As an aficionado of Gilded Age America, I covet all things wood, brass and leather. I made a board about it on my Pinterest immediately after receiving my confirmation e-mail last June. If you scroll through, you’ll see a lot of steampunk but that’s only because steam-punky things take up a very small sliver of Gilded Age lore. There’s also tons of stuff you might find at The Art of Manliness site or even the old Whiskerino themes. Basically, some day I want to work in an office that crosses that of Indiana Jones:
of Rodney Skinner’s library:

and of Lord Grantham’s study:

So in the spirit of all of that, I started repinning trinkets like these:
Source: hifiweddings.com via Lancelot on Pinterest






wow that wedding picture is incredible. Huge trees!
Yeah, I keep thinking: “I want my kids to get married in Lorien just like that!”
Maybe that’s a British wood? Seems like zero underbrush…