Until recently, I had a lovely little corner of the world to call my own. It was the perfect place to let me explore some of my building ideas for my own vision of  a mermaid’s home. I tended to lean more towards dark fantasy here that the traditional Greco-Roman or, uh, Giant-seashell styles. Instead, placed my grotto in the remains of some large ruins. Whether or not these are the empty halls of a long-dead human or mermaid civilization remains to be seen. They are deep, dark, and littered with decaying magic, and maybe even a few ghosts.

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I recently took the plunge and got myself a larger piece of land on a nice, private SIM. I’ve been slowly constructing a living space for myself—you can see part of my bedroom here.

Now, I’ll admit I’m not much of a fan of the giant-seashell vein of mermaid furniture that I see decorating mer-homes across SL. I guess I’m a bit of a snob when it comes to this, but I see no logical reason why merfolk furniture would parallel human furniture in any way. Merfolk may be humanoid, but the sea is a completely different place from the air, with different materials and different physics governing the environment. I suppose I’ll investigate this as I build more, as it’s difficult for me to find furniture that suits my vision for my living space.

My interest in SL has been wavering a bit lately, but I’ve been exploring mermaiding in other avenues. If you’re curious, I’ll write more about it later.