With he current state of affairs within Deluxe houses of Middle-Earth, special furniture ‘’the’’ most important piece of furniture you’ll ever have to buy. Why? Because there are so few of them. Three, to be more accurate. And what does that means? That means that you’ll have to build your entering design around one of these 3 pieces. Choose wisely.
To decide which item you want for your house, there two factors you will want to consider. First is the function. What is your style when it comes to playing? Are you a reflection pool , a breakfast table and a map table type of person? Think about what kind of atmosphere you want to create for your character (and yourself!)
Second is the color. In my opinion, this is the critical decision. If you thought your character was a reflection pool type of person, but you also think he’s the kind of guys who would live in a dark, neutral house, you might have to consider choosing another item.
Color is also a very important decision, because you will need to pick one (or two!) colors from the special furniture and reproduce it in the the rest of your design. This will tie the room together.
If you choose the Map Table, try to have some purple or red in your room. You can find a beautiful purple in wall or floor colors and red in the elven furniture collection.
If you prefer the Reflection Pool, teal or light blue is a must. Both colors are available as wall colors, or you can also use elven wall paper to integrate them. Narmeleth’s Portrait and Caras Galadon Coat of Arms are great pieces as well. Finally, the Long Red Chair and Canopy Bed also have teal fabrics in their design.
As for the Breakfast Table, green and brown are the two colors you can go for. You can find them in wall and floor colors bought from the homestead vendors. All the brown wooden furniture will work great with this table. Otherwise for the green, one of my favourite piece is the Above Weathertop Painting.
Finally, remember that sometimes less is more. If there is no special furniture the you really like, don’t put something your not sure about. Let a rug be the focal point of the room!
October 18, 2010 at 10:07 am
Wow, there are only 3 Special Furniture pieces? That sucks. Also explains why I hadn’t found any yet. They definitely need to add more!
October 18, 2010 at 10:21 am
Wow. I bow to your extremely superior decorating skills.
I have seen some of your other rooms before, but your ability to tie a room together is amazing.
October 20, 2010 at 1:02 am
Thanks for the post on housing decorations. You’ve obviously put a lot more thought into how to make the current housing system work than I have.
I have to admit that I think housing is one of the more broken aspects of LOTRO at this time, at least for players who would like to see the game become something more than just a grindhouse. The festivals and other events seem to indicate that on some level, the devs would like to create a real community within the game, but they consistently sabotage themselves, and the clunky, useless housing system that we currently have is one of the ways they do this.
October 24, 2010 at 12:42 pm
have to agree with the comment above. no point in having a home with the current lack of customization (really lame) hate to point to other mmo’s.. but, they need to take a hint from EQ2 (best housing in an mmo ever)
January 9, 2011 at 7:30 pm
I’ve just bought my 1st property, 7 Chestnut Street (I fell in love with the secluded spot & excellent fishing out back) But this may seem like a silly question …. How do I put a large item of furniture on top of a rug? It looks wonderful but I cant see how it’s done as the floor space is for floor items & the large furniture space is for.. well.. large furniture. Hope you’re gonna point out something blatantly obvious that i’ve missed *fingers crossed*
January 9, 2011 at 9:32 pm
You can only put furniture over rugs where hooks are stacked. Typically, you will have a larger square (the rug hook) with a smaller square inside (the small or large furniture hook). They sometime can be hard to select when the rug is in place so try to put the furniture before placing the rug.
January 10, 2011 at 3:22 pm
Ahh I see. So I’m guessing hooks are only stacked in the deluxe propertys. Ahh well I’m sure I can still make my home snug.
Maybe you could show a simple low budget makeover for someone just starting out in a small house?
Thank you for your help… and for the wonderful inspiration!