Get ready to customize everything with our guide to sectional sofas, modular shelving and all the new options dream home decorator unlocks for homes.

The Sims 4 Dream Home Decorator pack has finally added sectional sofas and modular shelving to the game. Both of these new furniture types have two sets of matching styles and swatches to choose from.

We take a look at the options you'll find in the game and how they all fit together as well as all the different things you can do with the new sofas and storage.

Updated September 4, 2021 By Helen Ashcroft: Now Dream Home Decorator has been out for a while we have more ideas about how to utilize modular furniture than ever before. We've updated this guide to add some new ideas and inspiration for making your own walk in closet, shelving and media units and more.

Dream Home Decorator comes with two different sectional sofa designs. The first is a sleek and modern style that has flat cushions and smooth rounded arms. There are few details on this design aside from the button on the back cushions.

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The second design is more rustic with padded cushions as well as visible wooden arms and backs. This makes it appear more like a wooden sofa with removable cushions.

Each design has ten pieces. They comprise:

There is also a matching armchair for both designs.

Both sofa designs have 12 swatches and they match across the two designs so whatever color scheme you choose either design will match.

As well as a selection of pastels there are also black, white, gray, and cream options to allow you to keep things neutral.

As you can see from the options above the pieces are versatile enough to create a wide range of styles and designs. Each section simply clips together when you put them next to each other, although they do also move individually. Since each design has not just sofa pieces but also a chaise longue and matching armchair and ottoman the functionality is huge.

There is an automatic option that tries to fill in the gaps but this has varying success due to the wide range of pieces. It only really works when placing a sofa in a corner against a wall. We found it easier to place pieces individually and move them around.

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Different configurations you can use in your home include:

As well as the sectional sofas you'll also find a wide range of shelving unit options that can be utilized in most rooms of the house. There are floor and wall units, as well as complimentary pieces including coffee tables and desks.

As with the sofas, there are two different styles. The first has rounded corners and the second has square corners. Each style has the same basic pieces and a few different extras.

There are a good number of pieces of furniture in this set and most of them will snap together. Here's what's included:

There are also a few other pieces of furniture that work with these but they won't snap together. While the small table is included here, not everything will snap to this due to the design of the legs. There is also a desk with the same design that has the same limited snapping functionality.

The square-cornered options have slight variants in terms of snapping pieces, including display units but not a large chest of drawers. The bench pictured doesn't snap but matches perfectly with this design. The snapping items are:

All these units will link together allowing you to create a range of different combinations. You can also mix and match the two designs if you wish as the modular system is all the same so rounded pieces will snap to square ones.

Both designs have 16 swatches and there is some crossover. However, both variations also have some unique options as well.

You'll find black, white, and several wood-tone combinations across both sets, allowing for some mixing and matching. Alongside this, the square furniture has some more pastel-colored woods that match existing retro kitchen items. The rounded furniture has swatches with more vibrant colors mixed with white to match items for kid's bedrooms.

Most commonly you think of huge media centers in the lounge when talking about the modular shelving but these units are far more versatile. You can create walk-in closets, dressers, and shoe storage in bedrooms, as well as using complementary pieces like the beds, side tables, and chairs to add those finishing touches.

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Outside of the bedroom, you can also use the furniture to add unique shelving to your bathroom, different wall units in a kitchen, and much more.

The items are versatile enough to put even in small spaces allowing you to create cloakrooms, display areas, and workspaces.

Each piece snaps to the one next to it when placed within a neighboring grid space. To move them all, simply click the first one you placed and the entire set will move. Clicking units separately will allow you to remove one from a larger unit.

While it may not seem like modular furniture is much use in the bathroom there are several pieces that work well, especially with the pack's new sink and bath.

The main piece is the tall shelving unit, which has spaces in which you can put bathroom clutter including bottles, boxes or towels. However, the hanging shelving is also a great option as who doesn't want somewhere off the floor to hang their items?

The pack also contains a large number of items designed to match the modular units. Four new bunkbed designs even have variants that put the new modular items underneath the beds to show how well they match.

These items can form the core of a child's room design. Bunk bed and loft beds are staples but the addition of dressers, desks, chairs and shelving opens up huge possibilities for design.

The walk in closet is a classic staple and now you can build your own. While we've previously seen some modular closet items in Get Famous, these are far more versatile.

Above you can see cube units, shelving, dressers and drawers all stacked into a unique combination with added hanging rails. The cubes even fit inside the tall shelving units, allowing you to add extra shelves.

Media centers are also a great use of modular furniture. Shelves, bookcases, drawers and other units all fit around the free standing media units. Add some clutter, plants and lamps and you'll have a modern and unique layout in no time.

We also recommend using the filters in build and buy mode, just to see just how many other things you can find that go with the shelves and sofas. There are kitchens, sinks, curtains, rugs, dining tables, chairs, and much more.

For the most part, the modular shelving works very well. The only issues are often a result of trying to snap wall pieces onto floor-standing pieces. Sometimes the units clip through each other, as can be seen above. This bug seems to mostly affect the media unit. If you replace it with the wall version you can still place it on the floor but it will snap together easier.

The other common issue is two units snapping to the wrong side. This is mostly just a case of fiddling around. If you end up with something like the image on the right above then try snapping the sections together in a different combination, since trying to match up two small groups of units seems to be the cause.

The final bug you will spot is the lighting glitch that makes swatches appear a different color. This is a long-standing issue with the game, most frequently seen with kitchen wall units.

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Helen began playing games at an early age with her first computer being a hand-me-down Sinclair ZX Spectrum. It didn’t put her off… She is all grown up now but is still a gamer at heart, especially when it comes to The Sims and other strategy and simulation games. She juggles the daily demands of life with a family and somehow still finds the time to indulge her two passions in life, writing and gaming; sometimes both at the same time.