#island-designs
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I just dont think I like my layout. I have got my entrance and little area's that I think I like, but I dont know how to continue to grow. I just am at a very big cross road rn with my island.
idk what to do with this area!! plz lmk any ideas you have 😄
@merry parcel I see that minimap
What do y'all think of my dispensary?
epic
🥰
@foggy stag I think if it had a lawn chair it would be 12/10
@brittle edge dang good call getting right on that
I'm trying to make a canal than ends in. My southeast river mouth but I'm not sure what the begining of should look like? Does anyone have some suggestions?
Wtf is going on in your island
a revolution
@quaint pebble my canal starts at the top north of the island,
Thank you! This is really helpful! 
Anyone with a West and East river mouth dream adress for me?👌🏻 Or map pictures
Making this cute little cave. Any other ideas for trenches like these?
Woah that looks awesome! Such a creative idea, some trenches have little creeks at the bottom, maybe something like that, but I love the idea!
Mostly, the biggest area between the trenches is 3 blocks wide, but I do have some areas like this that gives some play room. A little creek might look nice
nice bridge 
Ty
would somebody mind planning out my island for me? dm me for info!
Do the termite mounds look good on the side of the cliff? Or is it too much? Should I just go natural?
i do think its cute but it might come as overwhelming
Do you mean on top? Or on the cliffs edge?
I think the cliffs edges
what inneyle said
I think the top ones could be a-bit much
The top ones are just resting there’s not permanent lol I meant to take them down, I’m just asking about the cliffs edges. It isn’t too much?
No I think the cliffs edges look perfect! a nice idea 
Alright 😅 there is one slight problem though
This is how it looks on the bottom and the right
And on the top and the left I could get the same effect, is this a big problem? Does it ruin the look?
I like the way it looks there on the first picture, but maybe if you also layer it down, so have it surrounding the bottom platform too, but i’m not sure about the look of it along the beach there, Maybe you could also try putting a path underneath them, a colour that matches them
Also how the hec did you get that pit there xD
is that pit stuck there forever 
I’m not allowed to say or discuss that topic.
The bottom areas will be filled with trees and such so that isn’t a concern.
A matching color sounds good
It’s not stuck there
How the mounds look isn’t messed up? For the visual?
I think its looking really good so far! Have not seen anything like it before so I love the idea your going for
is anyones island open rn for tour??
Hey pals! I’m redesigning my island and need some help figuring out where to put my fruit trees, bamboo trees, campsite, museum, and shops! As you can see it is all inspired by Neverland from Peter Pan. (The clothesline in the trees is the lost boys hideout)
Hi! So, I'm going for a dying old town theme (weird I know) and I need some help with what to add to my island. So far I have: a run down icecreamery, an apiary (bee keeping area), a pumpkin farm, an abandoned railroad, a rundown cemetery, a small market and a flower farm. do you guys have any other suggestions on what to add?
Redid the dispensary. Whatchya think
just finished my river connections gonna be working on lakes next can y’all give me some opinions
@radiant olive I would say work on cliffs aswell unless you plan on keeping your island mostly flat.
@rose widget o yeah for sure i’m gonna put in waterfall cliffs after the lakes
@radiant olive got ya, the rivers look great. I currently have a south/east river after restarting my island.
Does someone have an old castle on their island? Kinda like this? Need some inspiration and what Items I could use
Wanna make my museum like this
Putting it on a mountain with ruins like an old castle
Is it your Island and can I check it out via Dream Code? 🙂
so i want to do a haunted forest theme for my island i want to have like orange and black flowers all around the island but also thought white and black would also look good any suggestions?
uwu thats not a bad idea
@upper dew
Hey, I'm curious as to what decorations you guys put around nooks cranny/museum/tailor, would love pics if possible
Hey everyone! Looking for fairy core island layouts, anything will help, you can explain in words but pictures would be better. Ty!
Hi everyone! What can I do to make this little space better? It feels like it’s missing something
It looks good! If that is not a custom path, the only thing I can suggest is to place a custom design on the path
Just add custom designs of leaves around the tents and try using a custom design instead for the path like what Crystal said. :)) But in all, it’s pretty cute and good!
Should I terraform my forest or keep it flat and add more decorations?
I think you should terraform a little mountain and add trees on the mountain, and add more decorations, it’s good though!
@woven drift @pure torrent thanks guys. I’ll give it a go
Sounds good. I’ll probably add the mountain close to resident services
Np 😁
Hey, I'm curious as to what decorations you guys put around nooks cranny/museum/tailor, would love pics if possible
I’m looking for what you guys put around a campsite, I wanna make it cozy and fairy core themed outside, any ideas?
Here’s my Nooks and Ables!
Cute!
I agree, it looks good but not really what I'm aiming for, thanks anyway
I am super proud of my museum entrance. I tried to encompass fossils, art, fish and bugs
I have this next to my nooks
Some really good stuff guys! I just wish these ideas could work with my setup lol, but I like what you got!
What are you aiming for?
@woven drift this is mine, idk if it’s what u are looking for tho
well, I'm putting my museum in between the shops, I'm putting a bridge along the same row, all up against a river, and I mainly have space in front to decorate but also a little on the sides
btw really nice @burnt osprey
I haven’t visited this island yet, but maybe you could find some insp there?
Your island is pretty! What’s your theme? Mind if I get inspiration?
I haven't got Nintendo online lol
Oh- sorry
@pure torrent thank you 😊 I don’t have a specific theme😅 and sure!
i'm struggling to choose a theme, tbh
it's fine sprocket
idk if i was cute cottage core or urban city or an earthy forest tone or what ;v;
i was thinking of somehow doing both a cuteish forest and a city, sort of like my home town, but idk how well that would merge...
Imo, I would recommend cute cottage core, but you can choose something else if you want. 🙂
I guess I'll have to figure this one out myself, thanks anyway guys! At least I got to see some nice stuff!
