Guide to house decorations, by Trish, Hugin and Fellow, edited by Freyja
An essay on how to decorate without the decoration tool and how to create advanced decorations such as Pianos.
Dried flowers? Dried onions? Where do I put them, and how do I get them there? House decorating has come a long way since the beginning, and the new house decorating tool makes things so much easier. This nifty little tool can be bought at carpenter shops, from the architect, at the bottom of his shopping list. They tend to be a bit expensive, so if you can't afford one right now you can still decorate your house in style, and I'm going to give you a few tips on just how to do that!

Startup lock down lampe

To begin decorating without a tool, you'll need to collect a few things first. Gather a lot of death robes (especially if you have a lot of lamps to hang) ,two small tables, and 4 boards. A few fish steaks or similar items will also come in handy.

Decide where you wish to hang the lamp, or whatever you are trying to put on the wall, stack the two small tables, then stack the boards, fish steaks or other items on the top table, to the desired height. (I use only 3 items in some spots)
Now, you have to be fast at this point! Stack the death robe on top of the boards, and then the item you wish to hang on top of that, and lock the item down. Death robes decay in 90 seconds!
This works with most items I've tried to hang, so go for it!

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Have you ever tried to place ladderback chairs at a table? This is the most frustrating thing I've ever tried to do until I found a trick to it! Place the chair one square in the opposite direction you want the chair to sit. For example, if you want the chair to face south,take the chair out of your pack and drop it one square north of where you wish the chair to be, then pick it up and drop it in the spot you wish the chair to sit. It should now be facing south!

There is a pair of sansals locked down on my front steps, and I've seen wheat and hay locked down there as well. Here's how you can put almost anything on your outside steps.

You'll need to get a lockable chest, and lock it down close to your door on the inside. Lock the chest. (If you wish to hang lamps or other items out front you can use the table/board/robe set up outlined above, just stack the stuff on the steps.)
Place the item on the steps where you want it, then pick it up and drop it onto the locked chest, the item will go back to where you had it and it will lock down!

This locked down chest also works at the tops of stairs and at the wall leading up the stairs as well. (Note: Some things have sence been modified and will not lock down at the stairs no matter what you do)

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Got rune books in every nook and cranny of your place? Here is a fix. You'll need wooden benches and of course your rune books. As an example of this, along a wall in a friends tower, I alternately stacked benches and rune books, 6 benches high (each stack of benches houses 5 rune books), and 5 benches long. Instant rune library.

Start by lining up five benches on the floor along the wall, then place a rune book on top of each bench, locking everything down as you go. All that's left to do is to keep stacking benches then rune books, until you have as many as you need.

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You can make what appears to be an entertainment center to keep your rune books in order, too. You'll need two armoires, 6 benches, and 5 rune books. Stack the benches and books as above, but on either side place the armoires. If you are fortunate to have a furniture dye tub, this can look really good when dyed.

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A lot of people tell me they have trouble stacking things such as chests and the like. It is hard to do at first but once you get the hang of it, it's really easy.
Place a chest on the floor, pick up the other chest and line up your cursor holding that chest with the bottom corner of the chest that is on the floor. Make sure the cursor does not touch the chest that is on the floor, (if you do the chest you are trying to stack on top will go inside), but try to get as close to the chest as you can without touching it, and they should stack.

Really, its just a matter of getting the hang of it. Just keep trying and dont cuss to much!

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Hanging pictures can be a hassle too, until you get the hang of it!

Walk to the wall you're going to hang the picture on, and turn around and take one step away. Then pick up the picture and target the wall just above the floor under where you want it to hang. It will usually go right on the wall..

But then again, there are those pictures that won't hang, you can click all day and it just wont go! For those, I use the tables/boards and robe method. You use only one table and single stack all four boards, then the death robe, and then the picture. Lock the picture down and when the robe decays, ta-da!, the stubborn pic is on the wall.

There are so many things you can change about the way things sit or hang, did you ever notice that you can't put more than one thing on a table? Yes, you can!

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By using other things to stack on top of the item already locked down (using the death robes as the inbetween) you can put one or more items on that same table. For example, you've placed a pitcher of wine and you would like wine glasses on the table as well. Stack one or two fish steaks on top of the bottle of wine, put a death robe on top of the steaks and the wine glass on top of that. Lock it down, and remove the fish when the robe decays. The wine glass will be slightly above and to the left of the pitcher!

