#bamboo bookshelf

[carefreehomefurnishings]

Bookcases and Shelves | Stylish Bamboo Bookshelves for Your Living Room | Carefree Home Furnishings

[whovians-suffer-most]

Living Room - Rustic Living Room Inspiration for a small rustic enclosed concrete floor and beige floor living room remodel with white walls, no fireplace and no tv

[pearlcatcher-problems]

pour one out for my tablet, finally broken after...... thirteen years

l m a o I was overdue replacing it but I love it so much ; w;

time to look at a replacement -- not doing wacom again because EXPENSE but maybe XPpen? No idea but I'm out of time now given the lineup of commissions I have and personal projects I want DONE.

[heartbeetz]

I've talked before about how I think it's funny that so many of my f/os are associated with reds (or pinks) and/or greens. But it only just occurred to me that that's probably connected to earth tones (especially reds and greens, but also brown/black) being my favorite colors for things to be. Like my bedsheets and plant pots and furniture and random decorative items are mostly reds and greens (+brown). Fucking of course I'd also be drawn to characters who are those colors. Whatever.

[cattownshend]

Great Room in San Francisco Great room - mid-sized contemporary dark wood floor great room idea with white walls

[solarenchanting]

𝐁𝐈𝐑𝐓𝐇𝐃𝐀𝐘 ── .✦ gojō satoru x fem!reader

should you call him on his birthday?

note: inspired by the song, “birthday” by disclosure, syd, and kehlani; notably the first verse and chorus sparked the inspiration of this fic + specific items are indicated to be meaningful to fem!reader + use of 24-hour time.

part two: birthday wish

the dim, yellow light of your desk lamp glowed in your home office. its warm glare illuminated your surroundings, the familiar decor accompanied by its shadows. the bookshelf filled with your favourite books, various framed portraits of your favourite artworks on the wall, the sheen glint of the laminate floor.

sandalwood lingered in the air, the thick bamboo stick burned slowly into ash. the remnants of gray dropped onto the wooden boat burner. with a turn of your shoulder, you’d see it perched on the windowsill.

the ticking sound of the pendulum clock, its silver swinging weight swaying side to side, fell in rhythm with the soothing pitter-patter of the rain tapping against the window.

to anyone else, this would be heaven.

to have the exquisite blend of sandalwood—woody, creamy, ambery, and slightly sweet scent—creating a mellow and calming ambience, paired with the warmth of the desk lamp and the steady rhythm encouraging you to relax?

definitely heaven.

however, in reality?

you were in hell.

a plethora of paperwork — forms, rosters, letters, reports — and files lay on your mahogany study desk, barely allowing the dark reddish-brown surface to show. your laptop was on, the brightness on the lowest level, with an email that did not find you well. your notebook was open, a black ballpoint pen in hand, sliding rapidly across each page you wrote, each document you signed.

your tired eyes darted around, solely focused on the work in front of you. whether it was scanning the content of whatever document you came across, watching the movement of your hand as you wrote, or glancing between the keyboard and the laptop screen—your eyes roamed everywhere.

everywhere except the bookshelf filled with your favourite books that you couldn’t afford at one point.

everywhere except the various framed portraits of your favourite artworks that you never thought you would own.

everywhere except the wooden boat burner that held the sandalwood incense, bought as a replacement for your old incense holder.

everywhere except the pendulum clock that hung on the wall, the one that caught your eye when you were window shopping that one time.

everywhere except those gifts that were from—

your hand froze—along with your body—stopping at a random syllable of a word you were writing, the grip on your ballpoint pen loosening as it fell from your hand, landing with a soft thud onto your notebook.

your eyes widened, a shock passing by, before you closed them. an exasperated sigh escaped from your lips, your hand moving to hold your forehead as you propped an elbow onto the desk, leaning forward.

you were doing it again.

your mind was wandering off to him.

him with hair as white as the late december snow that fell in tokyo.

him with those beautiful, soul-piercing, blue eyes that were reminiscent of a clear sky on a summer’s day in august.

him with that damned blindfold, which he always took off in your presence because he knew how much you loved his eyes.

him and that—

no. stop it, [name].

he’s nothing but an old flame.

