Animal Crossing: New Horizons has hundreds of furniture items and a community filled with creative minds that make amazing creations when all put together. Players have already been using their skills to make amazing patterns for clothes and pathways, so some players have taken their skills to make a true island paradise in their games.
After the unlocking of the Island Designer app, players have the chance to completely change their islands around and theme it to however they want. Players wanting a suburban home life or a rustic forest village have created lovely islands and homes to enjoy.
In order to get the Island Designer app, allowing players to terraform and waterscape their islands, players must unlock K.K. Slider. In order to do that, they must get a 3 Star Island Rating from Isabelle at the Residential Services Building. The morning after K.K. Slider plays on the island, players will be able to get the permits for terraforming and waterscaping from the Nook Stop.
Players can additionally upgrade their homes so that they may have a backroom, left room, right room, center room, second-floor room, and basement. This gives plenty of room for players wishing to get creative with their homes.
Video Game Themed Islands
Being a Nintendo property, plenty of players have themed their islands around various games, whether it be with recreating exact locations or remaking sprite sheets to decorate their islands. Here are a few examples of this.
Traditional Japanese Styled
After the small, but popular cherry blossom event, many western players were very inspired to base their homes and islands on some traditional Japanese styles. Players also made use of the alternate bridge styles and the bamboo plants that can be found on random islands.
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Naturalist
What some people call cottagecore and others just call cozy, these islands are embracing nature. The creators of these islands have made true paradises that allow residents and visitors to live out their dreams of being comfortable forest spirits living far away from the stresses of the outside world. With how people are playing Animal Crossing in the current climate, this aesthetic is perfect for many players.
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Fairy-Tale
For players that are missing going to Disney or players that want to just run away from their homes into the woods and give up their flesh bodies to become one with the fey, these island and home designs are sure to please. With plenty of flowers to grow and a teacup ride being available for purchase from the Nook Stop, players can create their very own Wonderland.
Cozy Suburbs
Not every player wants to leave their modern home surrounded by neighbors. Many Animal Crossing: New Horizons players have made comfortable suburban neighborhoods for themselves and neighbors alike. Amenities such as playgrounds and paved roads are available to all residents as well as other extras added by the creators of these islands.
Players wanting more options for their roads can use custom patterns that are laid directly on top of normal pathways to add more variety to the island.
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Top Tier Interiors
Players with a lot of DIY recipes and catalog furniture under their belts have the ability to create magazine-worthy homes on their islands. These homes take advantage of large amounts of furniture, wallpapers, flooring, and rugs available to players as they continue to improve their islands.
More furniture can be purchased from Nook's Cranny, but many others can be crafted via DIY recipes. Many players enjoy the items that can be created via DIY crafting to the common rustic feel of the finished products.
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Tropical Paradise
Players wanting to take advantage of the whole island aesthetic have turned their islands into a tropical paradise. Whether it be a vacation island or just a tropical landscape, words cannot describe the effort, skill, and creativity that went into organizing what went into these islands.
Making the Perfect Island
The first step to making the perfect island is to plan it out. If players want to completely theme out their island, they need to know what they're going to do before they actually go and do it.
Step two is to have a lot of bells. All the furniture needed to enhance the island atmosphere is going to cost a lot if players don't just make everything themselves. Lots of bells can be gained by playing the Stalk Market with Daisy Mae, but that does entail risks without friends to visit.
The next step is optional if players are good artists, but for players wanting to really make their islands unique, downloading custom patterns is the way to go. The problem with this comes with requiring an internet connection that the player's Switch can connect to and a paid Nintendo Switch Online membership.
After players know what they want, the next step is to work on it from one area at a time. Like cleaning a room, it's going to take a lot longer if players just keep moving all over their islands. They should divide up the major areas into sections, like a playground or a garden, and work on these sections one at a time.
It's always nice to post island updates online and get feedback from other Animal Crossing fans. Some may give suggestions while others may give helpful advice. Besides, it's nice to catalog the island's progress.
Before players know it, they'll have the island of their dreams with all of the amenities they've worked for. From there, players can enjoy their specially crafted experience and feel proud over having made something beautiful and unique.
Working on creating a perfect home is like crafting the island, except on a much smaller scale. Like in real life, it's refreshing to come home to a clean room and home after a long day, especially in current times. With these beautiful homes and islands as inspiration, plenty of players can create their very own dream islands.
Animal Crossing: New Horizons is available now for Nintendo Switch.
