Flaming Nyx Deluxe Garrett

Saccarius · May 2018

So I always meant to buy this place but I kept forgetting. I swung by today and bought it for gold. I was going to buy it furnished because it's only 800 and I didn't really think there was much to be done in it but 800 crowns is still real money and with Summerset looming, I'm probably going to need them.

Anyway... I just planned to put a few things in there to get it looking like the furnished version but I got a bit carried away and ended up spending the whole day in there and too much gold on recipes/furniture for a tiny little place. I didn't get anything else done that I'd planned to so now you all have to suffer another "Show off your home!" thread because I need validation for all the time an effort I spent

Don't worry, there's only a few and the last one is just a portrait of my new cat

G1Countdown · May 2018

That really came together nicely! Well done! Puts my inn room to shame!

Saccarius · May 2018

G1Countdown wrote: »

That really came together nicely! Well done! Puts my inn room to shame!

Hey thanks! I still have plenty of inn rooms that are empty, have just a bed and a lamp in them or are being used as warehouses so you're not alone. Not sure why I started obsessing over this one

NovaMarx · May 2018

LOVE IT! So cozy

Selthia · May 2018

Your decorations and layout are fantastic. I love the layout you have in there, very cool. Well done!

Saccarius · May 2018

Selthia wrote: »

Your decorations and layout are fantastic. I love the layout you have in there, very cool. Well done!

Thank you

I was pretty pleased with how it turned out considering I didn't plan to decorate it really. I just kept thinking I NEED to have this to go there and kept running all over Tamriel in search of furniture and recipes and every time I though I was done, I needed one more thing and here we are...

I still want some more knick-knacks for the bookcase (which no books will fit in except singles...?!) but all the small interesting things are expensive or I don't know about them because they're on achievement merchants. I'll have to go round and see what's out there.

Juju_beans · May 2018

Very nice little home. And hey..working on decorating your homes IS playing the game. Looks like you had a very constructive game session.

Saccarius · May 2018

Juju_beans wrote: »

Very nice little home. And hey..working on decorating your homes IS playing the game. Looks like you had a very constructive game session.

Oh I absolutely agree! I love decorating but like with all MMOs, you have to spend some time doing the not-so-fun stuff (like dailies over and over) to make enough money to do the stuff you really enjoy, which for me is questing and homesteading. If I only did those two things, I'd be dirt poor and I'm already pretty close

I was also trying to grind out 18 skill points for my main crafter so she isn't super weak when Summerset rolls around and I have to "steal" combat points so she can max out jewellery.

I spent weeks on my Twin Arches home and I love it but haven't posted screens yet because I want to include some rare or unique pieces but I'm still finding out what's out there. I didn't even realise there were achievement vendors until after a month of playing and I didn't know that the luxury vendor existed until last week!

Still, I'm happy with my little pied-à-terre in Mournhold. It definitely wasn't wasted time but it surprised me how it kinda sucked up a whole day when it is so small and I'm not sure how long I'll be spending there as there isn't really room for crafting facilities. I can't even have Nuzhimeh, Tythis and my cat at the same time

I'll just have to make sure I always stop by whenever I need to be in Mournhold, even if it means more loading screens.

DoctorESO · May 2018

It looks very nice! Very nice indeed!!

Lysette · May 2018

Yeah, I agree with most here - interesting layout and nicely done setup and decoration - time well spent if you finally feel really comfortable in it. I like your attention to details a lot.

Jayne_Doe · May 2018

Really nice! Some of the layout is very similar to the furnished version of the home, but you've moved some things around a bit and added a lot of nice detail. I love the sitting area you added!

I'd been thinking that a double bed would fit in there nicely, rather than the single that comes with it furnished. I bought the furnished version for 800 crowns, since it's only about half of my ESO+ crowns and I bought it shortly after Homestead launched, so I didn't have many plans or much material.

I think the space, while small, is deceivingly fun to decorate. The shape of the room is nice and lends itself to making separate areas for things. Plus, the juxtaposition of the wood tones and various colors (from the pillows, for example) with the dark stone just makes it look cozy, at least to me. I've enjoyed decorating all of my Dunmer homes - making them feel cozy and lived in despite the harsh stone, which reflects the Dunmer nature of creating beauty/warmth in even the harshest surroundings.

ETA: I think I'm going to steal quite a few of your ideas.

