A Week of Room Tours

My mother recently found Savvy Southern Style and has enjoyed looking at Kim’s beautiful home room-by-room.  That got me to thinking.

I LOVE home tours.  I’ve talked at length about how I go on Rambles (southern old home tours) just so I can see how others live.  I love seeing someones treasured possessions they have on display *and* the story behind them.

So I thought this week–since I only have to work two days–to celebrate summer I would give a mini-home tour of Brogdon House.  With before pictures for the historic home lovers and the stories behind the furniture for the voyeurs like me.

You’ve already seen the living room and mudroom, so here’s the schedule for this week:

Monday – Parlor

Tuesday – Dining Room

Wednesday – Mary Margaret’s Nursery

Thursday – The Bathrooms

Friday – The Master Bedroom

Saturday – The Three Other Bedrooms

(Note: I’m not showing my teeny-tiny-better-than-before-but-still-not-that-great kitchen)

And here’s a little taste of tomorrow’s tour.  This is one of our most prized pieces–a 19th century Scottish piece that we bought at a local antique shop.  C. loves carved things–and this piece features carved lion heads *and* human heads–so he was sold as soon as he saw it.  Inside the cabinet holds some of my favorite possessions.  There is a photograph of my great-grandmother, circa 1905.  There is lace made by C.’s great-grandmother.  A 1920s Bakelite clock I got off ebay that still works if I plug it in (I don’t).  An 1850s map of Georgia I bought at an antique show in Charlotte.  A McCoy Wishing Well.  My grandfather’s Garrison Gap he wore during WWII, as well as his glasses.  My baby shower invitation framed.

For more stay tuned tomorrow.

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