Kitchen Source List & Budget Breakdown

First off—I want to thank you all so much for the overwhelmingly kind responses on our <a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2014/04/kitchen-chronicles-reveal.html">Kitchen Reveal</a> last week. We put so much time and energy into this room and we're like proud parents, so it feels great to know that so many of you are following along and are enjoying watching this house unfold! I wish I could invite you all over for dinner & drinks to celebrate :)<br /><br /><i>Update: to those who requested wider angle shots for the before and afters, I just updated my last post with new photos—scroll to the bottom of the <a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2014/04/kitchen-chronicles-reveal.html">Reveal Post</a> to check them out!</i><br /><br /><i>Update 2: I also posted a quick video tour yesterday, see it <a href="http://instagram.com/p/nUPMLfvQ0G/">here on Instagram.</a><a href="http://instagram./"></a></i><br /><br />Now it's time to dive into all the juicy details.<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXXxAjknxiixlLs3xdLa5luKNurud9TehcpQIUYEiPb3iqvcpsTVFL91p1Y7MPiaBjPLNDLIIkZYI18Ih0gvOLjfmS70r41crgksF7_NygdTWURrvB5HJrmha2p9deq34eQwybcKxSSsn/s1600/Reveal.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXXxAjknxiixlLs3xdLa5luKNurud9TehcpQIUYEiPb3iqvcpsTVFL91p1Y7MPiaBjPLNDLIIkZYI18Ih0gvOLjfmS70r41crgksF7_NygdTWURrvB5HJrmha2p9deq34eQwybcKxSSsn/s1600/Reveal.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I mentioned in the beginning that this wasn't going to be a budget makeover. We did that in our <a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/p/florida-house.html">Florida house</a>, but I didn't want to hold back this time. With that said, we still DIY'd as much of it as we could and shopped around for the best deals (of course), so we could have spent <i>a lot</i> more.</div><div><br /></div><div>I kept a spreadsheet and tried to be as diligent as I could about recording every purchase, but over the course of five months, contractors working on different parts of the house and lumping labor charges together, and countless trips to Lowe's for miscellaneous items, this is definitely not an exact dollar amount. </div><div><br /></div><div>I also didn't include things like pillows, dishes, plants, and accessories that aren't kitchen specific and could be repurposed elsewhere. It becomes a gray area when you get into decorative items—where do you draw the line? </div><div><br /></div><div>Let's start with materials...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zCEOjslxOcJEKhEv2RXgj8AGoTaKAa_kCacw6MB48naSCyl4cA_cQ8bClzHSVZSMYgpfSMHlh_92cESnHqmHRRayKVTHP_4OGKFvvRX3-laILBjP_k6BY3eFW1X4U0rGc7DBxnWmqXs3/s1600/IMG_2890.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4zCEOjslxOcJEKhEv2RXgj8AGoTaKAa_kCacw6MB48naSCyl4cA_cQ8bClzHSVZSMYgpfSMHlh_92cESnHqmHRRayKVTHP_4OGKFvvRX3-laILBjP_k6BY3eFW1X4U0rGc7DBxnWmqXs3/s1600/IMG_2890.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Floors</b>: <a href="https://www.floorstoyourhome.com/products/armstrong-lock-and-fold-hardwood-5-plank-timberland-collection-shell-white-walnut.html">Armstrong Shell White Walnut Engineered Wood</a> / ~$800 (I purchased the wood for the entire house at once, so I divided it by the square feet of the kitchen to get the total)</div><div><b>Ceiling & wall tongue & groove planks:</b> <a href="http://www.lumberliquidators.com/ll/c/New-England-White-Pine-Clover-Lea-WP6-8/10005896">Lumber Liquidators</a> / ~$500 (^same thing here)</div><div><b>Wood for DIY Beams</b>: Lowe's / $220</div><div><b>Wood for <a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2013/12/kitchen-chronicles-trimming-out-windows.html">trimming the windows</a>:</b> Lowe's / $80</div><div><b>Paint & primer:</b> Kelly Moore's Swiss Coffee (white/trim), Valspar's Montpelier Madison White (walls), Valspar's Dark Kettle Black (door) / $280 </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdAmasnqVrfVfldOZ7fBhfgmh9GNKnsRP0qpJf_PCrK9pwJwPf1SXg-7V5gye_7kKD4zhQDQah3P8GcwxGe2fq03bSAqs3iiHj_NPWPw91nnbj8AENuYUoSp4epIGxhDP1DXzPNyIIu0t/s1600/IMG_2842.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCdAmasnqVrfVfldOZ7fBhfgmh9GNKnsRP0qpJf_PCrK9pwJwPf1SXg-7V5gye_7kKD4zhQDQah3P8GcwxGe2fq03bSAqs3iiHj_NPWPw91nnbj8AENuYUoSp4epIGxhDP1DXzPNyIIu0t/s1600/IMG_2842.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Wood/supplies for pantry:</b> Lowe's / $120</div><div><b>Wood, stain & poly for bar and bench seat frames</b>: Lowe's / $150</div><div><b>Plywood, trim & paint for bench seats:</b> Lowe's / $85</div><div><b>Upholstery foam for bench seats:</b> <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/190869467429?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649">Ebay</a> / $146</div><div><b>Batting for bench seats:</b> JoAnn's / $35</div><div><b>Fabric for bench seats:</b> <a href="https://www.fabric.com/buy/uo-043/magnolia-home-fashions-ticking-stripe-sailor-blue">Fabric.com</a> / $116</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TrLZM7iHJMO_w_cP4w-R_9fr3Sm3rrQIlwkPqFuonnCLrbUuEZxkmxjcpWEPEJVFDaHi5Y-SsWrScpAX3SU1JhwKGgL0zjHRIxiRVPe8E3B5Qon8ZIGh0592-1XBCooznLfga_hVOaw_/s1600/IMG_2897.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TrLZM7iHJMO_w_cP4w-R_9fr3Sm3rrQIlwkPqFuonnCLrbUuEZxkmxjcpWEPEJVFDaHi5Y-SsWrScpAX3SU1JhwKGgL0zjHRIxiRVPe8E3B5Qon8ZIGh0592-1XBCooznLfga_hVOaw_/s1600/IMG_2897.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Tile installation supplies:</b> Lowe's / $130</div><div><b>Wood & stain for floating shelves:</b> Lowe's / $40</div><div><b>Quarter round / trim pieces:</b> Lowe's $45</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdf8TCrQHBvF3sVuhweoyhsufKXDyxir0dY7vrODHL0o6zLrtOhVcJHAQUkmFqEakmuFZMoWAqs5bxJ4wcH27H7ZdJlFVm7wRh_BaE6roYKuOkDUzJatlgHh1cXwWhtbDAxb1QE6unROm5/s1600/IMG_2887.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdf8TCrQHBvF3sVuhweoyhsufKXDyxir0dY7vrODHL0o6zLrtOhVcJHAQUkmFqEakmuFZMoWAqs5bxJ4wcH27H7ZdJlFVm7wRh_BaE6roYKuOkDUzJatlgHh1cXwWhtbDAxb1QE6unROm5/s1600/IMG_2887.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Lumber, stain & screws for dining table:</b> Lowe's & JS West / $130</div><div><br /></div><div>Now for the expensive stuff... the appliances. We purchased most of the bigger items at Lowe's during their Black Friday sale.<br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZIUPu5nTZ3SxrRKvSx8ci4wbes3aGEbmUxMC3dvqFI2cIZsSbiZ1W_1SIFLmp1KuFHXdJIWXlgxsPKs2G1UzHtDbAplM-r5PCrf23rqRaI2xSj0n8Ev_7eqw96hSJ0IgHMi8oSyRWL1B/s1600/IMG_2884.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZIUPu5nTZ3SxrRKvSx8ci4wbes3aGEbmUxMC3dvqFI2cIZsSbiZ1W_1SIFLmp1KuFHXdJIWXlgxsPKs2G1UzHtDbAplM-r5PCrf23rqRaI2xSj0n8Ev_7eqw96hSJ0IgHMi8oSyRWL1B/s1600/IMG_2884.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b>Whirlpool Fridge: </b>Lowe's BF / $1563</div><div><b>Whirlpool Dishwasher:</b> Lowe's BF / $388</div><div><b>Corstone Sink:</b> <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_193388-73020-37000_0__?productId=1160929&Ntt=corstone+sink&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNtt%3Dcorstone%2Bsink&facetInfo=">Lowe's</a> / $390</div><div><b>Faucet:</b> <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_199980-330-F-WKP-400B_0__?productId=3878672&Ntt=black+faucet&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNtt%3Dblack%2Bfaucet&facetInfo=">Lowe's</a> / $150</div><div><b>Garbage Disposal:</b> Lowe's / $97</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhMnXUfgwLFdtzRbFCyAv2j1tdZrHHIFqEVZ7vJkdv4NLYxvOuZHt76INC014-Gx3NfuRO4lUam3ae1GFUfxEgIdvUrwXNYfs-xf6ihLb43JLxW6o8p-RHz6mGPiyA1KlwCo6p-kgdL-O/s1600/IMG_2898.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdhMnXUfgwLFdtzRbFCyAv2j1tdZrHHIFqEVZ7vJkdv4NLYxvOuZHt76INC014-Gx3NfuRO4lUam3ae1GFUfxEgIdvUrwXNYfs-xf6ihLb43JLxW6o8p-RHz6mGPiyA1KlwCo6p-kgdL-O/s1600/IMG_2898.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Whirpool Oven:</b> Lowe's BF / $971</div><div><b>Whirlpool Cooktop</b>: Lowe's BF / $388</div><div><b>Microwave: </b><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Panasonic-NN-SD681S-Microwave-Technology-Stainless/dp/B005BFZ5N6/ref=sr_1_1?s=kitchen&ie=UTF8&qid=1398358605&sr=1-1">Amazon</a> / $162</div><div><b>Wine Fridge:</b> <a href="http://www.livingdirect.com/TWR215ESS-EdgeStar-21-Bottle-Dual-Zone-Wine-Cooler/TWR215ESS,default,pd.html/?mtcpromotion=hasoffers&utm_source=hasoffers&utm_medium=aff&utm_campaign=hasoffers&offer_id=4&aff_id=1137">Living Direct</a> / $237</div><div><br /></div><div>Now for the fun stuff... decor!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO4qvqmnpkfiOTm179uWKtZOimpLtaq-3T0YfmEZ4sQjvg7xicIl9EnH3XiB9IN4nxwcwwjta-9y__jPV-7c6bzd7lH25aL2lW0QEU7QpA3RD600MQ_uc3kSBdPBY50usLd3bk4i1appN3/s1600/IMG_2934.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO4qvqmnpkfiOTm179uWKtZOimpLtaq-3T0YfmEZ4sQjvg7xicIl9EnH3XiB9IN4nxwcwwjta-9y__jPV-7c6bzd7lH25aL2lW0QEU7QpA3RD600MQ_uc3kSBdPBY50usLd3bk4i1appN3/s1600/IMG_2934.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Cabinets: </b>Kraftmaid Durham Maple Square (in Grayloft and Dove White): Lowe's / $8,235 after sales, promos and rebates</div><div><b>Counters:</b> Silestone Quartz (in Marengo and Blanco White): Lowe's / $3,254<br /><b>Pantry cabinets:</b> Ikea Pax Wadrobes / $630<br /><b>Bench seat cabinets:</b> Ikea Akurum / $560</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXVzkjnM30edyhXm50lFY2_aR6dcBfG7zBpGFEX4l-sA7NHDApz89mkIvz-iB67_9oNR1XBdxqP6om0Vu6CNbe0dBIK9xSTBrbE1KPyPmvl4Zj7Um06lB-cHvv5fAriI3HgUu5T1b3lP0/s1600/IMG_2886.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdXVzkjnM30edyhXm50lFY2_aR6dcBfG7zBpGFEX4l-sA7NHDApz89mkIvz-iB67_9oNR1XBdxqP6om0Vu6CNbe0dBIK9xSTBrbE1KPyPmvl4Zj7Um06lB-cHvv5fAriI3HgUu5T1b3lP0/s1600/IMG_2886.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><b>Bar cabinets:</b> Ikea Akurum / $200<br /><b>Quartz stacked stone:</b> <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_354393-93840-20-616_0__?productId=3477519&Ntt=ledgestone&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNtt%3Dledgestone&facetInfo=">Lowe's</a> / $240</div><div><b>Bar floating shelves</b>: DIY Ikea desk hack<br /><b>Bar Accessories:</b> Vases, tray & lantern: thrifted / Moose print: <a href="http://www.jennasuedesign.com/moose/">jennasuedesign.com</a> / Cabernet sign: DIY / Frame: Ikea Ribba</div><div><b>Cabinet hardware & doorknobs:</b> <a href="http://www.ebay.com/itm/200757098924?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649">Ebay</a> / $77</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_QxI5mOrHDeSi-_et_U08p5OdZHbwzJii6jprI1jKmE-7Ip1sKfXIuq5LzEARpCarseFq2Zk7PX9U5f1Wy1o68nbXE0nd8s4S-C_3iyJojbufhXv3RzJSmCcxi0cX51nZKEYIzuKEvvN2/s1600/IMG_2888.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_QxI5mOrHDeSi-_et_U08p5OdZHbwzJii6jprI1jKmE-7Ip1sKfXIuq5LzEARpCarseFq2Zk7PX9U5f1Wy1o68nbXE0nd8s4S-C_3iyJojbufhXv3RzJSmCcxi0cX51nZKEYIzuKEvvN2/s1600/IMG_2888.jpg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div><b>Pendant lights:</b> <a href="http://www.lightingdirect.com/quorum-international-q6822-industrial-1-light-dome-shaped-pendant/p367162">lightingdirect.com</a> / $84<br /><b>Pendant light bulbs, medallions & dimmer switch:</b> Lowe's / $70<br /><b>Recessed ceiling lights & bulbs:</b> Lowe's / $250<br /><b>Ceiling speakers: </b>Amazon / $108<br /><b>Upgraded light switches & outlets:</b> Lowe's / $30<br /><b>LED under cabinet lighting:</b> Ebay / $130<br /><b>Table runner & flower box:</b> DIY<br /><b>Parsons chairs:</b> Overstock.com (with old slipcovers) / $207<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDJS4PwiBUchIXTvwHt5PldcCrXHEuU28ZTAOVpS1aLpPLx53DBbkneoFfKyukpwdaEa1cUMR1w9cxxpia1rrc48UwbssJRjYYkTYH1EOgKIx7-m9r6NdorfcgI46ujnK10DUM5QTqd2D6/s1600/IMG_2881.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDJS4PwiBUchIXTvwHt5PldcCrXHEuU28ZTAOVpS1aLpPLx53DBbkneoFfKyukpwdaEa1cUMR1w9cxxpia1rrc48UwbssJRjYYkTYH1EOgKIx7-m9r6NdorfcgI46ujnK10DUM5QTqd2D6/s1600/IMG_2881.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b>Woven wood shades:</b> <a href="http://www.justblinds.com/products/8331">justblinds.com</a> (Singapore Oak color) / $207<br /><b>Subway tile:</b> <a href="http://www.lowes.com/pd_355358-74035-SL1024BJHC1P2_0__?productId=3477577&Ntt=american+olean+white+subway+tile&pl=1&currentURL=%3FNtt%3Damerican%2Bolean%2Bwhite%2Bsubway%2Btile&facetInfo=">Lowe's</a> / $250<br /><b>Runner:</b> Dash & Albert - <a href="http://www.rugstudio.com/dashandalbertnewmattress56224tickingarearug.aspx#56224x3__9000">rugstudio.com</a> / $90<br /><b>Sink pendant light:</b> <a href="http://www.lightingdirect.com/murray-feiss-p1252-urban-renewal-1-light-mini-pendant-with-wire-cage-shade/p1881072?source=gg-gba-pla_1881072____52264345049&s_kwcid=PTC!pla!!!89013186329!g!!52264345049&gclid=COaE4-Kfm8ECFQGVfgodCC4Auw">Feiss Urban Renewal Mini Pendant</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYAX_3VyWG6W_z2Xa4DRRSc7-W-6425ZRhxkVD0WnBEkXmQ9XjYQ43PTZ0LYF9pD_a4EZTFm78ox41cQ954TZlDfuF1n8_TSMU1VVCcR5Ury2Wp3SsMZdMF1ZA5dxyZc6B3t3Aq9feAL8/s1600/IMG_2879.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBYAX_3VyWG6W_z2Xa4DRRSc7-W-6425ZRhxkVD0WnBEkXmQ9XjYQ43PTZ0LYF9pD_a4EZTFm78ox41cQ954TZlDfuF1n8_TSMU1VVCcR5Ury2Wp3SsMZdMF1ZA5dxyZc6B3t3Aq9feAL8/s1600/IMG_2879.