To get anywhere on the first floor of our house, you must pass through the dining room. It’s both the figurative and literal heart of our home. As you look through the pictures of this room, you’ll see how many doors and windows there are. It opens onto the Long ...
Read More(re)Defining Home – The Long Room, pt 2
Thank you so much for joining me on this tour of my home. Your comments and feedback have all made me smile. Thank you! Here’s the rest of The Long Room. (If you missed the first installment, it’s at (re)Defining Home – The Long Room. And the vintage photos and ...
Read More(Re)Defining Home – The Long Room
The first room you enter from the front of our house is The Long Room. But we never use it that way. In my grandmother’s day, the front door was never opened. You see, in 1952, ten years after she and her young family moved to Clifton on the Monocacy, ...
Read MoreChartreuse & co TV teaser . . .
About 5 or 6 years ago, we were approached by a television producer about making a Chartreuse & co TV show. The producer, who has become a true friend, was shopping in the barns during a sale, and just thought, “Oh my gosh – the world would love to see ...
Read MoreA Life Well Lived at Chatsworth
Here’s a bit of real-life Downton Abbey for you: The dowager Duchess of Devonshire’s personal estate and effects were auctioned off this week in London. (Think Maggie Smith’s inimitable Violet, Dowager Countess of Grantham) Sotheby’s was surprised by the over $2,000,000 in proceeds from the sale. But I’m not. To ...
Read MoreStarter Home Decorating – Before & After
LIVING ROOM BEFORE: LIVING ROOM AFTER: Though the book case is not available, you can purchase anything else in this room Feb 19-21 at Chartreuse & co. STUDY BEFORE: STUDY AFTER: DINING ROOM BEFORE: MASTER BEDROOM BEFORE: MASTER BEDROOM AFTER: When I walked into the house this morning I had ...
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