Cottagecore plus a city-like residential area could work!
that's what i've been leaning towards ^^
especially since my residential area is in a weird spot
one more thing, @pure torrent needs some help I believe, I would help her myself but idk where to go with it lol
Yeah, I really do though, mainly with the campsite and fairy core layouts. Thank you for acknowledging!
Alright, cya Crystal, hope you find a good layout!
sry these arent good images LOL but i made this on my old island
Wdym?? They’re so pretty! Tysm! Will definitely use this inspiration somehow for my island! Ty! :))
And you also just helped with how the outside of my campsite would look
tysm! i wish the campsite was more in view but it's okay LOL
pampkin
Alright I'm back, I thought of an idea... have a plaza area! The shops and museum will be at the back of the plaza! Why I'm back here telling you? Well, where would you put the plaza? You're limited to the area the museum currently is, just that section of land (I can move the museum depending on where you think the plaza should be)
i have a general layout using that github website but i still don't know if it's right
tbh it's the best i've done so far but idk how to incoperate rivers and stuff with this lay out
I made a sledding hill
Cool! Very wintery... Did you tt?
Just for the photo lol
Fair enough 😂
Heya. What flowers should I put here? The bushes are orange and yellow tea olives, by the way.
also, does the area look good?
Anyway, think you can help? I thought of an idea for my island... have a plaza area! The shops and museum will be at the back of the plaza! But idk where to put the plaza, ideas? You're limited to the area the museum currently is, just that section of land (I can move the museum depending on where you think the plaza should be)
My first answer is yellow and orange flowers! And yes, the area looks good lol
I think it should stay on the right side, but move the musuem up more
Yeah, I was planning to use orange and yellow ones too, but which flowers should I use?
How far up? Against the river, or a little below? Just above the main plaza or in between the river and rs?
Just a little below the river
ok thanks!
I think I used a lot of lilies and windflowers for my Island, so I think I'll avoid using those.
Sorry for the delay in answering, I needed to remind myself what the flowers look like in bloom, I think cosmos and mums are your best choices
It's fine! And ooh.. that sounds like an interesting combination
Good thing mums are my native flowers, lmao.
glad I could help :)
I appreciate the help!
So Im wanting to have a natural based island but I don't really know how to go about it. This is my map as of right now
Im also trying to get KK to come to my island
@remote orchid for KK to come to ur island plant a lot of flowers i mean it when I say it cuz it took me a while for him to come cuz in my old island I got him fast and now I took a while but plant a lot of trees but mostly flowers cuz Isabelle will say “plant more greenery” and use fencing as well
I feel like lilys or daisys would fit well
I forgot to say I also recommended getting a fountain and plant flowers around cuz that’s how I did it I hope this helped tho
I have a problem....
I dislike cottagecore, it's common, it's dull, it's unflavorsome. Unfortunately, my island is themed upon the country Scotland , which closely ties in to cottagecore as it has forests, little villages, lakes and highlands etc. I'm trying as hard as I can to make my island as Scottish as possible while keeping it un-cottagecore. E.g., I have removed all the mush DIY furniture and all uses of 'the path'. I have never met someone with an island theme like mine, so it's proving pretty tough.
Have you got any ideas?
@slim tartan I tried to make my island Welsh. It’s tricky
Maybe try to do the mountains, maybe a city that has been abandoned and a bit overgrown? Not cottagecore but maybe try to just focus on a certain thing about Scotland or?? Im not sure, sorry!
For me, cottagecore ofteh has windey paths behind cliffs, across rivers and generally rather thing, almpst mazelike. Cottagecore can look neat, isn't quite my style tho.
I instead plan "main paths" to traverse my island, often 2-3 tiles large instead of 1 tile larde winded paths. Maybe that can help abit with getting a generall different structure?
Can anyone give me and tips for this entrance
terraforming!! or add some water
you need more layers on your entrance or more to keep the eyes busy
Ah ok thank you for the tip
Maybe add some street lamps?
it doesnt have to be over the top, but you definitely need to have more to it. if you want to keep it basic, you could put dark dirt around the edge and put some flowers and street lamps there.
I havent played in forever, but I have something that could inspire you! lemme find it
Alright thank you:)
Wow
heres mine! my aim was to make it interesting but not terraform. it's all about how you use space and greenery
I was thinking to use hedges a lot
It's too good
they look good almost anywhere! my tip is to incorporate bushes as well as the hedge fencing to keep people looking, like I did in the corners with the trees
and the basic fence goes well with the hedge fence too, if you want something more suburban
Can we talk about the villagers that would work on our islands here? Or is this chat specifically dedicated to islands?
Here’s mine, @woven drift
I wanted to make the entrance look simple like the fountain some hedges a couple of flowers and a bench maybe
Id say its fine. Its still a part of the island pheme and their house exterior constributes to layouts and designs around them
Don’t mind the messed up paths, I replaced it and I’m changing up my island.
@pure torrent i think urs does look really nice but i wanted mine to be simplistic
Ah okay, np, thank you for the compliment
I found this on google but this is something that i would like to have or something similar to it
imo, if i had used just one type of fence it would have been too simple
so mix and match to see what works
go for it!!! experiment with corner rounding and shapes
Yeah but i dont what to connect the entrance to
you dont have to connect it to anything directly! mine goes off in different directions
How does your map layout look like? If the entrance is sort of in front of resident services, connect it there.
Because my town hall is all the way over there
As you heard earlier, I have a scotland themed island. I already have a decent plan of what villagers should or could go on the island:
Vic, Angus, Phil, Sparro, Agnes, Deirdre, Poppy, Fauna, Murphy, Lobo, Shep and Julian would all work well on a scotland themed island.
Are there any other villagers that would work well on a scotland themed island like mine?
