Tiny Bookshop Effects from Decorations Guide
Decorations in Tiny Bookshop change how your store runs. They can boost certain book sale chances, draw in more customers, or give you small bonuses for meeting conditions. Some also increase daily expenses, add danger, or reduce other effects.
Most decorations can be found in certain locations or events, and some require completing challenges. Since bonuses stack, planning your layout around book genres, weather, or special events can give you a steady sales boost.
All Effects & Decorations
Below is the list of every decoration in Tiny Bookshop, what it does, and where to get it. Use this to plan your purchases and shop setup.
| Decoration | Effects | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Antique Lantern | (While it's dark) +7% to Fantasy sale chance, (While Equipped) +2 daily expenses | Walt – The Waterfront |
| Antique Vinyl Player | (While Equipped) +10% to music effects, +15% to classy effects | Flea Market |
| Armchair | (While Equipped) +4 seconds Inspiration duration, +4 daily expenses | Flea Market |
| Awning | (While Equipped) +3 daily expenses, (While sunny) +1 recommendations per day, +3 seconds Inspiration duration, (While rainy) +1% to all books sale chance, +5% to customer count | Walt – The Waterfront |
| B.L.A.B.L.A. Plaque | (Membership fee) +5 daily expenses, (While Equipped) +1 money per sale, +1 recommendations per day | Complete Cafe Liberte stamp challenges |
| Baby Doll | (Whenever someone doesn't take a recommended Kids book) +4% Fantasy sale chance, -2% to all other books sale chance, +6% to spooky effects, -3% to electrical effects, (While Equipped) +3% to Kids sale chance | Flea Market |
| Book Sign | (While Equipped) +5% to customer count | Tutorial |
| Bookshelf | (While Equipped) Fits 40 books, +4 daily expenses | Tutorial |
| Bottles with Candles | (While Equipped) +2% to Drama sale chance, +1% to Classic sale chance, +7% danger, +1 daily expenses | Walt – The Waterfront |
| Broken Typewriter | (For every manuscript in your shop) +1% to Classic sale chance, +5% to spooky effects, -5% to electrical effects | Flea Market |
| Buoy | (While Equipped) +1% to Travel sale chance | The Waterfront |
| Bust of St. Bookston | (Whenever successfully recommending a play) +3% to Drama sale chance, +3% to Classic sale chance, (While Equipped) +2 daily expenses | Complete the stamp challenge Academic Relevance |
| Cactus | (While Equipped) +2% to Drama scale chance, +2% danger | Bookstonbury Review |
| Call For Manuscripts | (For every manuscript you own) +1% to customer count, (While Equipped) Let people know you are looking for their stories to print | Complete the memory challenge The Stories of Bookstonbury |
| Cauldron | (When successfully recommending a Fantasy book) +1 recommendations per day, (While Equipped) +3 daily expenses, +7% danger | Flea Market (During Autumn) |
| Chips | (For the rest of the day) +1 recommendations per day | Walt – The Waterfront |
| Coffee Machine | (When Activated) -1 Coin, Prepares a batch of coffee, (While Equipped) +2% Drama sale chance, +1 daily expenses, +7% danger | Bookstonbury Review |
| Converted Boat-Shelf | (While Equipped) Fits 24 books | Walt – The Waterfront |
| Cooler | (While Sunny) +2 seconds inspiration duration, +2% to customer count, (While Equipped) -15% to classy effects, +2 daily expenses | Bookstonbury Review |
| Copper Jug | (While Equipped) +15% to plant effects, +3% danger, +1 daily expenses | Flea Market |
| Crimson Candelabra | (While equipped) +2% Fantasy sale chance | Flea Market (During Autumn) |
| Daises | (While Equipped) +2% to Classic sale chance, +1 daily expenses | Flea Market |
| Dark Drama | Can be turned into a real book | Interact with the Typewriter decoration each day for multiple days |
| Desk Lamp | (While equipped) +2% to Classic sale chance, +2% to Fact sale chance | Flea Market |
| Dog Bed | (While Equipped) +15% to animal effects, +1 daily expenses | Bookstonbury Review |
| Fish and Chips | (For the rest of the day) +1 recommendations per day | Walt – The Waterfront |
| Fishing Net | (While Equipped) +2% to Travel sale chance, +1 daily expenses, +30% to maritime effects | Walt – The Waterfront |
| Folding Table | (While Equipped) +1 Daily Expenses | Tutorial |
| Ginkgo Tree | (While Equipped) +1% to Kids sale chance, +1% to Classic sale chance, +1% to Fantasy sale chance, +1 daily expenses | Flea Market |
| Guestbook | (While Equipped) +2% to customer count, (If you sold more than 10 books yesterday) +5% to customer count | Tutorial |
| Hanging Money Plant | (While Equipped) +1% to Fact sale chance, +1% to Drama sale chance | Bookstonbury Review |
| Hanging Succulent | (While Equipped) +1% to Travel sale chance | Run into Anne several times after meeting her at the Flea Market |
| Life Buoy | (While Equipped) +2% to Travel sale chance, -10% danger | Complete Walt Stamp Challenge – Walt – The Waterfront |
| Lobster Buoy | (While Equipped) +1% to Travel sale chance, -15% to animal effects | Walt – The Waterfront |
