200 Items on Large Houses is too little.

[Lenne]

I'm kind of embarrassed/scared to share this, but I really want to see this aspect of housing improved, so I'll throw in my support by posting. I wanted to get an idea of how big each house is, so I estimated square units of the floor space (on which furnishings can actually be placed) for each house size, where each square unit is one wall panel x one wall panel (or one block on the ceiling grid). I only counted full blocks, so if the floor space did not include a full block, I most likely didn't count it in order to avoid exaggerating the size of the space.

SMALL (100 Furnishings)
2F: N/A
1F: 9
B: 16
Total : 25 Sq. Units

MEDIUM (150 Furnishings)
2F: 20
1F: 16
B: 20
Total: 56 Sq. Units

LARGE (200 Furnishings)
2F: 40
1F: 56
B: 58
Total: 154 Sq. Units


The big issue I have with furniture caps for large (and medium) houses is how unreasonable the ratio of allotments to space is. The upstairs space of a mansion alone is larger than the entire space of a small, and the main floor is larger than the second floor, and the basement is even larger than the main floor. Larges only get double the furnishing allotment of a small when it is over 6 times bigger. Shouldn't the cap be 600 instead of 200? Having 1/3 the amount of what we should have is the reason why putting down tabletop items or rugs comes at the expense of keeping the walls bare, or leaving the space wide open with no partitions.

I am not asking for more for the sake of being overly excessive, I ask for more because the limit is very off-balanced in favor of smaller houses, and it should be adjusted. Mediums need an increase too; it has a little more than double the space of a small so it should get at least 200, rather than 150. I am not against an increase for smalls, but right now smalls are allowed the most furnishings for the space they are given. I'm just asking to please fix the imbalance first. If smalls get an increase, please be fair and give a comparable increase for the size of medium and large houses too (1:2:6).

I do appreciate an increase is being considered. I'm just hoping a fair number will be implemented when we are finally rewarded with an increase. I love my FC's house and am grateful for the beautiful and spacious design of the mansion. I just would like to do the space justice, but it is severely limiting with a cap of 200.

[Tayolynn]

Although I do like that SE is going in a good direction of making larger furniture to replace small multiple installments in order to minimize space slots (which I hope they continue with more innovative designs) one of my gripes that someone had also addressed is a proper storage function for all of the furniture that SE keeps releasing and adding to the list. A furniture storage chest or a storage closet/attic would suffice rather than having to designate retainers or a whole alt character to specifically hold furniture. Its continuously overflowing. Having a convenient and direct storage space (to probably hold the same amount of items the house/room and outside can hold, but more would me most welcome) specifically for furniture would be highly useful.

[AnnietheCat]

I am not against an increase for smalls, but right now smalls are allowed the most furnishings for the space they are given. I'm just asking to please fix the imbalance first.

Actually, my small private house is pretty much full. I've got 80 of the 100 spaces used, and I'm out of room to put stuff. My FC's medium plot, though, is a different story. It's almost impossible to make use of the "living" decor(food stuff, portraits, books, etc) when trying to fill up all the space we have. We have two slots left and we're saving one of them for a specific item at the moment. I definitely agree that Mansions and medium houses should take precedence. However, if we're talking about garden space too.....all three types need work. It's ridiculous how empty the garden on both my cottage and our fc plot look right now.

(edit: not to say my experience with a small or medium is universal or anything, just sharing)