A clever way to allow a view through a staircase, devised by Holly Holden at her house Fox Hall in Farmington, Ct, and in her book The Pretty and Proper Living Room. #hollyholden #foxhall #theprettyandproperlivingroom #farmingtonct
Author: Frances
Instagram 13 May 2016
The dining room at Hill-Stead House, and another bit of its impressive art collection. Here a seascape by Whistler. @hillsteadmuseum #hillsteadhouse #hillstead #farmington #farmingtonct
Instagram 13 May 2016
The cozy office of Theodate Pope, late chatelaine of Hill-Stead in Farmington, CT. The seascape is an early Claude Monet, one of several Monets in the collection. #hillstead #hillsteadmuseum #monet #claudemonet #seascape #homeoffice #farmingtonct #farmington @hillsteadmuseum
How to Make Time Go More Slowly… and What I’ve Been Doing With Mine
First, how to make time go more slowly: Wouldn’t we all like time to slow down? (unless we are at the dentist) Sounds impossible, but seems you can, because time is relative. Literally. It has to do with Einstein’s Theory of Relativity,* and how time is relative to distance and the speed of light and what… Continue reading How to Make Time Go More Slowly… and What I’ve Been Doing With Mine
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The Beatrix Farrand-designed gardens at the Hill-Stead Museum, Farmington CT. Folly designed by Theodate Pope, who also designed the house and inherited it from her parents. More info in previous post. Im speaking in Hartford today… #hillsteadmuseum #beatrixfarrand #gardenfolly #yewhedge @hillsteadmuseum
Instagram 11 May 2016
The wonderful Hill-Stead house museum in Farmington CT holds a treasure of 19th and 20th century art by Monet, Manet, Whistler, Degas and others. #wellkeptsecret #housemuseum #hillstead #hillsteadmuseum #farmington #farmingtonct @hillsteadmseum
Instagram 10 May 2016
Treating you to another wonderful room in the house of my Baltimore hostess last weekend. Nothing like a little #redlacquer to perk up your day. Someone please twll me the fabric… I’ve forgotten whose it is,but a classic.
Instagram 9 May 2016
The sunny warm living room of my lovely Baltimore hostess this past weekend.
Instagram 8 May 2016
Adam and Eve, first mother, in the gardens of Ladew. Happy Mother’s Day. #ladewtopiarygardens #ladewgardens #azalea #adamandeve
Instagram 8 May 2016
Continuing the stroll through the lovely Ladew, nest Baltimore.. #ladewgardens #ladewtopiarygardens #baltimore
Instagram 7 May 2016
One man’s junk is another man’s topiary. #ladewgardens #ladewtopairy #ladewtopiarygardens