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b>Rug: </b>8x10 Maui Chunky Loop - <a href="http://www.rugsusa.com/rugsusa/rugs/rugs-usa-chunky-loop/beige/200NCCL01-26010.html#.">Rugs USA</a> / $140<br /><b>Chalkboard:</b> <a href="https://www.etsy.com/listing/186064360/large-distressed-reclaimed-wood?ref=shop_home_active_3">The Summery Umbrella</a><br /><b>Pillows & blanket:</b> Ikea, Target, Etsy & TJ Maxx<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQOM-_upV-cVmAF9k26ZKeA1XcbJYxXDUivIcDQYj7-NbGOq229D9KvZsMtY5djxy6NSymrK8BZTKef6Hq1kD9dwN1_IEgve_uBgaK_kT8l4OsqegaLKtTmwXPyLLbG70tqszX9t9uWoB/s1600/IMG_2895.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkQOM-_upV-cVmAF9k26ZKeA1XcbJYxXDUivIcDQYj7-NbGOq229D9KvZsMtY5djxy6NSymrK8BZTKef6Hq1kD9dwN1_IEgve_uBgaK_kT8l4OsqegaLKtTmwXPyLLbG70tqszX9t9uWoB/s1600/IMG_2895.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b>Floating shelves:</b> DIY<br /><b>Dishware:</b> Ikea, TJ Maxx, thrifted<br /><b>Quote print:</b> <a href="http://www.jennasuedesign.com/script-quote/">jennasuedesign.com</a><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPywb8qWJJH5bBbDk20m_TPmhrLoCWg9fDGL-49Z2F0uQqhPu3IETMycFKrcf0jFjvlD8O0QuKPoC5O8tGBKl2DKyFeCv3c5GJDRzQ7WBtGt2nLBJ67lIMY8B4l81QxiBgc0EmBFx1mjaS/s1600/IMG_2841.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPywb8qWJJH5bBbDk20m_TPmhrLoCWg9fDGL-49Z2F0uQqhPu3IETMycFKrcf0jFjvlD8O0QuKPoC5O8tGBKl2DKyFeCv3c5GJDRzQ7WBtGt2nLBJ67lIMY8B4l81QxiBgc0EmBFx1mjaS/s1600/IMG_2841.jpg" /></a></div><br /><b>Pet portrait prints:</b> <a href="http://www.jennasuedesign.com/pet-portrait/">jennasuedesign.com</a><br /><b>Frames:</b> Ikea Ribba (+ DIY fabric bows)<br /><b>Pet bowl:</b> DIY<br /><b>Stool:</b> Gifted<br /><b>ORB Door knob:</b> Ebay<br /><br />Last but not least, labor costs. We hired out certain things that we didn't feel comfortable tackling in our own. Here's our rough estimate:<br /><br /><b>Reinforce kitchen ceiling, finish demo, build pantry wall:</b> $1,100<br /><b>Electrical</b> (relocating wiring to the island, wiring appliances, etc) $1,750<br /><b>Cabinet installation:</b> $1,574<br /><b>Countertop installation:</b> $1,123<br /><b>New drywall & fridge plumbing:</b> ~$500<br /><b>Sink & Dishwasher plumbing:</b> $432<br /><br />And I believe that covers everything.<br /><br />Final tally drumroll please.....<br /><br /><b>GRAND TOTAL: $28,481</b><br /><b><br /></b>Again, this number is really just an estimate, but even if you add in every little thing we could have possibly forgot about, it's still definitely under 30k. And I'm pretty confident we added more than that in value to the house considering we got a great deal for the neighborhood. It really pays off to buy a house that needs some TLC!<br /><br />Once again, here are the project links which go into detail about each phase if you'd like to learn more about how it all came together:<br /><br /><a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2013/11/kitchen-chronicles-planning-stages.html" style="background-color: white; color: #208692; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Kitchen Chronicles: Planning Stages</a><br /><a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2013/12/kitchen-chronicles-demolition.html" style="background-color: white; color: #208692; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Kitchen Chronicles: Demolition</a><br /><a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2013/12/kitchen-chronicles-blank-slate-more.html" style="background-color: white; color: #208692; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Kitchen Chronicles: A blank slate (+ more house updates)</a><br /><a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2013/12/kitchen-chronicles-trimming-out-windows.html" style="background-color: white; color: #208692; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Kitchen Chronicles: Trimming out the Windows</a><br /><a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2014/01/kitchen-chronicles-finished-plank.html" style="background-color: white; color: #208692; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Kitchen Chronicles: Finished plank ceiling & wall</a><br /><a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2014/02/kitchen-chronicles-cabinets-floors-are.html" style="background-color: white; color: #208692; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Kitchen Chronicles: The cabinets & floors are in!</a><br /><a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2014/02/kitchen-chronicles-diy-wood-beams.html" style="background-color: white; color: #208692; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Kitchen Chronicles: DIY Wood Beams</a><br /><a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2014/02/kitchen-chronicles-new-hardware-paint.html" style="background-color: white; color: #208692; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Kitchen Chronicles: New Hardware & Paint</a><br /><a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2014/02/kitchen-chronicles-counters-are-in.html" style="background-color: white; color: #208692; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Kitchen Chronicles: The counters are in! (+ pendant light & faucet preview)</a><br /><a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2014/03/kitchen-chronicles-ikea-pax-pantry-part.html" style="background-color: white; color: #208692; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Kitchen Chronicles: An Ikea Pax Pantry, Part 1</a><br /><a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2014/03/kitchen-chronicles-ikea-pax-pantry.html" style="background-color: white; color: #208692; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Kitchen Chronicles: Ikea Pax Pantry Reveal!</a><br /><a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2014/03/kitchen-chronicles-building-bar.html" style="background-color: white; color: #208692; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Kitchen Chronicles: Building a Bar</a><br /><a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2014/03/kitchen-chronicles-building-window.html" style="background-color: white; color: #208692; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Kitchen Chronicles: Building a Window Bench Seat</a><br /><a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2014/03/kitchen-chronicles-diy-subway-tile.html" style="background-color: white; color: #208692; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Kitchen Chronicles: A DIY Subway Tile Backsplash, Part 1</a><br /><a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2014/03/kitchen-chronicles-diy-subway-tile_20.html" style="background-color: white; color: #208692; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Kitchen Chronicles: A DIY Subway Tile Backsplash, Part 2</a><br /><a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2014/03/kitchen-chronicles-stacked-stone-bar.html" style="background-color: white; color: #208692; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Kitchen Chronicles: Stacked stone bar wall & DIY floating shelves</a><br /><a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2014/03/kitchen-chronicles-diy-floating-rustic.html" style="background-color: white; color: #208692; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Kitchen Chronicles: DIY floating rustic shelves</a><br /><a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2014/04/kitchen-chronicles-upholstered-bench.html" style="background-color: white; color: #208692; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Kitchen Chronicles: Upholstered Bench Seating</a><br /><a href="http://jennasuedesign.blogspot.com/2014/04/kitchen-chronicles-building-fancy-x.html" style="background-color: white; color: #208692; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; text-decoration: none;">Kitchen Chronicles: Building a Fancy X Farmhouse Table</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">  </span><br /><br />If I missed anything or you still have questions, please don't hesitate to ask in the comments! <br /><br />So what do you think? Was the total more or less than you expected, or right on the mark? Imagine if we had hired out everything instead... yikes! I can easily see how the average kitchen remodel is over $50k. Glad we got the most expensive room in the house out of the way. Now we can focus on the other 2100 square feet... one project at a time!<br /><br />I've got a fun giveaway coming up in the next post—you won't want to miss it!<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePsDFnnEsdCOFBSHdpQJod4_ZVZzT0legJgp79b48LMFMMKnsj3ERWghdY8xhMgo5_PMovtN0sKzRDatsUWGR6Czo9Wzl9lkTXOuobvqZJKSyWZuKho9iAhfWSu5K6QMi9GfJqoCw7dxS/s1600/Signature.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjePsDFnnEsdCOFBSHdpQJod4_ZVZzT0legJgp79b48LMFMMKnsj3ERWghdY8xhMgo5_PMovtN0sKzRDatsUWGR6Czo9Wzl9lkTXOuobvqZJKSyWZuKho9iAhfWSu5K6QMi9GfJqoCw7dxS/s1600/Signature.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /></div>

Kitchen Source List & Budget Breakdown

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Southern Design Charm

<blockquote><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">A few years ago, my daughter Elisabeth introduced me (and Ben!) to Bravo TV – on which we are now totally hooked.  Bravo TV is mostly the brainchild of Andy Cohen, Ex. VP of Bravo,  who develops the programming on the channel and who also is now host of his own Bravo show – “Watch What Happens Live.” </span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">To say I am hooked is putting it mildly.  Bravo TV is the main channel I watch at night.  I watch all the shows – such as:  The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, New York, Atlanta, Orange County and Miami.  I watch Million Dollar Listings of New York and Los Angeles and Million Dollar Decorators and Millionaire Matchmaker (I really like those Millionaire shows.)  I also watch Jeff Lewis (both of his shows), Fashion Queens, Vanderpump Rules, Shahs of Sunset, and Tabitha Takes Over.  I even watch the show about people watching television called “The People’s Couch” (which is the best! – as Andy Cohen said, “who would have thought a TV show about people watching TV would be so good?” – uh, Andy since you thought the premise up, I guess YOU did!) </span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Most Bravo Housewives are very wealthy, but very few have beautifully decorated houses - in my opinion.  There is some good design in the Million Dollar Listing shows and Million Dollar Decorators.  And, a few months ago I showed the beautiful Malibu house of Beverly Hills Housewife Yolanda Foster </span><a href="http://cotedetexas.blogspot.com/2014_03_09_archive.html"><span style="font-size: large;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> – but mostly the décor of Bravo TV houses is either too frou frou or too Mc Mansion or just not my style.  That is, until the newest show on Bravo debuted:  “Southern Charm.”  Wow!</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">First – the décor on Southern Charm is so fabulous that I am going to have to break it up into two stories.</span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Yes, it is THAT good and there are so many design surprises and secrets to uncover, so get settled in, grab your coffee, and enjoy!</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">SOUTHERN CHARM:</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-V6f-XPR2t1g/U13QCNpzyzI/AAAAAAACUl0/ebXHZ3QYAA4/s1600-h/image%25255B28%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="497" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-WLzn_bgngRU/U13QDZ2ZvsI/AAAAAAACUl4/CjCNDnvAXRM/image_thumb%25255B13%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="679" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">The main cast of Southern Charm on Bravo.  </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">There are really 8 stars – but, my story will mostly center around Whitney Sudler-Smith who is on the very left and next to him – Mr. Thomas Ravenel.  These are the two with the most interesting houses.  We will also visit Shepherd Rose, at the far right, and, not shown here, Kathryn Calhoun Dennis, both of whom have interesting houses, to say the least.</span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">The show, Southern Charm, films in Charleston, South Carolina and it centers around the love lives and shenanigans of a handful of southerners and one northerner who just lives in Charleston.  When the show’s first episode aired, I was bowled over by a few of their houses.  I mean – straight out fabulous!!!  Of course straight out fabulous doesn’t come without a great designer behind it, as I soon figured out.</span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-hr3wVGucdK8/U13QEqxACCI/AAAAAAACUmE/XUDZkB-aWeM/s1600-h/image%25255B15%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="803" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-S6C2PPV9S00/U13QFzDM7MI/AAAAAAACUmM/DCPQB0IhpzE/image_thumb%25255B6%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="604" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Thomas Ravenel</span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">The two main stars of the show, Thomas Ravenel and Whitney Sudler-Smith, are much older than the rest of the cast.  While most are 20 somethings – Thomas is in his 50s and Whitney is fortyish.  Thomas Ravenel is very handsome and is the State Treasurer of So. Carolina.  WELL, he WAS the State Treasurer, until he served 10 months in federal prison for possession of cocaine.  Oh, and he recently had a DWI charge in the Hamptons.  He’s a mess.  He claims his cocaine conviction was all a set up.  