Ashen's Cottage: Break It Down Commentary and Walkthrough

[@chickletxxiii4511]

As someone who's just learning housing stuff this is so amazing and another level of house designing!

[@shaman6517]

Your explanations regarding the construction are very interesting.

[@akaoeudoxia117]

I'm very grateful for your brake it down series. I had a feeling I may have known how you made some items but was shocked that it was different items on some of it. The space is also really adorable in real life. Its amazing to see a builder like you over NA as I feel like a lot of the really detailed builders tend to be in EU. The space was amazing though I wish I would have been able to build something in some of my apartments. While it also gives me some new ideas for my Medium. With Altitus I have many an apartment/FC room to build.

[@minus2486]

I learned a lot from your break it down series! Thanks for sharing^_^

[@FattyZee]

Finally got a house! Going for a cottage core look for both the interior and exterior, your videos have been super helpful! I didnt even realise these kinds of techniques were possible!!

[@eilinejunginger6352]

Thank you so much this is giving me so much inspiration!!! 😻 My favourite part of your build is the kitchen it looks so cozy and the sink looks perfect!!!🌟 I'm planning on redecorating my house!!!

[@susanmesick542]

This is so clever it hurts......your creativity is astounding.

[@XIV_Wolfram]

I love this series so much! It's so cool to see your thought process and careful planning that goes into these gorgeous builds. 😁

[@wei-lunchiu2366]

Thanks for sharing this lovely master piece!

[@jimmorrison4ever529]

This should have a million views. Amazing!

[@hiroki_rinn]

I need to learn how to do the “glitches” in putting stuff in places the normal UI doesn’t let you. I’m starting to get into my house, but my style is lame and discovering this channel is wicked cool.

[@HGXIV]

Welcome to housing! The glitches arent too tricky once you get the hang of them, but if you need any help at all, we have resources on our website or feel free to join out discord thats in the description box! We have a ton of people that love to share ideas and help each other out when learning or stuck!

[@hiroki_rinn]

@@HGXIVThank you!!

[@SugiSakai]

Your house is gorgeous! You have a talent for design 😊 Thank you so much for taking the time to break it down too!

[@rayndooma5624]

Just stumbled upon your guys channel, and IT'S SO AWESOME! I just got into Heavensward, and I finally was able to afford an apartment. All the amazing houses in your channel is BLOWING MY MIND! I'd love to customize my apartment, but I just can't stand glitching items to move them up in the air. I hope SE can give us more tools to allow us to customize our homes without wanting to PUNCH MY FIST THRU MY MONITOR XP

[@HGXIV]

We'd love to see more UI Customization in the future too, but for now patience is key! Keep at it and soon enough you'll be floating without giving it a second thought!

[@mochapy]

This is an amazing build :D I love everything about it

[@kai_ffxiv]

This is frigging beautiful. Do you have any layout planning resources for housing sprouts?

[@okidoll]

You're videos are so helpful. This is wonderful.

[@Winterr62]

Beautiful 👏

[@shelbyllyn]

I have been trying to get the torches in there for the past 2 hours 😂 How do you do it?

[@hquest]

First time house builder here. When you place all these items on top of each other and thru the floor, does that means the basement is completely unused full of pieces and bits coming thru the ceiling? Or are you still able to use both upper and lower floors of your house with these methods?

[@HGXIV]

Welcome to housing! Most of the time you'll find the basement is unused because the slot limit is used up on creating details on the main floor. Though, sometimes people get creative and use lowered ceilings with rugs and lofts etc to hide some of the bits that are peeking through!

[@MizzDiamondBug]

Thanks for making this I'm trying to find creative ways to decorate my apartment because housing is so limited xD.. This actually gave me a few ideas. But of course I can't use everything here for obvious reasons :(.

[@jenniferleydens8121]

LOVE LOVE LOVE this build! Making the fireplace in my apartment and I have spent hours trying to figure out what furnishing that linen basket is and i cant find it for the life of me lol Anyone know what it is?

[@HGXIV]

Sorry for the slow reply Jennifer! The basket ontop of the fireplace is the Starlight Donuts - all eaten up! Since its from a past holiday event, its only available on the FFXIV Store now, but there is a similar but smaller version in game called the Sandwich Basket! It's just as cute and also dyable!

[@kai__18]

I have a very beginner question .. when designers let stuff peak out from the bottom, like 3:55 the table .. do you do the woodenloft trick from below? How do you know where to put it, so it peaks out at the correct position? I was going absolutly crazy when doing this, always had to adjust and start over and over to find the correct position. Or can u glitch stuff "downwards"?

[@pe2h515]

Hi, could you explain what did you use for wooden pillars in the house?

[@HGXIV]

Hello! Did you mean the pillars on the corners of the walls? They're they ends of the Blank Glade Partitions! If thats not what you mean, feel free to drop a timestamp so we can take a peek at it!

[@Ninetailsmaster16]

I love your build videos so much! This house is so cozy. I had a question unrelated though - how do you get your visuals to look this way? I love the balanced pastel-y(?) look of your graphics.

