Mad about Interiors

There is a curtain pelmet type that I can only describe as 'Pelmet behind a pole'. I call it curious because most pelmets, or valances, are fitted in front of the curtains, not behind them. ...

http://madaboutinteriors.blogspot.com/2017/03/curious-curtains-1-pelmet-behind-pole.html

One of my all time favourite rooms is the drawing room at Hambleden Manor. If you missed my raving about it (and my sadness about its recent demise) read about it here  . It is just a wonderfull...

http://madaboutinteriors.blogspot.com/2015/09/chandelier-socks.html

Today's roller blinds come in all sorts of colours, fabrics, stripes and patterns and this to my mind is a big improvement over all the plain beige and cream ones that most of us grew up with. ...

http://madaboutinteriors.blogspot.com/2014/11/the-joy-of-painted-blinds.html

Although it has been a while, today only a quick post, as my books are still packed away and I've got 3 boxes of Christmas decorations to empty. Being 'into' curtains, pelmets, poles and all tha...

http://madaboutinteriors.blogspot.com/2013/12/hotel-style-or-is-it.html

When I started this blog I listed some of my favourite rooms that over the years I had found in books and magazines etc. in order to devote special posts on them. Some of these are historical vie...

http://madaboutinteriors.blogspot.com/2013/07/in-memoriam-hambleden-manor.html

Waddesdon Manor in Buckinghamshire is one of the greatest treasure houses of Europe. The quality of the furniture is breathtaking and it is all very, very palatial in a rather un-English sort...

http://madaboutinteriors.blogspot.com/2013/04/a-fabric-covered-mirror.html

After my last post about plant screens in Russian interiors, I came across the magnificent interior views of the Winter Palace in Saint Peterburg, as published by De Gourcuff Editions in 1994,...

http://madaboutinteriors.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-small-winter-garden.html

In 1839 a French nobleman with the wonderful name Astolph Marquis de Custine travelled to Russia and published a memoir. Amongst his impressions and observations he described something that was...

http://madaboutinteriors.blogspot.com/2013/02/verdant-boudoir.html

This post is about a particular style of curtain valance, which originated in the early part of the 19th century and which I have really grown to appreciate and wish was used more often. ...

http://madaboutinteriors.blogspot.com/2013/01/newbridge-curtains.html

The ETRUSCAN ROOM at POTSDAM This is going to be a series of my favourite historic room views, and the first one has to be taken from the famous book by Mario Praz, which in English is cal...

http://madaboutinteriors.blogspot.com/2013/01/favourites-nr-1.html

Having started my blog with the 1845 Christmas view of Windsor castle, which showed luxurious blue silk hangings, I will share my thoughts about these 'antique draperies', as they were called i...

http://madaboutinteriors.blogspot.com/2012/12/antique-drapery-having-started-my-blog.html

Why not start this blog about the Weird and Wonderful World of Historic Interiors with this festive and seasonal display of royal christmas presents underneath a table top tree at Windsor ca...

http://madaboutinteriors.blogspot.com/2012/12/merry-christmas.html