Tiny World Terrariums

My newest Domythic book I can recommend is Tiny World Terrariums.  I got this book from the library, and it's quite inspirational!  As you already know, I'm a sucker for displays behind glass, and the enchantment behind these miniature worlds blows me away.  The variety of mosses create terrain and landscape.  And the book gives you extremely helpful instruction on how to do it. 

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Magic Alfresco

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It all started with this image from the incredible Spoutwood Faerie Festival this past weekend.  The event is held yearly, is incredibly mythic and magical, and this little location just screamed magical calm sanctuary to me.

Add to that the fact that I've been unable to keep my mind indoors, as I mentioned, and the fact that our wonderful tree in the backyard has been taunting me to host a fancy tea party under it ever since we moved in, and...well...you may see where I'm going.

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There's hardly a thing outdoors that seems more Domythic to me than romantic dining in nature.  One major goal of interior Domythic decor is to bring the magic of nature indoors.  So of course it makes sense that it would also be magical to try to create a cozy and domestic space in nature.

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Enter the Garden

Well I warned you all...spring has definitely arrived, and my mind is having a hard time staying *inside* the walls of the house.  All I want to think about is the garden. 

We're hoping to put up an arbor in our side yard soon and cover it with fast growing vines.  So I wanted to share a compilation of images of garden gates and arbors. 

Most images above via Tumblr.

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All of the above via the incomparable Mags. 

Don't Be Afraid of Blackwood Manor

A few months ago, I watched the Guillermo del Toro movie Don't Be Afraid of the Dark.  The best part of the movie to me was the incredible house.  The film itself was not necessarily the best thing I've ever seen, but it is, at heart, a mythic story.  If you decide to watch the movie, I very highly recommend you precede it by reading the book Blackwood's Guide to Dangerous Faeries, which is a really enjoyable and creepy story, and gives the movie more depth, since the movie starts where the book ends.

But whether you watch the movie or not, you can stand in awe of the images below.

As always, please do click images to enlarge immensely.

Blackwood's estate:

Little Sally's room is beautiful, right down to the wallpaper.  Charming and simple, yes?  Or...

 ....not as simple as you might think.  Look closer.  There are repeating patterns of human figures among the flowers, in a very Walter Crane style.  I. Want. This. Wallpaper. 

Not to mention of course the spinning shadow-caster, which I have yet to be able to find a real one of online (I've wanted one since Tim Burton's Sleepy Hollow)

 More shots of the amazing wallpaper and Sally's room:

 The beautiful grounds of the estate:

 Sally approaches a sculpture...a sphere made from animal bones and antlers:

 Emerson Blackwood's insignia on the stained glass of the house door.

 And on the stained glass window in the library:

 The stove in Blackwood's studio figures greatly into the story, and has runes etched above it into the stone:

 The front door is absolutely stunning, but there aren't many good still shots of it in the movie.  Stained glass and wood carving creates a tree.

 Speaking of trees, how would you like to have this one on your property?

 Even the local library is droolworthy.

 The amazing enormous entry to the manor.  Notice the tree-carved pillars.  The leaf-carved bannisters.  The forest murals.  The stained glass.  The wow factor.

 Blackwood's decrepit studio, with a beautiful skylight, and a very creepy mural.

 This is about the only shot I could find that shows the front door:

 Notice the bell jars on the counter:

 Just look at that door!  Wow.

 The manor house

Can I have one?  Can I?