Writer's Block: Home sweet home

[cupcake_goth]

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Oh, I HAD to answer this one.

If money was no object^*? Our house would look like Tim Burton had re-designed the Haunted Mansion at Disneyland. With pink accents. Stripes! Wacky, slightly off-kilter and creepy Victorian knick-knacks and furniture! Secret passages! A ballroom! Fainting couches! A library!


^*Okay, if money were no object and I successfully hypnotized the Stroppy One. His design sense is not quite as ... whimsical as mine.

Comments

[ms-tate.livejournal.com]

Oooooooooo!!!!!! Clappy Hands!!!!!! I would absolutely live in a place as you described!!!!!

Dear husband would be a trifle more understanding than your Stroppy One as long as he had a 4 car detached garage to his specifications and one room he could dedicate to his collections (a basic man cave).

[girlgoth.livejournal.com]

Gothic Victorian, with *extra* bats.

[staxxy.livejournal.com]

you forgot the giant birdcages for the basement.

[istheby.livejournal.com]

OOOooo!

I'm intrigued!

I also spent way too long in a huge, falling-apart, victorian house, so I'll suggest:

No raccoons or squirrels living in the walls,

Proper insolation/heating/AC if you're into that.

Then again, I guess you'd have it built and not an exhausting salvage job?

[dark-phoenix54.livejournal.com]

AND proper electric wiring and good plumbing, ingoing and out!

[sistawendy.livejournal.com]

I'd go mod. Lots of open space and natural light. Bold colors. Funky furniture inspired by the 50s, 60s, and 90s. Maybe a mural by Chiho Aoshima.

[darkavalon1970.livejournal.com]

I'd do shabby chic, but dark. Instead of all the white and pastel colours, my rooms would have black furniture, grey walls with glossy white trim with silver and purple accents.

[sethrak.livejournal.com]

Oooohh. If you could find an understanding bank loan officer, and perhaps a gently-used old quasi-Victorian, you could decorate it as described and start a Goth-themed bed and breakfast. Perhaps add some steampunky notes to a couple of rooms to get that customer base.... and of course a big to-do at Halloween.

Then you could enjoy all the decor without er, challenging, the Stroppy One's tastes.

[tainted-pastry.livejournal.com]

Hey, that was exactly my idea, now I don't have to type it all out! Husband and I have already discussed an "if money were no object" idea about a creepy/goth/Escher style house in which we give regular tours.

[missfunnybunny.livejournal.com]

i am deliriously drawn to the idea of a fainting couch. i'm almost drunk off the very thought. so much so... i think i need a fainting couch! IT'S THE PERFECT ARGUMENT!