Dare to Dream: Embracing My Inner Goth

I have an intense fascination for all things mysterious and macabre: cats, laboratories, Arthur Rackham illustrations, fairy stories, crows, skulls, and woods that are lovely, dark, and deep.  

Oh, how I long for a shadowy corner to lurk in, reading Wuthering Heights.  I curse thee, buttercup yellow walls and no-paint lease agreement!

The dusky gray! *Swoon*

I love furniture and decor that looks like it could spring to life and scurry around at any moment.  These fiendish candlesticks at Jayson Home & Garden have captured my heart, but alas, they are quite out of my price range.

Can't you imagine them scuttling across the table?

Several months back I spotted the "Elysian Fields" wallpaper from Flavor Paper... and it has cast a spell on me. While at first glance it's just another prim & pink, sparrows & roses print, a closer look reveals a sinister twist:

Bats hunting amongst venus fly traps!

Imagine this in a little powder room... like my very own garden of good and evil.  Beautiful and utterly dangerous, very Rappaccini's Daughter.

And the object of my deepest desires?  The Rejuvenation Lighting "Drake" Pendant.  

The coiled serpent, the gleaming brass!

Just looking at it makes me grin wickedly and cackle with glee.  Someday, this bat will hover in the entry of my manor. (Someday, when I am really, really rich.)

Cinderella Story... My First DIY Adventure

The fairy tale begins, once upon a time, in the sleepy town of Spokane, Washington.  There, in an empty house on a hill, an unemployed girl had little furniture and a LOT of time on her hands.  

She spotted this standard issue girl's room French Provincial number for $15 on Craig's List and, (goodness knows why)... fell in love with it.  She just knew that somewhere beneath that incredibly tacky cream and gold exterior was a perfect vanity desk.

Oy.  Where's a fairy godmother when you need one?

After an arduous journey (seriously- 45 minute drive) to rescue the desk, she waved her magic wand and...

Okay, not really.  Actually, she spent the next year painstakingly sanding, painting, finishing, touching up, papering, and accessorizing.  But tomorrow night, decked it out in gems, the desk will finally be ready to make its debut.

See you then!