Housing Decor Guide
Player housing in World of Warcraft has opened up a universe of creativity, but managing hundreds of decor pieces, recipes, and vendors can quickly become overwhelming. The Housing Decor Guide addon transforms that chaos into a streamlined, elegant experience. It puts every decoration in the game at your fingertips, complete with 3D previews, source tracking, and powerful planning tools. Whether you are a casual decorator or a gold-making mogul, this addon is the companion you need to master your in-game home.
Why Every Decorator Needs This Addon
Blizzard's housing system is deep, but the default interface lacks the organizational power that serious designers crave. The Housing Decor Guide fills that gap with a full-featured catalog, crafting queue, and even a profit calculator. It has been featured on Wowhead and Icy Veins for good reason: it turns a scattered collection of items into a coherent, searchable, and actionable database. You can see at a glance what you own, what you can craft, and exactly where to find the rest.
Browse the Complete Decor Catalog
The heart of the addon is its decor catalog, which mirrors every piece from the in-game housing browser but adds layers of utility. You can filter by profession, size, style, expansion, or source, and instantly see how many items you have collected versus how many are still out there. A special "New in Patch" chip highlights recently added decor, so you never miss a fresh drop. Each item card shows ownership counts, House XP bonuses, and even dye variants. A built-in 3D model viewer lets you rotate, zoom, and preview any piece before you commit to crafting or buying it.
Acquire: Know Exactly Where to Get Every Piece
One of the most frustrating parts of decorating is hunting down a specific item. The Acquire tab solves this by showing you every possible source for a decoration. It lists vendors with their exact locations, required reputation, and even the alt that completed a relevant quest. You can filter vendors by faction, zone, or expansion, and the addon will mark which gates you have already met. With a single click, you can set a waypoint or add an item to your shopping list. For those who enjoy the economy side, the Mogul section ranks craftable decor by profit margin, pulling prices from TradeSkillMaster or Auctionator, and helps you decide whether to sell or collect.
Crafting and Lumber Management
Housing crafting revolves around lumber, and the Housing Decor Guide includes a dedicated Lumber Tracker with a live radar that plots nearby nodes on a circular minimap. You can start a farming session to monitor your gathering rate and compare your stock against what your craft queue demands. The Warehouse tracks every reagent across your bags, bank, and warband bank, while the Recipes browser lets you filter by known, ready, or unknown recipes. The addon even shows which alt has the best profession skill for a given expansion, so you always log into the right character.
Styles, Projects, and Room Design
Planning a cohesive look is effortless with the Styles and Projects modules. You can create named styles, build smart sets based on tags like mood or material, and capture snapshots of your current house. The Architect tool provides a drag-and-drop blueprint canvas where you can lay out rooms, assign furnishing sets, and watch live budget bars. Designs persist across layouts, so you can experiment with different floor plans without losing your work. If you are moving plots, the Move Planner calculates the exact rotation your house will need, complete with neighborhood maps.
Seamless House Editor Integration
Perhaps the most magical feature is the companion window that injects directly into Blizzard's House Editor. From there, you can place decor with one click, browsing by your saved designs, styles, or shopping lists. Tooltips show ownership and placement costs, and right-clicking sends a missing piece straight to your shopping list. Indoor and outdoor filtering, along with dye variant handling, are all automatic. This tight integration makes decorating feel fluid and intuitive, as if the addon were part of the default UI.
How to Install and Compatibility
Getting started is simple. After you download Housing Decor Guide from your preferred addon source, extract the folder into your World of Warcraft _retail_/Interface/AddOns directory. If you are wondering how to install it manually, just ensure the folder is named correctly and restart the game. For a truly effortless experience, the foxygame.net launcher offers a one-click install for the Housing Decor Guide, automatically placing it in the right directory and keeping it updated with the latest version. The launcher's addon catalog also lets you browse and manage all your WoW addons in one place, ensuring version compatibility with every patch.
The Housing Decor Guide for World of Warcraft is built for Retail and requires game version 12.0.5 or newer, covering the Midnight expansion. While it is a Retail-exclusive tool, its comprehensive catalog and planning logic can serve as an inspirational reference for decorators who also play on Classic, The Burning Crusade, Wrath of the Lich King, Cataclysm, or Mists of Pandaria servers. The addon integrates optionally with TradeSkillMaster, Auctionator, and TomTom, but has no hard dependencies, so it runs smoothly on its own.
Your Personal Decorator Dashboard
The House tab gives you a high-level view of your collection progress, complete with donut charts, achievement tracking, and House XP hot picks. You can customize the dashboard by toggling and reordering widgets, making it a true command center. Tools like the floating shopping list, zone alerts for missing vendor items, and collection marks on Blizzard's own windows further streamline your workflow. Every feature is designed to reduce the time you spend searching and increase the time you spend creating.
With the Housing Decor Guide, you are not just browsing a catalog; you are wielding a full design studio. From the first spark of inspiration to the final placed candle, this addon supports every step of your decorating journey. It turns the dream of a perfectly curated WoW home into a reality, one click at a time.