He doesn’t talk about his DWI charge.  Thomas recently announced that he plans to run for the U.S. Senate as a Libertarian, against incumbent Senator Lindsey Graham.  Good luck. </span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">  The Ravenel family has been in South Carolina for centuries – they settled in Charleston in the 1680s.  The Ravenel name is very prestigious there:   the beautiful, contemporary Ravenel bridge was named after his father, also a politician.</span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-PclHt6aRO3c/U13QHsfFLeI/AAAAAAACUmU/wewK90Sn-gA/s1600-h/image119.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="600" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ND9yZZrrwR8/U13QJI0KveI/AAAAAAACUmc/YPChivHHJFQ/image_thumb48%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">The Arthur Ravenel Jr. Bridge, named after Thomas’ father, the former U.S. Congressman and State Senator of So. Carolina.</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">While Thomas is now a Libertarian – “fiscally conservative and socially liberal” – his father has a somewhat “southern” reputation, but any hints of that was politely swept under the rug during the filming.</span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-89hl6wiUXU0/U13QKRBi0tI/AAAAAAACUmk/qMeDT_ARxpU/s1600-h/image%25255B32%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="380" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-TiXa60gdCSU/U13QLgh_r-I/AAAAAAACUms/kKbjPyXsi4Q/image_thumb%25255B15%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="504" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Thomas and Whitney and Cameran and Kathryn, the red-head love interest of the show.</span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Southern Charm is all fun and games and mainly centers around the love life of the elder Thomas Ravenel and his very, very young, red haired girlfriend - 21 year old Kathryn, whom Thomas proudly calls  “the scion” of two old political families.  Kathryn lives on the family plantation.  Yes. A plantation. </span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-QizLqyfraKA/U13QM0g0slI/AAAAAAACUm0/h52eNiPXLSk/s1600-h/image%25255B16%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="726" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-DtO6MHVIB2I/U13QOtQbr5I/AAAAAAACUm8/svCDAUu2-NI/image_thumb%25255B7%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="604" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Thomas Ravenel & Kathryn Dennis</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Oh, and Thomas also owns a plantation which he uses as a vacation house/polo field.  And another cast mate, Shepherd Rose, also owns a plantation where the cast all go pig hunting.  Shep’s family, The Boykins, are also very, very prominent.  The state dog was named after Shep’s family – The Boykin Spaniel.  Folks, we are talking old families here.   And, make no mistake, the show is fascinating if you are interested in seeing how the other half lives. </span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5LyUSXfq_A_RgFwNW4IBwLbalIA1QsYs0LrBMsq96_qkmSu3E4f80fCp-5WzweBmGndWW0uSOvqu7fLs1CN8vtsM3e-l1O2XGRSLo03JK02h2akqa9WUDbiUbz5lBt8r6JCapRA8kVoM/s1600-h/image120.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="645" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-bP_TdeTf86Y/U13QSFh3t-I/AAAAAAACUnM/NAPaxXfWkX8/image_thumb49.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="979" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">The South Carolina State Dog:  The Boykin Spaniel, was named after Shep Rose’s family – the Boykins.  Interestingly, Thomas Ravenel is also a Boykin on his mother’s side.  He and Shep are first cousins once removed, or something like that, Thomas said!</span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">The other main character, Whitney Sudler-Smith, is actually from – horrors – Virginia.   But, the show is the brainchild of Whitney who is also a Hollywood producer and director.   The second chapter of this story will revolve around Whitney and his mother who lives in Charleston. </span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">But here today, Part One, is about Thomas Ravenel.  He lives in a 17th century house located in the South of Broad area of Charleston, considered one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the country, or so Thomas claims.  The glimpses of his house left me breathless and fascinated.  And well, it all looked so vaguely familiar, as if I had seen it before or been there?  But why???  Did I once date Thomas in a previous life – after all, he seems to have dated half the women in the United States.    </span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Sb-FdXFyNnk/U13QThw7m4I/AAAAAAACUnU/TLjeVgfdYfs/s1600-h/image23%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="620" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-hBVKUcHEsSs/U13QVF-iH_I/AAAAAAACUnc/KXfczNk4vCA/image_thumb10.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Thomas Ravenel or T-Rav as he is called, lives right near the Charleston Harbor where the blue circle is. </span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-WlTlL9hsVM0/U13QWn6exTI/AAAAAAACUnk/NZgaBj8uzf8/s1600-h/image42%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="515" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-5oEDB_ZdO9k/U13QYPMDanI/AAAAAAACUns/_rQCeVuwr1c/image_thumb21.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">It’s hard to get a picture of his house on google maps because the cobblestone street is only one lane wide.  His house is the beige stucco with green shutters on the left.  The front door is off the street in a courtyard and faces his neighbor’s house.  At the end of this street is the harbor.</span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Y87fCnC4LMg/U13QZsPvggI/AAAAAAACUn0/8tNVqWr-7qg/s1600-h/image506.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="647" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ3RqYmE5DqaCEpf9wmHuNYRQCfw9ZvDfpOw-TzrG_9wW1fJxuJtEdD3WdY8qyVO6F6J3s8Jwf9Pf2LQbyQDnHzYyO1SJ1iFwuX4-_RVBvqb5KY1KIgzGirLUfCwCyZnBRZsk_b-wSTh0/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="964" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">The house is 3 stories, plus an attic and basement.  You can see the front door here which is off the street, down the courtyard.  At the right is his neighbor’s attached house, with the flags, painted blue.</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-kXkJ3zorvfU/U13Qc2KHE0I/AAAAAAACUoE/TOG8K1zW2Wg/s1600-h/image%25255B111%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="404" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-CDWwI6JPbCM/U13QdxFprqI/AAAAAAACUoM/ijls0hp_5l8/image_thumb%25255B54%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="527" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is how the house once looked before it was restored.  The biggest change is the front middle window which was once leaded with a striped awning.  The house was built in 1797!!</span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-JXnSDCQUfrw/U13Qe3KkFuI/AAAAAAACUoU/ZrR6ol0dVBo/s1600-h/image%25255B107%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-JXnSDCQUfrw/U13Qe3KkFuI/AAAAAAACUoc/5c85eGRLYRI/s1600-h/image%25255B236%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4TyxhfCPyBk/U13Qgao_eEI/AAAAAAACUok/rOd3w-yBGyQ/image_thumb%25255B121%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="367" /></a></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">And another early picture of the house’s courtyard and front door before the stucco was repaired and the shutters were replaced.</span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Ry610JsFoVg/U13QiUEgiII/AAAAAAACUos/jVpmgPCK8-k/s1600-h/image36.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="675" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-mcEdWoUZIuk/U13Qj5CZliI/AAAAAAACUo0/iEuhiTQf4NI/image_thumb17.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">And, looking the other direction, his neighbor’s house is freestanding – and it looks just as old as Thomas’ – but the stucco hasn’t been restored like his.   The three windows that face the street are his living room.  The dining room is on the other side of the front door.  Notice the middle window – it is larger than the other two.  I wonder why they removed the original one with the awning?  That was so charming.</span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Dqg_Fw1tVj4/U13QmORdV0I/AAAAAAACUo8/tpio_hepqkE/s1600-h/image75%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="724" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-aoe4e5Vcc9M/U13QoO4ayaI/AAAAAAACUpE/Hde0Mb85Hu0/image_thumb36%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="964" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">At the back of the house is the former kitchen house which was not connected to the main house – in order to prevent fires.  As all the houses in this area are now – the kitchen house was connected to the main house – through what is now, today, the butler’s pantry.  The kitchen house is smaller in profile than the main house and is only two stories. </span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-IXQhrtPuxWY/U13Qp0RzaYI/AAAAAAACUpM/5UhEye9gFWI/s1600-h/image122%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="647" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ImlVUb2T7Vw/U13Qrob6HLI/AAAAAAACUpU/B1sqq3lgTG0/image_thumb51.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="964" /></span></a></div><ol></ol></blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">In the brick courtyard is this fountain.</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-drtM7Wv-ds0/U13QtfqfllI/AAAAAAACUpc/HpxWF9bbmS4/s1600-h/image423.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-O6-Ko-7mQww/U13QuxeijrI/AAAAAAACUpk/MwcR3Gnp1dI/image_thumb210.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">A night time view of the house – with the colors of the living room blazing through the windows.  I’m not sure where Thomas parks his car, but his guests park theirs right on the street.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxFsyQmy-FOL_qHJKJkp50whgkgF_CDoWsXp1jPn8QxbTY9otFzsNCIkZCwVKfOtL9NDhaRHAuU0EymubJSDGTEzcHig3FO_Oyp6UQtIOvgTKodNCSjJm7s5B14lcy_CGKTxZUm69Lz_tq/s1600-h/image184.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRdCzouVEoIDQQF6MAxsjo9W8QgdNpUWoCddydOQwDJ0S21m7G6YGdu69ZmnfEXf0bHYZIw971qbsOhVTEPGz99IrBfx67q-v3L_dOteGLhWtjzp4xqaEjrOhmqMu89yfamg7GyEAeyCmV/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The front door – I like that brass handrail.  The house is 5,543-square-foot residence and has five bedrooms, five-and-a-half baths, a personal gym, and nine-foot ceilings. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Ready to go inside this original Federal townhouse? </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-coso63bH0Rs/U13Q0gsAXGI/AAAAAAACUp8/x4n1GuOO3Kc/s1600-h/image181.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-gfQiLWAethA/U13Q2Wmn9nI/AAAAAAACUqE/K6nXlqDgJDM/image_thumb85.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Here’s the first glimpse from the show of the entry hall – Shep Rose comes to a dinner party.  You can immediately see how nice it is – with the antique console and basket and the peek into the living room with that fabulous painting.  There are beautiful original hardwoods covered with antique rugs and the walls are painted two shades of khaki green and cream.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-cplUO0qaJO0/U13Q4e_X4NI/AAAAAAACUqM/UvBAHIZtRBc/s1600-h/image124.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-cqIuMic7GXo/U13Q6ddI6PI/AAAAAAACUqU/OmMFQ0-FWpM/image_thumb53.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Another view shows Thomas leaving his house – on the left you can see a lacquered chest and on the right is the dining room.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-H513SQF5YgE/U13Q8dJonBI/AAAAAAACUqc/hSq5ld65XKI/s1600-h/image191.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="724" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-MxXP0q-BS9Y/U13Q-XcamcI/AAAAAAACUqk/URHR6yoppzU/image_thumb91.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="964" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And, a realtor has photos of the house online.  Under the stairs (covered in seagrass) you can see the powder room where the door is so short you have to bend down to enter.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-KAUmKVeXuGQ/U13Q_w1owGI/AAAAAAACUqs/2OHCMyvqXJ0/s1600-h/image125%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="1004" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj49ejRjhutSPqqsPxb4DRo2I1ZdjvxRMDl1IsPbBnC2z_oL7LZWQ2E1yGmtA6qUn8T8rwJaSVLpDUJ2puDBSPOh4nI8L9MAOl3TtvCtPcJTtz_lXEte50PtvEz4dByUpuG6QDN7fpNk1g/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="674" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Looking down the stairs, you can see the beautiful antique on the left.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qWRVMRrh2s0/U13RD74iErI/AAAAAAACUq8/bt4sMqIP-LU/s1600-h/image46.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="725" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihKfCP2YNlSkpmWaPHkeQPeMvsYVljbgQQ6NbN9lXzcxBg8Zj-BuowFX-VFmlvkT6ER_HNYb6jmJ7p8uv6mpDZKQKkE3npsLBKn0KgPE48DAhkS45oJdj2tMWYE7E45nCvaH-Ex8TAPnr1/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Here Thomas sits with his political consultant in his living room and wow – those chairs.  