The Skyrim Home and Garden Tour Options

[Grits]

I don’t know about you folks, but I love house tours. Not the perfect mansion tours, but the ones where you get a peek at how other people actually live. Artist studio tours, urban chicken coop tours, and the old neighborhoods where people restore their own homes are my favorites. So that gave me an idea.

I like to spend time letting my characters arrange their living spaces. I don’t take pictures because they’re never “done,” and then when they die I wish I had more pictures to look at. So here we go!

Here’s a place where you can show off your characters’ homes. It can be a mod, some lair they took over, a pure vanilla purchased dwelling, wherever they’ve decided to live. Don’t be shy about posting snapshots of your TV, I want to see them. I’d also love to see exterior spaces and Hearthfire gardens. Who has a poisoner’s garden? Who loves their vegetable soup? Plus it would be fun to hear the hows and whys of their choices.

(I put this thread here in the spoilers section because I want the freedom to show and discuss unique or quest items.)

Thank you for sharing, and welcome to the tour!

[Lopov]

Aard "lives" in Hjerim, in fact he moved in after killing the Butcher and not being appropriately rewarded for his service to the community so he decided not to return the key to the manor. He doesn't spend much time there and mostly uses it for sleeping but for him it's the closest to what counts as home in Skyrim.

Hjerim is mostly unfurnished but Aard brought some furniture from the Aretino's Residence and from the House of Curiosities. Let's have a look at his cold home:

This is the main hall which is completely unfurnished except the candlestick which he brought from the Aretino Residence so he can see where the lock on the door is.

This is what counts as the kitchen in Aard's Hjerim. He brought his favorite chair from the Aretino Residence while the table, the dining chair and the cooking pot are from the Butcher's house. He hasn't used the cooking pot yet and the goat leg has been lying there for days. Aard mostly uses the kitchen to warm himself because it's the warmest room in Hjerim, you can see him sitting in his favorite chair.

This is once again the main hall from the other perspective, except the lantern which he brought from the Butcher's house, there isn't anything of interest. This room served as the Butcher's sacrificial room but Aard managed to clean it of bones and blood. He doesn't use the room but he prefers it without bodily remains.

Moving upstairs we come to another long hall, unfurnished except the lantern. The bedroom on the left is the most furnished place in Hjerim, because most items have already been there when he moved in. There is the Aretino family heirloom on the floor, while on the table you can see the semi-rare fur helmet, another lantern and the flagon. The note on the floor is the "We know" message from Astrid while the chest next to the bed is empty except for the key to the White Phial. The second pic shows the small wardrobe with merchant's clothes on it which were never worn, at least not by Aard. Next to the clothes are some flowers which Aard bought from Sophie but they're not seen clearly in the pic.

EDIT: Taking items and bringing them to Hjerim was achieved by Jaxonz Positioner Mod which allows you to take even statics with you.

This post has been edited by Lopov: Mar 18 2015, 10:53 PM