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BDSM Home Decor - 7/18/2006 2:05:42 PM

BitaTruble

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This question is probably going to relate more to those who are out to family, friends etc. but I would be interested to hear from anyone on the subject.

Himself and I keep our weapons of ass destruction hanging up on our bedroom walls. We also have several B&W framed photos of various scenes of a BDSM bent. In addition, we have the ceiling of most of the house fitted with eye hooks, chains etc and a 7 foot bondage table that just can't be hidden. ::chuckles:: We don't put anything away when we get company because we are out to our friends and family, but when we decided to move and knew they were going to be showing this place to prospective tenants, we decided to take everything down and put it away until the move.

So, on to the question. Do you have BDSM decor in one or several rooms of your dwelling? Do you put these things away when you know strangers or family is coming over who don't know you're out or do you let it all hang out there, so to speak and let the chips fall where they may?

What are your favorite sorts of BDSM decorations? Photos, pictures, toys/weapons? Do you display them for effect or, are you like Himself, and have them up for convenience and the extra ambiance they may be bring to any given play scene is a perk?

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RE: BDSM Home Decor - 7/18/2006 2:23:37 PM

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Most of my toys are in our Alternative Sexuality Room which also has the books and Tom's fetish stuff (as well as the sewer machine and exercise bike).

Fox has all of my floggers and my good cuffs hanging up on his wall right by his computer at all times. Part of it is convenience and part of it is honestly a visual reminder of his place in this household.

We have rings set in the ceiling in one spot but I hated running into the chains that used to hang up there so those are back in the Room and I get them when I need them (or send Fox to fetch them 90% of the time).

We have a magnet board in our upper hallway with all our "sex" magnets on it that folks play with when they are up there.

Otherwise its pretty much what you'd expect in a house of three adult geeks who are also neo-hippies and radical liberals.

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RE: BDSM Home Decor - 7/18/2006 2:23:57 PM

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Nothing is out in the open here because Hubby is very private about this and we have an adult daughter living at home.

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RE: BDSM Home Decor - 7/18/2006 2:31:25 PM

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I have a Locked dungeon. The room is about 15 x 20. The room is sound insulated as well as completely draped in black cloth, except one wall section is black stained pine wooden strips. The toys are hung around the room and couple mirrors in one corner of the room. Lighting is low with red, blue and green lights. The floor is covered in a gray sport mat. I have a Bondage Bed, Cage, Horse, A Frame and a Bed that can be brought down or put back up on the wall. In the storage area off the dungeon there is a few other things as well that can come out. The ceiling is laced with heavy chain across the wooden beams that allow me to hook up a person just about anywhere in the room. I have no pictures or anything of the like. Everything is there for both practical use as well as adding to the ambience.

The rest of my house is rather ordinary. The Master bedroom is very much masucline in nature and has only one picture of a lifestyle nature. It is a picture of my two girls collared in front the cage.

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Just remembered... I have a long sword that was bought and paid by alandra's stash away money hanging in the Living Room.

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RE: BDSM Home Decor - 7/18/2006 2:35:24 PM

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I have a fast growing collection of dress-up collars, which are hung along my wall. The toys of ours that do better hung are hung up. Of course, we also have the "marshal" corner where all the various edged weapons and staffs/staves/spears are hung.

But then, we're crazy college students :)

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RE: BDSM Home Decor - 7/18/2006 2:38:13 PM

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I am in an apartment so not much room. I do have restraints on all corners of the bed, but have to tuck them under when people visit. All the toys and paraphenalia are in the bedside table drawer. The only visible proof of my interest are some of the books I have displayed.