well, at least that’s what you’ve been telling yourself for the past year and four months—not like anyone’s counting—since you left him behind.

ever since december began, he’s been on your mind. he’d randomly pop up at the most inconvenient moments. you’d see his favourite bakery, walk past his favourite stores in the mall, or spot something you knew he’d like.

opening your eyes, you lifted your head from your hand. you leaned against the backrest of your chair, arms lazily placed on the armrests with your hands resting downwards, and your head tilted upwards the dim-lit ceiling.

there was only one reason behind this.

your hand found its way to the pocket of your sweatpants, pulling out your phone, and bringing it up to your face. your thumb pressed the power button for a second, the blue light of your phone emitting onto your face.

and there it was—the reason you’ve been behaving the way you have for the past six days—plain as day.

00:57

Saturday, 7 December

Calendar・my love ♡

instantly, you pushed yourself forward once more, dropping your phone onto the desk amidst the scattered paperwork. you fell back into your previous position, elbow propped on the desk, hand pressed against your forehead. your free arm lay flat on the desk, fingertips tapping rhythmically on the wooden surface.

the home screen of your phone staring at you with that fucking notification glaring at you.

if it had been anyone else you cut ties with, and if you’d forgotten to erase traces of them on your phone, you would've swiped left—out of sight, out of mind. hell, you would’ve deleted it the moment it came across your screen.

if it had been any other day—and not the fucking 7th of december—you wouldn’t have cared. there wouldn’t have been a second thought. not even a last thought, as that would mean it’s still a thought.

you wouldn’t be sitting here, staring at your phone, wondering what he’d say to you, wondering if it would be a huge mistake if you…

should you…?

should you call him on his birthday?

you bit your lip, furrowing your eyebrows, and stopped tapping your fingers. once again, you leaned back into your chair, your phone in your hand this time with your thumb hovering over the screen.

you could call him, just to make sure he’s okay.

or would he prefer that you didn’t—prefer that you simply let him go?

before you could consider anything, you sat up straight, your thumb swiped across the screen. your thumb swiped across the screen, and with swift movements, you entered your pin and clicked on contacts, scrolling down until you found it.

gojō satoru ・090-xxxx-xxxx

his old number.

but is it even working?

a/n: happy birthday to gojō satoru !! <33 happy gojō satoru day, everyone !! especially to the gojō satoru lovers <33

iʼd say this is my contribution but itʼs a sad fic (?) (also the mentioned song helped me write this, of course).

regardless, i hope this is enjoyable to whoever comes across it !! :)

much love from me to you ♡

[leading-inpherno]

-> An elderly female demon entered Thieves' Den, staring around with curious eyes. This wasn't HER Thieves' Den and she knew it, but she couldn't help but be curious. - @windswept-ocs [WOODSTAFF]

Glory is rearranging things in their semi-outdoor office, their second set of smaller insect arms flexing slightly as they move some things from their bamboo bookshelf.

Lanterns hang overhead, the furniture is made of bamboo & light colored woods, earthy & natural decor adorning the bookshelves & tables. There are weapons & other sharp objects displayed on the wall, & flora in the shape of the Thieves Den logo.

They don't seem to notice the other leader. Glory is also in a less casual 'mode', their blindfold off, being discarded on their desk.

[karmiya]

I actually do a lot of research and am collecting what may one day be an entire bookshelf's worth of reference books, so I thought I'd share one. This is my pride and joy, at least as far as research goes:

To Live as Long as Heaven and Earth is a translation of the Shenxian Zhuan, a series of biographies of Daoist immortals by Ge Hong. The (extensive) introduction by Professor Campany also includes a lot of the translator's own research, drawing on various sources in order to provide a good overview of practices attributed to Daoists in common folklore. If you're interested in the Xianxia and Wuxia genres and their origins, I think this is an invaluable English-language text. Its focus is entirely on traditional beliefs, but through it you can see just how much of the modern fantasy genre in China is based entirely on traditional folklore.

The images of talismans, for example, are extremely familiar to any viewers of modern fantasy dramas or donghua. These look very similar to the talismans we see in the Modao Zushi donghua, don't they?

