Damask and Tapers
Rain on the glass, tall candles, and a ghost story in bed.
Dark damask walls, a cluster of lit tapers and a misty window: this room already feels like October. Tonight you take the slowest, coziest version of it, alone.
The evening
Candlelit: Sweet and talkative.
Light the tapers, or flameless ones if you might doze off. Take a bath, then read a ghost story in bed with the rain playing.
This is yours to shape. Stop, slow down or change course whenever you like. Nothing here is a goal you have to reach.
The setting
Tall tapers in clusters, and every overhead light off.
A rain track, low, with something crackling under it.
Dark and a little sweet, like a church that's been turned into a bedroom.
Heavy velvet, a lace edge, cool satin against warm skin.
Positions it suits
From the position guide: frank, practical and comfort-aware, with the furniture that makes each one easier.
Set it up
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