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RE: BDSM Home Decor - 7/18/2006 3:34:32 PM

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I live in an apartment and have quiet a bit of equipment (for an apartment dweller) so things are stashed all over the place. I have a Dungeon room with most of the stuff in there....it is about 11 x 13 or so with 2 huge closets. I have a few furniture type of things in there and hooks and such in the cieling. There are crops, paddles, floggers, etc dispayed on the ways (very nicley with anique wood an hooks). I also have 2 benches in my dining room (no room in the other room and these are what was used more often ...the room I spoke of was too small for much so things usually got taken out to the large living area, anyway) One is a weight bench reworked to make an interrigation chair on one side and then a bench you can arrange in different positions on teh other...that can be explained as a weight bench if I take all the gadgets off. The other is always pushed to the wall with a long peice of velvet strung on it s that I just look like a lazy housekeeper if someone comes in. I also have a 6 ft bongage table but it folds up so it is out of the way. I used to have a lot more furniture type of equipment but just do not have enough room. I had a Cross that I would tell my sister was a plant holder...was pretty ugly but I am an artist so she just shrugged that off.

I do have smoething that my niece will question...like why is there a ring above my bedroom door....I tell her it was just something I tried with the dogs to keep them off the furniture. My dogs are wild and I am known as the silly one...so it is reasonable that I thought that would work.

On my dungeon room door I have an old Halloween decoration that has a gargoil on it and reads "Enter if you Dare"....I told my neice I put that on there because that room was so messy with a friends storage stuff and the crazy cat lives in there so I wanted to scare people away,...and the way it has gotten in there with everything,....it kind of looks like a storage shed.

Girlie

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RE: BDSM Home Decor - 7/18/2006 3:53:43 PM

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Right now everythings pretty much still in boxes. My ex's had tapestries and plants and all of their equipment was able to be moved when company came over so they could be "hidden in plain sight." Now they just have a locked dungeon.

The only downside of a locked up dungeon is that you need someone who can come over and clean things out or at least take care of questions if/when an emergency happens and other people will be coming to the house.

I would like to have a wall hanging over the mantle of one of William's bondage photos, but my partners haven't decided if they are comfortable enough being that out yet.

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RE: BDSM Home Decor - 7/18/2006 4:22:47 PM

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We keep most of our stuff in our office/play room. We have a handmade spanking bench in the middle of the room, a shelf with assorted stuff like cuffs, knife, blindfold, chains, lubes and lotions. There is a shelf that hangs the floggers and crops. Oh and an eye hook in the wall with a long, white rope hanging from it. We have several artistic nudes around the walls as well.

I don't hide it from my unmentionable and she doesn't seem to be phased by it. When my parents came to visit we sort of hid stuff and ushered them in and out of this room quickly. When others come by we just shut this door. I certainly am not trying to hide my lifestyle but I don't feel a need to flaunt it if I don't have to.

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RE: BDSM Home Decor - 7/18/2006 5:01:29 PM

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We have a locked 'playroom' or dungeon as they are sometimes called. There is one paddle that lies in a shadow box in our family room and gets a few questions from friends and family alike.

The only true sign of anything out of 'normalcy' is a large black and white silouette print of us some 12 years ago, in it I am kneeling and looking up to him, he is standing and looking down at me.

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RE: BDSM Home Decor - 7/18/2006 5:27:01 PM

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No, I don't have anything "out."
I live in a condo with three bedrooms so I could turn one of them into a dungeon if I wanted to I guess.
I'm thinking of buying a house in a year or two which would have a big two car garage which could serve that purpose.
I have eye hooks in the bedroom ceiling and walls and I also bought one of those "Under the bed restraint Systems" which can be deployed on a moment's notice, you just tuck the wrist/ ankle restrainsts under the mattress.
All my toys, vibes, gags, etc are in a box.
Oh, one thing I'm looking at is a nice set of fitted leather sheets for a king sized bed, about $400 but very worth it to the sub squirming around on them I'm sure!

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RE: BDSM Home Decor - 7/18/2006 5:54:38 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: BitaTruble

. Do you have BDSM decor in one or several rooms of your dwelling?

Do you put these things away when you know strangers or family is coming over who don't know you're out or do you let it all hang out there, so to speak and let the chips fall where they may?

What are your favorite sorts of BDSM decorations?

