I, too, have seen a decline in sales of style mats. While your suggestion of using the materials to change the style of items in the outfit station holds merit, and is one that many other people have also requested, I don't see it being implemented due to the gold sink that was purposefully created by outfits. Removing the gold sink would be counter intuitive to the whole design of the outfit station as implemented.

One option I would personally like to see installed, and one that I think could be done relatively painlessly with future updates, would be to require more style items for furnishing creation.

Look what happened with the increased presence of Hlaalu furnishing plans in the market. Refined bonemold resin price skyrocketed as more people suddenly had the ability to craft Hlaalu furnishings that required it. New furnishings could be added that would be style-specific (if in name only) that could require lion fangs (Daggerfall Covenant) or eagle feathers (Aldmeri Dominion).

Now do I want a Dro m'Athra candlestick to require 12 defiled whiskers? Absolutely not! But, I do think a single style mat for small house items, up to possibly three for large housing items would actually help put more emphasis back on style mats, without pricing them out of the ballpark for people who still need them to craft gear the traditional way and/or for master writs.

Yeah...I tried to buy as much of the Bonemold Resin as I could at 3k or less as I knew it'd go up with the update. Now, I see it at 10k and up - no way am I gonna spend that much on one piece. Some of the plans require 20 of the style mat, so 200k+ to craft the gong? Not sure anyone would pay 200k+ for the finished product.

People love to charge crafters a premium for mats, but they sure don't want to pay what it then actually costs a crafter to make something.

I'm all for the idea of having new furnishings use some of the newer style mats, but 20 bonemold resin to craft one piece of furniture is a little ridiculous considering how hard these are to come by. Sure, if you get Defiler gear, you can decon it for a chance, but it's only a chance, and I deconned about 6 or so pieces I had and only got 1. The other way is to pickpocket NPCs in Vvardenfell to get 10 unrefined pieces to refine into 1 resin.