Emperor1956
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Ahh the perfect fantasy dungeon. I've got several (it is fantasy, right?). I like the idea of a clean, postmodern room with lots of hidden restraints, soft surfaces that can be made hard, hard surfaces that are surprisingly soft...etc. Think what Phillipe Starck might have designed for Torquemada. Indeed, the lobby of the Starck-designed Hotel Delmonico on South Beach in Miami could be a perfect dungeon. Lots of flowing white curtains dividing the space, candles everywhere, even the spa for medical/laboratory scenes. How about a Tuscan Villa? I'd decorate a bit differently, but the Villa Alexandra has the right basics. When I get mine, I'll invite a few of you *GRIN*. Note the outdoor fireplaces, moroccan tent, and the master bedroom. This was the home of a Cardinal, so I think a nasty little chapel for flagellation/torture/repentance scenes would fit in. Conversely, I can get into a Dungeon that LOOKS like a Dungeon. Did you see "Hannibal"? Mediocre movie, but the scenes in Florence in the Duomo and other great crumbling buildings had me thinking "PLAY SPACE"! A bit more real, and closer to home, are two spaces that are no more. For several years, "The Playhouse" in Baltimore was in many ways a perfect dungeon. In an old warehouse type building, on three complete floors, you had everything ... medical spaces, school house spaces, Victoriana, even a complete installed jail cell. And some really nice amenities, like parking inside the building (when you are transporting some poor thing naked and tied, its nice to not worry about clothes in between home and dungeon, y'know?). And until a few years ago, there was here in Chicago a lovely semi-private space owned and operated by a well known professional Domme. It had a great Victorian schoolroom/parlor, several very strong, versatile and attractive large wooden suspension frames, a great medical suite with some wicked (and functioning) old scary medical devices and gyne chairs, and because it was one of her specialties, a full size adult baby nursery. You could always find SOMETHING to do (and often, someone to do it to you, or to do it to). And it was immaculate, and except for the designated ash tray area, smoke free, two things my dream dungeon would be (and sadly most real dungeons are not.) Edited to add: Much of the equipment from this dungeon is now at the Leather Rose, which appears above, in Holly's post. The space isn't as polished, but the play is still good. Now I'll daydream the rest of the afternoon away. E.
< Message edited by Emperor1956 -- 1/27/2007 1:42:29 PM >
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