On the hunt for pretty decor, I’ve been spending a lot of time in Warlords of Draenor, killing mobs to raise my rep to exalted with the Council of Exarchs to get a very cool Greenhouse for the garden. At 5rep a kill, it took a while but it was worth it to get the pretty glass greenhouse.

Once I got it though, I promptly ran out of outdoor decor space so need to do some re-arranging to actually be able to fill it up!

I also had my enchanter run around gathering up Warlords mats to make some sparkly purple party lights.

I have a long wish list of crafted decor items from across the full gauntlet of professions (yay for alts) which is going to take a really long to fill as some of the items I want come from expansions I’ve never been in before.

I spent an incredibly long time running around in Outland zones looking for Khorium ore to make the Glazed Sin’dorei Vial. Heads up before you get invested in this decor like I did – Khorium Ore is incredibly difficult and time-consuming to find and I had the most luck cutting laps around the Isle of Quel’Danas.. many many laps … to get enough ore to smelt into 4 precious bars. This is likely to be the one and only time I make this decor.

Crafting my own decor from the expansions I’ve missed is giving me a good opportunity to tick off leveling up some of the newer races … meet Aghlen my new Dark Iron Dwarf who is leveling through Shadowlands with the ultimate goal of becoming a Shadowlands Blacksmith just to make some shiny wine glasses.

What has Blizz done to professions though? When I left they were relatively easy to max out just by gathering materials from the world and patterns from a vendor… but now in the newer expansions it seems to be difficult to find recipes to level up with and the cost of the vendor requirements… ouch!!

Early impression is that these are not fun or easy anymore and probably going to cost me a lot of gold to get them up to the level needed to buy the decor patterns… maybe I’m missing something in the process though? Let me know if I am!

Profession gripe aside, WoW is still such a pretty game; my screenshot folder is quickly filling with new pics.

Bastion in all it’s dreamy glory. If only there was Kyrian decor, I’d never stop farming in this zone until my house was full.

Silvermoon at night. The Inky Black Potion is still one of the best items I’ve come across for making the world look extra special.

Fungara Village (also inky)

I think I need to take all the sitting photos with my Panda, her pose is much more refined than the hunched over grumpy Night Elf.

How are your housing adventures going?