Home comforts

    " 'Picture to yourself an old house standing in a green glen through which runs a stream called the Laverlaw Water. There are lawns all round it, which run into the heather in the most enchanting way. The walled garden lies to the sun on the slope of the hillside, and, I am told, is a sight to see in its season, for Mrs. Elliot has 'a way' with flowers. She has also very definitely 'a way' with a house [...]

    This room is panelled in oak and has a thick blue velvet carpet from corner to corner, which makes it deliciously comfortable. Heavy curtains of dull gold and blue cover the three windows, and a Chinese rug like a square of sunshine lies before the bed. There's a bookcase filled with all the books one would like to read at bedtime, and a stand on the table holds some of the latest published. When the maid brought in my tea this morning - blue and gold china to match the room - I lay and watched the first streaks of light touch the Laverlaw Water. Where's your Riviera now?' "

    From Priorsford by O. Douglas.

Comments

[Alice C]

I'm sure you have already nabbed the blue and gold china so i will settle for the Chinese rug.

[Cornflower]

Done!

[Margaret Powling]

I so love books with descriptions of rooms in them. I've loved this since I was a child and even on my own blog some weeks ago I wrote about my favourite descriptions of rooms in some of those childhood books. This is lovely - we have a Chinese rug in front of our fireplace in the sitting room.
Margaret P
www.margaretpowling.com

[Cornflower]

I'm similarly drawn to beautiful rooms in books - can't resist quoting those passages.

[Toffeeapple]

Absolutely nothing like my home...

[Cornflower]

Nor mine (except for the books!).

[Toffeeapple]

Indeed, except that most of my books are in a deep cupboard or downstairs in the garage or piled up the walls of the spare room.