Decorating Houses

               ===Moving Furniture Inside a House===
Once you have placed furniture you can still move it around inside the house. There are two ways to do this in EQ2. 

'''The standard way to move items is done as follows:'''
#Mouse over the furniture you want to move
#Right-click on the furniture and select Move from the options list. The item will turn green when it is active.
#Move it with to the desired location with your mouse.
#Left-click to place it again.

'''Pressing ESC on your keybaord at any time will cancel the placement process'''. This is helpful if you decide that you like the original location better, because the furniture will automatically return the the previous location.
 
The second option for moving house items was added in early 2012. It is a special decorating system that allows for movement in smaller increments and greater control. Unlike the standard way of moving furniture, this system uses a special interface. You activate and deactivate the new decorating system by pressing CTRL and E at the same time. 

'''The new system to move things is done as follows:'''
[[File:Housing_UI_Shortcut.png|thumb|Click the The Housing UI shortcut to toggle Decorator Mode on and off.]]
#Press CTRL and E on your keyboard at the same time. 
#Click on the furniture you want to move and a ring will appear in front of it. You will see 5 icons on the ring that have different functions (described after these directions).
#Choose the icon that suits they way you want to change or move the furniture.
#When you are satisfied with the change, left-click to place it.
You can also use your mouse to click the furniture icon on the Housing UI shortcut. It will also toggle Decorator Mode on and off like CTRL and E. The icon is near the top of the screen when you are in a house.  

[[File:EQ2decorInterface.jpg|thumb|The interface for moving furniture, with each icon labeled. ]]

How the 7 icons in new system allows you to move furniture:
*'''Pitch:''' moves an item at an angle to the floor, like the pitch in a roof on a real house. Using Pitch can cause some items to have a graphical glitch, resulting in spinning (common with tiles) or flashing. For this reason, Roll is preferred over the use of Pitch when the texture of an item still looks good with Roll. The Pitch icon has a blue arrow.
*'''Roll:''' similar to Pitch, this will angle the item much like pitch, but on the opposite axis. The Roll icon has two red arrows. ''A rhyme to help remember that Roll usually work best is "Roll, rolls with it. Pitch, pitches a fit."''
*'''Heading:''' rotates items in a circle while it remains in the same location. The Heading icon has a green arrow. 
*'''Up and Down:''' allows an item to be raised up or down, using the icon that has a set of arrows in red and blue (one points up,one points down)  
*'''Scale:''' changes the size of an item, using the icon of boxes with a green arrow between them.
*'''Pick Up''' returns an item to your bag, using the treasure chest icon
*'''Move''' allows you to carry the item to a new location in a house, using the icon that looks like group of 4 arrows in green, pointing in 4 directions

All of the functions in the new system listed above are still available using the standard means of moving furniture. The following keyboard/mouse shortcuts can still be used instead:
*Up and Down: Hold down the CTRL Key and use your middle mouse wheel to raise and lower furniture
*Change the scale (size) of the item: Hold down the Shift Key and use your middle mouse wheel to make it smaller or larger.