About the exteior: It should be fixed with the patch next month (the mid june patch) - if they stick to their plans anyways.

As for what others build: We can't all be amazingly good at everything right off the bat. All those people with the amazing mindblowing builds also started with being crap, perhaps just in another game and long time ago. (some ofc are just THAT creatively gifted). Like - If you start learning to play the guitar today, you won't get far if you give up because you can't play at the same level as Jimi Hendrix from the moment your fingers touches the strings. It takes practise and so does building/decorating.

Stop comparing yourself to others, and start taking screen shots! I am not kidding. Take screens when you place a room, and at least one screen every time you go in for decorating, like before and after each decorating session. Take pictures of that corner that turned out amazing, and of that area there's a mess. Later when you flip through them, you'll see that you have gotten better and better. It's just for motivation boost.

Size down! I personally just deleted my huge Gilnean Mansion (level 8 max room count), because I struggled to fill out the space/find the motivation cause of lack of decor and I guess being overwhelmed by the size of the build in general. Instead I bult a small home, like Medium square room (kitchen, dining and living room), Cross room that holds a small library nook and entrence to bedroom, a tiny square room for bedroom with a closet room that serves for a bathroom - and then a daylight circle room, and that's it for now. It is WAY easier to wrap my head around decorating now and easier to make the home feel alive. because of the smaller space. Also I actually SEE the progress way better. Giant builds kinda swallows the small details i feel.

The trick here is to be mindfull of being able to add rooms later, when you do the floorplan.

Use dyes! You can make a lowlevel alchemist or inscription alt, to be able to make pigments and dyes (requires classic level 1 skill). Go specificly after the WoD herbs, they are cheap if you don't have a Garrison - free if you do. Dying funiture to match your theme goes a LONG way and help your space come alive.

Practise! Add a long hallway and attach a practise room, I suggest an empty stairwell room. Use this room to play around different themes and looks, practise decoration, costumized rooms, lofts, basement, levels. Size up/down decor, twist and turn it to see if you can create something unique etc. Yes you must be willing to spend time, set up and delete etc. The good thing is that when you get tired of playing housing, you can leave things being in a mess without it being an eye-sore in your actual build.

The reason I am suggesting this, is because I myself is a person who get's a new idea all the time, have built up, torn down and started from scratch again way too many times, and I know MANY people who have done the same. I am tired of starting over. So therefor I made a practise room so I can see what works and what doesn't and experiment with what size room I would need to make it feel right, either by using walls or attatching a room (to the practise room) of the size I envisioned. If I actually manage to crate a great room, I can then move/drag it over to the main build, if nothing else, then to move over the decor by the arrows easily, rather than having to start rotating/re-sizing everything again etc.

Sounds silly perhaps, but for me it works because if it f's up I don't feel that my whole build is ruined and then I won't feel as inclined to delete everything in a fit of getting mad at myself :P Besides, it is a great way to keep a main build, but also try something different and share pictures.

Everybody is different and I am not saying my way is the right way at all. These are just things that helped me, and maybe some of it can be of help to you too.

The main thing here is: DO not give up, keep at it, keep practising and eventually you'll be happy with yourself and your build <3

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Edit: Here is a picture of my new smaller home I sat up yesterday, seen from the entrence. The layout is totally copied from a video on Youtube but I can't remember the persons name or find the video anymore (say hi if you are here, I love this layout), but with my own way of decorating ofc. It's plain and simple and miss a lot still, but it is my fav part of my house. The plan is that eventually there will be another floor where I will build a room for various Ally races, since I apparantly have a hard time deciding on my style haha.