Just updated my DA, it’s DA-8469-3017-4833 (Utopia). The house is at the top left of my map (excuse the mess)! So the idea is, I like the bridge where it is and I like the shape of the terrain where the swimming pool is, however it makes the bridge in a sort of odd place - so I made the paved hedged area when you come through the trees bounty arch to sort of bring it together more, incorporate the bridge and connect my house. So I like that being there, but once you come towards the house to the stony path, and then the area around the house, I’m stuck. I like having the fence running along the front of the house and think it looks cute the way it joins to the waterfall part of the cliff, and I like the mushroom theme around my house. But i don’t really like the way it looks overall?? Idk, I’m getting a mental block where I’ve looked at it for too long haha. So any creative feedback would be really helpful, I see so many beautiful islands on here!! Let me know what you would do with the area if it was you, or what you think I could change vs keep, etc etc - anything might inspire me and therefore is of great help! Please and thank you
(Would you mind if I posted pics of the area in question here? I think that would get more people to weigh in)
I'm not a super skilled designer, so I would definitely recommend getting a second opinion, but here are some questions/suggestions I have:
Do you like where the house is positioned? Would you ever consider moving it a few units left, or would you prefer to keep it where it is? I understand you're trying to keep balance with your walkways, but I wonder if centering the entrance according to the section of the hedged area where your furniture items are (which is 7 units across) would allow you to make a small courtyard and also make the sections of grass/snow more equally sized?
Are you trying to create an open field of flowers in the grass/snow, or will you have the area filled with furniture?
Do you plan on adding any more trees to your front yard? I ask because the mushrooms make me think "forest," and based on the pile of items sitting in your hedged area, I'd guess you're making a mushroom/forest-y area somewhere
Do you like the type of fence you're using? I wonder if a different type of fence would go better with your mushroom theme, maybe like log spikes, lattice fence or country fence? Or, would you consider integrating bushes into your fence - like, place a bush, then a piece of fence, then a bush, then a piece of fence? It looks really good in some applications/dreams I've visited
Do you like the way the fenced area surrounding your house is paved, and how it looks with the log and mush furniture as well as the house siding? If it were me, I would probably try making the front doorstep area an oval of the default stone path, connect it to the stepping stone pathway, and then make the rest of the fenced area grass, maybe even dirt or wood. Or, maybe I could see making the whole thing stone path, depending on the look you're going for
