I eventually went with Strident Springs, unfurnished. I just love the individual rooms and the layout of the house itself. Also, having our very own waterfall is just perfect.

Despite it being unfurnished, I still had to spend a while removing the ~100 plants in the garden so I can start replacing them with my own stuff. It's going to be a nice project to work on.

I think I'll use Altmer style furniture for the most part - I like the way it looks and I already have some of the plans. I've made a start on some bedrooms (one for Haa-Rei and Ciri, one for Tsarakiri) so now I need to decide who out of Lagakha and as-yet-unnamed-warden will get the last bedroom, and who will be sleeping in the tower.

Congrats, hazmick, on the new place for your growing gang! I think going unfurnished and slowly getting it exactly how you want is a great way to go. Buffy bought Snugpod furnished but we've replaced nearly 70% of what was in there so probably would have been better off getting unfurnished like you did.

Oh, and been meaning to say how much I enjoy seeing Haa-Rei dropping a line in the water in your screenshot of the month.

That is Awesome, Congrats on the new home! Oh, and I'm glad Acadian mentioned it because I didn't see the new screenshot - I LOVE that shot of Haa-Rei fishing !!!!

@ Acadian - I can't remember if I said something about Buffy's screen of the month in a PM or not, but I meant to = gorgeous!

The Dye Station is IN !!!!!! WOO HOO !!!!

Thank you, mALX! Oh that is wonderful that you got the dye station in. Just love Hunding House!

I also bought the Plans for the regular strength Target Dummy; so if anyone wants me to make one for your house = just send me the mats needed and I'll send you the dummy, lol.

I feel like the dummy for buying the Plans, to be honest. 125 Vouchers to find out it requires this many mats to make:

15 Mundane Runes (approximately 228 per each = @ 3420)

11 Alchemical Resin (approximately 58 per each = @ 638)

10 Decorative Wax (approximately 100 per each = @ 1000)

1 Kuta (approximately 2783 per each right now; which is actually abnormally low, so I'd round it to 3000)

206 Bone (These are 15 per each at the vendor; couldn't find them in the Guild Stores right now = @ 3090)

1 Animus Stone (bought via 50 Vouchers from the Master Writ guy; so figure the cost to do those Master Writs to get the 50 Vouchers)


** So figure approximately 11,148 Gold (plus the cost of crafting the Master Writs to get the 50 Vouchers for the Animus Stone) for the mats.

*


This vid was made off the PTS server; but I am pretty sure the stats they list for ingredients required are still accurate; it looks like what I remember seeing when I first got the Plans the other day.

I haven't actually made one because I had already bought the Target Dummy for the Guild Hall using Crowns.

BUT = had I known how much mats they required, I'd have just stuck to buying them with Crowns and saved myself the 125+ Vouchers! So I guess the prices I've seen on the Guild Store shelves for the pre-made Dummies is pretty darn earned !!! I thought they were over-inflated till I saw that Recipe for making them!


Here is a vid that details how to make them:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKuiOsy8Yvk







This post has been edited by mALX: Mar 13 2017, 12:22 AM

hazmick, congratulations on the purchase of Strident Springs! I love that place.

mALX, congrats on the dye station! Thank you very much for making Hunding House so welcoming and wonderful.

Jerric found one of those enormous paintings of ruins, and now I can’t remember where he put it. This was before I went away for the weekend. I suspect I will find it shortly after I locate the missing piece of my coffee pot.

Haa-Rei finished the basic work on the outer tower today, adding some walls to make it less of a watchtower and more of a room. We'll get some Bosmer style furnishings once we save up some more gold.

Also got some more trees for the garden - there's a really great selection for sale at the Craglorn furnishers. I just wish you could preview things before you buy them, especially with large objects like trees.

Is the Craglorn selection different from other furnisher's inventory?

Almost every furnisher has a different plant selection, and Craglorn's is pretty good. Not too expensive either (unlike the Auridon furnisher).

Ooh, I didn't know that! Where do you find them?

They're in the same building as the woodworking benches in Belkarth. The furnisher that sells the trees is a dremora so you can't miss him!

Er, somehow I have completely missed seeing him! I have seen the Dremora in the Coldharbour grocery, though!

Thank you so much!

That's a great tip, thanks! I have been wondering how to get more plants without resorting to the Crown store.

Furnishers often sell region-specific plants, and they're usually pretty cheap (just a couple hundred gold). The Auridon furnisher sells the Altmer cherry blossom trees and they start at 10k

I need to make a list of who sells what, since I always forget.

Wow, I went and checked them out = I want that crab-apple tree! Thanks for the tip, Hazmick!

hazmick, I love what you have done with Strident Springs!

Same here! Can't wait to buy it and see what it actually looks like




Thanks! Also, thank you to Jerric for testing out the waterfall so thoroughly.

Jo'zira quickly jumped instances and took a peek at Haa-Rei and Ciri's Strident Springs. There's still much to be filled but he can already get a good feel of who lives there.

I'm sort of upset I forgot to pick up a few extras of those merchant baskets and lanterns last week. I needed like, 2 more baskets for things. Guess I gotta wait till they come back. That said, will they ever give, like, Dwemer-style decorations? I hope so. I bought 20k worth of rugs today.

Anyways, since I'm putting my SSD decorating on hold until I get more cushion plans and attuneable stations, I've started to decorate the small houses. Hates' Humblemud already has some things, but Captain Margaux's and Moonmirth have nothing in them. Those furnishing materials are just sitting in my bank anyways.

This post has been edited by monkeyemoness: Mar 18 2017, 04:21 AM

Welp, another attempt at fixing up Strident Springs Demense ended in tears. I don't know what I'm doing anymore. I THINK I want the kitchen in the east wing but that terrible cooking station makes life hell. I also attempted to put it in that little square area and got it looking really neat but again, sabotaged by the cooking station from hell.

I also got started on the "workshops." Much less convenient, tbh, but ~aesthetic~
Blacksmith's next to the entrance, carpentry's in front of the house, near the fake windows (seriously the exterior does NOT match the interior), and tailor's is on the second floor around the enchanter's. Alchemy laboratory is in the nook (in front of the eventual dye station).

Jesus.

(They're also gonna move out soon)

Truth be told I'm probably going to nix the "crafting hall" idea and move that to another place.

This post has been edited by monkeyemoness: Mar 30 2017, 02:53 AM