This is a really interesting little section describing levels of ascendance. It's a lot simpler than modern novels with their million stages of core formation, isn't it? (Though, to be fair, most novels I read are by authors who don't care to get into that level of detail and focus on characters and storytelling, thank goodness!) The 'tianxian' sound a bit like heavenly officials in more recent stories, don't they, whereas the dixian are regular immortal cultivators who still live on earth. The use of shijie (corpse simulacrums) meanwhile, seems to mainly be maintained as a means of faking one's death, not as a means of escaping the notice of the officials of the underworld!

The main paths of immortality outlined in Ge Hong's work are: internal cultivation, external cultivation (alchemy), the arts of the bedchamber, and diet. The first three are very familiar, but I've noticed that diet-based cultivation shows up much more rarely in modern stories. I can only immediately think of Ye Baiyi from Word of Honour, who begins to age again after descending from the mountains and imbibing mortal food once more.

One thing I found interesting is that most accounts of immortals flying either depict them doing so under their own power, or placing a talisman within a bamboo staff and flying on that (or sending some poor soul on a sudden trip across the country!). Flying swords seem to be a much more modern convention.

One thing that's really amusing to me is how much energy the author (Ge Hong, not the translator) dedicated to poking fun at Confucius and Confucianism. Even though the three major religions eventually became known as the Three Teachings and are in modern terms viewed as very harmonious and complementary, historically there was often a huge amount of religious tension. Confucians and Daoists bickered with each other a lot, and then Buddhists got into the fray as well as Buddhism became more and more popular in East Asia. While Buddhism was present in China in Ge Hong's time, it had yet to reach its later popularity; this is probably why Buddhism is barely mentioned in Ge Hong's writing. There are a few indirect references and borrowings from Buddhist tales, and Professor Campany posits that some were intentionally used in competition with Buddhism, while others may have been added by later compilers/transcribers of the text who were Buddhists themselves.

A lot of Cnovels depict this sort of religious tension (Thousand Autumns is a good example), and it's really interesting to see that in these translated historical texts. Even though there are plenty of texts I can't get access to and/or wouldn't be able to read in the original language, there is a huge amount of English-language and translated scholarship on Chinese history available. A lot of it is fascinating to read from a perspective of a fan of Chinese fantasy, since the genre draws so heavily on real history and folklore.

[queer-reader-07]

Hi! 💕

For the ask game:

orchid, bamboo, mahonia, sage and nutmeg

Sorry its a lot lol, you can just pick your favorites lol.

hi!! i love having multiple to answer <3

send me asks!!

orchid: what's a song you consider to be perfect?

i'm a slut for hozier first, human second

bamboo: do you change into a different outfit when you get home?

not usually tbh. i usually keep the same stuff on all day unless i've suddenly gotten really uncomfortable and/or dysphoric at some point in the day.

mahonia: what place, thing, activity inspires you most and how do you express yourself when it does?

oooh i love this one! honestly my friends inspire me most! like seeing the art they make (drawing, writing, poetry, etc) always makes me want to do art! especially when i read the stuff my friends write i'm always like "oh maybe i should get back to that piece i haven't touched in 2 months"

sage: what medium of art is the most touching to you? why do you think that is?

music 100%. especially when experienced live. there is something so raw in song writing i think, the way feelings and pain and love and joy can be wrapped in lyricism. it sounds nice when you're just hearing it, but when you truly start to listen it starts hitting you deeper and harder in your chest.

live music especially feels so personal and intimate, even in a large theater. being in a room full of people who know all the lyrics, singing along to these songs about love and joy and loss and the feral energy of life is enough to make me cry in a really human way.

nutmeg: how's your room decorated? do you have a specific theme or style going on?

i do not have a cohesive theme or style in any aspect of my life lmao. one of my friends described my room by saying that "it looks like the inside of [my] brain" which has always stuck with me. i have drawings up on one wall and song lyrics printed on metallic painted cardboard above my desk. there's a movie poster for star wars by my bookshelf and a dune poster next to a foldout magazine poster of the jwst pillars of creation. i have crucifixes adorned with rosaries above my bed because i'm not catholic but they give me some twisted form of comfort and they're next to the photos of my friends and i.

it's messy an incoherent but it's so very Me.

