#this is how my room should actually look like
thingsALL dark academics
don’t need butDESIRE:
- Hardcover books with golden intricate spines
- Silk bedsheets of rich, deep, soft brown colour
- Libraries with forbidden books
- Vintage candles smelling of firewood, chestnut and dark chocolate
- Ancient, metallic candle holders with exquisite carvings
- Wax seals on envelopes
- Old typewriters and slightly browned paper
- Victorian tea cups and black tea
- Oval mirrors with thickly carved golden frames
- Ancient Roman corinthian pillars, covered with vines
- Black thick journals with golden corners
- Sleek vinyls and classical musical
- Rings with pretty stones or a butterfly hairpin (possibly old heirlooms)
- Dark and rich wooden furniture
- Fountain pens and dark ink
- Beautiful wooden boxes with carvings
- Dark chocolate truffles in golden, silver and navy blue wrappers
(and one thing dark academics don’t need is euro-centrism)