Awww, anon! You flatter me too much. 😛 But I must admit, I don’t decorate with any real rhyme or reason! I just spend a lot of time flipping through the catalogue and trying this piece of furniture with this bit of deco with these walls, etc. I change my mind hundreds of times. 😛 (I’ve contemplated doing a livestream, but I literally spend so much time just dicking around in the catalogue that it would be incredibly boring.) I’m sure people who have actually studied interior design can point out tons of “flaws” in my designs or color schemes and whatnot. But it’s a game, after all, so I decorate the way I like! 🙂 I tend to take one or two really unique pieces of furniture and design the room around those “statement” pieces. I rarely use all the elements of a single furniture set; I prefer to mix-and-match. Also, if you’ve accumulated as much custom content as I have, chances are that there’s a lot of crap you haven’t used. So sometimes I challenge myself to use content I’ve never decorated with before. And just as statement pieces are effective, statement colors (or accent colors) can also help tie a room together. (I used red as an accent color against the cool, muted blues in this bathroom.) 

Basic decorating aside, I also try to keep in mind the family I’m decorating for. For example, when I think of the Goth mansion, I don’t necessarily think “creepy haunted house.” I think of it as an old estate, possibly something that’s been in the family for generations. There are signs of age, wear and tear, but it still shows that the owners are well-off and take pride in the care and upkeep of the property. Well, that’s the kind of look I’m going for, anyway. 😛 I used a lot of old-fashioned, worn-looking furniture, antique paintings, ornate candelabras, etc. However, the Goths are still living in the age of electricity, so although I gave them electronics and appliances, I tried to steer clear of anything too modern that would clash with the look of the rest of the house. 

I realize I got terribly long-winded here, anon, and probably didn’t give you much useful information at all. 😛 My point is, though, that I don’t have any real formula I follow. It starts with a theme – “I’m decorating this house for a garden-loving Sim!” – or a color – “hmm, I want the bathroom to be blue” – or an object – “I have all of these gorgeous Tibetan trunks from ATS and I’m FINALLY GOING TO USE ONE, DAMN IT” – and then the room just kind of snowballs from there. The one thing I always know for sure about my decorating is that it’s never quick. 😛

Anyway, I hope that helps you somewhat, anon! Or at the very least, I hope it inspires you to get in-game and mess around with colors and styles and furniture until you create a look you love. 😀 Feel free to send any follow-up questions if you have them? I guess? Not sure how helpful I am, haha. 🙂 

Here, look at the silly monkey: