So, I decided that I want my basement to be a sort of naturalist's laboratory/study. I want to have lots of books, houseplants, live specimens, and a few flowers from around town.
My only problem is that most of the science-y furniture is sort of... creepy. It's got a definite mad scientist vibe, and that's not what I'm going for, especially since I decided to switch from rustic to fairy tale for the main house. What I'm shooting for is basically the workspace of an amateur biologist, not the den of some mad genius who wants to splice a horseshoe crab and a tarantula together.
My ideas so far:
Wall - (???)
Floor - (???)
Music - K.K. Synth (I know some folks find it creepy, but I find it relaxing. It's very much the kind of thing I listen to while working.)
Chalkboard
Homework set (I'll have a few of these scattered around)
Houseplants
Non-native perfect fruit (probably perfect cherries - I'd like to grow cherries in my town)
Hybrid flowers
Oarfish or coelacanth
Other fish
Insects (will likely include a golden stag and possibly a tarantula)
Deep-sea creatures (nautilus, horseshoe crab and/or giant isopod)
Blue certificate
Cool globe
World map
Science table
Do you guys have any suggestions? Specifically, I need to pick walls and flooring, something to display specimens on, and get some ideas for the specimens themselves.
My only problem is that most of the science-y furniture is sort of... creepy. It's got a definite mad scientist vibe, and that's not what I'm going for, especially since I decided to switch from rustic to fairy tale for the main house. What I'm shooting for is basically the workspace of an amateur biologist, not the den of some mad genius who wants to splice a horseshoe crab and a tarantula together.
My ideas so far:
Wall - (???)
Floor - (???)
Music - K.K. Synth (I know some folks find it creepy, but I find it relaxing. It's very much the kind of thing I listen to while working.)
Chalkboard
Homework set (I'll have a few of these scattered around)
Houseplants
Non-native perfect fruit (probably perfect cherries - I'd like to grow cherries in my town)
Hybrid flowers
Oarfish or coelacanth
Other fish
Insects (will likely include a golden stag and possibly a tarantula)
Deep-sea creatures (nautilus, horseshoe crab and/or giant isopod)
Blue certificate
Cool globe
World map
Science table
Do you guys have any suggestions? Specifically, I need to pick walls and flooring, something to display specimens on, and get some ideas for the specimens themselves.