[interstellarmoons]

My Perfect Hologram (Not Meant To Be, But Thank You)

Recently hurt, lost, and afraid

I saw you standing over there

Appearing to come to my aid

Though seemingly part of a pair

“Just friends” I hoped to myself

So easy to talk and relate to

Like a rare read on a bookshelf

Perusing veins of each other’s bamboo

I though that you could be it

The other part of my cracked half

It was indeed her that you were with

But thank you, my perfect hologram

[accidental-spice]

Top 5 obscure objects in your house (decorative or functional, idk)

A wooden giraffe on top of the bookshelf

Essential oil shelf

Jar full of beach glass

My dying bamboo plant

An old explosives case that now holds movies

Thanks for the ask!!

[khudrang]

The shutter sound snaps and captures the linear streams of golden drenching the luscious green in an almost palpable sheen, reminding me of the treacles of honey being deposited on awaiting squares of flakiness. The scenery mimics my iris, where I let it linger for a little longer. Walking into the room, the dreary does not pass my sensibilities, and I step back out to let the warm currents pierce me once again. 

The following day, my fortune takes a bow and I visit a dwelling that itself dwelled in my heart since I was child. My heart skips a beat upon witnessing it in its full glory; perhaps it went back to the time the residence took foundation. The red tiled roof against the bleach white walls, like the dusk bleeding its farewell on a blanket of fresh snow. Creepers mark the path, and the rows of petaled jewels usher me into that archive of an abode. Stepping in, I’m first greeted with the scent of limestone, followed by a waft of jasmine, perhaps from the incense, perhaps from the silver braid of the woman of the house. The space is suspended in a time before, and I can feel myself regress to a cooler summer with every passing second. The shelves around the room are chock full of reminders; reminders to hone, reminders to seek, reminders of benevolence, reminders of spirit, reminders of patronage, reminders to create, and reminders of decay. Each merchandise on those stone shelves loudly boasted of its fineness; the meticulously weaved threads, the highly refined and finished edges, the laboriously carved impressions, the tanned leather beaming with its glossy surface. If you kneeled closer to the ground, however, perhaps to feel strands of a bamboo basket on your fingertips, you would hear the quiet pleas running through these prideful declarations; the plea to be saved from extinction. 

A tinkering from the adjacent room grabs my attention, and I float towards it as if in a state of hypnosis. My eyes bear witness to a figment of my imagination; the sunrays from yesterday tip their hats through the windows near the ceiling, greeting me once again in an unbending, militant fashion. They lay to rest, as if spent from their journey of lightyears, on the glorious wooden swing that resides in the middle of the room like an unyielding but nurturing patriarch. Two hangings of earth lamps flank the swing and sway lightly in the breeze entering the room, making that soft tinkling noise, mimicking the rightly analogous fireflies. There is a painting of an infantile holy figure on the left wall, its blue striking against the copper lap that is perched right above it. 

As I was leaving, I noticed another characteristic of houses from the bygone era: the high ceilings, which make anyone standing under them feel invincible, make them feel as tall as the walls themselves, and offer them plenty of space to explore and make mistakes. It is exactly the kind of place tradition and heritage would prosper in. While I walked out with my arms full of many commodities, I also walked out with a lingering question; these symbols of craftsmanship that will now adorn my bookshelf, that adorn the dresser of another, and that adorned the rooms of that fantastic house, will they get lost in time or passed down with it? Do they represent the time gone, or how it stands still while the world goes by?

@hindumyththoughts (since you asked to be a part of my taglist :D)

[lilja4ever]

I think i am. bamboo ambient orange lighting midcentury bookshelf tea leaf navy blue dark brown wood finish humid with dark skies girl

[salt-and-vynegar]

Ink Study Puzzles Explanation

I like a good puzzle, and I like trying to figure out the rationale behind why a puzzle has a certain answer. So since I’ve been making notes on the puzzles and using them to solve the clues, I wanted to write this down for me.

This post will contain spoilers for some of the puzzles in the Ink Study. 

There are certain puzzles that I find it hard to craft an explanation for, like the two kinds of path making ones, so I will not be going over them.

