and support LGBT+ journalismQueer Eye’s Bobby Berk is giving Animal Crossing interior design tips and it’s unbelievably wholesome
Queer Eye star Bobby Berk gave Animal Crossing: New Horizon fans a masterclass in home decor. (Jesse Grant/Getty Images/Nintendo)
Queer Eye‘s resident interiors expert Bobby Berk is doing the Lord’s work by giving design tips to Animal Crossing fans.
Acting as a candy-coloured subtitle to life outside (remember oxygen, sunshine and human interaction?), Animal Crossing: New Horizons for the Nintendo Switch came out at just the right time as millions became housebound amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The franchise sees players take control of a lone person on an island filled with aggressively cute and cheerful characters, where bags of money fall from shaking trees and a talking capitalist tycoon in a Hawaiian shirt approves you for a mortgage.
Players start the game with nothing more than a flimsy tent, but after some hard work (and a lot of mortgage payments) it soon becomes a mansion that’s the envy of all your pudgy neighbours. But how to design your e-house?
Enter Berk, who saw his mentions be flooded Tuesday after the official Queer Eye account rallied for fans to send screenshots of player’s virtual abodes for him to critique.
Hai Nook Miles+ members!! Do you need help making your #AnimalCrossing house a little more shamazing? Well, @bobbyberk is SOO EXCITED to share his interior design expertise with you!✨💖 Reply to this tweet with pics of your home + the hashtag #QExAC for some special hiptips! pic.twitter.com/djztAdwsmV
— Queer Eye (@QueerEye) April 28, 2020
For starters, he made his 429,000 followers all google what ‘pink shiplap’ is.
This is the pink shiplap I never knew I needed!
— Bobby Berk (@bobbyberk) April 28, 2020
Before giving us flashbacks to Queer Eye by sassily commenting on one user’s, uh, interesting aesthetic.
Gurl… you trashy! 🤣
— Bobby Berk (@bobbyberk) April 28, 2020
Bobby Berk also approved of any vaguely witch-styled Animal Crossing house.
Samantha would be proud! ♥️ pic.twitter.com/RgxaxGF8C3
— Bobby Berk (@bobbyberk) April 29, 2020
The cutest!! @sabrinanetflix cute! pic.twitter.com/th0Mr6KFey
— Bobby Berk (@bobbyberk) April 28, 2020
Oh, and one Animal Crossing player designed their bathroom to be like hell, because why not?
You don’t need a heated toilet seat in this place!
— Bobby Berk (@bobbyberk) April 28, 2020
And apparently, Antoni Porowski’s place is stuffed with plants and, we imagine, some avocados.
With all those plants your place reminds me of @antoni’s ♥️
— Bobby Berk (@bobbyberk) April 28, 2020
Bobby Berk also gave some, well, actual tips and design suggestions for Animal Crossing players coupled with words of encouragement.
I’d put some furniture in the center or the room. Move that rug in the center under it. Loving the walls/floors! ♥️
— Bobby Berk (@bobbyberk) April 28, 2020
Love! Reminds me of something from a great mystery movie!
— Bobby Berk (@bobbyberk) April 28, 2020
Dying for all those windows in your kitchen! ♥️
— Bobby Berk (@bobbyberk) April 28, 2020
Maybe a nice neon sign on the wall or some patrons 😉. Can other players interact with you? Go watch her show people!!! 🤪
— Bobby Berk (@bobbyberk) April 28, 2020
I’m all for a minimalist home, but it’s time to make your space more comfortable! Upgrade to a bed and craft more furniture to really start to make your space feel like home. Just ask @kankanyonce what a difference it can make! ♥️
— Bobby Berk (@bobbyberk) April 28, 2020
Move your furniture away from the walls. Float the sofa in the middle
— Bobby Berk (@bobbyberk) April 28, 2020
I think it may be time to bring @MarieKondo in pic.twitter.com/rY6jq1HAg6
— Bobby Berk (@bobbyberk) April 28, 2020