Is that Raoul Textiles fabric? Well, yes it is.  Hmmm.  And I love the two antique rugs layered over the seagrass.  Wonderful Oriental bamboo coffee table.  And that warm apricot, butterscotch color scheme.  Does this living room ring a bell yet?   Hmmm…. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_vsrTHUM9hI/U13RHsLrhBI/AAAAAAACUrM/GnttCeXQYZw/s1600-h/image50.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-DBZKafFZrdI/U13RJ-Z3v_I/AAAAAAACUrU/2z6zCqr0UVI/image_thumb25.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The chairs really caught my eye, with their antique profile and tiny casters.  And the Raoul fabric. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">  </span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-fY2HzUNN648/U13RLlngtjI/AAAAAAACUrc/CpNXZXVHP5A/s1600-h/image177.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-N2RB9_Bm8-I/U13RNJC-j_I/AAAAAAACUrk/HQmGerNertQ/image_thumb84.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Thomas takes a French lesson from this tutor, showing off his French Huguenot background, of which he constantly brags about on the show. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> When he meets Kathryn, his red haired girlfriend, he discovers she is “good stock” and also a “Huguenot.”   OK, I’m Polish Jewish, is that as good stock as Huguenot?</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-yST9fOuHvjU/U13RPEOD2pI/AAAAAAACUrs/mU3mc6r2fFg/s1600-h/image%25255B36%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="593" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-oVb3U_lJmPc/U13RQwYBhfI/AAAAAAACUr0/Ksg_Ne6jQ6c/image_thumb%25255B17%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Shep Rose and Kathryn Dennis in Thomas’ living room with its silk velvet sofa.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">So, the question is – can you guess now who the interior designer was?  Come on – I know you know!!!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-b0Wf16Sge4w/U13RTGRv14I/AAAAAAACUr8/9k0nTFjPXVQ/s1600-h/image139.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="819" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-pWJb9xIWFdw/U13RVmvIwtI/AAAAAAACUsE/NZhWDyHfnUw/image_thumb68.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Yes – here is Thomas’ living room, photographed for House Beautiful when the décor was first completed by Charleston decorator </span><a href="http://www.athid.com/"><span style="font-size: large;">Amelia Handegan</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">.   In fact, this photograph is the one that you first see when you visit her web site.  No wonder the house looked so familiar to me!  I have LOVED this photograph for years and years – never did I think I would see it on a TV show! </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Without a doubt, this is the first and probably ONLY house on a Bravo Reality TV show that Amelia Handegan will ever decorate.   The portrait is antique Dutch.  All the furniture is antique, save for the contemporary coffee table.  The sofa is silk velvet in a butterscotch orange.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Just beautiful and exactly what you would expect a Charleston house to look like.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-yLQpzVDhQJA/U13RYvCkCfI/AAAAAAACUsM/NofYtQUSK48/s1600-h/image194.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="821" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_1yN-w1nAhc/U13Rap-HDnI/AAAAAAACUsU/b7Y2cTpI_ZE/image_thumb94.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The view of the two side chairs – styled by Handegan.  Love this photograph.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4i_7ngPEHJU/U13RcFdEPyI/AAAAAAACUsc/etKTcYPy3t8/s1600-h/image86.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="544" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-dDGPPD5JvJE/U13RdrhEZeI/AAAAAAACUsk/1WO30et4Enk/image_thumb41%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="753" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"> A real estate photograph of the living room.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-kGYS9ihRbFs/U13RfFvF8JI/AAAAAAACUss/EXsOjTr1Rgo/s1600-h/image248.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="647" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/--SHx3m298hQ/U13Rg-ZXcBI/AAAAAAACUs0/ashQBa-leOY/image_thumb120.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="964" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Another real estate photograph.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-rij66V69F-E/U13RitJIILI/AAAAAAACUs8/LT29VFEYBeE/s1600-h/image90.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="588" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OvozlxL3bRs/U13RkL_ZCAI/AAAAAAACUtE/o3-ZdrpbAIo/image_thumb43%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="954" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And one more real estate view, showing the second sofa with its cane sides.  There is also a linen press against the back wall surrounded by framed prints.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-QGNrFY9dJl-Ijja1FKo4uMvShyphenhyphenadroim0kHeVdfRxvzDjtl_W98fJ9KYqDLXz4OHBjDNSd1Xm0vltkEZNqYUxkI1QF3RyCcKSvPa3jO8Yw6-bvhemS6wALahFzIM666COjB3y_dYLIg/s1600-h/image252.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="647" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-rlbRTXyJ4Ug/U13RnrPiS5I/AAAAAAACUtU/grubi872GrQ/image_thumb122.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="964" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">In this view – you can see the mantel and fireplace which is pretty amazing.  Remember, this house was built in 1797!  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ONBws-eXthQ/U13Rpc2U44I/AAAAAAACUtc/HbLH8hMB2N4/s1600-h/image319.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="647" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdQLniQ3Zg-sBnSlKs5HF4eKvEpHd-ai_qr8QYx285mq6G-bJpMqvx3FfHCouRHtxMrFc-U1PwVlNPDoFSYhr3UN_8Akzb_hsetqL8mTFGYwTOQjvu8q1NHjQ0ybUC8ucP0wWUKg9TbVR7/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="964" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Close up of the beautiful  carved mantel.  Notice the collection of miniature silhouettes that flank the mirror.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">It is interesting to note – a few weeks ago, it was announced that Thomas Ravenel had sold this house for 3.3 million.  He purchased it in May, 2006 – for 3.2 million. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">This is actually the second time he has sold the house.  He first sold it shortly after he bought it, but then he couldn’t find another house he liked, so he rebought it.   And he says he rented it for a long time before he even bought it  (note:  there is some discrepancy with those dates and when it was photographed for House Beautiful.) </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">  </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Speaking of the sale of this house - Thomas says that he rarely spends time in the city, preferring to stay at his country plantation and keeping this house didn’t make sense, financially.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> Moving on…</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/--oz1V8ASr84/U13RtRYbLYI/AAAAAAACUts/lkd0JTQGztQ/s1600-h/image497%25255B2%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="650" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-J74SoxZwzVE/U13RvaD-u9I/AAAAAAACUt0/HYSBqU5gwXU/image497_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Across the entry hall is the dining room.  The series was filmed last summer and you can see how foggy all the windows are from the cold air conditioner.  Here, before a dinner party, Thomas inspects the dining room.  There is a gorgeous Swedish (I presume) chandelier in the room.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-cR46-jdVdMo/U13RxLl7qAI/AAAAAAACUt8/WEj463T3XkM/s1600-h/image494%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="598" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-jvtIWRtLHdM/U13RzWKorCI/AAAAAAACUuE/Zjzaqauxw_g/image494_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"> The table is his great-great grandfather’s.  Birds stand in the front windows.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqLwYy_HUOgZfJGAPqEEclPdRWN8PW1JAkXfjWukEyYfHhLX96oUs8OnkAomgQPy3x6eOVrSBYKpwV61-kR2CdIVBsvYFE7dIG7aZa-uPPmlR0o-sInq3D0ur_xTsm3CL079AlmlDn0Xn/s1600-h/image203.png"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBqLwYy_HUOgZfJGAPqEEclPdRWN8PW1JAkXfjWukEyYfHhLX96oUs8OnkAomgQPy3x6eOVrSBYKpwV61-kR2CdIVBsvYFE7dIG7aZa-uPPmlR0o-sInq3D0ur_xTsm3CL079AlmlDn0Xn/s1600-h/image203.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="700" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-3oYQQ_eIcmM/U13R39bCEjI/AAAAAAACUuU/goQ0uqk6WVI/image_thumb99.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Here you can see into the living room across the hall. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DDw7Fq21Q14/U13R5800IBI/AAAAAAACUuc/WXTyQq9xeS8/s1600-h/image204.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="687" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih51cqZgTh51pjoiQj8ZToxbfGS2KynCNXMnBy4jTD9KpNNZVqQah_zKOtyqIb5BPUc-44fzdooYIcWEyrBRHP1ZQZArjMaeDiEPAmltCCU9OWXdlDeFFnOxQIC-LOdqq2EOBqujmLS139/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">At the party, Thomas sits with his girlfriend, the 21 year old red head Kathryn – of good Huguenot stock.  Of course, the dinner party is ruined when one of the guests announces that Kathryn, of the good Huguenot stock, has bedded three men in three weeks – and they are all sitting at the table.  OY!!!!  Kathryn denies it, of course.  Well, hell, I would have denied it too!  Of course no one cares that the three MEN have loose morals, only that the woman does.  The problem comes later when Thomas tries to figure out – who was the third man????  He knows about himself, and his cousin Shep…but who was the mysterious third man?  Stay tuned….</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ErWuzOswo2k/U13R_A_xsPI/AAAAAAACUus/eGqgWfYcXPk/s1600-h/image205.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="629" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22AUP57PF-VJVQ_FIbGOwyFqCezOigKEeBnz3yzpL0ZRERSB8got0mg2_7ed6N4FrozkeBrl8hyphenhyphenNrEJZB3HZGJsvMIb1yiDNk3WIZM-UiqH2Pl4eoEIftmbaQR03c2jdMolzDtS6TBCU/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Handsome devil – all he can think about is who is third man.  Notice the curtains – Fortuny, of course!!!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-jf9zCuAbNWg/U13SDbTXPkI/AAAAAAACUu8/31Hzub1dXxM/s1600-h/image208.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="1004" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJWunPrPm6N9tJo8WY0MtCa1QL9kVr-cb0QDkpeqf273RtxAJAiUig5LwcaemuhjhnPECzpMZDQz37tm1CSadu6tpzfYiISUplOLBPgWxz59VTTHRpVPzN3usM6RnXOFt1Ghbw7rP-x98/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="795" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">In this photo by Handegan – you can see the painting, and the gorgeous bulls-eye mirror over the fireplace.  That particular mirror is no longer there – it probably was brought in just for the photoshoot until Amelia could find a permanent mirror.   </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_p36dVc_dHg/U13SINW91kI/AAAAAAACUvM/0GWKomv-Lzk/s1600-h/image82%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="741" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JekHA91Hx8k/U13SKVfsxtI/AAAAAAACUvU/uSaKduASnKk/image82_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The dining room – real estate photograph.  You can finally see the beautiful chandelier – stunning.  And the painting – so beautiful.  The warm butterscotch walls are perfect against the Fortuny curtains in gold and persimmon.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9pxZkwsdTLg/U13SMMyXspI/AAAAAAACUvc/MwSCbVWiOFY/s1600-h/image318.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-mhPnwS77aHc/U13SNTh5FCI/AAAAAAACUvk/M0qS2Jju3hY/image_thumb146.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="644" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Another view of the dining room – you can see the current convex mirror over the fireplace.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">To the left of the fireplace is a door (not shown) that leads to the butler’s pantry which connects the old house to the kitchen house.  It’s hard to tell if there is another connection to the kitchen house through the living room or foyer – but this dining room connection is the only one I could find.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-veEF2HITxhM/U13SPvS4pmI/AAAAAAACUvs/1CFr_qMDPIo/s1600-h/image210.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="551" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-EnPxZ3faJxs/U13SRQDfT-I/AAAAAAACUv0/6bVMGb45hTo/image_thumb106.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">After the party ends in disaster because Kathryn was accused of bedding three men in three weeks at the table – these two have a huge fight and she leaves in a huff.  No fear, she comes right back a few minutes later and they make up and make out.  