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bdsm home decore? - 4/12/2007 2:23:53 AM   
phoenixinchains


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Status: offline 		okay, the only input i really get from my mate about home decore is an approveing look at dungeon sceans in movies. well, he's a guy, i understand. so the question is; how to turn a bedroom into said dungeon and then back into a bedroom?-    Phoenix
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RE: bdsm home decore? - 4/12/2007 11:44:52 AM   
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Status: offline 		Well there are tons of things you can do.  Start with a trip to your local home center.  Ropes, chains, and hooks can be used in hundreds of ways and hidden when done. 

The ideas need to be yours to make it work for you.  

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RE: bdsm home decore? - 4/12/2007 12:18:56 PM   
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Status: offline 		I tend to want to hang plants from hooks...maybe hang up some fabric on the walls...something that looks decorative but is easy to take down.
 
Honestly, our bedroom is our private domain, so if someone enters and sees something that they don't want to see...well, they shouldn't have been there in the first place.
 
We do have a couple of hooks downstairs, though...mostly, we just leave them alone and everyone looks right past them.

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RE: bdsm home decore? - 4/12/2007 1:07:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		Its a lot easier if you list the things you want this dungeon to be made up of and then come up with a way to hide it.

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RE: bdsm home decore? - 4/12/2007 7:25:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		There used to be a company called Foxy Furniture that made GREAT equipment that, when broken down and put away, was innocuous in the home. Unfortunately, the couple who made the stuff moved to the west coast and put the business on hold while they got situated.

Google them and you might find some reviews or something, or maybe someone who is trying to sell a piece or two of their stuff.

Simple ways to turn the bedroom into the dungeon is Sport Sheets and hanging plants. Plant hooks can be installed to handle MUCH more weight than they have to hold for plants. Keep the chains and a step ladder in an easy to access location and the plants can be in the bathroom and the chains from the hooks quite quickly. (Don't suspend unless the hook is very secure and rated at something like 3 times the weight, don't take my word for it, look it up from someone who does suspension.)

Also give a look to hanging chairs, sometimes called Air Chairs. We don't care about the chair, we care about the mount. Those mounts can actually be installed heavy duty enough to do rope suspension from them.

Other than that, all I can say is dual purpose items in the bedroom so they can actually be out and visible but aren't threatening until the lights are dimmed and the dungeon music is playing...

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RE: bdsm home decore? - 4/12/2007 9:50:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		A decent start is to get the basics with play in mind.  Things like making sure it's strong enough and there are enough attachment points.

To me excluding people from a specific area is preferable.  There is no setting up or tearing down.  The only thing you need to do is lead your pet to the room when you're ready.  The bedroom is a good place to keep people out of even to the point of locking it when there are a greater number of people over at your place.  Anybody questions it dropping the word "jewelry" rationalizes it enough.  Locking places like closets where valuables are kept is also something recommended by home security "experts."

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RE: bdsm home decore? - 4/12/2007 11:50:14 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks to all, this has been very helpful. I'm thinking about constructing a bed frame using wood post meant for gates, painting it black, and embellushing with silver stud work. my thoughts are that purposeful looped hooks could be placed where bedding would hide them during the day. my mate has a job that moves us around a lot, so i think convertable, or camoflagable furniture will serve us best. i very much like the sheet idea. i have several taspestry, and think they lend such a nice look that i only take them down for cleaning ( ha maybe ). I'm a bit nervous on the notion of building a bed myself. Can't really afford to comission another to do it, and i'm not so inclined with power tools, haven't the strength for hand tools... Never built a bed before, but i have helped break one...     Phoenix

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RE: bdsm home decore? - 4/12/2007 11:57:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		well, i have a really good reason to convert the bedroom to a pg rating. my mate and i hope to adopt, and that requires homestudies. if you can breed on yourown, you get a few more liberties, but explaing the restraining devices isn't a conversation i want to have with a social worker. sigh, we're a model couple in so many rights. young, financially secure, solid marriage, stronge male role model, stay at home wife.   Phoenix

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RE: bdsm home decore? - 4/13/2007 12:57:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		Good luck on the adoption.  Sorry your kink might get in the way.  I know the feeling every time my mom stops by...
When I heard everyone else's ideas, I couldn't help but think..."gym equipment".  There are quite a few peices of gym equipment that would work wonderfully for BDSM gear.  The punching bag comes to mind, and I don't mean your sub.

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RE: bdsm home decore? - 4/13/2007 1:16:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		hehe, i am the sub. but thanks, i like to think that somehow we'll get the one social worker that understands a good sexlife doesn't mean you'll be a bad parent.  and i like your idea about gym equipment, i have been converting exorcise devices i see on tv into toys, just in my mind for now. i mean to keep a look out for used stuff at yard sales and adapt them as the oppertunity presents itself. personally, i'd love to install a dancing pole with hooks at cealing level. the dancing is such fun and so good for toning the muscles, and well, you can only dance like that for so long without getting a few naughty ideas. i played with the idea of four made into a four-poster bed, but this really wouldn't be as practicle. Thanks again-           Phoenix

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RE: bdsm home decore? - 4/13/2007 1:38:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		i have been thinking a lot about this as well.  There is a Mel Brooks movie called High Anxiety that i keep meaning to rent or buy so Daddy can see what i mean about the dungeon in a closet set up.  It's very funny with Cloris Leachman as a Domme in a pointy bra and Harvey Korman as Her subbie boy.

