My Cave 15-08!
by Schnauzevoll
Hey there, Internet!
It has been a while since I posted about the changes in my flat last time and even though I still am far from finishing my kitchen or any other room I wanted to show you the progress of decorating and customizing it into the cozy cave I am longing for!
Kitchen
Still planning of it to be the first room to be finished and so the most has been put into this room. Most of my herbs preferred the atmosphere on my balcony so I moved them outside and afterwards went online to find even more plants, kitchen herbs mainly. I haven’t found a matching sink yet so that place currently is staying empty. Besides the sink the only thing left to do is decorating or as you might say ‘stuff things in it until it looks like that wicked litte kitchen I am dreaming of’ and also I’ll have to continue the hunt for some nice bottles of Absinthe or maybe exchange some of my basic tools with spooky ones.
Bedroom / working space
Since I did not feel too comfortable staring at the same empty white walls all the time I decided to work a bit on this room as well. Created my own kind of cornice with some chains, safety pins, nails and destructed black fabrics, added DIY ghosts with handkerchiefs which were some heirloom by my grandmother and were still looking for a way to be displayed. I also finally found a way to display the picture Anthony Darr did for me as a gift a few years ago. Had some extremely silver sparkling gift wrapping paper left which was the exact size of an empty frame and so the decision was made. The drawing was meant to be me as comic villain, love this picture to death and I am SO grateful for this! Back then he sent it to me with a hand written letter which also went into that frame. I know I might once more lose some goth points but I have that thing for glitter, like crows, they keep those points though I guess? My doll Julia also went from one spot to another because now that I actually have a desk, which needs some work before I will show it, my laptop would be in front of her. Same as the kitchen, a few pieces of furniture and decorations are missing, but knowing that I moved in only in January makes me happy with the progress so far! Anyone knows if there is a support group for halloween shopping addicts? I have a few boxes of decorations here already but stalking and drooling over all those shops starting to sell their new halloween stuff! Who needs a couch when you have a flat covered in pumpkins, skeletons, bats and spiders?!
What else?
I started to collect ideas & desireable plant names for next year’s balcony season. Then I continued to stick black foil to the creamy bathroom tiles and after returning from M’era Luna I set my tent up again, in my living room. Also… Currently working on a picture for my tiny hallway that I hope to be able to show you in my next post!
What are your home decorating / DIY inspirations? Have a nice evening!
I love your black drapes/curtains and batty details. I have been noticing draping in bedroom corners lately and I love it.
May I offer a personal opinion on the layout of your blog?
The pictures are very small, so small that the reader must click them to make out what any of them are. It would also be great to be able to open a picture and then click it to see the next. As it is now one has to open and close each picture separately.
Just my humble opinion! I would like to see more of what you post 🙂
Thank you ❤
And sure, I appreciate if people take the time to give advice on the blog layout! I really wish I could add something like tiny arrows so one could go to the next picture but as far as I know with the current package I have here on wordpress I am not able to, hoping when I upgrade to a bigger package I will be able to change it! Thank you! For the tiny pictures I also wrote that on my list for the next time i try to improve the blog(-design)
Looking good, my friend!
thank you!
Oh these are some exciting little snapshots! I am dying to see the finished project!
thank you! loooong way to go though…
Ich würde sofort bei dir einziehen!
hier ist auch noch nen zimmer frei *lol* wenns dich irgendwann mal in die nähe verschlägt weißt bescheid, wo du schlafen kannst 🙂
The handkerchief ghost is adorable 😀
thank you 🙂 i just could not add any eyes or something because i do not want to stain it 😦
LOOOOVVVVE it! Fantastic idea using a chain for the shower curtain. And the draping is to die for! ❤
Thank you :-* I think those cheap chains are addicting in a way for decorating the flat and other things!
Such a great idea I’d never of thought of. Plus every woman needs a few chains laying around..!
Your flat must look seriously amazing! :-*
true *lol* chains instead of knives next to your door will make burglars get confused at first but can hurt just as much… in the end chains can be used for a lot of things!
LMAO!!!! 😄
You are making me laugh a lot today! Id say any stranger who broke in would probably run like hell seeing chain’s rather than knives.
Indeed…chain’s are a very multi use type of thing!
So that’s the plan, chains everywhere! (wondering if they can be made into spiderweb-looking-things?)
Definitely!! That would look super neat! Would look awesome if a chain spider web was as large as the room but anchored by the corners to the ceiling so it hung down just a bit. Which then one could attach a swing or “other” potentially fun thing to.
Let’s write this on our list then 😄
I know. My brain can be quite far out to space. 😄
But yes let’s add it to the list! Plus how fun too grab the chain and just swing on into the room rather than being basic by walking. 😂
OMG those pictures in my head right now *lol* thank you for that! ❤
Most welcome! Imagine how hot that would be for you to swing into the room? A Grande entrance every time!! ;’D
LOL I probably would simply fall on my nose, break a bone or two and we could have some laugh about it afterwards 😛
Pffft!! Ain’t no way you’d break your beautiful self. ❤
I'm the clumsy one out of the two of us, so after I break my granny hip from trying to act all super sexy swinging into the room we can lay on the floor and laugh our asses off.. X'D ;-P
ooor we could place some pillows all across the floor so we would never break anything!
Yes! Problem fixed! ;D
Love the candles and curtains, they go so well together! If I wasn’t lazy I’d decorate my room too; white walls are boring lol. 🙂
thank you and well, i am sure when the inspiration bug bites you you will decorate, too!
Thank you for Liking one of our first posts! Glad it took me to your site. Your cave looks awesome!
thank you ❤
You’re doing a great job! I’m in love with that gothic doll, sooo adorable. Speaking of dolls, have you ever heard about Krypt Kiddies? I think you might love them! Anyway, keep up the great work! xx
Thank you, Julia will be happy to hear that 😀 I don’t think I have heard of them so heading to google right now ^^
Cool! Let me know if you like them 😀 x
I for sure do like them *__* thanks for telling me about them!
Love the pumpkin – what kind of herbs are you planning for your terrace? I have sage, cat mint, basil, watercress, thyme and rosemary on mine.
Oh actually I usually grab a new herb everytime I am out, permanent on my balcony (aside from the herbs in my kitchen XD, i’m a herb-hoarder) though are: lavender, sage, rosemary, thyme as well and the others are annuals sadly but for those I also grab what I find ^^
I love the way you framed the picture Anthony Darr made for you! I bought some small antique photos recently and thought about framing them into a one bigger frame. You gave me inspiration to choose other than normal black background paper for them! 😀
Thank you, hope you will show us your photos afterwards? 🙂
The baby is awesome. 😉
Julia? 😀