Celeste

Hey Celeste... and all....

I have a small, beautiful bondage-room
with 2 pieces of hand-made (by my own hand) wooden furniture,
...my own designs, simplifying some classic BDSM stuff....

Over the door to that locked room
is a large oil painting
of a woman, eyes closed, supine,
wrists bound with a single leather wrap,
and a small golden halo over her head.
I think it captures perfectly post-sub-space repose.

The cross and bondage swing are ebony
with many many layers of piano-lacquer.
The hardware is big and silver.
Three huge glittering silver chains fall ceiling to floor,
to hold the swing-seat, or when the swing is put away
the chains can be used for suspension, or in pairs
or alone as beautiful objects to tie my lover to.
The candle holders on the wall are polished pewter.
The walls are gleaming white, high ceiling, brown hardwood floor.

Spartan .... minimal .... zen.
Spartan in the original sense of that word.
Zen in the original sense of that word as well.

In my bedroom, in the ceiling
are 3 shining silver i-bolts with rings.
The big bed is ebony and leather,
with four huge pillars at the 4 corners.

The full length chest at the foot of the bed matches,
and is just barely wide enough to sleep on fitfully,
... it's the perfect height and length
for spanking, and other delights.

I have zero toys, pictures, weapons, canes, floggers or ropes
where they can be seen.

For me, less is more.

Most people who look into my bedroom
(we have a lot of parties here)... just see a nice room.

But those with eyes to see.... see it all.
They are the only ones who have
ths slightest chance see my bondage room,
because it's there for me,
and not for the entertainment or titillation of others.

DD

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RE: BDSM Home Decor - 7/18/2006 7:55:16 PM

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Thanks for the great responses everyone! I'd like to do a jump off from Tammy Jo's post ...

quote:

Part of it is convenience and part of it is honestly a visual reminder of his place in this household.

This really spoke to me as every time I walk into the bedroom, everything just kind of leaps out at you and it is, very much, a reminder of what this house is about.. BDSM and M/s. I'm wondering now, for dominants who do have their weapons out (and submissives/slaves as well) if such is as much a visual reminder to you of how you live life in your house.

I ran this by Himself and he says that just looking at 'me' is a reminder, but he does like walking into the room with all the weapons up. He also said, with them being so accessible, it's just easy to call me in there to use them. He also said that me just walking by with my hair down makes him want to pull it. ::fanning self a bit::

Do these visuals do anything to those Dominant juices to get them flowing? Are they always just naturally flowing anyway? Can you walk by a crop which is out of place without picking it up and swishing it around? ::chuckles:: (That one I threw in because when our house looks like a dungeon has exploded and I haven't had a chance to clean up yet, Himself just can't seem to walk by a weapon without picking it up and playing with it.)

Celeste

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RE: BDSM Home Decor - 7/18/2006 8:08:36 PM

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You are lucky, Doctor D., and Bita, and others. I have many rooms (13, to be precise) at my house, but no play or bdsm room with any bdsm "equipment". And, I only have (sniff) two of my own actual toys. This is, btw, all my own fault. I do have several books.

I have my immediate family over for things like dinner frequently, and they do not know of my involvement in bdsm. They might have an inkling (which is all the probably want to have) of it, or maybe none. I suppose if I get up the energy, I could make one and lock a door, like you did, but have other things taking priority at the moment. But, I do like to hear of other people's rooms, and am very interested, so I hope people do talk on. It is a sort of vicarious thrill for me.

- Susan

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RE: BDSM Home Decor - 7/18/2006 8:11:26 PM

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Many, if not all of my friends know I am a Pro Domme, so I see no reason to hide anything. Now, were my sister (who is of an unmentionable age) were to visit, under the bed it would all go. I make most of my own toys, so my parents assume the ones hanging are just ones I havent sold yet. Everything else, such as plugs, lube, cuffs, costumes, dildos, heels, yatta yatta are all tucked away in locked suitcases in case I get called for a week of dancing I know where everything is... Unless I'm in a "mood" like I was the other day...

