Small plot has more usable yard space than a medium plot.

[Nihility]

Perhaps FC plots are different than personal plots, but there's no way a garden is fitting on the side areas in my medium house.

it's the house model.
some like carbuncle and the castle are huge.
and others like paisa are much smaller

if you don't want to use the more advanced furniture placement techniques you can always swap out your house for a smaller one to place them then swap it back

[Rymm]

Perhaps FC plots are different than personal plots, but there's no way a garden is fitting on the side areas in my medium house.

To my knowledge they are the same, not sure why they would bother making them different.

it's the house model.

Standard Glade Stone House skin (painted blue!) Skin swapping isn't necessary anymore. If you put an item in the storeroom and then place it directly from there onto the yard then it'll ignore the proximity restrictions, up to a point.






At least smalls have a better item-to-space ratio than mediums or larges. It's tough making the bigger homes and yards not look barren thanks to the incredibly low numbers of furnishings you can have.

[Rongway]

The want for a proper side yard is what turns me off of medium and large houses. Medium and large plots should be large enough that they have a side yard that is at least comparable to that on small plots. It would also be nice if the house foundation could be moved and perhaps even rotated, like a giant piece of furniture, but proportional yard space would be a good start.

if you don't want to use the more advanced unsupported/broken/exploitative furniture placement techniques you can always swap out your house for a smaller one to place them then swap it back

Is what you really mean. One shouldn't have to resort to bugs just to decorate, much as that is the current housing meta.