This week the Remodelista editors went to the dark side. Here are five favorite design ideas they found:
Bewitched Brooms
![In their so-called “Soot House,” Anthony Esteves and Julie O’Rourke display an antique broom over their bed. See more in The Soot House: Conjuring the Ghosts of Old New England on Spruce Head in Maine. Photograph by Greta Rybus.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/anthony-esteves-soot-house-bedroom-maine-greta-rybus-733x489.jpg)
“A humble household object, bewitched in fairytales, becomes display-worthy decor in a few of the homes we’ve featured over the years,” writes Kristina. See more in The Witching Hour: 10 Times a Broom Doubled as Decor, from the Archives.
Matte Black Kitchen Faucets
![The industrial pull-out faucet, the Danze Foodie Pull-Out Spray Kitchen Faucet (DDH450\188BS) comes in Satin Black; \$377.\16 at Ferguson.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/danze-foodie-pull-out-spray-kitchen-faucet-733x489.jpg)
“A matte black faucet is a bold statement, but it’s also one that’s versatile (think graphic Scandi or extreme gothic) and is generally trend-resistant,” writes Alexa. Read more in this week’s 10 Easy Pieces post.
Simple Shaker Stools
![A Simple Stool has a black Shaker tape seat.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/heide-martin-simple-stool-black-2-1-733x475.jpg)
From her house and studio “in a small, wooded homestead,” furniture maker Heide Martin builds simple, hard-wood furniture that draws on a long tradition of New England sensibility. Read more in Shaker, Reincarnated: A Young Furniture Maker in Midcoast Maine.
Black Candles
![The Hygeia Bust Candle in black is in the shape of the Greek goddess of body/mind health; €99 at Sophia in Greece.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/hygieia-bust-candle-black-733x489.jpg)
Black candles “appeal to our inner Goth, especially at this time of year,” writes our UK-based contributor Christine Chang Hanway. See more in Going Goth: 10 Sculptural Black Candles.
Science Lab Kitchens
![Thanks to a tip-off from a salvage dealer, a couple collected lab castoffs from the horticultural department of St John’s University in York.. Photograph by Jan Baldwin.](https://media.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/david-campbell-anita-evagora-york-house-from-perfect-english-townhouse-photograph-jan-baldwin-4-733x1086.jpg)
For more, see Required Reading: An Artist Couple’s Hauntingly Beautiful Quarters, Courtesy of ‘Perfect English Townhouse.’
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