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‘Queer Eye’ Design Expert Bobby Berk Is Assessing Everyone’s ‘Animal Crossing’ Homes

Some were beyond help.

by Jared Richards  30 April 2020
Bobby Berk of 'Queer Eye' assesses 'Animal Crossing' homes

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Queer Eye design guru — and secretly the best of the fab five — Bobby Berk is taking his skills into the virtual world, assessing homes in Animal Crossing: New Horizons and helping make our virtual escapes more liveable.

On Twitter, the Queer Eye account asked Animal Crossing players to tweet screenshots of their homes to receive some interior design “hip-tips” from Berk. Happy Home Academy, the game’s interior ranking academy, has competition.

Of course, Berk was inundated with responses, but was up to the task. Often, he focused on using the house’s space better, advising users to switch around their furniture to open things up.

There were, admittedly, a lot less Queer Eye antics — perhaps JVN and Tan could advise on users’ looks soon, and Karamo and Antoni can, uh, stand there?

Sometimes, Berk was at a loss to help.

For some of the more cluttered spaces, Berk realised he’d need back-up: where’s Marie Kondo at when you need her?

Hopefully Berk returns to providing some Animal Crossing assistance soon while we hold out for the already filmed fifth season of Queer Eye, which currently has no announced release.

In the meantime, find some more of his tips or source inspiration below — maybe if your island’s nice enough (and has killer turnip prices), Elijah Wood might pop by?