Naturally.  Hey, she’s a smart girl!    I wonder what Amelia thinks when she sees this elegant house used for the basis of a soap opera.   It is a fun soap opera though.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-p6N1641FZ50/U13STrIfHsI/AAAAAAACUv8/it6If89hRGw/s1600-h/image%25255B189%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="859" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-3UMbgX7fYDU/U13SVvAuRnI/AAAAAAACUwE/oYNWbwE5gY8/image_thumb%25255B86%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">During Thomas’ dinner party scene – this drove me insane – the lining of one of the Fortuny curtains was showing in this window.  Of course no one bothered to fix it.  I cropped it out of the pictures I showed – but here it is, in all its glory.  The lining is so billowy – I wonder what kind Amelia uses?  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-d3uWmWxLzd0/U13SXICkmWI/AAAAAAACUwM/_Xm0uT5bZjE/s1600-h/image%25255B190%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-R7OIPSOJwOQ/U13SY20jc5I/AAAAAAACUwU/dtO9v0ihJJM/image_thumb%25255B87%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">See the lining sticking out – at the very right window.  While Kathryn and Thomas were busy “inspecting” the table before the party, they should have checked the curtain linings.  What a fake scene this was anyway – what are they checking for?  A misplaced fork or knife?  We know what HE was looking at!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-hA1RgzIjk3k/U13Sa4z4sQI/AAAAAAACUwc/pgAvL86WAsc/s1600-h/image%25255B209%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-0pQLr642gTk/U13Sc8TpxBI/AAAAAAACUwk/IZbGdoBLuUo/image_thumb%25255B102%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"> Somebody – quit drinking – and go put the lining back behind the curtain!!!  Oh, and check out Jenna King’s hair at the far right.  She is the “edgy” one – but, I think she thinks she looks like Miley Cyrus, ummm, no.  Her hair looks like a hot mess. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"> Remember the show – “There’s Something About Mary”  - Jenna’s hair looks just like Cameron Diaz’s:</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW-FUdxdkxzaVJl-2X18x8g4bTloi5jGsp23PdDn0XZi4aZgyxmWvdDnt-_689BOuXleN-B2jKpuoImg-Ys76D2CrQsviR7Ng1zCoi8JPKdAWM4iVHYjNxro1QH_C9mF1y2qwMGdOPtcM/s1600-h/image%25255B304%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="436" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Ykwzgi8wUwF-4_rWnl6Kpr4ZMt2i2R011_BVvEhTCic7uJ-D3GrL56-vGe2R37wRiHhsNaJsPYehjbcZKRDt-d2d46TAujNOkoPkM-6YAHgYKHZiy8j8uGKU9lvVqU_V7S5PJJwrpHdL/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="652" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Jenna King – “edgy” star of Southern Charm.  Yes, her hair looked just like that all during filming.  Why?  I don’t know. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">And, who could forget this?</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tKWpqfpUz8Q/U13SgvyyRSI/AAAAAAACUw8/X_lrNgdI-FA/s1600-h/image%25255B300%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="419" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-LRHZrd_9Vxc/U13Sh0WzJ3I/AAAAAAACUxE/cYAqbk2PuMs/image_thumb%25255B155%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="564" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Cameron Diaz in “There’s Something About Mary”</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">AND moving on…</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-PCbE9fFGahs/U13SjVmjF2I/AAAAAAACUxM/ZnA6gY4yx24/s1600-h/image214.png"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-PCbE9fFGahs/U13SjVmjF2I/AAAAAAACUxU/5m5o_6_UDrg/s1600-h/image211%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="829" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEip6KtQBlDbCiiZJu_fb08j6YSAeSTRZL8hMYPL7AQ7QLE09_l0etkIIzsMzLGalMpfZQM_mfUAXjeavxe1juRwHLUGNY1_ynLXuieeLsYh-U10w-jQqPCqDPDwOJtNF5uie73CC3BHRLKB/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And from real estate photographs – the powder room under the stairs.  Beautiful toile paper and a pretty set of herberiers.  Amelia uses lots of sets of prints in her designs.   </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-ptRkfEGZdd0/U13Sp1KbRxI/AAAAAAACUxk/iafPiWNkiFE/s1600-h/image317.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="724" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OZonTmqAwCc/U13SrqTbyWI/AAAAAAACUxs/8pFEWyTpVPk/image_thumb145.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="964" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And here is the hall/butler’s pantry which connects the main house to the kitchen house.   In the dining room you go through a door to reach the back part of the house.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG4QRZBuNWqLySkStNNz1fYObbCWDLVUwSeg2hNyiIzrm7wFuniHluWm8UTSPDf92K4iJmFKxOtuWNzfUledgNg7CrmHR7MVUPqZi26ioh1KEf-bM5Pf4SAKalg0oYl1464kDoXoz_qNle/s1600-h/image320.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="964" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOdbhfe-bvliQQ8NazpXcaj1oJeOvT2lyTIpUK3B0Q1uTsHW58XB2ZNZ7dI9CH9o9W_NCYFsbQMNLAacTb_xpbBeK1sZ0V7F5jhbykzynbC82ZjmvXgAzSH-sQgMy_4yXxGEPtYeZjlLs/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="647" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Another view of the butler’s pantry.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KNaBlgQrF1Y/U13SwgQ74jI/AAAAAAACUyE/L_NiCeXjMmE/s1600-h/image322.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="632" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-hzjpU9GHbb4/U13SyAmi3hI/AAAAAAACUyM/5P9JdTzYKkw/image_thumb150.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Looking back towards the other direction – this leads off the dining room – which you can see right behind Thomas.  Above this portion of the house – on the second floor – is the master bathroom.  The master bedroom is right over the dining room.   And the library is above the living room.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Y_Kk2Bw2IYg/U13Sz9jxTuI/AAAAAAACUyU/_KWmMsKE5C0/s1600-h/image323.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="964" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-nfqM0y7UIfA/U13S1Ww5orI/AAAAAAACUyc/0x30m2bnQIE/image_thumb151.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="647" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Past the butler’s pantry - is a second set of stairs – more contemporary than the rest of the house.  The kitchen house is seen through the door.  These stairs led up to the master bathroom/bedroom.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3vpqnpcMAOdtLyarODGwBJiaWe1hSxPXwht8rM6iVPPWFsmGZfGvB2PQOR2m7iWhhj0f3HCyldkbObeJT9IjxzQ3kbtVe3KgcpsojS99BySrqYiQaFHXKUih-DgTdkXmsBio_uWGz2s/s1600-h/image500%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-radGf1BaySc/U13S4uME6LI/AAAAAAACUys/kIU-JH6UEME/image500_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Kathryn used these stairs quite a bit during the filming – as she was always getting dressed for their next adventure or party.</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-aKFnuQ1xIy8/U13S7Bpq5EI/AAAAAAACUy0/cycknnzmz9g/s1600-h/image85%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="964" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-uwvRFArH94o/U13S8_51W1I/AAAAAAACUy8/df7bV2NVRwA/image85_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="647" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"> The stairs look out over the courtyard.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-qaXN3XXD5TY/U13S-5TDeqI/AAAAAAACUzE/JDF-IL24LL4/s1600-h/image327.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRlxioI3D7PRJGLvJK02_6UH9mEITl1iHZ41akfGjn56IVY6BoZ9Rdhz-CfzDOWZArR8ggywj_TnMlAd8TZF_62HSxO-uo1uihk_vXRvoXuxflXprXv3fx2et5DrT5LjR3keVpQmiHWfzJ/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The kitchen house has the two original fireplaces.  At the back of the long room is the family room/breakfast area.  Not sure if this was taken recently or not because the furnishings are different than they were during filming. AND – the sofa seen in this picture is now at Thomas’ plantation house.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9d5hFVHlYv0/U13TC-6CslI/AAAAAAACUzU/vlSco_By1gA/s1600-h/image%25255B60%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="724" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-d8UfjjawXno/U13TE1BIVgI/AAAAAAACUzc/_fiheu3U2jQ/image_thumb%25255B29%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="964" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Looking towards the back of the kitchen house.   Notice the beamed ceiling, the brick wall, the tiled floor, and the three pendants over the island.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ctfULOer-KQ/U13TGxuMRqI/AAAAAAACUzk/0LNGyEb0H-8/s1600-h/image%25255B72%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="724" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-X7NLcdZ2L_0/U13TIoZ3fSI/AAAAAAACUzs/j0utBaKFxIg/image_thumb%25255B35%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="964" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Looking towards the other direction – which shows the butler’s pantry on the back left and the contemporary styled stairs on the right.  The table has six leather chairs surrounding it.    The antique French wing chair in cream linen also shows up at the plantation, as does this table and leather chairs.   Twin candelabras take the place of lamps.  Fabulous space!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVqQ-avvDjWFKGaOAl92CIC2d2J5R1yVUYiDiFOgxyR41lp8mb-ZHr-u0Lr6yuLLUJsq2w2bg7z4zq2EXHFNzQT3KVu8xwZIeLnjzTiUz0tarH4cMO0zhr6eASw0Ipbu1EPTjzhBJHtU/s1600-h/image334.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="647" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-LD4tnHtKKIw/U13TMkFRf3I/AAAAAAACUz8/IKSCNe3rQhY/image_thumb162.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="964" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The double range and the fireplace in the family room.   The painting over this fireplace changes during filming.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-WSpfHOGoJzU/U13TOYYMUjI/AAAAAAACU0E/yhzoIruZaW8/s1600-h/image%25255B100%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="627" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-2u4ZyOxLwlM/U13TQKDzjGI/AAAAAAACU0M/y0sm3WlTmO8/image_thumb%25255B49%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"> This painting over the fireplace shows up again at Thomas’ Plantation house – Brookland.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-XEUMQ_nTFgY/U13TR-3900I/AAAAAAACU0U/P728fLt7h34/s1600-h/image336.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="724" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qqArlJtxSm0/U13TT1GeiBI/AAAAAAACU0c/rFkygCJA9kg/image_thumb164.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="964" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The family room – as it looked during filming with two green velvet chairs and a leather sofa.  French doors lead to the courtyard and the fountain.  In the window sills – a collection of old pots stand.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-MjZMza8bPVM/U13TU5s1a0I/AAAAAAACU0k/CqXSOTox9v8/s1600-h/image337.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="374" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-XnKrNUSA3Hg/U13TVwQbFII/AAAAAAACU0s/ShehnJR9lyk/image_thumb165.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="475" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And there is this view – without the sofa.  The antique wing chair in cream linen is matched against the leather dining chairs.  To the left of the fireplace is a hidden flatscreen.   Perhaps this was taken after some of the furniture was moved to the plantation.  Hard to say.  I do love this configuration best – without all the sofas and chairs.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> Upstairs:</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nuSOlUsKIU0/U13TXz7Q-BI/AAAAAAACU00/5ouayvf11RE/s1600-h/image97%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="820" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-efw3Xl2aAbU/U13TaJKQbPI/AAAAAAACU08/G640J0qxqgo/image_thumb48.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Upstairs is the formal library.  This is so Amelia!   Love, love love.  She continues the butterscotch and persimmon shades – mixed in with sage greens.  In the middle of the room is a round hall table with two antique French arm chairs and sofa.  Notice the beautiful carved wood mantel.  Bookcases flank the fireplace.  Such a perfect rug.  Love the gilt touch of the painting’s frame.  Perfection!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-usTsALo8z2o/U13TcfvqpAI/AAAAAAACU1E/eW5EsedjhtE/s1600-h/image339.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="842" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OJmsE98BT9k/U13TeYnwX2I/AAAAAAACU1M/ocm2wG5F4TI/image_thumb167.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And across from the room is the partner’s desk with matching chairs.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5VPKHHemL0PyfGMbwgO6QFTHLrOJm_-hZanoslDjCG8wxF0r829pGnx0U5vSWfNoQFSUEWP9ii5SNdq-k68L4kNVOVHKUDj9Og3nBLjUkMZED2hGn6ZXZio7P-wR52InT_RnlRbIOz0U/s1600-h/image341.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-LXqwcc8Tbds/U13TiE5s3SI/AAAAAAACU1c/BVibVJ_fa3o/image_thumb169.