Gifting Villagers Tools!

[Calysis]

I tried to search and find the specific post/thread, but couldn't find it.

I remember reading a post from a user on these forums that they gave tools to some of their villagers and their villagers would use them. I got super excited about this information and decided to give my villagers new tools to use, too! I knew doing so would mess up their house a bit, but I figured I'd just regift them the items they replace.

I specifically gave them new fishing rods, nets, and watering cans. I gave Olivia a new umbrella as well. All of my villagers began using the new items as soon as I went into and out of a building.

Most of my villagers homes were easy to fix (Judy basically added a watering can to her house. Previously there was nothing there, so I gave her a pink nova light to replace it and her house looks cute as heck with her purple crescent moon chair as well!), but then there were two villagers in particular that I still have yet to fix their homes: Deirdre and Fang.

Fang replaced two pieces of his antique furniture, but I don't have one of them in my catalogue to gift it back to him, so he'll have to wait a bit.
Deirdre replaced her mushroom lamp and will not put one back up despite me giving her two of them. I'm sure this has something to do with villagers only displaying seasonal items during the corresponding season, so it seems like she just won't have a mushroom lamp again until the autumn season. ):

Has anyone else decided to give villagers new tools? Which tools did you give them? Do you care about how their interior looks and try to fix their homes? Maybe you regret giving them gifts? I don't regret it myself, but I wish that it was a lot easier to decorate their homes. I'd like to hear how others went about this, and how difficult or easy it was for you to fix if you did so!

 

[InstantNoodles]

I think you can give them more furniture and eventually they will stop displaying the tools! Unfortunately I did the same thing! Gifted Judy an elephant watering can and it doesn't look the best being displayed in her house haha

 

[Calysis]

Yep, giving them furniture will fix it eventually; I have mostly everyone's homes fixed now. Fang replaced three items, and I recently bought the missing piece I lacked in my catalogue. He ended up putting the antique bureau beside his fireplace though and not where he originally had it, haha.

I gave my Judy a pink elephant watering can as well! It didn't look too bad in her home, but the pink nova light I replaced it with looks loads better.

I absolutely love seeing them using the tools I've given them, though. It makes it all worth it!! I'll provide some screenshots soon because I can't get over how adorable they are.

 

[Calysis]

Bumping this back up because of the upcoming update. I'm so excited to be able to freely gift villagers new tools (and clothing!) without worrying about messing up their homes.

Took some screenshots of some of my current villagers and the tools I gave them. They're so heckin' cute.

Spoilered the rest of the screenshots since I didn't want to make my post scroll a ton:

Spoiler: Even more pictures

 

[Etown20]

I do like to give them tools as well. I usually go in order from fishing rod > net > watering can because the watering can looks the least obtrusive in their house. Then I will usually give them clothes, and eventually furniture to try and replace the clothes when they display them.

It has been tedious trying to fix their houses in the past, so I'm definitely looking forward to the update making it easier.