As promised, here’s a look inside the Tudor Revival home we’ve spent the past couple of days decorating for the Holidays.
Just inside the front door, the center hall table is set with a beautiful arrangement of orchids in a copper pot–created by our very talented friend Rachel Craige. Fresh magnolia leaves are mingled with mercury glass votives on the white marble tabletop.
At the bottom of the stair, we wrapped live garland around the newel post and then added ornaments, satin ribbon and white dried popcorn berries. We like to let garland puddle on the floor just like drapery.
Adjacent to the Foyer, the home’s formal Living Room features a lavish Christmas Tree and other seasonal touches.
Atop the skirted console table (which we designed and had made custom for the room), we placed more fresh magnolia intertwined among oversized mercury glass ornaments.
The Christmas Tree is covered in an assortment of ornaments which we selected specifically for the room. Beautiful gilded crosses mingle with wooden Italianate shapes, and mercury and iridescent glass. Soft velvet ribbon cascading from the crown atop the tree matches the velvet yardage at the base. We like to use hemmed yardage as a tree skirt versus a traditional tailored circular skirt because of the added fullness and softness it brings–in fact this skirt is actually a pair of velvet drapery panels from Pottery Barn!
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Just wonderful!
Comment by Granny Smith Green December 5, 2009 @ 8:32 amGorgeous! All the decorations are sophisticated and perfect…especially love the orchid arrangement on the entry table and the tree skirt…and the drapes that show up in the photo beside the tree!
Comment by botanical brouhaha December 5, 2009 @ 8:55 amWorth the wait! What an elegant way to decorate for Christmas.
Comment by Things That Inspire December 5, 2009 @ 10:16 amThanks for sharing. I love seeing more photos of this home.
Comment by James December 5, 2009 @ 9:37 pm[...] Lake Martin, Mountain Brook, seasonal We’ve previously shared photos from the exterior and main living areas of a prominent Tudor Revival home located in Mountain Brook, Alabama, which we designed the [...]
Pingback by Tudor Holiday, Part III « Tracery Interiors Blog December 7, 2009 @ 6:31 amLove the mix of magnolia leaves with the mercury glass. I think I may go out in my yard and cut some leaves now!
Comment by Blueprint Bliss December 7, 2009 @ 8:49 am