"In the living room, however, I wanted to be more specifically Victorian.
The parlor is the ceremonial room and I felt that this was a place where
I could speak about the period of the house." Robin Standefer
Above text from the Practical Magic production notes

 

For Robin the biggest challenge was "to dispel the whole witch sterotype."
Certain rooms had to be somber - the parlor where a coven takes place -
but most of the house is light and bright, a far cry from the expected
gloomy Victorian decor.

Since most of the aunts' potions are mixed from butterfly weed, lavender,
and herbs from the garden, Robin envisioned a parlor in garden greens and
browns, decorated with a tangle of handpainted vines and birds on the walls.

For the window, Robin chose sumptuous velvets in earthen colors and lined
them with embroidered sheer panels made up of yardage from Osbourne & Little
(it's also used on the dining room windows).

Framed above the piano are a set of early botanical pressings -- the sort of
scientific things that would have interested the aunts - found at Tin Man
antiques in New York. "I bought lots of things there and at Bountiful in
Los Angeles," she (Robin Standefer) says. The latter antiques store provided
the old leather chairs shown here.
Above text from Victoria Magazine,
Casting a Decorative Spell, October 1998

 

In the parlor, definite Oriental accents can be found if one looks closely.
From the 'bamboo' shelf on the wall to the pagoda candle holder on the
side table, this photo illustrates this nicely. Orientalism was a common
design theme in Victorian interior decoration.

The Oriental influence continue with a 'bamboo' tray full of candles
(an essential design element throughout the house), and what appears
to be an inlaid box. The painting on the walls also mimics a 'Tree of Life
' motif, commonly found in Oriental and Indian design.