diff --git a/internal/products/decor.go b/internal/products/decor.go
index 713623e..9174882 100644
--- a/internal/products/decor.go
+++ b/internal/products/decor.go
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ func (d *decorations) get(instance string) ([]DecorItem, bool) {
 	return e.items, true
 }
 
+// last is the room's decorations as last known, however old (a broadcast can't wait for the hub).
+func (d *decorations) last(instance string) ([]DecorItem, bool) {
+	d.mu.Lock()
+	defer d.mu.Unlock()
+	e, ok := d.rooms[instance]
+	return e.items, ok
+}
+
 func (d *decorations) set(instance string, items []DecorItem) {
 	d.mu.Lock()
 	defer d.mu.Unlock()
@@ -135,13 +143,19 @@ func (p *Products) decorFetch(ctx context.Context, instance string) []DecorItem
 	if items, ok := p.decor.get(instance); ok {
 		return items
 	}
+	return p.decorRefresh(ctx, instance)
+}
+
+// decorRefresh asks the hub for a room's decorations; what was known stays until the answer replaces it.
+func (p *Products) decorRefresh(ctx context.Context, instance string) []DecorItem {
 	if p.Decorations == nil {
 		return nil
 	}
 	items, err := p.Decorations(ctx, instance)
 	if err != nil {
 		p.logf("decor: %s: %v", instance, err)
-		return nil
+		old, _ := p.decor.last(instance)
+		return old
 	}
 	p.decor.set(instance, items)
 	return items
@@ -457,36 +471,107 @@ func (p *Products) outgoingScene(m *chatMessage) ([]byte, bool) {
 	return m.withText(setRoomStateCommand + encodeScene(scene)), true
 }
 
+// incomingControlScene adds the room's decorations to IMVU's server's {"command": "SetRoomState", "state": scene}
+// on a chat's control mount.
+func (p *Products) incomingControlScene(message []byte) ([]byte, bool) {
+	if !bytes.Contains(message, []byte(`"SetRoomState"`)) {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	var fields map[string]json.RawMessage
+	if json.Unmarshal(message, &fields) != nil {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	var command, state string
+	if json.Unmarshal(fields["command"], &command) != nil || command != "SetRoomState" || json.Unmarshal(fields["state"], &state) != nil {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	scene, ok := decodeScene(state)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	encoded, changed := p.decorateScene(scene)
+	if !changed {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	fields["state"], _ = json.Marshal(encoded)
+	out, err := json.Marshal(fields)
+	return out, err == nil
+}
+
+// outgoingControlScene takes community products out of a SetRoomState the client sends on a control mount (it
+// isn't known to, but nothing naming them goes to IMVU).
+func (p *Products) outgoingControlScene(message []byte) ([]byte, bool) {
+	if !bytes.Contains(message, []byte(`"SetRoomState"`)) {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	var fields map[string]json.RawMessage
+	var state string
+	if json.Unmarshal(message, &fields) != nil || json.Unmarshal(fields["state"], &state) != nil {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	scene, ok := decodeScene(state)
+	if !ok {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	holder, rows := sceneContents(scene)
+	rest, _, stripped := p.splitCommunity(rows)
+	if stripped == 0 {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	if rest == nil {
+		rest = []any{}
+	}
+	holder["room_contents"] = rest
+	fields["state"], _ = json.Marshal(encodeScene(scene))
+	out, err := json.Marshal(fields)
+	p.logf("decor: kept %d community products out of a room state sent to IMVU", stripped)
+	return out, err == nil
+}
+
 // incomingScene adds the room's decorations to its owner's broadcast.
 func (p *Products) incomingScene(m *chatMessage) ([]byte, bool) {
 	scene, ok := decodeScene(strings.TrimPrefix(m.text, setRoomStateCommand))
 	if !ok {
 		return nil, false
 	}
+	encoded, changed := p.decorateScene(scene)
+	if !changed {
+		return nil, false
+	}
+	return m.withText(setRoomStateCommand + encoded), true
+}
+
+// decorateScene adds the room's decorations to a scene IMVU sent: the scene encoded again, and whether it changed.
+func (p *Products) decorateScene(scene map[string]any) (string, bool) {
 	instance := sceneInstance(scene)
 	if instance == "" || isHostedInstance(instance) {
-		return nil, false
+		return "", false
 	}
 	holder, rows := sceneContents(scene)
 	p.decor.setBase(instance, rows, holder["room_info"])
-	items, _ := p.decor.get(instance)
+	items, fresh := p.decor.get(instance)
+	if !fresh {
+		items, _ = p.decor.last(instance) // stale or none: used now, asked for again for next time
+		go func() {
+			ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
+			defer cancel()
+			p.decorRefresh(ctx, instance)
+		}()
+	}
 	extra := p.decorLocals(items)
 	if len(extra) == 0 {
-		return nil, false
+		return "", false
 	}
 	holder["room_contents"] = append(append([]any{}, rows...), extra...)
-	return m.withText(setRoomStateCommand + encodeScene(scene)), true
+	return encodeScene(scene), true
 }
 