Fengya (Recommended Character: Luke)

Puzzle: Guqin, Chess, Book, and Painting

Guqin

I’ve touched on Guqin a bit here, but let me go into detail. For this puzzle to make sense, you need to have the context from Rosa and the information provided by Luke. The Guqin itself isn’t the puzzle, but the words on the bamboo pipes that Rosa finds are.

Rosa makes the comment that the words Lin Zhong are written and that it’s mentioned in the “The Book of Rites - Proceedings of the Government in the Different Months.” Luke can find that book on his end, and then proceeds to tell the reader that Lin Zhong is a reference to the third month of summer, June.

In a Gregorian Calendar, June is the 6th month of the year,

So the number associated with Lin Zhong is 6.

Chess

Luke finds the number 5 carved in the chessboard.

Book

Rosa can find this on a bookshelf. It leads to a path making puzzle. Once solved, it gives the number 1.

Painting

Luke can find this painting hanging in his side of the room near the door. Once solved, it gives the number 5.

Final Puzzle Code: 1565  (Book, Painting, Guqin, and Chess)

A dialogue easter egg can be obtained by examining the book on Rosa’s side with Luke on the other.

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Quiankun (Recommended character: Artem)

Artem’s puzzle is based on the Eight Trigrams or Bagua in Chinese. Due to this mechanic, this puzzle also utilizes centrosymmetry in the form of two 3x3 grids.

Puzzle: Eight Trigrams and 9 Palaces

To solve this requires two 3x3 grids.

1 chart for the locations, and 1 chart for the numbers. These two grids will correspond with each other.

Here are the given hints:

Via Artem:

Nine is on the top, one at the bottom, three at left, and seven at the right.

Kun Palace represents two.

Li Palace is at the bottom of an Eight Trigrams mirror.

Besides Li Palace, there are seven other trigrams: Qian, Kun, Kan, Zhen, Gen, Xun, and Dui.

Two and Four are shoulders; six and eight are feet; five is the core.

Xun is at the top left corner.

After solving the pathmaking puzzle on Rosa’s side, Zhen is in the leftmost grid of the second row.

Via Rosa:

Qian Palace is in the bottom right corner of the 3x3 grid.

Kan represents one, Kun two, Zhen three, and Xun four.

Add every three numbers that are on the same row or column, and you will always get 15.

Gen Palace is eight.

After solving the pathmaking puzzle on Artem’s side, Dui is in the right most grid of the second row.

After solving the pathmaking puzzle on Artem’s side, three is at the left, seven at the right... five is the core.

After solving the pathmaking puzzle on Artem’s side, Dui represents seven.

When you put all the hints together, you should end up with two 3x3 grids that look like this:

Now, you may be asking why there’s nothing in the center for locations. That’s on purpose. 

One of the most important hints that is given is that 5 is the Core. This is where the Eight Trigram Influence comes in. For the Trigrams, they are usually written outside of a central point. In this particular case, the 5 you get from solving the magic square numbers is the central point - the Core, from which the other locations are situated around.

In addition, there’s a bit of a tricky hint in Artem’s side. He mentions that he finds an Eight Trigrams mirror and that Li Palace is on the bottom of the 3x3 grid. But on my grid, it’s on the top. The key for finding where Li goes is to remember that it’s mirrored. Because Li was written on the bottom of the mirror, if you mirror it/flip it, this means that Li is actually located on the top.

Artem’s Puzzle Lock: 7294 (Dui, Kun, Li, and Xun)

Rosa’s Puzzle Lock: 6183 (Qian, Kan, Gen, Zhen)

A dialogue Easter egg can be obtained by examining the umbrella on Rosa’s side with Artem on the other.

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Wuxuan (Recommended character: Marius)

Marius’s puzzle is based on the Chinese Philosophy Wuxing. 

Puzzle: Elemental Pillars

To solve this puzzle, you need to figure out which of the elements correspond to each pillar.

Here are the given hints:

Via Rosa:

When you examine the pillar, you find out that the pillar has a wave mark. 

It also gives the quote, “Everything in this world births and contradicts one another. My mother gives birth to me, and I give birth to my offspring.” The births are labeled as a bright red, and there is a drawing of a dragon facing to the right at the end of the sentence.

