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Melanie Rose, the erotic Mary Poppins: "Designing a room for pleasure is not so different from a kitchen"

2022-07-17T11:30:04.553Z


The work of this British interior designer is more akin to that of a couples therapist, as seen in the new Netflix reality show 'How to design a erotic room'. Of all her clients, she is clear to whom she would recommend making room for an erotic room: young parents with children


Melanie Rose finds it amusing that she has started to be called “the Mary Poppins of erotic rooms”.

Her baptism comes for two reasons: the first is that, although she lives in Los Angeles (California), for more than two decades, this Londoner has not lost a bit of her marked British accent.

And the second (and main) is that Melanie Rose, like her famous nanny, also often carries a large bag.

The difference is that his is full of erotic toys.

dildos,

plugs

annals, whips or feathers intermingle with tissue samples or room plans.

Everything fits in Melanie Rose's bag.

This is not a perversion, but pure professional deformation.

Her bag or, rather, what she keeps inside her, is usually the lock that opens the door to the sexual fantasies of her clients, people who hire this interior designer when they want to build a room dedicated solely and exclusively to sexual pleasure.

Rose started designing erotic rooms by chance, she was specialized in luxury kitchens and bathrooms: "I had a client with whom I had been working for around five years and one day she asked me 'Have you ever designed an erotic room?'" she says. to EL PAÍS from Los Angeles.

That conversation aroused her curiosity and she began to investigate: "The problem is that everything she found was sordid, disgusting, dirty or vulgar."

As she herself admits, it was what any prejudiced person imagines when she thinks of the erotic room concept: “Dungeons, I saw a lot of dungeons”.

The designer thought that it did not have to be like that, that perhaps there was a formula to create these spaces that she did not have to deviate from her decorative standards and, therefore, from those of her clients:

erotic rooms could also be luxurious, elegant and classy.

Her first client was satisfied.

One of the erotic rooms that appear in the program, with tantric furniture and a cross of Saint Andrew.COURTESY OF NETFLIX (COURTESY OF NETFLIX)

- How many erotic rooms would you say you have designed since then?

- Dozens, dear!

In the last 10 years, he has dedicated himself almost exclusively to the design of this type of room.

Some of them are a sophisticated version of those vulgar dungeons that Rose herself discovered in her first investigations, others have more the aspect of the

suite

of the hotel where a couple would spend their honeymoon, perhaps with the intention of recovering the spark of the first years.

Others are decorated with leather, exposed brick and ropes and include the so-called tantric furniture, specially designed to open the possibility of infinite postures.

Some are decorated in neutral colors and include soft cushions in cream tones and long feathers in pastel tones, massage oils and scented candles.

Erotic rooms are as diverse and inexhaustible as human desire itself can be.

You wouldn't guess this is an erotic room, but the devil is in the details.Courtesy of Netflix (Courtesy of Netflix)

Now some of his work can be seen on the reality show

How to design an erotic room

, available on Netflix, in which she herself stars and where, sometimes, more than a decorator, her work is more like that of a couples therapist: "The most wonderful thing I've learned in this job is that I don't there is a specific type of person who wants to have an erotic room”, he explains, “it can be anyone, it could be your best friend or your neighbor”.

In her own words, her client is anyone who wants to explore her desires or enjoy her pleasures.

The list includes bankers, teachers or policemen.

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“Designing a room for pleasure is not so different from designing a kitchen: in both cases, it is important to establish a level of trust between the designer and the client”.

To design a kitchen, Melanie Rose would ask about the needs: if the client cooks a lot or usually orders food at home, how many people are going to use it, if they want a fire or ceramic hob or if they want a large table to enjoy long evenings.

The same thing happens here, only the conversation is usually more intimate: "It's like being a therapist, my job is to listen and also try to get my clients to tell me everything they can about their intimacies in the bedroom, because I need that information to create an appropriate space for them.

It's not always easy, and that is reflected well in the show: hence the Mary Poppins handbag and excursions to

sex shops

.

Clients often find it difficult to open up, in other cases they haven't even had an honest conversation with each other about what they like in bed, and in others they express broad wishes rather than specific ideas that can materialize in a room, such as one of

reality

women ,

who tells her: "I want to feel things."

"My job is not only to educate, but to inform them to open up a universe of possibilities," she says.

The bag loaded with sex toys helps them select what interests them and what doesn't, and excursions to erotic toy and accessory stores finish educating their taste and arouse their interests.

Another of the erotic rooms designed by Rose, where details that favor sensations prevail.CALEB ALVARADO/NETFLIX (CALEB ALVARADO/NETFLIX)

Some of the elements included in the design have their history, such as the cross of Saint Andrew, in the shape of an X, which is used for BDSM practices: “For me, the most interesting thing is that, when you talk about dildos, people think they are an invention of the 20th century.

Dildos have been with us for centuries, we could go back to Ancient Egypt.”

The same goes for other sex games or toys.

In Rome there was a coin called

spintria

that men used when they went to brothels: the

spintria

It had various sexual positions recorded and, supposedly, the men threw them into the air and tried them depending on the result.

In the year 1300 BC, in China there were already penis rings made with eyelids and goat hair to stimulate pleasure.

In the 1600s, French sailors used to take their

dames de voyage

, which were nothing more than sex dolls, to the high seas.

Vibrators were invented in England as a treatment for nonexistent hysteria.

To give some examples.

"We are not inventing the wheel," says Rose, "it is something that has accompanied us throughout the history of mankind, and I think it is important to highlight it with my clients."

Of all her clients, Melanie Rose knows who she would highly recommend making room for an erotic room for: young parents with children.

“When you have children they become your center and this is natural and it should be, but parents also need an intimate space in which to maintain the bond of the couple, not letting sexuality pass to a second or third flat".

It's hard to find the space when the room is full of toys.

"Most apartments are completely unerotic," Rose categorizes.

What can those people do who cannot afford an erotic room but want a sexier space?

“Let them start with erotic toys, even if they are in a drawer, and try them with your partner.

They can add candles, soft cushions and maybe some relaxing music.

But definitely toys.

Source: elparis

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