Ariakis' Nerian Home

I spent two months working on this 6 room Nerian home for my friend Ariakis at 3 Walk of the Dead on Antonia Bayle. I can't even estimate how many hours it took.

The dark elf inquisitor Ariakis 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.

This room is split into two sections. First the library/study area.

Then turning around and looking at the wall towards the bathroom.

The bathroom, complete with curtained bathing 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 rather than impressive while keeping with the masculinity of the home. This room gave me the most trouble because I don't know much about this style and wasn't quite sure what he wanted, but Ari was very patient and after a few false starts I managed to make something satisfactory.

And looking from the bed towards the garden.

Ari especially wanted a soothing water feature (it gave me tons of fits trying to get it to look right).

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.

This is a two-story fish tank with a few alterations made by Ari. He didn't like how I had the fish arranged, he wanted them to look more natural, like they were in a school instead of in separate areas of the aquarium. Then he tossed a squirming plushie in the little spot on top.

The dragon fireplace in the entry hall.

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

The kitchen section of the bar.

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!