Wood trumps Earth; Earth trumps Water; Water trumps Fire; Fire trumps Metal; and Metal trumps Wood.

There is a pattern of a circle with a five-point star in it. An element is written at each point.

Fire element presides over propriety, making you impatient but respectful. It tastes bitter and looks red.

Wood births Fire; Fire births Earth; Earth births Metal; Metal births Water; and Water births Wood.

So the key to this one is noticing that there are 2 patterns going on. 

First, is the five pointed star with the elements. For the pillars, each element can only be used once, and certain elements trump each other. 

Second, the five pointed star is enclosed in a circle meaning that there’s another reaction going on. Based on the puzzle context, the circle connects the elements and shows that the circle shows who gives birth to who.

Furthermore, it’s also important to know that there is a drawing of a dragon facing to the right after examining the wave puzzle. It shows the order that the elements need to be selected.

From there, it’s easy to make the diagram listed in the puzzle. A completed diagram should look similar to the one on the Wuxing Wikipedia page.

With Rosa, if you move to the right room from the water pillar, if you fill out the star based on the patterns given, the next element that is located clockwise to water is wood. This makes the pillar in that room wood.

However, before Rosa can move to the left room, Marius has to also fill out his pillar. Clockwise to water, the next element is Fire.

Marius continues and does the element clockwise to Fire, which is Earth for his left pillar.

Rosa’s last left side pillar is the element clockwise to Earth, which is Metal.

In short, the elements go clockwise, while Marius and Rosa’s pillars have to be done counter clockwise, starting with Rosa.

Answers: 

(with Rosa) Right Room with Dragon Pattern: Wood

Reasoning: Wood is birthed from water according to the puzzle.

(with Rosa) Right Room Tea Cup: Water

Reasoning: The tea cups shows that Earth beat/trumped an element. The element that beats Earth is Water.

(with Rosa) Left Room with Pillar: Metal

Reasoning: The element is located clockwise after Fire.

(with Rosa) Left Room Tea Cup: Water

Reasoning: The tea cups shows that Water was birthed from an element. The element that Water came from is from Metal.

(with Marius) Right Pillar: Fire

Reasoning: The element located clockwise to Wood is Fire.

(with Marius) Left Room with Pillar: Earth

Reasoning: The element located clockwise to Fire is Earth.

A dialogue Easter egg can be obtained by examining the painting on Rosa’s side with Marius on the other.

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Tianxing (Recommended character: Vyn)

Vyn’s puzzle is based on Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches. 

Puzzle: Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches (December, June, September, April)

This puzzle comes in 3 separate parts that have to be fully figured out before starting the process to get the answer.

So the first step to figure out is the Months.

In talking with Vyn by examining the Guqin, it is revealed that different flowers represent different months. The Wintersweet flowers are for December, Apricot flowers are for February, Peach flowers are for March, Lotus flowers represent June, Chrysanthemum’s represent September, and Roses represent April.

Right below the Guqin, there are 4 flower patterns on each of the cups: Wintersweet, Lotus, Chrysanthemum, and Rose, respectively.

The Wintersweet is for December, the Lotus is for June, the Chrysanthemum is for September, and Rose is for April.

This shows the code’s order.

The second step that is needed is to figure out the Earthly Branches.

By having Vyn examine the scroll painting on the desk, there are 3 distinct images. A crescent moon, a cloud, and a pile of dirt. The crescent moon has the number one written by it, the cloud has number two written by it, and the pile of dirt has number three written by it.

This clue makes more sense once Rosa examines the scroll on her side. The scroll shows that it has the drawings of a crescent moon and a pile of dirt on it. It also reveals that each month has a specific word associated with it. Rosa makes the comment that there are 12 Earthly Branches that correspond to the months.

So each month, has one specific Earthly Branch word associated with it.

The last step is to figure out the Heavenly Stems.

By having Vyn examine the table, it is revealed what the Heavenly Stems are. The Heavenly Stems are ten numbers, and they can correspond with the Earthly Branches.

But in order to get the Heavenly Stems, you have to figure out what they are first from the Earthly Branches. By having Vyn examine the bookshelves, each animal is matched with a specific Earthly Branch and he makes the comment that the way this information is presented combines the Chinese Zodiac with the Earthly Branches.

