The selection of bookcases we have is lovely, but seeing the city of Fargrave makes it apparent that it is time to include more than just bookshelves. Shelves can be filled with all sorts of things. Things, such as:
-China Cabinets (Prized silverware, pretty plates, fancy drinkware...)
-Display Cabinets (Small curiosities that could fit on a shelf)
-Shelves overflowing with scrolls, envelopes, and files
-Laundry shelves (Stacked sheets, folded linens, clothes, hampers, baskets, rolled up rugs)
-Pottery Pots
-Alchemy Shelves (Lined up bottles, containers, packets, pestles, tools, decanters, potions vs poisons, bubblers, mixers, chemistry pots, etc)
-Lined Ingredients (Already filled with cooking ingredients, food, spices, filled counter shelves, or Alchemy ingredients like mushrooms, herbs, roots, leaves, etc)
-Repair Tool Shelves
-Torture Tool Shelves
-Gardener's Shelves (small potted plants lined up, gardening tools, etc)
-Magical runes lined up for enchanting
-Different shiny gems and rocks (maybe even soul gems)
-Trinket boxes/facade storage chests
-Family heirlooms, small family portrait, treasured family artifacts and antiques
-Small clocks and compasses
-Wooden carvings
-Merchants' Wares, with price tags attached
-Toys/Dolls/Figurines
-Art Supplies/Rows of ink bottles and quills
That's merely what I could think of on the spot. There's many possibilities where this could go, and I think it has big potential. Part of the problem of filling up a room is because we're trying to make it look full and lively, and so I think having filled shelves for all sorts of interests could mitigate that.
I think the closest thing we have to something like this is the purple Redguard bookcases. They still have books, but they have other things like bottles, pots and decanters that really make it look full and varied. And we haven't gotten any newer furnishing assets that are like it.
I've brought up this concept before after seeing Fargrave, but I wanted to elaborate a bit more on it. It's always great to see *clutter* pieces, which tends to save slots for me while looking nice.
Edited by TeruKisuke on November 1, 2021 8:00AM