| Marine Biology Device | (While Equipped) Allows you to collect seashells (12 total) | See Harper at the Far Beach |
| Microscope | (For every two plants in your shop) +1% Fact sale chance, +3% to plant effects | Flea Market |
| Monstera | (While Equipped) +2% to Travel sale chance, +1 daily expenses | Flea Market |
| Newspaper Rack | (While Equipped) People might buy a newspaper after buying a Fact book, +33% to newspaper sale chance, +3% to customer count, +4 daily expenses, (When selling a newspaper) +3 coins | Flea Market |
| Painting of a Tower | (For every other painting) +2% to Fantasy sale chance | Flea Market |
| Pumpkin Figurine | (While Equipped) +12% to Fantasy sale chance, -1% to Drama sale chance, +3% danger | Flea Market (During Autumn) |
| Raw Fish | (While Equipped) +3% to Travel sale chance, +3% to Fact sale chance, -3% to all other book sale chance, +15% to danger | Walt – The Waterfront during Fish Market |
| Real Ivy Plant | (For every two plants in your shop) +1% to Classic sale chance, +1% to Travel sale chance, +1% to Fact sale chance | Flea Market |
| Review Board | (When successfully recommending a book) +1% to all books sale chance, (While Equipped) +3 daily expenses | Flea Market |
| Sailor's Friendship Knot | (While Equipped) +15% to character effects | Complete Walt's memory challenge Hot New Deals |
| Sand Bucket | (While you're at the beach) +5% to Kids sale chance, +2% to Fantasy sale chance, (If you sold over 8 Kids books yesterday) +2% children will come by today, (While Equipped) +2 daily expenses | Flea Market |
| Sickly Fern | (While Equipped) +2% to Classic sale chance, +1 to daily expenses | Meeting Anne again after seeing her first at the Flea Market |
| Single Oar | (While Equipped) +2% to Travel sale chance, +1 daily expenses | Walt – The Waterfront |
| Small Bench | (While Equipped) +2 seconds to Inspiration duration, +2 daily expenses | Flea Market |
| Some Ferns | (While Equipped) +1% to Travel sale chance, +1% Fact sale chance, +1 daily expenses | Flea Market |
| Spoiled Fish | (While Equipped) +12% to Crime sale chance, -12% to all other book sale chance, +50% danger, -18% to customer count | Cafe Liberte (Complete Maryam Stamp Challenges) |
| Square Buoy | (While Equipped) +1% to Travel sale chance | Walt – The Waterfront |
| Stepladder | (While there are at least 5 Kids books in upper shelves) +7% Kids sale chance, (While Equipped) +2 daily expenses | Flea Market |
| Storage Box | (While Equipped) Fits 8 books, +2 daily expenses | Flea Market |
| Stray Dog | (When successfully recommending a book) +2 Coins, (While Equipped) +3 daily expenses | Complete the Adopt the Stray challenge – The Waterfront |
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| Tattling Trout | (While Equipped) +4% to Travel sale chance, (While the fish is talking) +25% to maritime effects, -2 recommendations per day | Walt – The Waterfront |
| The Bookstonbury Lighthouse | (For every other painting) +2% to Drama sale chance | Flea Market |
| Toy Rocket | (While you have at least 7 Fact books in your shop) +4% to Fantasy sale chance, +4% Kids sale chance | Flea Market |
| Typewriter | (While Equipped) Allows you to write, +2% to Classic sale chance, +1 daily expenses | Flea Market |
| View of Bookston Bay | (For every other painting) +2% to Travel sale chance | Flea Market |
| Vintage Globe | (While Equipped) +1 daily expenses, (For each location you visited in the past 7 days) +2% to Travel sale chance | Walt – The Waterfront |
| Walt's Ad Sign | (While Equipped) Attracts people from other locations to Walt's shop for every consecutive day you go elsewhere (Up to 3 days in a row), (While you have at least 6 maritime items in your shop) +1 sailor will come by today | Complete Walt's memory challenge Clearance Sale |
| Watering Can | (While watering your plants) +50% to plant effects, -3 recommendations per day, (While Equipped) +1 daily expenses | Run into Anne several times after meeting her at the Flea Market |
| Window Flower Boxes | (While equipped) +2% Crime sale chance | Flea Market |
Final Blurb
Decorations in Tiny Bookshop are more than just cosmetic. The right mix can boost your profits, make special customers appear, or set up sales spikes during certain events.
It doesn’t matter if you focus on a themed store or want balanced bonuses; tracking where to get each item helps you grow faster.
FAQ
Do decoration effects stack in Tiny Bookshop?
Yes, most bonuses from decorations stack. This includes percentage boosts, daily expense increases, and customer count changes.
Can decorations have negative effects?
Some do. They can raise danger, lower certain book sale chances, or reduce other effect categories.
Are all decorations available from the start?
No. Many require unlocking vendors, completing stamp challenges, or attending seasonal events.
Can you remove decorations after placing them?
Yes, decorations can be unequipped at any time to stop their effects and expenses.