We had talked about a bed with chains on the corners to the ceiling just for decoration or to string ivy on like a moc canapy frame.  Also, remember the old water beds had frames with tops, some having mirrors in the top.  Would be nice to have something like that over the bed that dropped down into a rack.  Even a flipping bed that turned into a rack.  A trundle could be wonderful things since they slide in and out from under the bed.

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RE: bdsm home decore? - 4/13/2007 4:52:59 AM   
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Status: offline 		My bed is wrought iron and wood and makes a fabulous set of attachment points for bondage. If only Sir liked bondage a bit more....

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RE: bdsm home decore? - 4/13/2007 5:33:35 AM   
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Status: offline 		hmm, i read it's bad feng shui to have heavy objects hanging over the bed...
To Elorin- their site isn't up yet ( foxy ) but googling it gave me some great links. thanks. if you'd like your partner to be giving in the bondage area, would he turn down a pretty lady such as yourself already tied the post? dual items really are fun, aren't they? i like the pretty braided curtain pulls. by day they look so natural and completely innocent. scarves were our first medium in bondage. we've since up graded to more durable restraints, like the roll of duct tape in the night stand.
To Serivilecat-might have to see that movie, i like mel.                 
To Spanklette-yes, we've learned to hide a lot of stuff in plane sight. and then sometimes something that was always there gets repurposed. always fun.
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RE: bdsm home decore? - 4/13/2007 6:07:23 AM   
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Status: offline 		For some really beautiful furnishing that give you an old time look that you can convert back and forth easily try Design Toscano. 

http://www.designtoscano.com/jump.jsp?itemID=1&itemType=HOME_PAGE

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RE: bdsm home decore? - 4/13/2007 10:07:46 AM   
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Status: offline 		wow, they have some beautiful things there.  thanks for that link

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RE: bdsm home decore? - 4/13/2007 5:18:22 PM   
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I particularly like rope bondage, and Sir isn't really into it. We've discussed it, and rather than me try to get him to do it more often, I get my rope fix at rope weekends and rope meetings with other like minded rope fien...friends.

Sir knows how to do rope bondage, but since we rarely play at home, and when we play in public he and I both prefer me to be free in case I start to panic, I accept he's not into rope bondage so much and he accepts me disappearing for 4 days to get tied up by my play partners!
~Elorin

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Oh, and Foxy Furniture's site isn't "not up yet" - it is down and not returned yet. The website used to exist but got taken down when they moved, I believe. I'll see if I can find some photos of some of their stuff.
~E

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RE: bdsm home decore? - 4/15/2007 3:24:49 AM   
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Status: offline 		cool, glad you get your fix : ) oh, i'm still going crazy waiting for the remolding to be over so we can get moved in. my husband's work has us holed up in a hotel, with half our stuff, our furniture is in a storage unit one state away, and some is still getting moved from korea. lol, the maid came late one day, we thought they wouldn't come in so we'd left two whips on the table before our leaving the room, and a couple other things to my embarasement...          but this has given me time to think of lots of cool stuff to do in our new place. yeah, a two bdroom town house will be so nice after a two room flat in the orient! like cages? get a rental in s. korea. hehe-   Phoenix

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RE: bdsm home decore? - 4/16/2007 8:20:18 PM   
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Status: offline 		as far as the corner post bed goes, talk to the folks at any lumberyard, home depot or lowes. Explain to them that it's for "medieval-style furniture", and to the vanilla folks- that usually is a simple-enough explanation that they don't ask more questions than that! There are some folks who could design and build things for ya that can be put up simply, taken down easily, and stores in a closet or such- but that's up to you. Finances may be tight, but payments and such can usually be arranged. 

As for the bed, sounds like you want some 4"x4" corner posts, 2"x4" frame supports, and 1"x4" mattress supports. Add somebraces, attachment hardware, bolts & nuts, stain/sealants- and you're pretty much ready to go!

Let me know if I can be of any further assistance... Good luck on your move! LeatherWolffe.

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RE: bdsm home decore? - 4/17/2007 1:57:18 AM   
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Status: offline 		LW- thank you, "medievil" will probly get me a lot further without the weird looks. so far i've said "castle like" and have avoided raised eyebrows on the subjects. Mate and i went shopping for some d-rings for the jewlry i've been making, and we had a grand time making fun application for all the merchandice we saw... hope you're having as much fun-             Phoenix

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RE: bdsm home decore? - 4/17/2007 4:11:03 AM   
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ORIGINAL: KittyKatz

wow, they have some beautiful things there.  thanks for that link


You are welcome, i have bought quite a few things from them and never been disappointed, their customer service is great. I have the roof dragon, Gaston the climbing gargoyle and a bunch of other stuff too.

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