Perchance To Steam

Jules Verne and H.G Wells with a dash of Isambard Kingdom Brunel thrown in.Victorian Industrial as viewed through the eyes of Terry Gilliam. Steampunk, close to Goth but not quite, certainly a fetish genre, has moved beyond Cosplay and into the realms of design and interiors. It's getting lush, and it was always inventive, a melange of eclectic-adventurer-mad-scientist-time traveler.They do, however, seem inexplicably obsessed with Octopi.
A Jules Verne carousel: 

If you've seen the movies Hugo, Van Helsing, The Golden Compass and the like, you'll have tasted a flavor of the dark and quirky style of Steampunk in all its glorious mangled inventions. I really like the way Steampunk is being expressed in decor, particularly, given the fantastical invention themes, in areas such as electronics and gadgets. 
Get a load of this iphone dock which has been given a makeover:
Lighting is a fruitful and apt arena for the Steampunk ethos:

So where can you go with that in a whole room? Anywhere you like, as long as you have a steam driven air ship. 

You can imagine this woman looking right at home here...

 

But if you like the look but don't fancy having to wear a bustle full time, incorporate it into an interior in a not so finite way:

Or add an accessory...an amazing chair ~

Or a birdcage....

If you want to go all out though, you'll get no argument from this direction. Fabulada.