The journal: Bespoke
Guides to buying, placing and caring for BDSM furniture, and longer reads on the archetypes and dynamics behind it.
Height and mobility
Read the article →How to tell whether a piece will suit your heights and the way you both move, what to ask before ordering, and when bespoke makes sense.
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A bespoke commission begins where the collection stops. Each stage, from your first message to delivery.
'Any RAL colour' is the least explained phrase on our product pages, and one of the most useful.
A clear brief makes everything after it quicker. Four questions, a few photographs, and no need for technical language.
Find your archetype, then read about it.
Three private quizzes: a readiness profile, and dominant and submissive archetype tests. Each result opens onto a long read in the journal.
See the testsAbout the journal
The Sanctum Domina journal is where we write about everything around the furniture: how to choose a BDSM bed, cross or cage, how to fix and place it, how to clean powder-coated steel, and how to plan a room that works for the people using it.
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Alongside the practical guides are longer reads on power exchange itself. The archetype series looks at five dominant styles, from the Architect to the Sensation Dominant, and six submissive ones, from service to the brat, and each piece links to the quizzes that point you towards it. The femdom guide covers rituals, rooms and the furniture that suits a female-led dynamic.
Everything here is written to be read carefully. We keep safety advice general and point you to experienced educators for anything hands-on, and every guide puts consent and conversation first. New articles go out to the mailing list, and the most useful ones are linked from the beds, crosses and cages pages.