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Against this wall is a beautiful antique screen.  But it looks like Thomas added a nude.  I KNOW Amelia did NOT place this!!!  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-HYEzyu6Kwe0/U13Tji_IQDI/AAAAAAACU1k/7QfHU4SlJyA/s1600-h/image346.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="647" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnTFjR5IbWvhV2zeNOdLuu8SJZ_q4zmHUDOmH2_GVOKYwUTpAwWoYqI4v9mZZaJLicHqQVzFuaq9q4nhgYBO5VZg46lrlM9KtBX-Oq8UnqMGXUZWEgj5rEWopgcILCf4brnou-hqgclNk/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="964" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Here is a real estate photograph – with an extra sofa.  Not sure if this is before or after the filming of the show?</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqu35ptNU4W6pY1-AyLHc7JJbWd-wmDr6t04fOz3gCA9tEnv78R7H58xUqNLbnva6uWNGpWkWP2kZKsgJVtzccKbqjpTcsG2WD6TG8M-hqhrw-pXw6FL2iijnQrInseI7Ty-WHMinHUJ9K/s1600-h/image351.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="647" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-RVKdzJXxMdc/U13To7hMNAI/AAAAAAACU18/W49MYeqbgMo/image_thumb173.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="964" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The painting over the fireplace is different here too.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-6-fiaRHksC8/U13Tq-GAXZI/AAAAAAACU2E/HXmPEi1PsDw/s1600-h/image353.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="879" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-OZZGcc5A-wQ/U13TtLTU3OI/AAAAAAACU2M/2tBIx2gNBWs/image_thumb175.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">During filming – showing the library which is across the stair landing from the master bedroom.  I love how books are used to keep the door open.  I can imagine how wonky the doors must be in a house this old.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-XgggqnA1su0/U13Tuls-5wI/AAAAAAACU2U/t4mYuFFam-I/s1600-h/image360.png"></a><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-XgggqnA1su0/U13Tuls-5wI/AAAAAAACU2c/BbRsCX_mak0/s1600-h/image357%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="576" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-7ieZT1Yyod0/U13TxGzT8BI/AAAAAAACU2k/Ug2hcn3RXvQ/image357_thumb%25255B7%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="951" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And, a different real estate photograph.  Remember – Thomas has sold this house twice now.  And he listed it a few more times, so there are lots of real estate photographs floating around the internet.  This view shows the antique leather wing chair.  There are a pair of these wonderful chairs.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-bj1LDV6GTl4/U13Ty20qfmI/AAAAAAACU2s/QzrFwa78d6I/s1600-h/image367.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="702" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-nZKkD83Qs3Q/U13T0wrxOgI/AAAAAAACU20/1BFr3K9pJZE/image_thumb183.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"> Thomas leaves the master bedroom and walks through the landing to the library.  Here’s another of the leather wing chairs.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-Gf2hGuFU08k/U13T23vQRuI/AAAAAAACU28/IJO24Q4n_nk/s1600-h/image148.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="820" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-YEvf-e_K0Ak/U13T5Umuf_I/AAAAAAACU3E/9PK62WSuwtQ/image_thumb73.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The master bedroom.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-IqqzvvFZJrc/U13T7NzN96I/AAAAAAACU3M/u3iTF749k8Y/s1600-h/image125.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="638" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-OKiMGF8dn1A/U13T86TSSnI/AAAAAAACU3U/_zUtIC-JaW0/image_thumb60.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="964" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">A larger real estate view shows the French blue walls and curtains along with the grisaille paintings that line one side of the room.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KTS8LuWrQfE/U13T-_r61FI/AAAAAAACU3c/8WpqBOzBIQs/s1600-h/image361.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="647" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-lW-BOMBljBQ/U13UAZv_7YI/AAAAAAACU3k/OnNPS8HW1kI/image_thumb179.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="964" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Another view of the antique rice bed, with the new feather mattress, as Thomas tells us.  The painting over the bed has been changed out from other photographs of the room.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-6KCbE67vKMg/U13UB_9B6II/AAAAAAACU3s/c0PxhtXRaRc/s1600-h/image362.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="647" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-WFqZLUcO_mw/U13UDnrRwuI/AAAAAAACU30/Oig1ofqeCBw/image_thumb180.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="964" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Looking at the fireplace across from the bed.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-breGegNUQCA/U13UFUJX_RI/AAAAAAACU38/VxUlEBQa0Ds/s1600-h/image487.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-osrqSBON998/U13UHP8mf5I/AAAAAAACU4E/nU6pq7v8Mfc/image_thumb234.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Thomas waits for Kathryn to get dressed.  Notice that mirror on the right.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-rcqoAauVmWQ/U13UJHi_BnI/AAAAAAACU4M/xxAYbAH22X4/s1600-h/image488%25255B2%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWbpw7q013aM-KfmYDqZi3W_qfU1al2EZFgJ6mkaDMY_xedm35AHq4JPHBb11ux1w6slGSsN5g2_JoGX8Fo_AC5yFKvMMljlysP9DcqW9diWBVvz5opaA5YAwze6a4MK4kcjIkILBNjQw/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"> The handsome couple admire each other before a party.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKjlwMPW7S_Y8keS02-gUHkrbj4Jmf94mrWsrJlFdckS2_dnA4F5FZ8biAnDrsCaxo2xgxHXuMfMxDCkj_UkcR8_MTK7ii21HMsJsFth-UEzYL3yuJEuyMLUcOCavxC4EtF5-uEYSA72C5/s1600-h/image389.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-7JX5WiYF_hk/U13UPOMEl0I/AAAAAAACU4k/Jry9fspO7fs/image_thumb193.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Kathryn, of good Huguenot stock, sleeps in late.  I really love the master bedroom with the French blue walls and curtains.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-aPVU3lEvlws/U13UQlHnVXI/AAAAAAACU4s/0hvCHUEYce8/s1600-h/image390.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="964" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-TpCw5SQYCEw/U13USGB4SAI/AAAAAAACU4w/Od513hQ6Ftw/image_thumb194.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="647" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The long master bathroom is above the butler’s pantry.  Over the tub is a set of framed prints.  A touch of Amelia’s, no doubt.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-_x71SDJSEP8/U13UTb4URpI/AAAAAAACU48/YHHb-hbGwKc/s1600-h/image400.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-POJYxRnc8z0/U13UU1nfu1I/AAAAAAACU5E/EeVSSdfsDwk/image_thumb198.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="644" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The tub lies between the two vanities.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-LDdnRrRYvas/U13UWaeKwUI/AAAAAAACU5M/_yRqtTTkfpQ/s1600-h/image401.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="724" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-vUAJe1jmbAY/U13UXxqZ6iI/AAAAAAACU5U/_P_GL0nbv-s/image_thumb199.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="964" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">A bank of wood closet doors is on the right.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-lEp00a50Hqo/U13UZ60caCI/AAAAAAACU5c/Q8c8ZAh4Y2E/s1600-h/image402.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="1004" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi70lM5Fi-gpZDhLKXUMm3HhilJJYvVsZGeZw33Nh9AYwv19zNy2jqRwzxWRmItByzfuYTry9W8LhRrTy0TzXBahLb-aSr29VUsh1_ESSM4Qfig8QOh8O4nxX0PHVJYJ5H9lpRpMtuwRc/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1085" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I love how Thomas gives a tour of his house for Bravo and walks right by the toilet with the seat up – which doesn’t even faze him,  nor does it occur to him to lower the lid for the millions of viewers.  What a man!  Notice his initials – TJJR.  I love two middle names.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHwuhu_jGEqmRAtMpWqyd4xmZ-a4cwaBHuXOpczsRBXXjQp-4n8ncZrJE4ErxcR5I_g_N9gbZw3uf16dNE_VApJTxWRYAuauo62NatdykxKo9L111KI6_sSOxgYA92of_x9zxHFJdjgog/s1600-h/image458%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivBfjk5NQqG2UutnKOMuFWX4SxCwM3L72mhYf6wajpl-WqPHf_baCjehK9OnqJ0gMxlQKcMGBXKRCkKZwcoGsAXDvnNCHJhj_0S1vjl2PkzvegSIUP9RmsfmRDhlCcYBCmRwioQG9VGBnc/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"> Here Thomas waits for Kathryn to finish taking her pregnancy test!!!   She wasn’t pregnant, by the way.  And thank God for that – since any one of three of the men on the show could have been the father.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The Basement:  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-hRPl9XK8e44/U13UhpEeIgI/AAAAAAACU58/YYn0L8WdF6w/s1600-h/image403.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="647" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-pWi1XVnB2Is/U13UjZbK9NI/AAAAAAACU6E/iOHzz39qVJw/image_thumb201.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="964" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The house has five bedrooms.  I suppose one might be in the basement and the other two are on the third floor.  Here, you can see two of those fabulous leather wing chairs – and Thomas moved the cream antique French wing chair down here from the kitchen.  Ring around the chairs….  What a great basement – those crumbling brick walls are real.  So many people try to faux this look.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn35fDxN2iPkOvp6wB5Zpp9a3f7nWi36SJOdO9qvNrdZU8yR8ooLrn6PrmB2esvfkW1jMyKO0tTAvmS75wsx0sSOFmYI6FQDrckeCLZ7wB_yptWwEi_qzKu7SYx1Qqikijq41QR5ihBwg/s1600-h/image%25255B308%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="964" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-yXK2ErLbn2Q/U13Umji520I/AAAAAAACU6U/YD2EbiyaOBE/image_thumb%25255B159%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="647" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"> And in this basement room, Thomas has turned it into a gym.   More wonderful old crumbing brick walls.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-ofO3V_clshE/U13UonNKDzI/AAAAAAACU6c/5DHUwSqwIdM/s1600-h/image419.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="819" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9h-v3ZNDKck/U13UrWdAhgI/AAAAAAACU6k/ZdN928xP_xc/image_thumb208.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; margin: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Watching this show, week after week, and feeling like I am spending time in this wonderful, original Federal house has been such a treat.   Although Amelia Handegan designs houses across the globe, she does live in Charleston and the majority of her work seems to be there.  I’m unaware of any house that Amelia has designed in Houston or even Texas – so this unexpected glimpse into her world has been such a bonus for me.  Like I said, I never expected to see a Handegan designed house on a Bravo reality show.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-IRFnwuUQ6sk/U13UtHUSJyI/AAAAAAACU6s/QbZTqQvQevY/s1600-h/image%25255B317%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="821" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-TH3vzWFKC1Y/U13UvqH7TLI/AAAAAAACU60/inss7sOm9Xc/image_thumb%25255B164%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">This 17th century Federal house that Thomas Ravenel lives in is not his only house – of course.  He also owns a plantation.  Now, I don’t know about you, but I thought plantations went out of style with buggy whips and hooped skirts and Scarlett O’Hara.  Judging by this show – where at least 3 members out of the cast of 7 live on plantations – it’s like there never was a Civil War, or the War Between The States – as they call it on Southern Charm. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Onrec8zS7Yo/U13UxXhnvzI/AAAAAAACU68/q4qR-dIseLE/s1600-h/image%25255B321%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="741" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-m-sN--FQWLI/U13Uzdxz2aI/AAAAAAACU7E/nt5fHX8LRh8/image_thumb%25255B166%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">On one episode, the cast went pig hunting on Shep Rose’s planation which has been in his family for generations – since even before the Civil War.  They had a BBQ on Shep’s plantation and the ranch hand that lives on the estate, grilled the food and cleaned up the mess.  He was African American and Ben and I had just looked at the each other with the strangest expression.   We felt that we were looking at a direct descendent of one of Shep’s family’s slaves.   It was the most disconcerting feeling and one that I have never felt before – but this is the deep south and this is a family plantation.   I wonder if anyone else felt uncomfortable watching this scene?