For individuals who maybe can’t afford a second residence or the various hundreds of dollars it often takes to purchase a vacation house, there are options for extraordinary lodging and trip experience all around the globe anyhow. When my son, Henry, arrived in 2008, a year after I graduated from the School of Interior Design, I started a blog, The Marion House E-book , to document the renovation of our Victorian dwelling. With its hovering ceilings (almost 10 feet high on the main floor), solid wood-panelled doors with unique skeleton key locks, a footed forged-iron tub and two good-looking fireplaces, it had all of the bones needed to make stunning pictures.
What Units It Apart: Ethereal up to date design and the lived-in consolation of an old world country property (think: wooden beams and a shingled exterior) come collectively on this 5,227-square-foot house , which is layered with elegant antiques, … Read more