18th century bedroom ideas

Modernising without losing character is no mean feat, but Carlos Garcia has approached the decoration of this early 18th-century house and its Tudor elements with great sensitivity, marrying period details with colour, pattern and contemporary touches

For the first time ever, our bedroom is decorated for Christmas! It sure does bring a smile to my face when I walk in here – I think Mrs. Claus would approve. I am so thankful that after seven years of living in our home, I finally gave this room a proper makeover last spring. […]

Come with me on a Hogarthian journey. We're travelling to Spitalfields in London's East End, so ladies, raise your petticoats when you tipto...

The Laurel Room, part of the 18th Century Apartments of the Chateau de Chambord

- Pheasant, Partridge shooting in Leicestershire - With it's dramatic views, deep valleys, historic parkland and lakes the Belvoir Castle Estate is the perfect place to offer the finest partridge, pheasant and duck shooting in breathtaking surroundings. The highest quality driven birds, combined wit

Tess Newall 🔆 on Instagram: "✨ So happy to be able to share photos of this hand-painted wallpaper project featured in this month’s @archdigest ✨ I painted the plant studies onto individual sheets of parchment paper and pasted them in an overlapping decoupage style, inspired by a room in the 18th century Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus’ home. The studies are of wildflowers found in my garden and surrounding woods - ferns, bluebells, primroses, forget-me-nots, strawberries and wild roses. It…

Summer Vacation Company’s Coming! What does "hospitality" mean to you? Do you plan and prepare for your guests? I follow my Mother's lead in hosting company. Anytime we had out of-town guests, Mother added special touches to our home in order to make company feel welcomed and very special. It was always an exciting time and almost had a holiday feel to the occasion since there was hustle and bustle all about! Special attention should be given to your front door entrance! It's the first…

Painter Mary Nelson Sinclair and sculptor Matty Cruise put down roots in this transformed upstate New York escape

Any guesses as to the location of this lovely piece of real estate? The Loire Valley? Nottinghamshire, England? Try Yonkers, NY (although...