When the Moon is High

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Can you feel the pull of the full moon tonight?

Moon shaped lamps

Wall plaque inspired by Melies

Moonrakers artwork by Moonlight and Hares.

Arwen's bedroom banners recreated by an amazing Etsy seller.

Moon sculpture.

Sleep on the full moon

A moon crib made from recycled palettes.

Moon Boat to Dreamland

The Enignum Canopy Bed...quite possibly the most re-pinned bed frame on the internet.

Mucha's Moon and Stars series.

Glow in the dark pillow.

The moon hung from a faerie tree.

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? 

Knock Knock!

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This is one we have and still need to put on our front door.

 And of course there's the ultimate in Domythic door knockers...available in much smaller size.

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A Year Long Story On Your Walls

So I'm still working on gathering together a plethora of door knockers for my final door post.  However, in the mean time, I absolutely have to share this utterly, stupendously, delightfully Domythic link shared by commenter, Merrian, on my other blog. 

I am utterly enchanted, overwhelmed, and inspired by this beautiful handpainted room.  The wall art is narrative, and yet it is cohesive, reminding me of a wallpaper from Voysey or Morris.  But it blows me away that the entire thing is freehand, and has subtle variations throughout the room.

Truly one of the most inspiring things I've seen in a long time.

It reminds me of a more subtle version of this gorgeous experiment in wall art I saw a couple weeks ago, and was reminded of again today when Terri Windling blogged it.