Julian doesn't feel Scottish chops could work
Ohh, okay, it doesn’t really need to connect to anything, just keep it moving towards something.
Woah
heres mine. I hated not connecting things, but I grew super attached over time
The national animal of scotland is a unicorn, so i put julian there. It could work... I guess?
@barren karma your photos are making me want to re-decorate my whole island ;-;
having it not symmetrical is part of the charm
omg dont
im reconsidering my whole island, it's why I stopped playing for a while!!
I can never get my island to my liking
mhm same
Alright i think i have an idea of what i can do for my entrance
I'll make the entrance and I'll update you guys when its done
sweet!!! show us your progress
we're all happy to help
Now its time to get all the items i need lol
@barren karma Can you please help me in designing my island? I literally already asked 3 people for help yet I still have no idea what to do.
maybe you could add a sheep? like Eunice or Stella
sure!! what do you need help with?
or vesta!!! vesta is the first animal i think of for your kind of island
Can we discuss in DM please?
id prefer here, but sure!
Ooh I have stella! She wasn't supposed to be permanent, but I might keep her now
Thanks!
Oh my entrance is gonna look beutifull
that's great then! would love to see your progress 😄
mcgibbon, correct me if im wrong but dont you have kids? how do you trust them with your island in the slightest 
i'm planning to get Grizzly as my island is forest theme
i was gonna say, id cry if someone even put their house in a weird place!
Yeah she was chopping down all my trees and littering the island with random items when she ran out of storage
good god.... a child of chaos 
Made the outline of the entrance
oooh! it looks so good, keep going!
Yeah im gonna add some trees
I have the furniture ready its being sent in the mail by nook mile
being in island layouts and looking at my pics just makes me wanna play again... i dont even have my switch with me 
Ur island looks so nice
WOW
thank u!! it means a lot
theres a lot I would change if I go back though, like my villager list

Damn...I passed grizzly twice in the last hunt! I shoulda taken him...
wow, nice island layout !
Just finished up my ables any opinions?
I love it, no changes in my opinion 👏
I dont know if i should flatten and reterraform my island or not.
@hollow dagger I think it’s worth it i’m doing it rn and it’s a blast it adds more play time and enjoyment
Its more of the cost to move everything im worried about
Just begun a bears picnic area. Any idea for more items that would go with that I can add? (Other than more bears) I have more space just below the path also
My vegetable patch is complete 😊 It's also snowing! ❄️
My Map
Pls be nice about this I need help I had to restart my island so the photo ur seeing is my new island :/ and I’m stuck because Idk what to do or where to start being creative any tips because at the moment I’m flatting my island
Just upload them to Twitter from ur switch and download them on Twitter well thats what i do
Well then get twitter
Then u cant get ur switch captures
You can also upload your screenshots to facebook, if you have that...
Ah, well sadly they can't be uploaded straight to discord I'm afraid
It doesn't take much to make a Twitter account tho
Taking a picture on your phone and then uplading that could also work, yeah 🙂
All u have to do is upload the pic download it then delete it
very rough plan for what i got for my island, yes i drew it on snapchat úwù
thankyou!
What should I do for judys house?
I can’t figure out how to terraform my island entrance my residence is close and off centered
hii. i need a little inspiration on what to add right here. it can literally be anything but i just need guidance. what did you guys put here?
Any thoughts on my layout so far? I haven’t touched the bottom left side of my island at all yet btw
@visual python This is what I did 😊
@bleak wind omg tysm, it looks lovely.
I see people with these great islands and then I look at mine it’s just flat. 😂😂
I have a spot like this I've been struggling with. I think I'm going to put lots of bamboo? Maybe make a little garden? It's hard to figure out.
@stone ginkgo yess i know the feeling too well. that spot has been empty since i first started
I think it's because of it's direction. Putting stuff there feels so awkward.
@visual python I'm planning on putting my lighthouse in that spot ontop of a cliff
@oak thunder yeah i saw an island that had that and that was gonna be my option
My jungle/forest campsite area
@brave goblet my advice would be to think of a theme for your island and then go on happyisland designer and do a rough plan of where you want all your buildings, rivers, bridges and inclines to go. Use that as your guide. I personally printed mine off and refer to it all the time haha
After that just focus on one section at a time so you're not overwhelmed. Start by building the foundation like the cliffs, rivers etc and then decorate after. You'll gradually get inspiration as you build and decorate.
my heart lake is now a reality, didn’t look up any guides or anything. now i just gotta connect the rivers
@oak thunder thank you I’ll try to follow what u said means a lot
I dare someone on here to do this to their island!
I have this space in my eating/cafe area next to my ables and nc but I don’t know what to add I was thinking of adding a food stall
@woven drift what's the dream address
Idk
Oh okay haha
Sorry, he (it was a YouTube screenshot) visited the real island, not the dream one.
Once I’m done flatting my whole island can y’all help me where to start it means a lot
I’ve messed up my rivers and I don’t know what to do
Can someone show me how to terraform a good river
Like a natural looking one
here are finished parts of my island since I flaten it! hope you like it!
@visual python not mine but I hope it helps
@wispy jay this is perfect, thank you ^^
@visual python np! Glad I could help! ^^
Here's my map, need to update my dream address tho😅
here's where I ended up with my attempt at natural waterways. I became a bit obsessesd with the 'physics' of them. Every river needed a 'source'
This is a nice little guide for natural terraforming including rivers https://twitter.com/eggotchi/status/1250278044842917888?s=21
Hello, does anyone know some items that would look good for a campsite area by the beach? I have a cottage core theme
@heavy summit is that a ww1 trench?
Yes
rivers are now connected, now to riiise them mountainbois or cliffs or whatever you wanna call ‘em
@woven drift
OMG I LOVE IT
Could someone help me with my island? I'm thinkjng of starting from scratch and flattening out every single thing. Heres what it looks like.
