Curating your space can be difficult when you’re juggling prices, potential rental property rules, and other headaches. But that doesn’t mean you have to part ways with the gothic room of your dreams.
The realm of design and interior decorating is vast, so for now, let’s set the groundwork with some light furniture basics. Here are our picks of stores that specialize in gothic-inspired designs and goods. From couches and vanities to lampshades and curtains, these shops can help you build your ideal room from the ground up.
To help those browsing with a budget in mind, we’ve sorted our selection from the least to the most expensive. We do this with the understanding that even the “least expensive” items can be pricey for some. This list also avoids aggregate sites like Wayfair. These sites undoubtedly offer extremely affordable products that can work well for tight budgets. However, we prefer to elevate small business owners and artisans where possible. This always means being willing to pay a little more.
The Most Affordable Gothic Decor
You may not be able to fill your entire home with gothic furniture just yet, but an accessory here or there can get you one step closer. These brands offer smaller selections of home decor like curtains and lampshades. These small touches will bring haunting beauty to any home without making your wallet suffer.
Sin in Linen
(sinandlinen.com)
This small business is owned by Sandy Glaze, an artist who designs sheets, bedding, linens, and wall art. She takes inspiration from outlaw culture and vintage erotica. She works closely with a production team in India to ensure high-quality goods that you can buy with a clear conscience.
Sin in Linen’s site offers items like bedding, curtains, table linens, blankets, and shower curtains. The home goods selection includes makeup bags, candles and other assorted goodies. While you won’t find big ticket furniture items here, a good throw blanket or set of curtains can instantly change the mood of a room. Linens are also perfect to use your favorite dark fragrances on, adding another layer to the atmosphere.
Thrifting
This one’s probably no surprise to those of you who have been around the interior decorating block a few times. If you live in an area with a strong thrift and antiquing culture, that’s prime real estate to find deliciously gothic decor at a painless price point. Plenty of antique shops, second-hand stores, thrift stores, and reselling boutiques offer affordable home goods. Some pieces might need a little care, like re-stuffing that amazing armchair that you’re dying to lounge in while enjoying a cup of tea. Some pieces may be perfect projects for those with a creative slant. After all, you can sand, paint, stain, and modify them to your heart’s content.
Reasonably Priced Artisan Home Goods
These businesses offer a mix of high-quality wares and relative affordability. In short, you get the best of both worlds. You can expect to spend one or several hundreds of dollars at these shops unless you’re perusing smaller offerings like wall decorations. In exchange, the pieces are unique, beautiful, and built to last. They’re well worth the money spent.
The Blackened Teeth
(theblackenedteeth.com)
Created by husband and wife duo Rebecca and Lee in 2018, The Blackened Teeth is a poignant love letter to the macabre. With combined backgrounds in Fine Art and construction, the two work out of their South Wales workshop to bring you furniture inspired by the dark and macabre.
The Blackened Teeth focuses mostly on lighting (standing lamps, table lamps, wall-mounted lamps) and home decor. As they’re a higher-end brand that prides itself in its artistry and craft, you can expect to spend a couple hundred dollars on the larger items in their shop. Smaller pieces like ornaments, mirrors, and wall art can cost between $30 to $80. While the cost is nothing to sneeze at, this is still a relatively simple way to add a a few pieces without investing hundreds or thousands of dollars.
Gothic Mystik Shop
(etsy.com/shop/GothicMystikShop)
Jenny, the owner of Gothic Mystik Shop, began the store as a way of salvaging old furniture and repurposing it into lovely, gothic works of art. Not only is each piece handcrafted, but you can even work with Jenny to have your own pieces restored, refurbished, and changed into something you’ll adore.
Despite being bespoke, these furniture pieces are relatively affordable. Bear in mind the fact that excellent quality furniture often runs well into the high hundreds (or sometimes thousands) of dollars. On the Gothic Mystik Shop’s Etsy, you’ll find an array of cabinets, bookshelves, display cases, lamps, shelves, and more. The shop also hosts smaller finds like jewelry boxes if you’re looking for a more manageable stylistic upgrade.
High-End Gothic Luxury Furniture
These luxury furniture companies offer painstakingly crafted items for customers with a discerning eye and comfortable budget. You can expect to spend a good deal of money at these shops, though you’ll have a true work of art that will last through the years for it.
Found By Bashford
(foundbybashford.com)
This is a great find if you’re looking into whimsigoth and dark academia-inspired decor. Found By Bashford is a furniture rescue. This means the artisan goes to second-hand shops and antique stores to find old, beloved pieces to restore. The pieces are then transformed into a new incarnation that would be right at home in a dark and cozy library.
These pieces are all bespoke, which accounts for the price tag. Pieces typically ranging in the high hundreds to a couple thousand dollars. In addition to desks, dressers, and display cabinets, you may also find smaller wares like decorative plates and medicine boxes.
Haunt
(HauntCult.com)
By far the most expensive option on the list, Haunt is a luxury custom furniture atelier that specializes in bespoke pieces. Each and every item they sell is crafted specifically for the buyer. You can even work with Haunt on customization requests so that your furniture is even more unique.
They have a vast array of pieces from lounges to bathtubs, benches to bed frames, and dressers to thrones. Each piece is designed by Kira and an eclectic pioneering team who work tirelessly with skilled artisans around the globe. Together, they create furniture that could double as art in a museum.
They have a price tag to match, though. The smallest and least expensive items still hit the mid to high hundreds in US dollars. The company is also located in Australia, working with limited availability group shipping to Los Angeles and New York several times a year. If you can’t pick your piece up in person, you’ll have to pay to get it shipped. This can add even more heft to an already thick receipt. For many, Haunt represents a dream covet list and goal to work toward rather than a place to start.
There you have it; a start to curating your very own elegant, gothic-inspired room. Whether you want to switch out your dull curtains, add a hand-crafted lamp, or order fully customized furniture, these shops are an excellent place to start your hunt.