I think this is a tad silly and petty.

The only time I had a problem with design copying was when someone submitted their copy to housingsnap with zero credit to us (the designers from whom they copied). Personal use is whatever, but on a site where the whole idea is to share your designs, credit becomes more important IMO. Those people I cut contact with. But generally, anyone else taking inspiration from us feels good, like we did our job so well that it sparked something in others.

First of all - it is hard to give proper credit. If I'm seeing a bathroom that I like and I re-create it, I can't really "tag" the "original" creator.

Also - with the items we have it is pretty hard to come up with a real original build. And especially housing beginners tend to copy things they like and before they start to create something themselfs. The "Copyright" itself is with SE anyways - no matter what kind of build you are coming up with.

However, if they copy 1:1 from you and then sell it as their own on websites like Twitter or Housingsnap without crediting you - yeah, then I would be pissed. But just for their personal use - honestly, that would flatter me instead of making me mad ;)

If someone copied my idea down to every last detail I think I'd be annoyed, even if they credited me. But almost every decorator I know takes ideas from others and puts their own spin on it. I remember on Balmung my neighbor copied my basement layout. It was surprising, but I was flattered that they liked it so much to copy it.

>2019

>giving a damn about what other people think

That'll be a "yikes" from me.