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Let me run a few ideas by you all and see if anything sticks (or new/better ones come out!):
I live in an apartment, so I can't do anything that would be too nailed down, but I have a very large livingroom and dining room connected by a wide front foyer area, so I think that the dining room is going to be the "swamp" of the bayou theme.
I'm thinking of hanging/attaching long, twisty, knarled branches from the ceiling fan in there, w/ hanging moss. I want a real weeping willows kind of effect. I found these great battery operated plant lights at the dollar store that give off a sort of bluish color. I think a couple of these mixed in the branches will help with the "moonlight through the canopy" kind of thing.
The food will be creole (ettouffe, muffaletta sandwiches...) but I don't know what to do for dessert - HELP!
For livingroom decor, I think a voodoo-type of shop design. Like tarot cards, potion jars, shrunken heads, voodoo dolls hanging from the ceiling and lots of
branches...I need to research the true look of those places and see what they look like. I'd like some cool prop suggestions to help carry out this theme...
The foyer is my real sticking point...I don't know what to put there to welcome my guests into the world I'm creating....also, the bathroom...ugh. It's kinda small, so I don't know how to carry the design through...maybe make it swampy as well? fogger in the tub? I don't know.
I have a ground fogger that fills the apartment pretty well, so that will work like under the dining table and I'm thinking of having the punch bowl fog as well for a swamp effect....
Am I crazy or will this work? Any good ideas? Thanks for your (anticipated) help!
I'm constantly in awe of the creativity of all of you and really could use your imput.
I live in an apartment, so I can't do anything that would be too nailed down, but I have a very large livingroom and dining room connected by a wide front foyer area, so I think that the dining room is going to be the "swamp" of the bayou theme.
I'm thinking of hanging/attaching long, twisty, knarled branches from the ceiling fan in there, w/ hanging moss. I want a real weeping willows kind of effect. I found these great battery operated plant lights at the dollar store that give off a sort of bluish color. I think a couple of these mixed in the branches will help with the "moonlight through the canopy" kind of thing.
The food will be creole (ettouffe, muffaletta sandwiches...) but I don't know what to do for dessert - HELP!
For livingroom decor, I think a voodoo-type of shop design. Like tarot cards, potion jars, shrunken heads, voodoo dolls hanging from the ceiling and lots of
branches...I need to research the true look of those places and see what they look like. I'd like some cool prop suggestions to help carry out this theme...
The foyer is my real sticking point...I don't know what to put there to welcome my guests into the world I'm creating....also, the bathroom...ugh. It's kinda small, so I don't know how to carry the design through...maybe make it swampy as well? fogger in the tub? I don't know.
I have a ground fogger that fills the apartment pretty well, so that will work like under the dining table and I'm thinking of having the punch bowl fog as well for a swamp effect....
Am I crazy or will this work? Any good ideas? Thanks for your (anticipated) help!
I'm constantly in awe of the creativity of all of you and really could use your imput.