Apparently there was a tightening of decoration rules with the latest update. Decoration items can now only be placed where the item info said they could be placed. Mail boxes will no longer sit on a house porch, fences can no longer be placed around my beanstock ground deck. etc. etc.
This was a step backwards! Instead the item info should have been updated to match all the places the item could be placed, and even one step further, MORE items should be able to be placed in more locations. Fences on rooftops? Heck Yeah!
For a game with open world housing the decoration limits have always been awfully tight and the collisions are very greedy! I want to be able to merge items to create Frankenfurniture, but instead I cant even place items in slightly unusual locations =/
Please undo this unnecessary rule set and allow MORE random placement than before!