So, yeah, no idea what happened to the other topic. I can make another one later, but we can just work here for now.
Anyway, I was gonna say something about this in the other topic before it got swept out from under me, but for the majority of these shops/houses, the NPCs have already gone through a whole evaluation/submission process and been figured out already. For example, Syrup has already been approved as a character, she lives in the Deku Woods or whatever.
The potion shop in Hyrule Town has been run by a crotchety old chemist since 2012 when he was accepted in this topic:
http://zfgc.com/forum/index.php?topic=39614.0We can't really ignore all the work that was done to design the NPCs and redesign stuff at this point, it'd be sort of rude to everyone who put that work into the design. So if you want to add somebody like if you have an idea for the potion shop, check the NPC thread or just ask me : ) (or Steve might have committed the NPC list to memory too).
There are some places, the cafe for example, that don't have anything established for them and we do need ideas. But as far as Syrup and her wizard husband running this potion shop, I have to tell you no since we already sorted that out.
Anyway! As far as the actual shop tiles, I think the main floor looks pretty good- since the owner is a chemist, it would be really cool if we could find some chemistry stuff, beakers and test tubes and distillation coils and stuff. But it's not super necessary.
I think the downstairs would be cool if Syrup were down there making potions, but again, we already established that she has a potion shop out in the woods, so I'm not sure what purpose it would serve. Or how the player would get down there?
Then the cafe I think looks fine, but it could use some teacups, I know they're out there somewhere. It's a fairly unimportant location, I think, so I'm not too concerned about its design.