Want two wine glasses? Place one of the small tables in front of the table you're working on, and stack two or three of the boards and a daeth robe on the small table. What you want to see is that, when you put the wine glass on top of the death robe, it should look as if it is sitting on the table (it will actually be in front of the table). Lock the glass down and, when the robe decays, it should look as if two wine glasses and a bottle of wine are all on the table.

I hope this has helped make decorating a bit easier, there is so much more I want to tell you but it will have to wait until next time!
There is only one rule to decorating.....And that is there are no rules!  So go for it, if you think something will work, try it!


Good luck!
Thristan and Hugin





Since you've now learned how to do easy decorations, we're also giving you an example of how to create advanced decorations.


Fellow�s Hybrid Piano
 
 



Hail fellow Adventurers! Below are the instructions for the piano you see above. This is a hybrid I created after getting frustrated trying to build the other style pianos you see about Sosaria. I hope they aren't too complicated as I have tried me best to keep em simple. I have tried to keep the lockdowns needed to a minimum. This piano takes a maximum of 24 lockdowns and a minimum of 20 lockdowns to complete. When you are done reading this page you will have the ability to create a very nice piano on your own. Here we go!

 
Shopping list of items needed to construct your new piano:
15 Fishsteaks (you will not lock any fishsteaks down) 
1 deathrobe (these decay in 90 seconds so don't horse around) 
1 Candlabra (optional) 
1 Whispering rose (optional) 
1 Backpack w/large harp inside (optional) 
2 chess/checker boards 
3 Fancy shirts (dyed true black) 
3 small tables (dyed dark for best look) 
1 bench (dyed dark for best look) 
2 Oil cloth (dyed true black) 
4 Type 1 folded cloth (dyed true black) 
2 Type 2 folded cloth (dyed true black) 
3 Type 3 folded cloth (dyed true black) 
3 Type 4 folded cloth (dyed true black)
Before we start:
To the left you will see a pouch full of cloth. Look closely & you will see the different patterns of the four different types. The picture shows how they appear as solo pieces as well as stacked. I will use the numbers in my instructions to refer to the different types. If there is anything confusing about these instructions, this is it. It is very difficult to see the patterns when the cloth is true black. I hold the cursor over the cloth to turn it yellow which enables me to see the pattern. 
Please be sure you are able to see the pattens before proceeding.
Determine location:
On the right you will see I have placed fishsteaks on the floor to show the area the piano will occupy. Tile #5 is where the bench is placed and is passable. The other four tiles will be blocked. I have numbered the tiles the same as I refer to them in the instructions. 
Place 5 marker fishsteaks on the tiles of the floor where you want your piano before proceeding.
Tile #1: 
(If you do not wish to have a candalabra on the top of your piano, continue to Tile #2) 
(remove the marker fishsteak from floor) 
Top
Candleabra (lock down immediatly after deathrobe has been placed) 
deathrobe (90 seconds to decay, hurry!) 
Fishsteak (don't lock down) 
Fishsteak (don't lock down) 
Fishsteak (don't lock down) 
Fishsteak (don't lock down) 
Fishsteak (don't lock down) 
Fishsteak (don't lock down) 
Fishsteak (don't lock down) 
Fishsteak (don't lock down) 
Fishsteak (don't lock down) 
Floor
Tile #2:
(remove the marker fishsteak from floor) 
Top
1 - Type 3 folded cloth 
1 - Type 1 folded cloth 
1 - Type 3 folded cloth 
Fancy Shirt 
Oil Cloth 
Small Table 
Floor
Tile #3:
(remove the marker fishsteak from floor) 
Top
Hidden Backpack with large harp inside (optional) 
Oil Cloth 
Fancy Shirt 
1 - Type 4 folded cloth 
1 - Type 1 folded cloth 
Chessboard 
Small Table 
Floor
Tile #4:
(remove the marker fishsteak from floor) 
Top
Optional Whispering Rose 
Fancy Shirt 
1 � Type 4 folded cloth 
1 � Type 4 folded cloth 
2 - Type 2 folded cloth (this means 2 pieces stacked together as one) 
1 - Type 3 folded cloth 
Fishsteak (don�t lock down) 
2 - Type 1 folded cloth (this means 2 pieces stacked together as one) 
Chessboard 
Small Table 
Floor
Tile #5:
Now just place the bench on tile 5 and you are done! The fishsteaks on the floor of my pictures are only to show you the tile locations. You shouldn't have any on your floor. The flaw in my piano is at the back corner. I have hidden mine with a bookcase. Also, there are plenty of other items that cover it well like the potted plants or armoires. I hope you enjoy your new piano! Please share your decorating ideas with others. See you in Sosaria! 

Fellow