Yesterday a couple of my wives and I hit the Tour of historical Homes on our Post, and I thought I'd share a few hundred pictures with you :)
Each house has the main living areas on the main floor, along with a sitting room off of the living room, and tiny maids quarters in the rear of the house. Each master-suite also has a sitting room! Nice. And nothing at all like us lowly "lower enlisted non-officer" type.
Actually, since there's so many pictures, I'll save some for another day and start you off with these.
The first house we toured
I thought the sink in the middle of the maid's quarters was quite unique... not sure I would want that feature in my own house. I'd rather exchange the sink for maid service. But that's just me.
Their sitting room off the master suite was roped off. I secretly think that's where she stashed all her crap (out of sight) for the tour. Don't bust my bubble. I know these people gotta have crap somewhere!
Although all the houses sort of look alike, they range from 3 bedrooms to 5 bedrooms. Not to include the maids quarters (I think)
The second house had a very classic style of decor. Not really my style, but I did take a picture of her main floor sitting room which she turned into her formal dining for those of you who participate in TableScape Tuesday. The ribbon is pretty interesting...
A kissing ball always makes my heart smile
Did I mention these old houses also have a Butler's Pantry? Sigh... oh how I want one of those too!
She turned her maid's quarters into an office - like so many of them seemed to do.
I really like the idea of this wreath - each house is painted with the location (installation) of each place they've been stationed.
The next house was a decorating dream:
Enter the foyer, and to the right is the dining room
to the left is the living room:
and off the living room is the sitting room... welcome to the Tiki Bar:
Back in the formal dining room she had a long centerpiece of fresh rose heads with votives tucked in. GORGEOUS!!
In the corner she had this mirror propped... love it
Even the backs of her chairs were not forgotten:
Through the dining room we enter the kitchen where she created this little eating nook in the smallest of spaces. Brilliant lady.
Directly across from this little nook is the Butler's Pantry:
Note the charger plates behind the smaller Xmas plates. Nice touch.
Literally every corner of her house was prepared for Santa
Check out this funky toilet without a tank in her maid's quarters.
Upstairs now, we find the kids bathroom to the left of the stairwell. I adore her use of bright colors
And then we enter her daughter's room... where I fell in lust with this headboard/footboard. Notice the garland all the way around the ceiling?
On to the other daughter's bedroom:
I would so live here. In a twin size bed. With a banana leaf canopy!
and lots of wildlife:
notice the grass skirt attached to the bottom of this shower curtain thing which conceals her closet?
Lets peek at the Master suite, shall we?
Can I just say OMG! or OH EM GEE!! for real, yo. I wanted to jump on her bed because it looked so soft and squishy!
To the right of her bed is the curtained entrance to her sitting room:
would you like to sit here on a cold crisp morning drinking tea and blogging by the morning light? I would!
And again the curtain back into her room
Where to the left she's even Xmasfied the bathroom
Lets go back downstairs
and back to her foyer
where I spied these. Where on earth do I find these?! I want want want these!
Good bye, pretty house with the super decorating tenants!
I'll show you the next few houses next time :)
Each house has the main living areas on the main floor, along with a sitting room off of the living room, and tiny maids quarters in the rear of the house. Each master-suite also has a sitting room! Nice. And nothing at all like us lowly "lower enlisted non-officer" type.
Actually, since there's so many pictures, I'll save some for another day and start you off with these.
The first house we toured
I thought the sink in the middle of the maid's quarters was quite unique... not sure I would want that feature in my own house. I'd rather exchange the sink for maid service. But that's just me.
Their sitting room off the master suite was roped off. I secretly think that's where she stashed all her crap (out of sight) for the tour. Don't bust my bubble. I know these people gotta have crap somewhere!
Although all the houses sort of look alike, they range from 3 bedrooms to 5 bedrooms. Not to include the maids quarters (I think)
The second house had a very classic style of decor. Not really my style, but I did take a picture of her main floor sitting room which she turned into her formal dining for those of you who participate in TableScape Tuesday. The ribbon is pretty interesting...
A kissing ball always makes my heart smile
Did I mention these old houses also have a Butler's Pantry? Sigh... oh how I want one of those too!
She turned her maid's quarters into an office - like so many of them seemed to do.
I really like the idea of this wreath - each house is painted with the location (installation) of each place they've been stationed.
The next house was a decorating dream:
Enter the foyer, and to the right is the dining room
to the left is the living room:
and off the living room is the sitting room... welcome to the Tiki Bar:
Back in the formal dining room she had a long centerpiece of fresh rose heads with votives tucked in. GORGEOUS!!
In the corner she had this mirror propped... love it
Even the backs of her chairs were not forgotten:
Through the dining room we enter the kitchen where she created this little eating nook in the smallest of spaces. Brilliant lady.
Directly across from this little nook is the Butler's Pantry:
Note the charger plates behind the smaller Xmas plates. Nice touch.
Literally every corner of her house was prepared for Santa
Check out this funky toilet without a tank in her maid's quarters.
Upstairs now, we find the kids bathroom to the left of the stairwell. I adore her use of bright colors
And then we enter her daughter's room... where I fell in lust with this headboard/footboard. Notice the garland all the way around the ceiling?
On to the other daughter's bedroom:
I would so live here. In a twin size bed. With a banana leaf canopy!
and lots of wildlife:
notice the grass skirt attached to the bottom of this shower curtain thing which conceals her closet?
Lets peek at the Master suite, shall we?
Can I just say OMG! or OH EM GEE!! for real, yo. I wanted to jump on her bed because it looked so soft and squishy!
To the right of her bed is the curtained entrance to her sitting room:
would you like to sit here on a cold crisp morning drinking tea and blogging by the morning light? I would!
And again the curtain back into her room
Where to the left she's even Xmasfied the bathroom
Lets go back downstairs
and back to her foyer
where I spied these. Where on earth do I find these?! I want want want these!
Good bye, pretty house with the super decorating tenants!I'll show you the next few houses next time :)
