Linda’s nasty knotty kitchen As I’ve previously mentioned, I live in townhouse/condo here in Duxbury, MA. This is a town with precious few condos and I was lucky to get into one. My building was built in the 1980’s and I had to do a lot of work when I moved in bringing the place … Read more
I’ve mentioned before that I love when a living space is a converted from another type of space – such as a church or school. I harbor the deep desire to one day live in such a unique space! Last week, I visited the Bell Tower Place in Watertown, MA. Housed in what … Read more
Over the last few weeks I’ve been indulging in a pretty detailed series of posts on Edith Wharton’s Berkshires home The Mount out in Lenox, MA. I’ve never spent so much time and thought on one property – ever. It’s been a fascinating journey for me and I hope for you too! We’re ending up … Read more
Continuing on with my Edith Wharton extravaganza, we will visit some of the servant spaces of The Mount. The service functions of the home were primarily located in the south wing of the house. The ground floor of the house contained the kitchen, scullery, servant’s dining room and the laundry room. The image below shows … Read more
Since I started this series of posts on The Mount, I’ve been so excited to share the photos of the Drawing Room and Dining Room, which were decorated in 2002 by Charlotte Moss and Bunny Williams, respectively. These are the only fully decorated rooms in the house currently and while it’s wonderful to be able … Read more
Despite the fact that there was both a Den that belonged to Teddy (EW’s husband) and a Library for Edith, the word at The Mount is that EW did not actually do her writing in the Library. (Our gal did most in her bed, papers flying!). The Main Floor Gallery, which I profiled yesterday, leads … Read more
Continuing our tour of The Mount, Edith Wharton’s home in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts, we are now stepping inside to the ground floor entrance hall and main stair. One might expect that this magnificent, classically inspired home would have a grand staircase. However, EW believed that the transition from outside to inside should be … Read more
Edith Wharton built her home in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts in 1902 when she was 40 years old, five years after she had written the seminal design book The Decoration of Houses with architect Ogden Codman, Jr. This was the first text book I read when I attended design school and it’s a great … Read more
I’ve been posting about my trip over the weekend to the Berkshires and any good trip includes good food, of course! I wanted to share some of the delicious locations and foods we ate over the weekend. The first evening we were there, we ate at Alta Restaurant & Wine Bar right in Lenox Center. … Read more
As I’ve previously written, I spent the holiday weekend in Lenox, MA. The highlight of the trip was clearly the day spent at The Mount, Edith Wharton’s summer home. It’s hard to know where to focus and I took nearly 90 photos! As a matter of fact, I kept filling up my storage card (huge … Read more
Happy July 4th, America! As I’ve previously written, and tweeted, I’m spending the long July 4th weekend in the Berkshires in Western Massachusetts. I spent a lovely few hours yesterday afternoon at Edith Wharton’s house, and am very excited to do some in depth posts about this amazing estate, that just one year ago was … Read more
Edith Wharton did her writing in bed. Finished pages scattered to the floor for a maid to pick up and keep organized. I’m totally convinced that Edith would be a blogger were she around today. Laptop at the ready, posts flying into the wind. Here is a photo I took today while I toured Edith’s … Read more