</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Perhaps the word plantation  is “loaded” – and shouldn’t be used to describe vacation houses, regardless of their history.  If you google any of these plantations shown on this show – you will find lists of the names of the actual slaves who were owned by these families.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-ZNEO1HJh8Do/U13U16HWZeI/AAAAAAACU7M/CSjkw-wKzNw/s1600-h/image%25255B325%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-eJYpSLKUazQ/U13U38f1paI/AAAAAAACU7U/-dd4eDzJzRo/image_thumb%25255B168%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1028" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Brookland, Thomas Ravenel’s plantation, </span><span style="font-size: large;">located on 60 acres to the south of Charleston.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Spoiler:  On the last episode of Southern Charm, Thomas breaks up with the genteel bred red-haired Kathryn.  She had lied to him about bedding three men in three weeks and he just couldn’t forgive her.  The last scene of the show is Thomas sobbing by himself after Kathryn drives off again – for good, this time.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXGRBkEGt0HJ-S6fArgo-LwuIReujw_zggP9VQSiFUJ5CqAtcSMUQzf2gMX9pP6DFKjFCcviLp08QP6gDPcmPBXPdu6SBWAW6p9d9QUGx4E08F48i9_24KHRKQQ1TP6A2ALKb3DtdaMqE/s1600-h/image%25255B335%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIo0FZmkHOneK1sVt0AAXQQkOxjodds4gp_ev6HHDqMc32gaSq5ujojrHpbWFpuPfv9_k3DnVFAwOonUYyDiLPGZTW5Gz4iSCNDRwrb817CGEx5ZHzGNXARREX0Qo7NmmeEIQ3OSvClUqv/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="595" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The last scene of the show – Thomas and Kathryn break up for good.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-0YQ9ioAbH0U/U13U8s290bI/AAAAAAACU7s/nB9k1Hy44mI/s1600-h/image%25255B336%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-dBMwSGfayww/U13U-JX_veI/AAAAAAACU70/vy-fdMsZ6uc/image_thumb%25255B173%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="495" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Thomas cries – for real, or else he is quite an actor.  No, those tears were for real.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">EXCEPT – instead of ending the show right then, the camera cuts immediately to a most gorgeous baby girl.  It turns out that after the show ended filming last summer – Kathryn and Thomas reconciled and she became pregnant with a baby girl that was born just a few weeks ago:  Kensington Calhoun Ravenel.    </span></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"></span> <br /><blockquote><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fMYKplPFX80/U13U_Uc2a1I/AAAAAAACU78/DoCxa-sFcqg/s1600-h/image%25255B40%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="581" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-K2-LDENgOMM/U13VAediX4I/AAAAAAACU8E/arbzER9kOsc/image_thumb%25255B19%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="581" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">ok – is she not the most gorgeous little baby?</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">No,  Thomas and Kathryn are not quite married yet.   But, I’m sure they will be very soon.</span></div></blockquote><br /><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-uYsjVdSZ8V0/U13VCIA_UlI/AAAAAAACU8M/vfWnb0nLoq8/s1600-h/image%25255B340%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="829" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoZpJfBVJZ5Q4AAkWbklBuhToF6oEd-lO8gZB90R0o3bV1bfmf0r_GKgE7guDGIZw7AA7Wg0q-rtPH9P1GVauYZSk2qzna9Ir4CWSwPB2T7rjALNKrGEsP-LMTK2WEBKLCqfx2MS9De4s/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Brookland Plantation</span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">During the long wait for their baby to be born - which had to be hidden from public view because of the show – Kathryn and Thomas hid away at his plantation, Brookland, where they now live permanently since he has since sold his Charleston house. </span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Except, Thomas’ plantation is ALSO now for sale too.  I think he must like to buy and sell real estate.</span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">So – let’s visit Brookland Plantation, Thomas Ravel’s vacation house which doubles as his personal Polo Country Club.</span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">The plantation is located on Edisto Island and dates back to the 1700s.  The main house is not quite that old though, as it was built in 1800.  The house was made of black cypress and wings on each side were added later.  The many slave cabins were once located between the large oak trees – but they are now gone.  Most recently the estate served as an orphanage during the 60s. </span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">The landscape designer Robert Chestnut bought the house in the early 2000 and completely restored it.  </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/robertchesnutasla?fref=photo"><span style="font-size: large;">Robert Chestnut</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">? </span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-nQw_vLpq8uQ/U13VF4hQMaI/AAAAAAACU8c/_i-R0Mhy9xA/s1600-h/image%25255B47%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="454" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-mzyf4bojQ3Y/U13VG9ikd8I/AAAAAAACU8k/dBgnwrrOPig/image_thumb%25255B22%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="604" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Remember this lovely courtyard in Charleston – published in Southern Accents?</span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-881YXyh3G1E/U13VIHH8ExI/AAAAAAACU8s/5tmhg9Uf6qE/s1600-h/image%25255B53%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="454" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-VzgzDSzldss/U13VJG5mG0I/AAAAAAACU80/9vi4fNizGk4/image_thumb%25255B26%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="604" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Such pretty landscaping – and yes, this garden was designed by Robert Chestnut.</span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Robert Chestnut spent a few years completely restoring Brookland Plantation – inside and out.  A few years later, in 2006,  the estate was sold to Thomas Ravenel.  He bought the plantation because he heard rumors it was going to be subdivided and he wanted to keep the plantation intact.  An avid polo player, he erected a stable/barn for his horses and cleared a field for his polo playing buddies.  Parts of the Robert Redford movie “The Legend of Bagger Vance” was filmed at the plantation.   </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">To read a large newspaper account of the changes that Chestnut made to the property, go </span><a href="http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TppIAAAAIBAJ&sjid=TQoNAAAAIBAJ&pg=4927,2200140&dq=brookland+plantation&hl=en"><span style="font-size: large;">HERE</span></a><span style="font-size: large;">.</span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpGKFcrPyUEAQc4lo3G_qhj6FL2dspEdvSHz150n6ha9-knifUCZ-YRP8M7enGzvTR35-pjzpMYXrnQOzn0uivZR_MvRsYuOcPgTsXX1WZ77W2ZANWt1ub3vCe6QZvza1IPHJnwJgXerSv/s1600-h/image513%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="387" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-dZq3D_LSREU/U13VLRpSdgI/AAAAAAACU9A/fqBMn_0Xc2w/image513_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="504" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">A photograph of slaves toiling on the plantation.  Lists of the slaves owned by this plantation can be found on the internet.</span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">  </span><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-yS9O-OVCG_s/U13VNQz4CxI/AAAAAAACU9M/eGEERcqFCm4/s1600-h/image610%25255B4%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="738" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-OdVNcJ48iuI/U13VPlEWaeI/AAAAAAACU9U/IdUDvDWNd5Y/image610_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-yw0DM2gsIQE/U13VRr1q9aI/AAAAAAACU9c/a4wpYU5tCyE/s1600-h/image385.png"> </a><br /><div align="center"></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The long drive up to the main house.</span></div></blockquote><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-B3A6PjsRIcU/U13VTQcP5HI/AAAAAAACU9k/kOM7-83johk/s1600-h/image526%25255B2%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="687" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-2p5ho9yFX44/U13VVah8JTI/AAAAAAACU9s/FERnfL2Nxwg/image526_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1028" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The gates to the plantation.</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZ-_f5UHN2CHU1S0WznGexs_mgw8aPmHVrV0V1G6cwfKh_7wK3gkd19-h_E9BdEdnx6ZKR7H5Ho7RoLry94Ono_Cxljl7rd-M_xUTemBnKem7DEn0JcsrDZ0m4USnNZPFmo7VxK5YMbHY/s1600-h/image51.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcDSazzudvjjpcMMjY37YDqMv3Qufb-ozwnPW8Ghw7vpELdbw43uXwOEk69UtCWvAVqAaqAyMlynuIcHLEA4m5hLirBmHFm-9ZYdPAyzQ4lE5CN_1cjHfcgItY2IC3vDInTBDyUtqVeuDP/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1028" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Romantic moss clings to the old oak trees.</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HrRdOAoQ8Sw/U13VcVJSKhI/AAAAAAACU-E/aeMO2te35RE/s1600-h/image42%25255B3%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-1WqdqjpDrGc/U13VerBoIBI/AAAAAAACU-M/ExGykosk4X0/image42_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1028" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The slave cabins that were placed between the large oak trees, was probably for much needed shade.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-k6MocGULL-8/U13VfzaZc0I/AAAAAAACU-U/TyiNnEr1CtI/s1600-h/image519%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="383" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-HnuoTLldjeo/U13Vg_lI4RI/AAAAAAACU-c/WKe9AqUM7_Y/image519_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="580" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">An early photograph.  The wings were a later addition to the main house.</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-vr2hA_YNr98/U13ViSBt8OI/AAAAAAACU-k/SlgTpS7d4Lo/s1600-h/image45%25255B2%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-8azBXz3e6sA/U13VkY9DMJI/AAAAAAACU-s/hYTV703uiCU/image45_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1028" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">A boat dock.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-uKAyKD8WyJ4/U13VmUzkvPI/AAAAAAACU-0/iVM1vsUVvRE/s1600-h/image52%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Wvjw3IukeVY/U13Vn8n9XJI/AAAAAAACU-8/VVHNhcyOVvM/image52_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1028" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">You can boat from the house to the Atlantic ocean in a very short amount of time.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-Hl6pYqG0YVg/U13Vp2cmiuI/AAAAAAACU_E/gw-stDMoNmo/s1600-h/image58%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-nzueJLfIolI/U13Vrw7f4BI/AAAAAAACU_M/LsOEB2YNaes/image58_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1028" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The marsh circles around the house in a horseshoe shape.</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFaxtS6C2cqB1h2XnFZEYQzmb7FfWuTm1HgDbIV7n4a2FjsMHZLXwJkWXJ_26YqAlm0BRYVRgEWUrzPaSCJW1wPyvVtLY9y6AzUxXSCXK_Ry_88e6YKBlciAK_AjdVtAfdMamagDOpNex/s1600-h/image109%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="596" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-mnWtVX-uD9Y/U13VvLZ4jJI/AAAAAAACU_c/k9PkKq-ysiw/image109_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">After a polo match – the cast walks from the stables to the main house.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZwIQc6DKGNo/U13VxEnzLXI/AAAAAAACU_k/tr6f0ziy36Y/s1600-h/image61%25255B1%25255D%25255B2%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoJreiU-WUt7abf1aNMe5groLhVE2A_R3oZRANZF4vVTwjJvU2QtYZXFQe_NKvZ3GdD_NLk5cpa-TuxUx8tfrIC32A565SnYCEtuhM-ja9ulh3jS3OhmM_RZ3XlhY4e-E5l5vGroahWw4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1028" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Chestnut designed a garden outside the house.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-qwY1BR14cfo/U13V1bSgK9I/AAAAAAACU_0/eMC0IFtsNiI/s1600-h/image532%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="601" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-sf4ju8eBMfY/U13V24i_XJI/AAAAAAACU_8/Ah9IDjt6S_U/image532_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="996" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">A view of the house with the Chestnut designed garden.  Notice how beautiful the four chimneys are – especially the tops of the ones on the main house.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9Z464u19H4Cs2Du4hboloBLoq-Fr8CD8IUBOrcAWbV2gwduTj4KKyFvJmYVpdRr2FxEpBeZZbXZqL-13gQNLmnpJITW1busp485MYhtECOzI4MB_5VZmxD7Vmh6-3Wp20j7m6x3m5am8/s1600-h/image535%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="687" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-j4uiAzI8QGw/U13V62j6v9I/AAAAAAACVAM/4WqJ7Iw_lfs/image535_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1028" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Such pretty grounds.