#ReleaseDay #Review ~ Gothic Life: The Essential Guide to Macabre Style by Aurelio Voltaire #Goth #Gothic #Macabre #NonFiction #Decorating #Cooking #Entertaining

 

Publisher: ‎ Epic Ink (August 20, 2024)

Hardcover: ‎ 208 pages

ISBN-10: ‎ 0760388326

ISBN-13: ‎ 978-0760388327

Dimensions: ‎ 6.75 x 0.77 x 9.25 inches

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About the Book:

The New York Times–dubbed “Martha Stewart for Macabre Homemakers,” Aurelio Voltaire, presents the definitive guide to revamping your sanctuary to match your eerie vibe.

Are you ready to embrace your dark side? In Gothic Life, Aurelio Voltaire shows you how to do just that, using the expertise honed as founder and host of the show Gothic Homemaking and years of stop-motion animation work to take you on a journey to goth-hood. From DIY design projects to helpful haunted hosting tips and tricks, with this step-by-step reference, you’ll transform your domain to capture your spooky essence with lessons on:

• The history and mindset of goths, including gothic icons from Vincent Price to Tim Burton to Wednesday Addams
• Enchanting home décor, making use of spooky color palettes (beyond black!) and all the bats and gargoyles your gothic heart could want
• A gothic dinner party menu featuring the likes of squid ink linguini and charcoal ice cream
• Holiday and party prep to celebrate Halloween and beyond

Whether you are looking for new ways to express your inner goth year-round or seeking brilliantly haunting ideas for your next Halloween bash, Gothic Life reveals the secrets to unleashing your inner goth and transforming the mundane to the macabre.

My Review:

Gothic Life: The Essential Guide to Macabre Style is a fantastic book filled to the coffin lid with great decorating and entertaining ideas. I was enchanted by the author's dialogue. The craft, decor, and recipe instructions were easy to follow and I can't wait to try some of them out. 

I'm not goth but I do have gothic tendencies. I'm a lover of everything and anything skull or skeleton. I have several box-store purchased skeletons hanging around the living room. One is a pirate, one is an angel, and one is just a skeleton. I also have bat and dragon skeletons. I have so many pieces of clothing with skulls and skeletons on them that there is rarely a day I don't wear skulls or skeletons in some way. 

This book isn't just for the gothic or dark at heart. I can see creating some of the decoration ideas in different colors and schemes than provided in the book. The ideas are endless!

I was provided this book via NetGalley.

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