Saccarius · May 2018

Jayne_Doe wrote: »

Really nice! Some of the layout is very similar to the furnished version of the home, but you've moved some things around a bit and added a lot of nice detail. I love the sitting area you added!

Thanks

I actually took pictures of the furnished version so I could make it exactly the same but then I decided on a double bed and I gave up using the pics as reference. The counter is in the same place and that's the kitchenette area still, I re-added the hook/lamp on the right that didn't come with the unfurnished version and I always have a little desk area if I have the space but it's in a different position now. The rest I sort of just made up on the spot which is kind of my curse because I had to run out for every little thing that I didn't have a recipe for (which was almost every non-green item). I did the same thing with Twin Arches and I promised myself that next time, I would decorate a house on the PTS and then make a shopping list, but I started this on a whim so obviously that plan went out the window

Jayne_Doe wrote: »

ETA: I think I'm going to steal quite a few of your ideas.

Haha, that's what these posts are for; "inspiration" or just outright theft

Go right ahead and if you end up using the same bookcase and decide to fill it, let me know what you put in there. I want to fill a few slots with individual books (Probably the Songs of Pelinal volumes) but they are expensive. I need some ideas for small objets and curios to go in those little cubbies. Bonus points if they are in the "academic" theme.

ETA: Oh my god, I'm such a noob... I didn't realise you could purchase collections of readable books from mystics at the Mage's guild. I've been spending real money on copies of Cheeses of Tamriel. I feel like a moron

newtinmpls · May 2018

Very nice. Love the downward dog kitten pose.

Saccarius · May 2018

newtinmpls wrote: »

Very nice. Love the downward dog kitten pose.

You don't know how much of a pain it was to get that shot. She only does it like every minute or so and every time she did, I had to pound on the print screen key like a maniac and then quickly check my screenshots folder to see if I had it. I finally got the shot but then decided I didn't like the framing and had to do it all over again... and again when I decided to move some things on the counter.

Jayne_Doe · May 2018

Saccarius wrote: »

ETA: Oh my god, I'm such a noob... I didn't realise you could purchase collections of readable books from mystics at the Mage's guild. I've been spending real money on copies of Cheeses of Tamriel. I feel like a moron

Ouch!

At least you found out now.

I do have a couple of those bookcases in my Velothi Reverie. I filled them with the book collections from Stonefalls and Deshaan. They don't take up all the spaces and they were tricky to place so that you could still read them.

The only academic clutter that isn't CS only (AFAIK) are the inkwell, quill, personal letter, and papers stack. You could put some of the crafted bottles in there, like the delicate vial and elixir bottle. The Hlaalu and Indoril trinket boxes are nice (I think I see one of them on your shelf already). Hmm...the Hlaalu trinket box, curious turtle (from Rolis Hlaalu, the Master Writ vendor) would also be nice.

Oh...you could also put in some soul gems, these can be stolen from mage NPCs, but I see them for sale at guild traders.

Saccarius · May 2018

Jayne_Doe wrote: »

Ouch! At least you found out now.

Thankfully I've only bought about three copies to go on nightstands so it's not as bad as it could have been if I'd tried to fill an entire bookcase with them. The reason I mentioned Songs of Pelinal was because I had Volume I drop for me somewhere or another and I saw you could buy the rest in guild stores. There are so many furnishings I don't know about. I need to start looking at ESO Fashion more and stop relying on the Home Editor Purchase tab as a reference.

Jayne_Doe wrote: »

I do have a couple of those bookcases in my Velothi Reverie. I filled them with the book collections from Stonefalls and Deshaan. They don't take up all the spaces and they were tricky to place so that you could still read them.

I ended up doing the same thing and filling some of the slots with Deshaan lore. I also bought the Divines and Deities collection to replace the dumb cheese books on the nightstands here and at my other places. I used Vivec and Mephala for this place obviously. Although, It would have been better if there'd been one on Almalexia as she's my next door neighbour now.

Jayne_Doe wrote: »

You could put some of the crafted bottles in there, like the delicate vial and elixir bottle. The Hlaalu and Indoril trinket boxes are nice (I think I see one of them on your shelf already). Hmm...the Hlaalu trinket box, curious turtle (from Rolis Hlaalu, the Master Writ vendor) would also be nice.

Oh...you could also put in some soul gems, these can be stolen from mage NPCs, but I see them for sale at guild traders.

Ah, the bottles and soul gems would look great! I'm right at the item cap nearly but I have space for two more slots and one cubby to fill. Hmmm, decisions decisions...