[@Spamkromite]

1:19 how did you flush that cracked window before the Phasma? I'm trying to do it but it gets stuck on the wall behind the Phasma. Did you flush back the Phasma or did you flush forward the window?

[@HGXIV]

That will largely depend on your set up. If you are working close to the natural wall, then you'll want something like a Stage Panel behind it to stop the Cracked Arch Window snapping backwards to the natural wall. If you're not near the natural wall, then you can just use the Wall Float Glitch to detach it from a partition, remove the partition and save a slot, and the window will stay suspended in the air.

[@kurtrbful1]

Could you please do a list of components in your video information, I think that would be very helpful and great

[@HGXIV]

We try to include items needed for some of the smaller furniture Break It Downs videos, but for a full large house build it would be a list of 400 items. During these walkthrough-style Break It Downs, Ashen is pointing out the items as she goes.

[@Ozappa34]

Hey, can you tell me which steaming pot is it in your kitchen? thanks ♥

[@HGXIV]

Hiya! It's the kettle from the top of the Ishgardian Stove!

[@akaoeudoxia117]

Oh sorry one more comment, about how long do you normally keep your builds up before making another one?

[@HGXIV]

Hmm, I think I keep mine up about 6 months to a year. I'm usually in no hurry!

[@akaoeudoxia117]

@@HGXIV Ah gotcha, are thier other homes you decorate in the meantime when you get the desire to do so?

[@markup6394]

What I always find difficult with entrance doors is that I cant click the exit anymore. Sure, I can teleport away but... thats still cumbersome. There are some cool ideas but it often fails at that simple thing that I cant leave my house/apartment -.-

[@princesskristen81]

I so want this kitchen. wish i had help. I am not good with glitching things :(

[@HGXIV]

We're happy to answer any questions you have! We also have a discord that's filled with people who love to help others when they're stuck, give advice and troubleshoot! There's an invite in the description if you feel like joining. The more the merrier.

[@aerith6977]

what is the wood paneling next to the backsplash called?

[@HGXIV]

Do you mean above the window next to the kitchen backsplash at 3:24? Or the kitchen cupboard on the left at 4:02? I'm not 100% which paneling you mean, unless you mean the backsplash itself.

[@nikix1004]

Is this all one floor of a small house?

[@HGXIV]

This is on the main floor of a large!

[@Tienzu1]

Perfect size for a lalafell

[@HGXIV]

Idk... Ashen's Viera fit in there pretty well!

[@vegassims7]

So cute.

[@Crucent]

It looks Amazing, but as the owner of a medium, an apartment, and FC-room and my partners small, I will never fathom having a Large and making it look like the size of a shoe-box.

[@HGXIV]

We can promise you it's larger than a shoe box lol. But packing this much detail into a design means a compromise elsewhere. 400 slots doesnt go as far as people think! Larges are the least slot efficient homes in the game for slot vs size. Thats also the best part about housing though - people can create a space however they like - different strokes for different folks!

[@mariaadams4284]

I so wish that the kitchen didn't need those damned iceboxes. The damaged Icebox pieces needed to craft it goes for upwards of 850, 000 gil on my server. I just don't have that kind of cash flow!

[@HGXIV]

It doesnt *need* them! You can come up with a budget friendly alternative, like Hingan Bookshelves, Wood Slats and a White Rect Partition or Stage Panel for example.

[@mariaadams4284]

@@HGXIV it doesn't "need" them but for the particular look there's only that item available in game. Much like the new lofts made of stoneflag, yes, there's other things you can use. But it really sucks for new players in particular that don't have the gold reserves that these items are gated behind submarine missions etc and are so expensive. I hope this explains my comment!

[@HGXIV]

@@mariaadams4284 It sure does! Unfortunately new items that aren't sold by vendors (and with that said there are also extremely expensive vendor items for housing too) are always going to be expensive, there's no way around gil for new players other than saving every penny until you can afford it (or having a rich friend). Subs is a tricky one. Without items like housing stuff etc subs would be a completely irrelevant part of the game - which a lot of people enjoy since they don't bring back much else except lumber and ore. I do wish subs were more accessible to more players, but there was a recent Japanese blog by the SE team that said they hope to one day let subs be available to personal housing too, still wont be great for new players, but typically no end-game systems (in any game) are new player friendly. In MMOs especially, there's always a grind to get there.

[@jimmorrison4ever529]

My server they're only like 89k

[@camui007]

looks cool but plz dont use glitches ..... :O its way more fun to build official! and yes u can!

[@HGXIV]

Glitches are approved by YoshiP! He has said he's okay with them multiple times now, so safe to use. Glitching is not the same thing as Third Party, if thats what you're confusing it with!

[@kai_ffxiv]

This is frigging beautiful. Do you have any layout planning resources for housing sprouts?

[@HGXIV]

I wish I did, or had the brain for figuring out how to make house planning easier, but for me it's just a lot of work experience and understanding what my biggest obstacles will be (usually stairs lol)