# Help me decorate my sex room **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 30, 2002, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-sex-room/116748 "2002-06-30T23:27:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![ninevah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/46a35a/32.png) [@ninevah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ninevah)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 9:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-sex-room/116748/21 "2002-07-01T09:32:39Z")
An inflatable jumping castle! Ooh, and a magic 8-Ball. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-sex-room/116748/22 "2002-07-01T10:53:20Z")
A word about mirrors. My sweetie and me recently stayed at a hotel in Riverside. They booked us into the honymoon suite. Heart-shaped bed, heart-shaped tub, mirrors everywhere…including above the bed and by the headboard. The one by the headboard was COOL, (like watching porno, but better) especially 'cause it also reflected the one on the opposite wall. The one above the bed was of a very unforgiving nature and caused me to doubt my classification as a human being. ---
**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 11:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-sex-room/116748/23 "2002-07-01T11:11:17Z")
I wouldn’t normally comment on these threads but I’m becoming disillusioned here. Lava lamps, soft furnishings, dim switches, four-posters…what is this ?? The idea, IMHO, is to create a space utterly at odds with the rest of the house. Metaphorically or literally, this isn’t about slippers and deep-pile carpet, it’s about steel-tipped stiletto’s on hard wood or flagstone (although I’ll concede castle dungeons aren’t as common way over yonder). It’s not about filling the space with furniture but with expectation, excitement and fantasy. The house is comfortable and you can play all you want there, this room should be bare and harsh. It should be dissonant and echo with unfamiliarity, not somewhere you can reach out for the remote without looking. Did I say too much… ---
**Author:** ![Francesca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@Francesca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Francesca)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-sex-room/116748/24 "2002-07-01T11:39:42Z")
A lockable trunk to store your “toys” in. ---
**Author:** ![johngl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/977dab/32.png) [@johngl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/johngl)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-sex-room/116748/25 "2002-07-01T12:28:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cuate \* > \*\*I have an unused “Singing Bass” that my former boss gave me 2 years ago if your interested. \*\* Make that two Singing Bass and a Buzz Lightyear (all vocals still in working order). ---
**Author:** ![El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@El\_Elvis\_Rojo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Elvis_Rojo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-sex-room/116748/26 "2002-07-01T13:21:14Z")
Just out of curiosity, is a strobe light _REALLY_ something you want in a sex room? Having worked a job where I was required to stare at a strobe light for five hours straight, I have to say, they do get pretty damned annoying after a while. And I don’t know about you, but I find when my partner goes into an epileptic siezure, it kills the mood rather quickly. And I agree with what **London Calling** is saying. Well, it depends on the type of sex you’re planning for this room. Obviously, it sounds like more the “darker side” of it all, so it should be unique and rather, well, foreboding. Simplistic and dark. no posters on the walls or lava lamps…it’s a sex room, not a college dorm room. I like the mirror on the headboard idea though, and make sure the headboard has metal bars. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-sex-room/116748/27 "2002-07-01T14:03:21Z")
How you outfit a Sex Room kinda depends on what kinds of sex you intend to partake of. Details, please! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-sex-room/116748/28 "2002-07-01T14:56:16Z")
Oh I usually only partake of the usual boring, ordinary type of sex that long time partners usually do. You know the stereotypical type of love between a man and a woman and enough paraphanalia to accomodate a dinner party of 8. (any more and it’s just too awkward) [sub] well that’s what I’ve heard anyway :p[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-sex-room/116748/29 "2002-07-01T15:03:39Z")
Just for the record, more than 10 people are impossible to get all on camera at the same time and the line up for the showers are just too damn long. [sub] again, that’s what I’ve heard[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Lucki\_Chaarms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de0a6/32.png) [@Lucki\_Chaarms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucki_Chaarms)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-sex-room/116748/30 "2002-07-01T15:11:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by El Elvis Rojo \* > \*\*Just out of curiosity, is a strobe light _REALLY_ something you want in a sex room? Having worked a job where I was required to stare at a strobe light for five hours straight, I have to say, they do get pretty damned annoying after a while. And I don’t know about you, but I find when my partner goes into an epileptic siezure, it kills the mood rather quickly. \*\* 1. Yes, a strobe light makes just about anything a lot cooler. There are exceptions, of course, and there can be too much of a good thing. That leads to number 2… 2. What kind of job had you looking at a strobe light for 5 HOURS? Working at Spencer Gifts? In a head shop? At a strip club? 3. There is an upside to your partner having an epileptic siezure: for just a few seconds you’ll probably think you made her come harder than anyone has in the history of the world! I’m sorry, I’m not usually up this early in the summer. LC ---
