Ariakis' Neriak Home

This home was created at 3 Walk of the Dead for Ariakis. The dark elf inquisitor doesn't like clutter, flowers, frills, or too much "patternation." Overall this house needed a bold masculine "feel" - which was a hard frame of mind for me to maintain at times. But I have to say, it was refreshing to make a house without lillies in it!The house is sharply divided into two sections - the upstairs, which are the private living quarters, and the ground floor, which is intended for entertaining. Let's start with the upstairs.

Turning around and looking at the room divider towards the bathroom area.

The bathroom area.

And now to the next room, which is a combination master bedroom and garden. He wanted it clean and simple, with a Zen type feel. He wanted flowing lines in the garden and wanted it calming while keeping with the masculinity of the home.

Looking from the bed to the garden. Ariakis especially wanted a soothing water feature.

Now back downstairs. This is the entry hall as viewed from the door. Ariakis wanted his entrance room to be welcoming, yet exude an air of power and affluence. He wanted it to make the statement of the home but at the same time be suitable for formal entertaining.

When space is limited - a two story aquarium. A dragon fireplace in the entrance hall.

To the left is the lounge and kitchen for casual entertaining.

The bar area of the lounge.

The kitchen area of the lounge.

Leaving the lounge area and looking out into the entrance hall.

Next is the dining room. Ari envisioned a room where important deals could be worked on at the table in addition to eating, so this room needed to be impressive.

And downstairs is the "Reeducation Room." I didn't post any screenies of this area overall because I don't think my fellow inquisitor would like me giving out the secrets of his work. But I did feel free to show you one wall, which consists of an altar to Innoruuk. I always envisioned Ari having a huge altar to Inny and I really tried to embody that idea in this piece.

Thaevek's Pillow Parlor

Anasur was commissioned to redecorate one room of Thaevek's home as a gesture of appreciation for all the hard work he put in for the Festival of Unity recently held on Antonia Bayle. And all I can say is, what a mess it was when I started! Poor Thaevek had tried to keep his expanding possessions under control but clearly failed. When I first saw this room the entire floor was covered (and I do mean completely covered) in Maj'dul pillows with all sorts of various things strewn around the edges of the walls.

Thaevek is a Kerra and adores his pillows. He kneads them, lays on them, and from the smell of them he even marks them. Thaevek is constantly on the prowl for female kitty companionship so it seemed to me that he needed a place suitable for mating. He also likes luxury. My task was to try to create a place that would fill both of these needs. But how to make a place that was luxurious with lots of pillows that didn't smell like cat pee? I started by tossing his old pillows into the street, then scrubbed the room until it was squeaky clean. Then I started sewing more pillows. I arranged them in a design that comes complete with scratching posts!

Erondis' Stronghold

These pics are out of order due to the difficulty I have working with this blog setup. My blogging skills aren't very skilled. But I wanted to get these pics posted and I'll put the rest up when I get home and have access to updated shots.

Fireplace Freak

This is a post of some fireplaces I made on Venekor from when the game went live until late 2006.

My very first attempt at decorating. Haide's Castleview Inn room.














Living room fireplace made for Friarr. Here I was trying for a dramatic look with lots of shadow play for a High Elf.













Bedroom fireplace made for Friarr.














Living room fireplace made for Raeyzej.













Bedroom fireplace made for Tukk.













A blue fireplace made for Tukk. Though I wasn't crazy about the bearskin rug, Tukk the dwarf was ecstatic with it!













My interpretation of a Dwarven fireplace for Tukk.

Frothbear's Hall by Anasur and Viska - 5 Bayle Ct, Antonia Bayle

This decorating job was started by my drooling troll friend Viska. She asked permission to copy the fireplace I made for Erondis (it was gladly given, of course). Viska made Frothbear's fireplace, the fish tank, the lovely hot tub you'll see, and the dojo wall.

Then Viska had to take an extended leave from game and asked if I would complete the job so that Frothbear wouldn't be left with an unfinished house. I agreed, and picked up where Viska left off.




Fish tank by Viska.






Fireplace designed by Anasur and created by Viska (original can be found in the home of Erondis).

A kitchen/dining area.

The basement. Nothing awe-inspiring here, just an area for games and refreshments.

The entrance to the dojo. Wall by Viska.

More dojo shots.

Overview of the bedroom. Viska designed and made the hot tub at the rear of the room. Anasur did everything else in it.

Some tapestries to make this bed a little bit unique.

A little altar dedicated to Antonia Bayle.

Close-up of Viska's hot tub.

A small library.

Overview of the garden.

The altar area.