@long blade hi qt

YAYAYAYAY IT'S SO CUTE DLKFJDS
here's my kidcore entrance and a random area
DAMMN TOFU THATS EPIC
MADIS ISLAND IS LITTERALY MY DREAM ISLAND
DFJSDLFJDSKLF BRB GONNA GO REDO MY WHOLE ISLAND
i've worked so much on it, i'll post my current map in a sec, there's so much i need to do still and i'm on 800 hours 
Oooo YAYYY
800 omg
I’m at 780 rn 
I love that it's kidcore and it's got dobie chilling bc obv he's a kid at heart @woven drift
yayaya dobie
I have no idea where to put this
Maybe add a piece of land so you can add the bridge there?
I'll try
back will be completely torn up (it was cottagecore before this) and ables is going to be surrounded by a mountain on the side where it is rn and then neighborhood and school in the back as well as the museum
That terraforming OOOOOO

Hey guys ! not sure if i’m in the right area but can anyone let me know if they have a kpop themed island ? 🤔
@woven drift ur map and island is so stunning omg
Hello, does anyone know some items that would look good for a campsite area by the beach? I have a cottage core theme
@valid owl
Thanks :3
What should I do with this area? It's to the left of my plaza and infront of my beach. In the back is my waiting area. I was thinking something like a cafe/restaurant or a tanning area. Feel free to send some pictures for Inspo. Please @ me in a reponse
maybe a little beachside pool area?
Hello! I am looking for suggestions on how to make the island a bit better to give it the boost it needs from 4 stars to 5 stars! Thanks! (P.S. Sorry for low quality)
Isabelle should tell you specifically what you need to do to boost your star rating 🙂
(P.S. #2 the bottom right area is a W.I.P. garden so if you have anything to say about that part before I finish it please let me know)
I totally agree with that .
I think Kyle’s house is finally ready!
You have the cutest villagers :0
hay if some one is free and can help whith my island layouts gust @errant swift
ideas on how to fill a 9x15 spot?
(already made a cafe, restaurant, park, and pool)
@pastel cloud picnic area?
think it might be too big
Orchard?
hey homies! does anyone have like a pinterest collection or smth of good ideas for a mountain town? i can take inspiration from cottagecore too. i can search this channel but i just thought i'd see if anyone had a collection already put together 
Rate my entrance out of 10
@woven drift 7/10 add flowers and benches
Hmm alright
Any specific flower i should add?
Well kinda im gonna combine like a foresty theme and like a theme with a road that connects places
I would use your natural flower
Alright then I'll add some lilys
can some one come to my island and help whith my disine of my island pls and thank you
Bushes would be super cute too
I have bushes
Design*
like how it whould look better
only see 2 in that perspective, my bad.
Oh I’m just correcting your spelling lol
okay thank you
This was my old entrance where I decorated around the fountain. Maybe something similar will cover more ground @woven drift
that looked really good :0
Alright how is it now
looks calming you gust gotta add some cheres and calming colers
benches and streetlamp and maybe some customs design for the floor
i think once you start putting things around like buildings and such it’ll look better, but i also think benches would help
A log bench maybe?
i wish my island looked as good as your guyzzz
Im not sure where to put the benches
hmm maybe around the fountain
im tring to make mine fell as outsidey as possably
This maybe?
A lot of people are going for the cottagecore look, i think that theme is super cute too
Acctually maybe i should add a bin
ill try to take a picter of mine
here it is
maybe if you out another bench on the other side it’ll help
aww what do you mean! It's super cute! 
@woven drift , @woven drift 
thank you ill show a another pic
:000 that’s adorableee
ty
it was snowing on my island for some reason idk 
Ideas who?
That balloon flying carried that photo mizu
i did this gust awil agow
Oooh lovely
I love hedges
I’m really not a creative person and I wish this was cuter and the yard was bigger but honest opinions on marinas yard?
Adorable
ooo you should put like hyacinth lamp on the trunk, it might look super cute
heres my house
I have all my houses by the beach idk where to put them xD
you have a really nice map layout
i put mine in the bigest corner of my island hills
This is my new entrance, still work in progress tho 
hello! I’m looking for picture inspo for Museums, wanting to make the outside filled with either fossils or statues
cool
@versed wadi i have the same kinda thing with a bridge next to it
i have all of this to fill
Pls be nice I’m gonna flat my whole island out and I need help on where to start can anyone dm or tag me some idea cuz at the moment I don’t have any creative ideas for my island
so douz any one whont to do a tour of my is land there will be itemz for you if you whont to come
@brave goblet
I would but I am redecorating right now :c
okay
I would but later :/ just to see and get some ideas it’d be fun
Which one looks better? Cobble or dirt.
dirt
2nd dirt
Anyone have layout tips for 3 star
Thank you.
there's a really good island star rating guide in the pins @verbal apex 🙂
Thanks
@brave goblet Heres an island planner website so you can plan out everything
https://eugeneration.github.io/HappyIslandDesigner/
Tysm
@dusk locust thank you 🥺
yay one of my villergers named grizzly is leaving
Im still left wondering about my island layout, could anyone help with terraforming ideas?
