There's nothing quite like an old house at Christmas. In my last post I mentioned that many old houses are winter houses. This owes a lot to the fact that they have millwork, often dark in colour, and the windows are not often large which makes the rooms feel a bit darker but cozy too. This is a corner of our dining room. The fabric on the left of the picture is what I used for our "portiere". Portieres are traditional curtains that separate two rooms and they typically were made of very heavy tapestry - like fabrics (unlike window treatments which were usually … [Read more...]