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RE: BDSM Home Decor - 7/18/2006 8:13:58 PM

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quote:

ORIGINAL: BitaTruble
Do these visuals do anything to those Dominant juices to get them flowing? Are they always just naturally flowing anyway? Can you walk by a crop which is out of place without picking it up and swishing it around? ::chuckles:: (That one I threw in because when our house looks like a dungeon has exploded and I haven't had a chance to clean up yet, Himself just can't seem to walk by a weapon without picking it up and playing with it.)

Celeste

I actually have a secret interior design fetish and have binders with organized tabs full of print outs and designs and particular pieces of furniture which I will gleefully pull out and spend hours poring over with anyone who happens to be a willing victim and walking through furniture stores makes me very excited.

When deciding what pieces to have in my living space, I take it very seriously- it defines myself, it's a private space of public exposure, it needs to be en environment that I love and find beautiful. I have a friend who teased me as I adore the minimalist perspective, but I love it so much that I want tons of it which sort of defeats the purpose.

So in deciding what particular piece I wanted to be my main showcase picture, it was a serious choice for me. Ultimately I decided that I wanted a daring but elegant piece that was indeed kink oriented. I decided this because I wanted something that reflected myself, and bdsm is indeed a large part of my identity. I wanted an evocative piece and this one happened to have the right color scheme to work well in my living room (which is comprised of warm wood colors, gold, burgundy and black).

Whether the boys will be ok with it in time we will see (I think they will).

So while I do not want horses and crops littered around which would clutter up my space and break the flow I have in the general room space, having particular pieces to signify and which work within the space overall is very nice and exactly the right thing for me- bdsm works within and through my life and self.

http://www.lensoflust.com/cgi-bin/lensoflust.cgi?page=expand&gallery=2&collnum=1&item=bdsm7423&action=expand&counter=2804

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RE: BDSM Home Decor - 7/18/2006 9:05:53 PM

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I'm kind of with Lucky Albatross on the stark look.

If I ever did go all out and furnish where I lived with bdsm rooms, I think I would want to reach them via things like trap doors or wall-length book-cases that moved, in the name of mystery (and privacy. I am a privacy freak, most of the time, it's just who I am, and not just about bdsm).

- Susan

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RE: BDSM Home Decor - 7/18/2006 9:25:51 PM

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Now, when I lived on "The grass farm" up in New Hampshire I had two old wooden barns out back one of which I used for the two lawn tractors and the snowblower and various garden tools and bags of furtilizer, oil, gasoline etc but the other one was pretty much empty and for storage.
I let my sub store furniture in it along with her unmentionable's old toys, boxes etc. It saved her about $100 per month as we moved her stuff from one of those storage places that she had.
That was a nice place with thick wooden beams, wood floor, high ceilings etc. A typical old New England barn. I had eye hooks in some of the support and cross beams and we did some suspension bondage in it too. Block and tackle is fun.
It had a big sliding wooden door that I made an inside lock for (with rope) so no-one could bother us.
The only thing was that we really couldn't use it for about 6 or 7 months of the year as it was too cold up in those mountains! And one year we couldn't even get to it from Nov-the end of April because there was too much snow.
She had an old wooden table in there that I used to tie her to in various positions using a couple of pillows for padding for her stomach or back depending.
We used it a lot when the unmentionable was in school.
Old barns are nice for bondage if you have a piece of property with one or two on it! Lots of possabilities!

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RE: BDSM Home Decor - 7/19/2006 1:19:06 AM

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The whole house has a BDSM theme that can be turned vanilla with about an hours work. Although it's not something that's been done in years.

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RE: BDSM Home Decor - 7/19/2006 1:41:33 AM

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Plenty of suspension points in the ceiling, cunningly disquised by having a few hammock chairs here and there.

Furniture tends to be chosen on the basis of having a dual role as well - coffee table just the right height, lots of places to tether a leash and all that. But you'd have to be 'in the know' to know.

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