Thats... why im asking for help.
ok so you whont me to come to your is land ok ill what for how you whont to do that
okay
like dodo code or some thing right
hay lamp you here
My future island idea (WIP)
Hey guys weird question but any of you has an idea or a path to put something between trees ? ( I don't want any free square in one spot and trees need 1 square between them )
flowers / bushes / weeds / small rock or flower custom designs are all options depending on your desired effect @prime harbor
What do I do here! My entrance is on the right
Or here, I want to get rid of this, what do I put here
just gonna reupload these because people keep ignoring them
@errant swift
Hey sorrya yeah, you still here?
ye im here
Oh thank god okay, I'm opening up now
I don't really know what to do at all with my layout
guys what yard size did you do personally 🙂
does anyone have like a city inspired island? i wanna make a city/night market area of my island and need some inspo!
hi!! what should i put in the space where the wood path is?
fossles or status
@prime harbor all my villagers have huge yards that match their personalities. I gave Julian an entire dance club 😅
My villagers all have different yard sizes
okay nevermind i did this sjdndjd
thats so cute
Does anybody have any ideas of how to style my rivers? Right now I just have them filled in all the way
Imo filling them in all the way was a bad idea
Not planning to keep the village
Ik it was stupid, it was when I first started terraforming and had no instruction
:/
First thing I would do is connect both river openings by river
Okay I’ll try that, I also wanted a little museum area in the middle so I’ll work my way around that and come back! Tysm @woven drift !
@bronze sierra remember if you dont like the terraforming you can always change it
this is what i did!
with the riverthing i mean
Cuteeee
Thats too straight for me
which one would look best here
I’d say the fourth picture
2 or 4!
I have no idea what else I should do.
yes four is really good
maybe you should add some ports, a marketplace, farmland, and some more greenery that’s what i think
Kua Ran Manor ~
Sunny day on Jutengai! ☀️🌼
@naive fern awesome
hi
My outdoor library (work in progress) 
How r u guys so good? Like I am literal ass at the game lmao
Can u change the location of ur house later on?
Oh my bad. Won’t happen again
.t swearing
Swearing is ok in moderation, as long as it's not sexually suggestive or offensive/directed towards others!
I don't think it's possible to be terrible at the game lol
yeah
lol
Off topic but can someone play with me?
I created two ramps for Redd and was wondering what to do in the empty space, I’m actually gonna move that villagers house. I need some ideas
Need ideas for the entrance it’s just it’s not a straightforward to my residence hall
My answer will always be a diagonal bridge for offset resident services
When I try that it touches the bottom left of the residence area
Any help would be great
@tranquil narwhal you could try using cliffs to block the view a bit instead. this is a great entrance that is still super close to the RS (like 8 spaces, I believe) https://twitter.com/mori__tsumu/status/1253584047248306176?s=21
It would have to be the opposite way of that pic
Then flip the image 👍
It’s the entrance that drives me crazy lol
i'm having a theme crisis help
Hmm I wish it was wider so I can get a better view on the entrance
cute!
Someone have ideas for this large area?
I see you have your plaza near, what I have seen a lot is like a concert stage or band area
@fading dirge Do you have a current island theme?
@dense berry yeah the island theme is more urban type style
So yeah a small concert venue doesn't sound bad
@fading dirge what about a library cafe area?
finally redid redd's entrance 
@plain forge thts so cute! i love the train 🚂 tracks
@woven drift ty!!
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Ooo
Omg cool
Nice
Fancy
I love that a lot
The hills over by the entrance is the "lavender" field
And the other hill by the houses (by the beach) is gonna be the pumpkin farm
The houses that go up from the plaza's are my fav villagers lol
That’s cool
Bubbles is leaving my town soo I’m goona find a cute villager to replace it
This is my new entrance, ft. My favorite villager cookie!
AWWW
This is soo adorable
I need some help with decorating around my museum. I'm going for a dying town theme (odd I know 😂). So far I've added a pumpkin farm, abandoned mine, rundown icecreamery, overgrown cemetery, an apiary, a market, and a flower farm. Any suggestions?
Nice!
Do you guys think the villager houses look better spread out around the island then all in one place?
my fake bridge! 
Depends on how you decorate it and where the water is in my opinion
7am is v pretty
Anyone have any cottagecore/woodland island inspo they could send me??? I’m planning for a new island
yall are too talented please-
coming on here and realizing there is SO MUCH POTENTIAL I havent even touched on OMG
A quick run-through of an area I'm working on, with groups of furniture separated by various "elements". Slightly worried how I've structured it is getting in the way of me finally getting 5 Stars. (Something about 8x8 "blocks" that I don't understand. xp) https://twitter.com/MrPokirby/status/1333283937632743426
My ice cream shop that I finally am satisfied with 🤗
OMG ✨GIMME✨
Which bridge is more tropical? The wooden or iron?
looking for secret beach entrance pictures if anyone has any, i have a natural island and i’m not sure if i should have cliffs surrounding or flatten the island
Are there items that you can place things on that are 2 blocks tall and do well in a nature scene?
that is so cute! ❤️
@toxic oar something that wouldn’t be visible so much in the trees, but enough to bring the white butterfly up enough to see it, rn it’s on a log stool 😦
Yea that would be great for winter, but not so much for any other season 😅😅
Lol yea but it’s like neon green 😭😭😭
Something about the size of the cliff would def be good, but I don’t think it’ll let me build those so close to trees...or will it? Lol I’ll try it
Yea won’t let me build it around the tree
heheh
I’ll try the turkey garden stand
Entryway to my island! Would love some feedback!
Feels epic
bruhh now i’m jealous
I’m putting my museum on a castle ruin, maybe you can try that too?
Did I make this area too Holly-y LOL
That aside I decided to change this hot mess after like 6 months.
Only my GameCube players will love this
is your old one the first picture
Yes. The old one is the one taken in Summer.
o.... i personally preferred the old one 
The OG GameCube Animal Crossing ground
what do you think about my cozy dinner place?
Should i add the campsite here 👀
I'm quite new to the game, I have unlocked island designer to edit water and hills, but I'm stuck, I have a lot of space and need re-arranging, any ideas what I should do?
waterfalls!
Or a lake
Haven't unlocked that yet:/
Yeah I'm editing lakes rn, but should I remove like the hills at the top, BC most of them are not even and messy
If you put water at the edge of a hill it creates a waterfall not matter what
Oh lol
How have you guys decorated your villagers houses?
