Coffee Table Circa
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 S Shaped Smoked Lucite Coffee TableCirca 1970s  US $2,800.00
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 Large Antique Chinese Rattan Coffee Table Circa 1880 US $2,585.00
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 Weiman Unusual Mahogany Expanding Coffee Table Circa 1940s US $2,400.00
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 Original Antique Painted Danish Round Coffee Table Circa 1920 US $1,885.00
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 Coffee TableItalycirca 1720 EB FTP262 US $1,800.00
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 American mahogany coffee table circa1940s US $1,800.00
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 Original Antique Painted Green Coffee Table Pine Top Circa 1880 US $1,248.00
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 Industrial coffee tableFrancecirca 1950 EB T1813A US $1,150.00
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 Antique coffee tableFrancecirca 1880 EB T1948 US $750.00
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 Antique English Pine Coffee Table Circa 1880 sale US $345.00
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 ethan allen circa 1776 drop leaf coffee table US $299.00
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 Italian coffee table in walnutcirca 1930 EB FTP142 US $280.00
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 louis 15th style French coffee table in painted woodcirca 1950 EB T1693 US $190.00
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 VICTORIAN PINE BLANKET BOX CHEST COFFEE TABLECIRCA 1870 JUST 99P START US $3.48
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What Gothic Interior Design Might Look Like
You would probably have to be a goth or have a son or a daughter who is a gothic to really know how they would decorate their home or apartment. Nevertheless, you can get a good idea about it just by looking at their clothes.
It's fairly obvious that the color of choice for gothics is black. Their entire wardrobe (and many of them have large ones) is black. They even wear black lipstick. The only things that break up this color scheme are their silver jewelry and the occasional touch of vermilion. It's not too much of a stretch to conclude that a goth would have a black dining room set with an ornate silver candelabra in their home.
Their choice of china would definitely be black. They would have ornate silverware, polished to perfection. It may even be an antique silverware set, circa the era when Count Dracula lived in his castle. His dining room would be the inspiration for theirs.
We're talking about a very wealthy goth here, so it's safe to say that the furniture in their living room would all be of only the best quality. They might even have a custom made coffee table that has been designed to a gothic theme by an expert metal worker. Their couches would be made of the finest materials and of course they would be black. The TV would be a flat screen, since there are not many Victorian era televisions on the market.
The same color scheme, if that's what you call it, would apply in the bedroom. If they didn't have a black four poster bed, it would probably be a black full size loft bed.
Does a loft bed seem like an odd choice? If so, think about this: bats hang from ceilings. People can't hang from the ceiling, but they can sleep on an elevated bed near the ceiling. While it's not quite as good as changing into a bat, it's a step in the right direction.
As subcultures go, the gothic subculture is one of the more interesting. Most people wrote it off as a fad, but it persists. You can find them in any major city in the United States, Europe and Japan. They have their own styles and they keep to themselves. Many people are intimidated by them, but really, outsiders don't know the first thing about them.
Some people think they are making a nihilistic statement. Others think they are aligned with the devil. Nobody knows for sure. Many goths go through the week dressed as 'normal' people and save their gothic gear for the weekends. You may have one working at the desk next to you and not even know it.
They may not live in homes that are decorated like the imaginary one described above. As a matter of fact, it's a good bet that most of them do not. Most goths are still living with their parents, who probably are not all that into black. The fact that they are interesting, though, makes it fun to have goth neighbors, even if you never get the opportunity to learn what really makes them tick.
Antique French Table Clock, by Samuel Marti, French - Circa 1880
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