There were two small things that annoyed me in Oblivion about domestic dwellings.

1.) In many places there were 3 ft. x 3 ft. boxes, barrels, etc. with a flax tunic and a gold nugget, or some other combination of weird items together.
2.) If the containers actually held like items, then many times it didn't make sense for those items to be in a container, but rather laid out in the open. Like hand scythes, rakes, and shovels for a farm.

If the game isn't too far in development for item placement, then I would like to see like-items that belong in containers to be put in reasonable containers. Likewise, items that add atmosphere to a particular area, common farming tools on a farm for example, are put out or hanging in reasonable areas.

Eh, it's not really important, but in my opinion dining wear and food are not the only things that can be placed in reasonable locations.

I heard that they're hand placing a lot of items. But I agree, the combinations you find in some containers are so bizzare.

This.

Maybe not so totally bizarre but I found a shovel in one of those tombs on a skeleton. Sometimes I like to put valid reasons to why random objects are found in weird places. For instance he could have been digging his own grave