I tried to decorate each villagers with different fences, a lamp and their own garden at the back of the house. I also added a bench and favorite items for each one.
I see so many beautiful layouts and am so disappointed with my island ;-;
I have made a lil place for 5 of my villagers neighbor area
Ima move one of em to the northern part of the island
same but my island is improving
I realize your name

I'm struggling so hard with the path... i dunno what to do. ; ;
i like the right side more!
I'd use it but I have it all around my island and I kinda want this place to stand out.
Ah, i see.
do any of you guys have ideas for shop placements? i have no idea what to do for my nooks, ables or museum hahahaha
I recently redid mine, I did a sort of shopping plaza with trees and light and some park vibes
still working on mine XD but it snowing XD
anyone as a long museum entrance ( trying to fill in some space lol )
that really cute
Any suggestions on what to add to my mini cafe? It’s behind villager housing and across the bridge is a little oddities shop
i found it online im trying to reacreate it but cottage core
what is ur theme?
How wide should canals be? Do they look best skinny or wider?
@woven drift kind of plant witch / naturey / spooky ish
Does anyone know what to add to my train station? I’m drawing a blank. The train tracks go farther down to the right and idk what to put there
anyone has a long museum entrance ( trying to fill in some space lol )
@prime harbor Not mine but I hope it helps
@prime harbor what's your theme?
Park/suburban/nature pretty large theme lol
Anyone have a aesthetic/a lot of waterfalls area leading to their house?
how the-
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i had to restart my island recently and im planning on shaping it into a suburban japanese town
good luck!
i need a little help with my art beach i would love some photos
maybe u could add some dropped nmt so it looks like train tickets
Any ideas for what to do around my museum? My islands all pink & white!
I know maybe add a waterfall surrounding a fossil?
can someone give me a pink entrance ex.
Does anyone have ideas for BEACH designs, my entire beach is empty with only coconut trees.
not pink yet but this is mine
This is my pink & white entrance!
That inner water fall looks so cool!!
any ideas on what to do with this thing?
any ideas on a wintery flower blend? im ready to switch out my resident services flower beds
Maybe a different white flower with a blue hyacinth?
see, i was thinking doing white and red tulip diagonal stripes like candy canes but i thought i would need some accent colors
that sounds pretty cute, maybe try a green mum as an accent colour?
Green mums would be cool
kinda Christmassy
What Sophie said
if only i could breed green mums! my purple mums arent producing any
Designing this little bamboo zen spot for Melba. Thoughts?
I have this empty space where redd is and I don’t know what to put here.
Oh hey, my island overview is actually starting to look like something at least
finally got my museum set up 🤪
What fences should I use for judys house?
Stone ^
i like it what is your island theme
Well I’m gonna go for something natural-ish? Currently I’m just terraforming and planning though, so no decorations whatsoever
ah i have a cottage core nature island i just decorate in the terraformed areas so i can get a idea of what im doing
Nice nice
Yeah mine might turn out to be a bit cottagecore as well, but we’ll see where I take it lol
good luck
You too
i love the way u terraform your water
It’s mostly just winging it and almost never making it straight lol
Unless there’s gonna be a bridge of course
yeah i think it looks less natural if u make it strait thats just my opinion tho
I wish I can make mine as natural, I kept how my island looks without terraforming as much only to make bridges.
but yours is very earth-like.
Yeah that’s fair
I mean it’s kinda just a matter of first looking at how other people make theirs that you like and somewhat “studying” how they do it, and also follow a few rule of thumb, like make it curvy/rarely straight if you’re going for more natural
Anyone have ideas for this large area?
Well, give us some context
Marketplace/Park/Diner
A bit too small for a park imo, but maybe a playground in that case
But of course it depends
could be a market
maybe a library
There’s also a list of some stuff in pins
I love this weather....so much.
Nice
There isnt even a filter. The colors are just amazing.
Ye
would you mind if i just yoinked that idea from you
ok which river layout is better? Double South, Southwest or Southeast?,,
its super beautiful tho, sorry for the ping but could i know what furniture you used? @sonic cloak
i have 2 rivers going out on the same side and its super frustrating so idk
double south?
It really depends on what you like, but personally I don’t like double south
why yall dont like double south?
Dunno, probably because I want more asymmetry?
because its hard to make it not look awkward but thats my opinion and i suck at designing
^^^
awkward? 🤔
As I said it’s really up to you what you like
like its hard to decide where it should end without connecting them but connecting them blocks a lot of stuff
this is my current layout
That's nice
really?-
Yeah
Nobody in this game knows true struggle other than Double South users.
It ties really really well with a canal-like island though.
@mental condor i restarted my island and renamed it moonflower, too a few weeks ago. what a coincidence (:
Anyone got any ideas to use in this empty space. To the left and down the ramp are my flower gardens and the ramp in the back leads to redd
my island layout is really similar to yours except my cliffs are a little different and my lakes dont curve around and good luck with ur island
However it can be hard to decorate with given all of the vertical space it creates.
Which picture are you referring to
i love decorating the beaches i like the cluttered look
both- i have no idea what to do with my island ;_;
i have u chosen a theme?
not really i had an idea but my resident services building ruins everything why did i pick the layout ;_;
how far have u gotten on ur island
i finished the game so
oh uh i cant screenshot with laptop 6_6
someone said they found all the layouts so idk let me see
bottom right is it i think
choose bottom right: best one imo
I used Iron Garden Benches, Iron and Stone Fencing, Holly bushes, Street Lamps, Hedges, and Arc Tiles. I went for a city look.
today I need to (start to) redo my castle...
thanks
Turned the top left map into this mess LOL
i like it
My friend made a meme theme island
my map so far 
I have an issue; the video says petting Benny for 5 minutes but the video is only 4:57. You owe us :03 of petting Benny.