 // DecorChanged is told by the hub that a room's decorations changed: they're asked for again, and if the client is
 // in that room, it gets the room again with them (as its owner's broadcast).
 func (p *Products) DecorChanged(instance string) {
-	p.decor.mu.Lock()
-	delete(p.decor.rooms, instance)
-	p.decor.mu.Unlock()
 	ctx, cancel := context.WithTimeout(context.Background(), 10*time.Second)
 	defer cancel()
-	items := p.decorFetch(ctx, instance)
+	items := p.decorRefresh(ctx, instance) // the old ones stay in use until then
 	if roomOwner(instance) == p.User() {
 		return // the owner's client has the room as it is
 	}
diff --git a/internal/products/decor_test.go b/internal/products/decor_test.go
index 058d5d8..909f620 100644
--- a/internal/products/decor_test.go
+++ b/internal/products/decor_test.go
@@ -92,3 +92,55 @@ func TestDecorations(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Fatalf("delivered: %v", rows)
 	}
 }
+
+// A broadcast arriving while the proxy asks the hub for changed decorations still gets the ones known so far.
+func TestDecorationsWhileRefreshing(t *testing.T) {
+	h, _ := newHarness(t)
+	hubDir := t.TempDir()
+	writePack(t, hubDir, "sofasofa22", 1)
+	h.p.dirs = append(h.p.dirs, hubDir)
+	h.p.HubDir = hubDir
+	h.p.refresh(true)
+	sofa := h.p.byProductID("sofasofa22").local
+	release := make(chan struct{})
+	asked := make(chan struct{}, 1)
+	h.p.Decorations = func(ctx context.Context, instance string) ([]DecorItem, error) {
+		asked <- struct{}{}
+		<-release
+		return []DecorItem{{11, "sofasofa22", "x"}, {12, "sofasofa22", "y"}}, nil
+	}
+	h.p.decor.set("7-1", []DecorItem{{11, "sofasofa22", "x"}})
+	go h.p.DecorChanged("7-1")
+	<-asked // the hub is being asked
+	scene := map[string]any{"room_state": map[string]any{
+		"room_info": map[string]any{"room_instance_id": "7-1"}, "room_contents": []any{[]any{10, 301, "2-1"}}}}
+	msg, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]any{"userId": 7, "chatId": 555, "message": setRoomStateCommand + encodeScene(scene)})
+	in := h.p.Incoming(nil, imq.Delivered{UserID: "7", Queue: "/chat/555", Mount: "messages", Message: msg})
+	close(release)
+	m, _ := parseChatMessage(in)
+	got, _ := decodeScene(strings.TrimPrefix(m.text, setRoomStateCommand))
+	if _, rows := sceneContents(got); len(rows) != 2 || !strings.Contains(fmt.Sprint(rows), fmt.Sprint(sofa)) {
+		t.Fatalf("delivered %v", rows)
+	}
+}
+
+// IMVU's server sends a saved room on the chat's control mount; decorations are added to it too.
+func TestDecorationsInServerRoomState(t *testing.T) {
+	h, _ := newHarness(t)
+	hubDir := t.TempDir()
+	writePack(t, hubDir, "sofasofa22", 1)
+	h.p.dirs = append(h.p.dirs, hubDir)
+	h.p.HubDir = hubDir
+	h.p.refresh(true)
+	h.p.decor.set("7-1", []DecorItem{{11, "sofasofa22", "x"}})
+	scene := map[string]any{"room_state": map[string]any{
+		"room_info": map[string]any{"room_instance_id": "7-1"}, "room_contents": []any{[]any{10, 301, "2-1"}}}}
+	msg, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]any{"command": "SetRoomState", "state": encodeScene(scene)})
+	in := h.p.Incoming(nil, imq.Delivered{UserID: "admin", Queue: "/chat/555", Mount: "control", Message: msg})
+	var fields map[string]string
+	json.Unmarshal(in, &fields)
+	got, _ := decodeScene(fields["state"])
+	if _, rows := sceneContents(got); len(rows) != 2 || fields["command"] != "SetRoomState" {
+		t.Fatalf("delivered %s", in)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/products/intercept.go b/internal/products/intercept.go
index c3afd4c..1db2ed2 100644
--- a/internal/products/intercept.go
+++ b/internal/products/intercept.go
@@ -578,6 +578,12 @@ func (p *Products) Outgoing(queue, mount string, message []byte) ([]byte, bool)
 }
 
 func (p *Products) outgoing(queue, mount string, message []byte) ([]byte, bool) {
+	if strings.HasPrefix(queue, "/chat/") && mount == "control" {
+		if out, changed := p.outgoingControlScene(message); changed {
+			return out, false
+		}
+		return message, false
+	}
 	if !strings.HasPrefix(queue, "/chat/") || mount != "messages" {
 		return message, false
 	}
diff --git a/internal/products/room.go b/internal/products/room.go
index 39d00ad..48d1294 100644
--- a/internal/products/room.go
+++ b/internal/products/room.go
@@ -146,6 +146,13 @@ func userOf(userID string) int64 {
 // Incoming implements proxy.IMQWatcher: a T5DE user's whole outfit gets their community products added.
 func (p *Products) Incoming(c *proxy.IMQConn, m imq.Delivered) []byte {
 	chat := chatOf(m.Queue)
+	if chat != "" && m.Mount == "control" {
+		// IMVU's server sends everyone a room its owner saved (as IMVU has it: without decorations).
+		if out, changed := p.incomingControlScene(m.Message); changed {
+			return out
+		}
+		return m.Message
+	}
 	if chat == "" || m.Mount != "messages" {
 		return m.Message
 	}