Lastly, examining the teacups with Rosa reveals that the Chinese Zodiac animals can be matched with a Heavenly Stem. This is important because in order to get the right numbers, you need to make sure you have the correct month, the correct Earthly Branch, the correct Chinese Zodiac Animal, and then finally, the correct Heavenly Stem.

So starting from the first month that was listed: December. 

December has to be matched with its correct Earthly Branch, Chou. From there, we need to figure out which Chinese Zodiac animal Chou corresponds to, and it’s an Ox. Underneath the Ox teacup, it corresponds to the Heavenly Stem Xin. Based on the order of the Heavenly Stems, Xin is eighth. So, in the puzzle, December = 8.

The same has to be done to get the correct Heavenly Stems for June, September, and April.

Final Puzzle: 8472 (December, June, September, April)

A dialogue Easter egg can be obtained by examining the White Scale on Rosa’s side with Vyn on the other.

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To unlock the challenge room for the Ink Study section, Yiban, you need to get the collectibles from the Way of Adversity and Way of Truth rooms in the Labyrinth Pavilion area.

To see the answer to the Yiban room, as well as my rationale and thoughts on the puzzle presented in the final challenge, I’ve linked it here. I wanted to make Yiban a standalone post, since it occurs only after unlocking quite a bit of the other areas.

[just-jeannie]

10 Stunning Home Decor Ideas to Refresh Your Space

1. Embrace a Neutral Color Palette

A neutral color palette brings a timeless elegance to any space. Shades of white, beige, taupe, and gray create a serene backdrop while allowing other decor elements to shine. Incorporate soft furnishings like linen curtains, wool throws, and cotton cushions in these hues for a cozy yet sophisticated feel.

2. Add Statement Lighting Fixtures

Lighting plays a pivotal role in home decor. Opt for bold pendant lights, sculptural chandeliers, or sleek wall sconces to make a statement. Layered lighting using a combination of ambient, task, and accent lights enhances both functionality and style.

3. Incorporate Natural Elements

Bringing the outdoors in creates a tranquil atmosphere. Use wood, stone, rattan, and bamboo for furniture and accents. Add potted plants, hanging greenery, and fresh flowers to introduce a burst of life and color into your rooms.

4. Mix Textures for Depth and Interest

A blend of different textures can elevate your space. Combine smooth glass, plush velvet, rustic wood, and metallic finishes for a layered look. Consider textured wallpapers, woven rugs, and knitted throws to add even more dimension.

5. Create a Gallery Wall with Personal Touches

A gallery wall serves as a captivating focal point. Use a mix of art prints, photographs, and framed quotes. Stick to a cohesive color scheme and frame style for a curated appearance. Add shadow boxes or wall sculptures to create variety and depth.

6. Update Furniture with Modern Accents

Revamp your space with modern furniture. Consider sleek, minimalist coffee tables, accent chairs, and sideboards. Adding a statement piece like a mid-century modern armchair or a sculptural bookshelf can redefine a room's ambiance.

7. Use Mirrors to Enhance Space and Light

Mirrors can make a room feel larger and brighter. Place large wall mirrors strategically across from windows to reflect natural light. Try vintage mirrors with ornate frames for a touch of elegance or frameless mirrors for a modern touch.

8. Layer Rugs for Visual Interest

Layering rugs adds warmth and personality. Start with a large, neutral base rug and layer a smaller patterned or textured rug on top. This works particularly well in living rooms and bedrooms, creating a cozy, inviting atmosphere.

9. Curate Open Shelving Displays

Open shelving offers both functionality and design potential. Style shelves with a mix of books, ceramics, plants, and sculptures. Use the rule of thirds and negative space to keep the arrangement balanced and visually appealing.

10. Personalize with Handmade Decor Pieces

Adding handmade decor brings character and uniqueness to your space. Consider handwoven baskets, artisanal pottery, macramé wall hangings, and custom artwork. These pieces tell a story while adding charm and warmth to your home.

By incorporating these stunning home decor ideas, you can create a refreshed, stylish, and inviting space that reflects your personality while staying on trend.