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by Lalalafun!!

First for the Pros. The game is fun, relaxing and allows you to express your creativity through home design. If you have friends that also play you can connect via Facebook and share inventory. Definite Pro. It’s also nice to see how your friends interpret the same room.
Now for the Cons. At the top of the list is any interaction with Tapjoy. In order to obtain any wall decor, table art, or floor decor you have to earn or buy (with real money) diamonds. Some furniture also costs diamonds. They are hard to earn. Each day you earn 500 diamonds but most items are 700 diamonds plus. Most rooms need 6-7 items that are purchased with diamonds. In other words to play and completely outfit a room 500 diamonds a day doesn’t cut it. So you have to watch videos or take advantage of offers posted by Tapjoy. Most of these are scams. BEWARE! They just want you to spend real money. It is difficult to play without spending money. Diamonds should be more easily earned. You have to earn 5 stars on a design to earn 250 diamonds. This is a rare occasion. In order to earn 5 stars other players vote randomly on your designs. Sometimes they get it right and sometimes they don’t.
Conclusion, the game can be frustrating since you are constantly trying to get diamonds to play and they don’t provide enough ways to get them without paying real money. Play at your own risk, I do cause I like to decorate. I wish there was another app like this. I would switch in a minute.

by Cunmk

As I stated the scoring system is awful. You can get a low score on a design identical to one that got 5stars. That’s why I like the homes we do because the app designers critique it. There are some seriously hideous designs that score way too high. The game itself is fun if you’re passionate about design and don’t mind getting low scores on something you put your heart into lol. This game is also very expensive to play unless you use the crappy stuff that’s free. You even have to buy your entry, forced to buy expensive items to complete challenges which is sneaky and annoying. The wins aren’t enough to justify the amount of money spent to create better designs. I also want to add something I experience on a constant basis on every device I have. I am constantly being told to check my internet connection. No other app does this, none. So I’ll have to close out, wait forever for things to load only to end up taking twice the amount of time to create my design because it gets erased and then miss the window to enter! Many people don’t have the luxury of sitting around waiting for the game to load a couch, a rug etc. game time, design time is supposed to be fun, not frustrating. I have changed my review to reflect my frustration. And yes I’ve tried all the troubleshooting tips. I rarely play this game anymore for these reasons.

by Dancerkayla@nda

First: I believe I should be able to have choices of all of my “purchased “ or “won” items available to me with every design piece and the app should not decide if it’s to big or not. The other players will vote if it’s good or not. (Or who’s actually deciding?) I also feel there should be a choice to “buy” floor plants and not just purchase with diamonds. I’m a daily player and I notice my scores dropping because I don’t use the most recent options offered for purchase. I understand that this is the survival tactic of the game but if players are truly voting, it shouldn’t matter if I use “older items” in my design. And shouldn’t we receive more diamonds for a 5 rating? Only 125 diamonds and yet when 4 designs are simply completed,$300 are given even if they are not very good?? Next: When searching for items won or purchased, I can’t find them or there’s only one available when I never used any of them. If I’m actually purchasing diamonds, then I’m not receiving anything in return…..I just can’t tell … Lastly: the app crashes a lot in the middle of a game ! Extremely frustrating !! My home WiFi signal is strong, and I’ve removed and reapplied the app as well as cleaning cookies and shutting my device down and nothing works! What’s up? Please work on this!
It seems the less I purchase, and use past themes the lower my ratings…