What beats the delicious, yeasty smell of freshly baked bread?
Pretending to smell it through Animal Crossing, of course!
Players of New Horizons have gotten creative with the Design App through their Nook Phones. And playing with all the vanilla in-game items, we can actually design some super cool bakeries and sweetshops.
Here are some of our favorite ideas! Plenty of inspo to go around.
Starting off small but mighty, Reddit user u/Renaiconna made this adorable bakery stand using custom designed hats for baked goods, as well as a sign and bread shelf beside the display.
Easy to tell what this is at a glance, right?
The cute chef’s getup their character is wearing really brings this precious popup together!
And Reddit user u/harley-quinn-94 knows this best with their design of this homey, retro bakery.
With details such as an old-fashioned gramophone and a cozy-covered teapot with a cup on a doily, all ready to be served to any villagers… this bakery is every inch of a sweet display.
We love the umbrella stand, too. What better way to keep the wet outside and away from all the cute cakes?
@miss_acnh provides an elegant, rustic space with this design idea.
Pretty cakes and doughnuts are laid out on wood tables for customers to peruse, with baskets of bread and other delights behind the counter to be grabbed when asked.
Everything matches super well, and looks really nice put together! Heck of a theme here.
We could definitely see ourselves spending way too much in this place…
Reddit user u/Ame_Seiei combined two of a lot of people’s favorite things: Animal Crossing, and Studio Ghibli.
And the result is this Kiki’s Delivery Service bakery idea.
Kiki herself stands behind her brick counter (er, her Animal Crossing version). She’s over there with loaves of bread and jars of preserves all lined up and ready to be served.
The pretty wallpaper adds a great level of hominess and detail to the room, as do the bunches of flowers and old-timey objects, like the gramophone.
When she’s not playing games with the Other Mother, Coraline is… running a bakestand?
Reddit user u/alexiagrace’s roadside bakery stand is an adorable nod to the classic film Coraline that had many of us shaking in our iconic yellow rain boots as children (okay, fine, and as adults!)
The yellow and red plaid of the stand creates an adorable barrier for that delicious looking bread.
And the brick stove is certainly hardy enough to hold up to the elements, too!
Pinterest user @pierce0406 is at least the person who uploaded this piece, and hopefully if the original creator sees this, they’ll message us. We want to give credit where it’s due!
This is just a heck of a beautiful pastel bakery.
A variety of colorful cakes bring bright pops of color to this stone and wood outdoor setup, sure to please any sweet tooth.
The character certainly looks happy here. And we would be too in this adorable setup!
Twitter user @melt_mori managed to make this adorable microbakery smack dab between two houses.
That’s what we call a good neighbor! Despite the tiny size, space does not seem to be an issue here, as there are plenty of shelves for the tasty bread.
Another autumn favorite, this qr-closet find on Tumbral has plates of doughnuts for sale.
The adorable matching colors between the sweets, the stand, and even the avatar’s outfit make for a super cute combo!
We love the brickwork of the stove and flooring as well.
If you’re in the mood to create some custom patterns, you could launch your own doughnut bakery in just a few hours. I wonder what Tom Nook would think.