Also, you need to stop that. You're going to get banned.
Can people send me pics of their entrances with the rs rlly close to the airport?
how close?
I don't understand the issue with double south rivers lol
I have double south rivers, gives me less space to decorate, hurrah XD
it's easier
IDK if this is considered close but
Which den desk fits better for this area ? Brown wood or Dark wood ?
brown wood in my opinion
Thank you :)
NP 😉
I need entrance ideas for 8 steps forward and 4 steps right to my residence area
From the airport to my residence
I believe my rs is 8 blocks away from the airport
you could build cliffs to hide the RS if the offset is bothering you, then have a path connect to the RS from the side.
does anyone have any idea for what i could put here? its a secret area right behind nooks and ables. i was gonna just leave it as dirt for simplicity (and for my game’s sake since it lags from all the furniture i have outside) but it still looks kind of desolate
picnic garden or maybe a place for tea
This second tier is gonna take ages please help-
A tiny Island remodel
your lil pose is so cute

Offering island design help! I have experience in this. Dm for examples. I can any theme and style and you can ask me to add in anything you want!
Dm me!!!🙂
maybe like a holiday area or market
hmm
or like a community area/lounge. places to sit and music and other activities
cafe?
you can never go wrong with a cafe
do you wanna serve coffee or tea or both?
maybe even smothies
*smoothies
eh feels a little too basic, and i already have a bar on the beach
it's like, everyone already has one of those
true
Tell me about it lol
i wanted to make a jazz lounge but my brain died trying to come up with ideas
Im glad Im not the only one who thought that.
We should've been had a real cafe in game but nah.
You can only have 8 bridges and inclines in total right? Or you can have 8 and 8 ?
8 of each
Ohhhhh I always thought it was 8 in total
Can they please increase the total of both to 10 at least.
Righttttt
And give us more options.
I wish they'd just straight up remove the limit lol
I want an Iron and Stone Bridge that looks pretty.
I dont mind the limit because I like working around my issues personally.
Makes room for new ideas.
Ah, that's an interesting take too
I trully wanna attach street lamps to the bridges Lol
That would complete my city look so much.
Oh gosh that would be lovely
One other thing I wish we could do was attach Garlands from street lamp to street lamp
This is mine 🙂
koala greaser sips soup below main street
a great sized area but i have no idea what to put there. my theme is cottagecore/natural
maybe like a natural kinda park area
something to stroll thru
trees. rivers. little fishing spot
Gnomes
no matter how much i change this area the museum won’t fit in the middle
i’m trying to make the door align with the steps
bring in the left side cliff one, then bring the path to where the museum edge is
Iwas going to say that lol
well do y’all think it’s possible to align it? because when i shrunk the areas it still kept being off
It isn't the museum is 7 wide so the steps would have to be 3 wide to sit in the middle and line up with the door
You could scoot the museum back some and hide that it doesn't line up? It really just depends on if it's going to bother you that there aren't three wide steps
i wanted the museum to be peep up a lil like 
A lot of people use two sets of stairs leading up the sides, one on each end, rather than the middle but if you did that you'd have to change your waterfalls (which are really pretty btw)
RATS i was gonna do that but then i was like “nah fam move it over” so i changed it
THANK YOU
Np! I hope you get it figured out to a way you like it!
i probably won’t like it but i’m too lazy to change the waterfalls and move my stairs again LMAO
Mood
that area is so satisfying tho
What do I put here? The entrance is on the bottom right, and I’m trying to make it realistic
Maybe a welcome center or like a waiting area
hi guys! this used to be my garden for breeding flowers to get hybrids, but now i have them all and dont have any ideas for this plot and i've just been stuck thinking for days. any ideas?
Souvenir shop?
Of sorry that was for the previous person lol i should have tagged them
oh shoot hahah sorry about that
Anyone have a image of a welcome area/center, or a waiting area
oh shoot hahah sorry about that
@low bridge. Its fine ☺ maybe a tree house area. Its more like an area that can only be accessed via ladder
& it can be like a secret hideout/lounge
mm its on the flat ground though
you could add a little cafe?
Ah. Well if you ever think about adding levels you could try it
ahh true, i have 2 with one right next to it though, which is why i'm struggling a tad bit
A cycle hire centre?
mm i might add levels, that may look interesting
truee i could put that
OOOH WHAT IF I DID A TRAIN STATION
👍
heck yeahhhh thanks guys
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How wide should I make my canals? I have double south river mouths and want a venice/cityish feel and canals are really pretty I just can't decide if they should be 4 or 5 tiles wide
My fairy forest’s seasonal changes
oops wrong channel Kdjsnsk
Thanks! It's really pretty!
does someone have an idea for what I should do with my island I'm redoing it
I want to spread out my villagers houses to make it look nice, but because of when I made the river, it wouldn’t work. Any ideas?
i’m trying to make my island fairycore, but i have no idea where to start
mushrooms mushrooms mushrooms
hi
Could anyone look at my island and tell me what to do it’s all trash 😬
@viral ruin what do you mean
Updated my map
oh wow
so, my island looks ok. but i want to redo it. i've already sent 3 million bells, i only have 6million to spare. please help me decideeeee
moving my villager's houses wont be a problem, 10 x 50,000 is only 500,000
I have 6 million bells
The feeling of wanting to redo it will probably not go away. I put off fixing my island for a long time because I was lazy. Don't be like me Lol. You can wait until you have a little more money though
Play the stock market for two-ish more weeks and you'd have plenty of bells
Yeah a person I watch on twitch got super lucky and won a giveaway, and they are giving away bells
hope I win
Boy i wish i was rich to spend
cake cafe! ignore my helmet it makes me look like a scientist 😭
This is total inspiration 🙌🏻🤩 Nice job !!!
