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Located above the assembly room is the main guest library of the estate. Here guests could borrow a book or spread out and work during thei...

If you read Habitually Chic , you've probably seen that Heather and I are going on another adventure together in a few weeks. This tim...

Located behind the Refectory or Dining Room (#3 on the floorplan below) are a series of 'smaller' rooms which house a variety of ...

No, not what you're thinking, although at 5'-9", I'm not much taller than Napolean was! Rather, I treated myself to this b...

In 1903, Roosevelt had a very grand piano commissioned from Steinway & Sons for the East Room . Steinway commissioned noted Aesthetic a...

Join me, Heather Clawson of Habitually Chic , Brooke Giannetti of Velvet & Linen , Jennifer Boles of The Peak of Chic and Gaye Tapp of ...

The Refectory, or main dining room, at San Simeon is suitably grand for a captain of industry or even the King of a small country! Located b...

Housed inside the Casa Grande at San Simeon (or "the ranch" as Hearst called it) are the main entertaining spaces. Each night, gue...

While walking home last night, I passed the House of Sweden along the Potomac right at sunset, when the building disappears into both the ...