Jehanne
06-30-2008, 11:16 AM
<p>I've spent the past 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. Thank you everyone here for allowing me to steal and adapt lots of your ideas. There are a lot of pics of this home but to be honest, I think it deserves them. </p><p>The dark elf inquisitor Ariakis doesn't like clutter, flowers, frills, or too much "patternation." Overall the 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 lilies in it!</p><p>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 able to be utilized for formal entertaining. </p><p><img src="http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/5816/eq2000152vj9.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="611" border="0" /></p><p><img src="http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/8681/eq2000153yg6.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="611" border="0" /></p><p>This is the two-story fish tank I posted in the Fish Tank thread, 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 the were in a school instead of in separate areas of the aquarium, then he tossed a squirming plushie in the little spot on top. </p><p><img src="http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/7529/eq2000154on3.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="611" border="0" /> </p><p>An unusually designed fireplace using the new Tapestry of Flames.</p><p><img src="http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/1338/eq2000155pi9.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="611" border="0" /> </p><p>To the left is the kitchen and lounge area for casual entertaining.</p><p><img src="http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/9312/eq2000156dk4.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="611" border="0" /> </p><p><img src="http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/6981/eq2000157wn0.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="611" border="0" /></p><p><img src="http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/3537/eq2000158zr1.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="611" border="0" /></p><p>Leaving the lounge area and looking out into the entrance room.</p><p><img src="http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/4213/eq2000160gi1.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="611" border="0" /> </p><p>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 too needed to be impressive.</p><p><img src="http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/9436/eq2000161eq5.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="611" border="0" /> </p><p><img src="http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/713/eq2000162ze3.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="611" border="0" /></p><p>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 contains his altar to Innoruuk. I always envisioned Ari having a huge altar to Inny and I really tried to embody that idea in this piece.</p><p><img src="http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/3402/eq2000164at2.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="611" border="0" /></p><p>And moving upstairs. This room is split into two sections. First the library/study area.</p><p><img src="http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/8418/eq2000167zn6.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="611" border="0" /></p><p>Then turning around and looking at the wall towards the bathroom.</p><p><img src="http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/5938/eq2000168tw1.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="611" border="0" /></p><p>And the bathroom, complete with curtained bathing area.</p><p><img src="http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/6049/eq2000169sb9.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="611" border="0" /></p><p>And now to the next room, which is a combination master bedroom and garden. This is the private area of the home and Ari wanted that delination to be evident. He wanted it clean and simple, with a Zen type feel. He wanted flowing lines in the garden and it should be 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.</p><p>The bedroom section.</p><p><img src="http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/4822/eq2000171fx0.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="611" border="0" /></p><p>And looking from the bed towards the garden.</p><p><img src="http://img244.imageshack.us/img244/2149/eq2000173dw3.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="611" border="0" /></p><p>Ari especially wanted a soothing water feature (which gave me tons of fits trying to get it to look right).</p><p><img src="http://img371.imageshack.us/img371/2494/eq2000175tp7.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="611" border="0" /></p><p><img src="http://img299.imageshack.us/img299/5121/eq2000176qs0.jpg" alt="" width="1024" height="611" border="0" /></p><p>That's all folks. Hope you enjoyed the tour!</p>