7. The Flower-Shop Cottage
This one is for the shopkeepers. I turned my lavender cottage into a tiny flower shop, with a striped awning in lilac and cream, buckets of purple flowers by the door, and a counter full of bouquets. There is a little bell on the door that rings when customers come in. I even put a villager behind the counter, which is either charming or a labour violation — I have not decided. A cottage that sells flowers feels like a real place, not just a pretty house.