Good Evening, I have an empty part in the back of my island near redd and my museum, I don’t know what to put here. I ran out of ideas.
i just made a big mistake i difnt know that you cant put an stairs on a thrird level and i already put down two so now i have to demolish them both
not sure how to feel about my new entrance feed back plz sry about the photo quality
winter wonderland already! im still in fall😡
add stuff on the mountain edge
near the waterfall
ok maybe a tree bounty lamp
yeah i think that would look good
I had to restart because i lost my progress when i switched from switch lite to normal switch🙁
thats so sad
replaying the game though cause its so fun
i switched my data recently
what should i add to my map i have been trying to water scape more
T_T Really need assistance on my island, asked several times today but got none
I am going to create a core that is SO cottage
Sorry but my island designing skills suck
My dock.
hey guys! by any chance do one of you know how to make a "small" crescent moon pond?
HOW THE HECK-
not extremely sure about it, but my island is sort of starry night themed, so...
just finished! sherbs house and surrounding area
Should I just flatten what I dont like and go from there, found a couple islands im in love with and now I have a completely different vision
wow very water e
much water
Work in progress... 🙂
Haha, that's so cute.
Thats the best thing ive ever seen
Does anyone have any cute lake inspo pics?
@tame badge not my pics but
does anybody have entrance ideas for centered resident services?
One rock down, five more to go...
hehe how’s my entrance?
what are some good island themes?
City and cottagecore are pretty popular
I don’t know if this is the right place to ask this but does anyone have any advice on the best way to plan out your island? I’m destroying mine right now so I can start over with the terraforming and such but I don’t even know where to begin to design. I have some ideas but idk lol it’s overwhelming.
Anyone want a tour of Kyoshi Island?
my island wow
@brave goblet ty!
helloooo i’m looking for picture inspiration of nooks & ables close together with one elevated like this
sorry if my island looks a bit disorganized i wasn’t really thinking on where i was putting my buildings
Can someone help me with some island design ideas? I’ve attached a picture of my map - the places circled are areas I don’t want to change atm
I really want to change my nooks and ables around so I can do something from my airport to lead to them? I dunno
I really need help 
hi
Need some ideas, what kind of other furniture should I put around here?
does my island look disorganized or is that just me?
So this is my entrance, how can I expand the tropical theme onto the rest of my island using this kind of vibe
I don't think so, just asymmetrical, but I'm a fan of asymmetry myself
can some one come to my is land to help me whith my island dezine
Ooh I will love too even tho I also need help but I will like to look around and see how creative u went
okay thank you
Camp
Finished my first scene, a beach party, in time for the first day of summer!
Totally going tropical/retro Kiwiana themed for my island and nobody can stop me
Finally got a visitor at my campsite. Wart Jr 😹
Can someone give me a hand figuring out my island? Got some bits done and others I have no idea - can set up a dodo? 
Finally got a picture of Maple enjoying her yard 
Is there any island designers on here. If so dm please.
Nothing much but I think it’s cute!
Looking for some river ideas for my map
okay so i have an idea of a section i wanna use a river in to break up this huge section on my island into smaller sections. would it look weird to have it fully wrap like this?
I think it would look great!
Guys i need help on where the houses should go etc T T
New island entrance ❤️🎄
New pond garden
island done! it looks weird on the map but i like it on the ground 😅
Looks cool. I'd love to see it sometime ☺️
thank you! it's very wip rn but I'll be doing tours soon for sure
Is this where the dodo codes are?
I have my ideas for this area, but what would you put here? I have a moving painting I wanna incorporate
@turbid mortar I’m not seeing it though
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Finally made something I enjoy. Should I change anything?
how’s my map looking?
does anyone have any inspo for a campsite area without terraforming
It's looking super interesting from what you have so far, it makes me curious to see the full thing once it's done!
@smoky igloo that’s great to hear tbh, restarted my island so I can have a good map as well, the theme is like an old forest Japanese town, I’ll make sure to post updates every once in a while 🙂
Does this custom path look good here or is the original brick better?
@quaint pebble I like the custom one.
I like the more muted colors of the custom one, but the varying brick orientations of the default one, so that's a bit of a toughie honestly!
It all depends on what you like best
does anyone have the waterfall layout thing w the house in middle?
Does anyone know if I can destroy this and make it water or just destroy it?
Unfortunately you can't have slanted waterfalls and do have to have a cliff edge in that regard, so there isn't much to be able to do about it I don't think!
I'm going for a venice-ish style with lots of brick and cobblestone. I agree that the muted colors are really nice but variance is good too thats why im having such a hard time deciding haha
Any ideas as to how I should decorate this area? It's the "interior" of my castle and it's not a whole lot of space but I'd still like some ideas as to what I could do
here's the entrance for reference
Patiently waiting for the snow like....
Anyone know any ideas on what to put in the red area, and should I move my museum up a level?
@winter kernel maybe like a plaza with a fountain, small markets, someone playing an instrument, etc.
made a cemetery, these took too much stones 
wheres the marowak ghost?
LOL i’ve had a few people telling me this reminds me of the pokemon tower from lavender town, i’ll find a way to add it 
hey wait a second, thats a crap ton of stone. how much stone is all that?
i have no idea but it’s 30 stones per zen style stone, theres 76 zen style stone here not including the other stone items 
Yikes
Hope you like it!
That looks amazing
Haha so rad!! so many stones!
What is the code you got for the bricks
Hey, I'm trying to perfect this area to have a visitor centre on the left (campsite will go there) and a waterfall viewing area on the right (will put in a cliff to give a better view), just wondering if the layout is good or if I need to change it?
I only just got bamboo for the first time, I want to plant it so I can have renewable bamboo but I don't know where in my village it could fit
I don't have landscaping tools yet but I'll get them in a few days probably
I'm going to move the museum dw
Perhaps I'll dig out the top left area a bit and make that a bamboo forest?