**Author:** ![Maeglin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8baadc/32.png) [@Maeglin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maeglin)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-sex-room/116748/31 "2002-07-01T15:39:18Z")
> [@](#): > > , this room should be bare and harsh. It should be dissonant and echo with unfamiliarity, not somewhere you can reach out for the remote without looking. That sounds exactly like my room, except for the sex part. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Zappo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b3f665/32.png) [@Zappo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zappo)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-sex-room/116748/32 "2002-07-01T16:38:52Z")
If **Euty** can’t make it I’d be glad to drop by and spot ya. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Mermaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@The\_Mermaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mermaid)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-sex-room/116748/33 "2002-07-01T17:29:58Z")
**Zappo** you know, some manuevers are so dangerous that two spotters might not be a bad idea. When we ever get it finished I’ll invite you to the org…er the dedication. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Horseflesh](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horseflesh/32/7502_2.png) [@Horseflesh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horseflesh)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-sex-room/116748/34 "2002-07-01T17:58:05Z")
I have a couple of peacock feathers adorning my wall that get occasional use. If you wanna see the ultimate in sex rooms, rent _Tomcats_. Watch for the part where the “innocent” librarian lures Jerry O’Connell back to her place. And when Grandma shows up… Oy! ---
**Author:** ![Abe\_Babe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3ab097/32.png) [@Abe\_Babe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Abe_Babe)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-sex-room/116748/35 "2002-07-01T19:50:07Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Zappo \* > \*\*If **Euty** can’t make it I’d be glad to drop by and spot ya. 😉 \*\* Hmmm. Spotting. Is that what you kids are calling it these days? Maybe you could have the room half dark, spartan bondage oriented, and half cushy, romantic, pillowy oriented. ---
**Author:** ![\_etalhea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/779978/32.png) [@\_etalhea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_etalhea)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-sex-room/116748/36 "2002-07-01T20:20:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Horseflesh \* > \*\*If you wanna see the ultimate in sex rooms, rent _Tomcats_. Watch for the part where the “innocent” librarian lures Jerry O’Connell back to her place. And when Grandma shows up… Oy! \*\* If we’re gonna do movie references, the first thing this thread made me think of was Dudley Moore’s room in that old seventies movie where Goldie Hawn is being stalked by the albino guy…(opens another window to check Netflix)…Foul Play!! That’s it. Remember? Blinking lights, horns, twirling naked lady statues??? ---
**Author:** ![The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e495f1/32.png) [@The\_Ace\_of\_Swords](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Ace_of_Swords)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-sex-room/116748/37 "2002-07-01T21:39:29Z")
Hmm – I’d go with a nice cozy fireplace, Convenient storage space and remote And soundproofing. Hugs, Ace. ---
**Author:** ![MachV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@MachV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MachV)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 9:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-sex-room/116748/38 "2002-07-01T21:51:58Z")
Don’t forget the minifridge, to keep your booze & whipped cream in. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-sex-room/116748/39 "2002-07-01T22:21:07Z")
Nobody’s mentioned artwork yet? What you choose depends entirely on your taste, of course, but to get the discussion started, how about a couple of Soroyama posters? ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [July 1, 2002, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-sex-room/116748/40 "2002-07-01T22:23:13Z")
Woops, missed **Inky** ’s post. Soroyama is still a cooler choice than Picasso, for a sex room anyway. And I’m not providing a link; it would be inappropriate and quickly deleted. Just do a search for Soroyama, first name Haije or something. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-sex-room/116748.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-decorate-my-sex-room/116748.md?page=3)