Hey furfan, thanks for posting an interesting topic.
Cheyanne, thank you for creating this site and for giving folks like me a place to freely discuss Professional domination, BDSM and kink in general! Much appreciated!
I agree with FF that the play space and its furnishings are very important, at least to me. I prefer that dark dungeon environment with some real dungeon type furniture. Examples include the always needed St. Andrew's cross, a cbt chair, spanking bench, and of course a bondage table. More elaborate pieces are of course much appreciated, especially pieces that provide very restrictive bondage. I also have a thing for medical play, so having a medial room is always a plus for me but not a must have. I havea huge leather fetish, so the more leather finishings thse items have the better.
But, as Cheyenne noted, furniture and toys are not everything, all of these things are useless without a skilled and enthusiastic Domme to use them.