I didn't see this posted, so...
K9DB modded a load of typical community objects to be portable, meaning we don't have to fiddle around with the set as head cheat any more:
http://modthesims.info/download.php?t=602446
You can even delete the mod once everything is in place, and they remain until you remove them (owner sim only, while mod is in) or destroy the objects (with MCCC, when mod removed) etc.