Below is a beautifully eloquent review of my playspace – found on Fetlife
Emotions going into a new play space are always conflicting between nerves and excitement and today was no different. Having researched The Nest Cardiff online, which is one of Cardiff’s newest kink spaces, my first impression based on their web site was extremely positive. The photos on the website were professional, considered and elegant, yes elegant! Elegant is a word you would not normally associate with a kink spaces that are usually dark (black, red and purple being the default colours) with hard floors and painted brickwork.
As a result of the website I was compelled to reach out to see if I could arrange a session with Siren @hear_and_yield . Once the relevant checks had been completed (as I was a first timer to The Nest) the day had arrived and I was ready to step into a new world…
The location of The Nest was easy to find, even for people who don’t live in Cardiff its a central location, in a safe hassle free area, with paid parking nearby or easy public transport in terms of both train and bus services.
As I rang the bell of The Nest discretion was key with no mention of kink or Siren to be made until I had been greeted into the play space and the door was closed behind me. As I entered the hallway I was invited to remove my shoes and place them on the shoe rack. While the hallway was small it was freshly painted in a light colour, extremely clean with a great wall display of postcard size prints with erotic art. I found the art to be a nice touch as it showed detail and care hence my first impression was extremely positive.
As I was invited into the main room it felt very spacious with a high ceiling, wooden floor and a beautiful rug in the middle. The walls were painted in a beautiful ochre colour with an extremely comfortable corner sofa and also a separate single chair in the corner with a bright throw on top of it. Taking pride of place on one wall was a huge gold framed mirror, while there was a thick quality curtain separating the next room.
As a sensual sub I thought this space was beautiful (I won’t go into details about the session) apart from to say we had rope tie and shibari session in this room which was incredible, especially with the full length mirror that brought everything to life.
Once we had finished in the first room I was invited into the second room through the large curtains. Wow the second room was wonderful, the detail and time to plan this space must have taken so much time, this time the walls were painted teal. There was a spanking bench in the middle of the room and other larger play equipment on one side – I simply looked around the room in awe. The ceiling lights were a maze of fairy lights, the cupboard on my left had stunning wallpaper on it, which enhanced my experience as I didn’t know what was behind each door. While on the other wall was a beautifully arranged wall of toys and implements.
Again it was the detail of everything that was simply divine, from the colour of the padding on spanking bench, to matching the wallpaper while everything was immaculately clean. Even our post session chat having tea served to me on a beautiful dish showed the thought, care and consideration that had gone into an incredible kink space.
To summarise it… ‘If The Ivy did kink play spaces then The Nest would be it.’
Thank you Siren for an incredible session and for the amazing space you have brought to Cardiff.