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-TcRWTGjNVM0/U13V82HzqUI/AAAAAAACVAU/ebX4FRxC0wc/s1600-h/image73%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-lnPYRsZYYnc/U13V-0lrdeI/AAAAAAACVAc/85UsOPXfI4c/image73_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1028" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The front porch.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-kRMAhrDEgmA/U13WBEmKB4I/AAAAAAACVAk/NHiwdurqVZ4/s1600-h/image79%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-cZgwYpLC3F8/U13WDS-4doI/AAAAAAACVAs/yNnRuYPQXzM/image79_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1028" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Aquamarine shutters.  The siding was painted the color of the earth – matched by Chestnut – so it wouldn’t easily show dirt.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-tFzXrFUg2KQ/U13WEw-9F6I/AAAAAAACVA0/a4QatZ6ej4o/s1600-h/image685%25255B2%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="505" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fpjhswwJtS4/U13WGRuObLI/AAAAAAACVA8/6Q7BKgs50MU/image685_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The back view.   Notice the barn/stables in the distance at the far right.  Thomas recently announced that he and Kathryn are actual living in the rooms above the stables!!!  Why?????  I’m clueless.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-hDq-YFZYgiTHqvivaoNBKGQfR9wSOAYzXHLHR5h5knZqgZBN5el5s76x0oUOhf2CaDAr_cce4waiXzMHfP5Sijck0Z6ZadK_rD9BSJJT5Om9ZJj2ov4vU83moJiiqcEwbnTpzZ_kB9nW/s1600-h/image550%25255B4%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="738" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-eD8FVJ00Kkc/U13WK8vQB0I/AAAAAAACVBM/67xAWmrYP18/image550_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The back porch.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-huElaDBVqfg/U13WOWL4ZOI/AAAAAAACVBU/sAdOzJkpzb4/s1600-h/image577%25255B2%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="738" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-iW-Fb3b-Zyo/U13WQhMfGQI/AAAAAAACVBc/sFDQUPPTLNY/image577_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">There are several different versions of the décor.  Here, I think is how Ravenel originally decorated the foyer – with sage green walls and an antique English console.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-jgOcWHc7Aa8/U13WS6c1l0I/AAAAAAACVBk/kBsTbcbybdE/s1600-h/image553%25255B2%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBw0hsZGVQjfwhWGJ6Mzb2_NASmR3yxYgoZ5TUiZ9YzaAa-2_1t887NfGD8490zcP0ZDKfnyuPx4EnlbPc4hXeHFh676M_cJE2dPS5FmvKmSUlk7kxBQSn9fW263Vm-P4rYQ066XEvfQ/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And another view.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-sQiJp19O3o0/U13WWyW7IXI/AAAAAAACVB0/kyLKhTAKdGg/s1600-h/image67%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidhCIg-ceiPT3P_e16mr32GRiG2TQr40hfZh9qQautnfA90K5YgUW8S2jGGc9yhNXeM9v1ZVQNZPzOLgCLww5kxyIMS7b5kAT5FtU5KnxbjAwskBB8oCVomlCjKi_ZEekWB_ikJ5HOSYW1/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1028" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And, this is how it looked when Ravenel first bought the house – as decorated by Robert Chestnut.  Some of the furniture remains today – such as the bench.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-cAjIeL7IXcM/U13WdMbKUOI/AAAAAAACVCE/vEtIdJdxs5w/s1600-h/image628%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="687" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-IxA9aNbhE9Q/U13WfHUdFAI/AAAAAAACVCM/YrcUlBZgnb8/image628_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1028" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And a wider shot of Chestnut’s décor with suzani pillows.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjslf0IJxL8OM5TRDZB7ysPb8icUalmREisp87x2DqLrQM4BsRqsyWr2B83uv36gCpj_3yhsG_ImewFBqSlQ_3vP4iwfxb5BaOCtMeJ2E9Hk24puVmqyoNHqFb6uH7U-kzGY8nbSTUEpsS1/s1600-h/image613%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="687" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-yHHUHydigPc/U13WjTfbFOI/AAAAAAACVCc/O7Ebuh9dj74/image613_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1028" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And looking down at Chestnut’s foyer. You can get a glimpse into the kitchen here – as Chestnut decorated it with sage painted cabinetry and mini print wallpaper.  Today – the kitchen is all white and gray.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnpmIxef92onKnYdBECp0VWbecluO5gO59cSHgg9xQE-WzB116ox4LSvOfru5AQdvUMZ3VS4ECj9lc5TiKWiY9swpht0N56Akdp9UWBCcdJ9ovI-P1lGEZizHOIukouANiE5SCic5P6j8h/s1600-h/image%25255B134%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="430" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-GcF7951AuY8/U13Wl2XpJ6I/AAAAAAACVCs/-fj8gH4_F7E/image_thumb%25255B63%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="644" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The front hall today.  Not sure what toile paper that is to the left, but past that, is the master bedroom. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"> Notice the foyer is now a dark brown, while the other rooms were painted light gray.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-9Z9yDlazKXI/U13WnPnMyEI/AAAAAAACVC0/IQAa2Jvizdo/s1600-h/image%25255B218%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="425" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-iTEzlZUcssY/U13WoXGorMI/AAAAAAACVC8/mpuIRVhDz4c/image_thumb%25255B107%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="474" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And Kathryn Instragrammed this picture of her before the fire in the living room – you can see the foyer with the dark brown walls through the door.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">  </span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-S-TC3piQwRI/U13Wp43Q9yI/AAAAAAACVDE/49NMifU2kk8/s1600-h/image64%25255B2%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-JSI8VIZ7E_E/U13WrjWdWQI/AAAAAAACVDM/JO5ONP1S6WY/image64_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1028" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Here is how the house looked when Robert Chestnut lived here and decorated it.  Very English proper with chintz fabrics and butterscotch colored walls.  The living room and dining room have matching iron chandeliers which remain today.  The two rooms are identical sizes with matching windows and fireplaces.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-jOayQkIF00Y/U13WthUbRfI/AAAAAAACVDU/rxPhvcH8k9I/s1600-h/image%25255B240%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="736" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiJWdYg3SuzvR5o01pbq1Ud4QcAMjIF5HbD4JWxGhOiECrud7rml__81w83E_3zktzH-kBLyQbznnKpW0h_m_-w3bw8W0e8qjTk2u0ZwdeukxV-g53STK70s2NTEgOXM4FAznl70zi9ors/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And Robert Chestnut’s dining room.  Through the door is the kitchen – at that time it had a small patterned wallpaper on the walls.  Note the crown molding and the molding around the doorways which is so beautiful.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-OXgtysryTR0/U13WxxZxjsI/AAAAAAACVDk/QABnOfgiw3k/s1600-h/image%25255B245%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="738" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-d8olTFxxnCY/U13Wz6JelDI/AAAAAAACVDs/EoCoPiUpiFo/image_thumb%25255B126%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And here is a view of the two rooms – after Thomas took over the plantation.  The dark moss green walls look very Amelia Handegan to me and I wonder if she helped him with the décor?   It certainly has her touch.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpyvgcW8deXfBgpsgR1G1kH-r9qRMSY4K-1bZ8rVpl3YGRkSnqnA-5gQYOh81tdcNvp451tOUGKqCAwzGPVZacvHteNqfY7BlXGMZBWL65T8s_liTS1ftN1bOXXH_hwP2i-iOgBsHzW9k/s1600-h/image%25255B250%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="738" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jVfKIf4GmP0/U13W8LuGXFI/AAAAAAACVD8/q5YXPKLpymw/image_thumb%25255B129%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And the dining room – after Ravenel moved in.  Notice the painting over the buffet on the back wall – that was seen in the kitchen in the Charleston house during filming.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"></span><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gqrt3py9vIY/U13W-l3VXiI/AAAAAAACVEE/NBTiGPSPrX4/s1600-h/image%25255B256%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="779" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-o13uQtJE8dI/U13XBZLqfFI/AAAAAAACVEM/rdCd1TacPZM/image_thumb%25255B133%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">A look towards the other direction.  At the end of the living room is the master bedroom, which you can see through the open door.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-PXem-x3pt8Q/U13XCubrHBI/AAAAAAACVEU/xht6PhPUI-A/s1600-h/image%25255B263%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="417" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyEbmyNMS0TihP8pvzYoXJ86emqrS8mWHGzd6A19iOKbiQYo4W7AHGuljnn-7cXhMxeObVpSWDbrBsKCkLg45-D6acX7YQIrTYpH_WhBcAfeuuUTPGtWaQVUoUjn4JFYsa0o9_VhaBkw4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="624" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">But – during filming, the two main rooms were painted a trendy light gray.  Also, furniture started moving around.  They added a gold mirror over the demilune and moved the French buffet out.  Notice the bird sculpture that came from the Charleston dining room.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj707HwvNdtYwgdnfUjBVSj1R9Nsj7_wg2Khaz-VJgZLncZOJgZF8rBxrnSRr_PfonOK0e-JIJnB22p2TGmY0O3ts5sxpboPlG8LzxbZWCN5aqGzRcyud_LKQNdPTio5gYPmfFji_mY7Fga/s1600-h/image%25255B267%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTxOK83W_l6Ox5wCMCsCboZbRKHay2IjnJ7NCQsqRG0OOKVeAKG09IwPIqV1oQ6YHGIgzxUpVbwQH_Jb6rfN74OP7A5ZD5xPkSz7Xgs9WTgFTuexfa2-sfjMZfhIdVC7c30J4Ki87O05E/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="424" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And here is a view of the lighter painted living room, now with new furniture and a zebra rug.  This furniture arrangement was changed yet again during filming. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_k6UIlGHup4/U13XIUfaefI/AAAAAAACVE0/Ctm5ymOdpmg/s1600-h/image%25255B272%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pz6PeMumZz0/U13XKZDMlJI/AAAAAAACVE8/TOtPhGuFH50/image_thumb%25255B141%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And here during filming with the addition of two leather French antique chairs.  These chairs show up later in the basement family room.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"></span><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-FIagjGWAB5w/U13XMsUHBXI/AAAAAAACVFE/ud5Wt07EFC8/s1600-h/image%25255B276%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-JQ__X7eoxu4/U13XO4k5PqI/AAAAAAACVFM/ztcz96-c6GQ/image_thumb%25255B143%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">A view of the dining room looking towards the living room with the new lighter gray walls.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-C0-a6bLIAO0/U13XQtC5VeI/AAAAAAACVFU/xONh6F9O_pc/s1600-h/image%25255B344%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="484" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-pNuYv3_oi4M/U13XSJbRN5I/AAAAAAACVFc/lm3d8RqMHZs/image_thumb%25255B177%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="638" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">At one point on the show, Thomas talks about the décor of the plantation.  He mentions his designer made him buy the lilac throw for the sofa and she also had him buy the zebra rug.  Amelia?  He doesn’t say!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-9oiO-HCWGl8/U13XTs3KUFI/AAAAAAACVFk/DxdvgKf5OAI/s1600-h/image%25255B292%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-rjfr2yuSzXw/U13XVpGfp2I/AAAAAAACVFs/BfnwxRyuxC8/image_thumb%25255B151%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Whitney and Thomas discussing Kathryn, of course.  In this view you can see into the master bedroom which is right off the living room.  I really like the new color of these public rooms – only the foyer remained a dark brown.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-errw2SiTEe8/U13XXnBBRvI/AAAAAAACVF0/iB9s8yFJcp4/s1600-h/image%25255B296%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="610" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuFaR2EU9guA0HgeskFFc1qtLvY8p-qkT8J19iHDVolUePkB3pgzAnoj9yaRjE8b0p13wF9-ea-SN-PxeFAakydXAijB8g5BJvBjRLfTancXUJKe5Jd8TenX4wTeUi_I_QjhPGiDMYbnoH/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">For filming – sheers were hung in the windows.  Probably to hide the crew outside?</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4RuvakbV_ciDWIjmTtmR8x7K-WRntN1j6TeMZ2JwqWoR7tcZa9eeC9a1WDzA9ZgZxac3NSTnWrC5PJRkQZHYcQhhw1GsnMf38nvq9CdlLG5bpdjQ_E9FHIvKuz3xRbrdzIMXa4FIA3wmy/s1600-h/image586%25255B3%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="738" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-WfV1iIvmjBc/U13XeIKycUI/AAAAAAACVGM/7tdQApi4cCY/image586_thumb%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The kitchen – I love.  A combination of beadboard and glass cabinets. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCXE4MU62p03t_ipw8LsMG9Z-oquTrYyadpIjpVr0dFALImd-UoluLePGkxAgUlQewCWHcls3sSqjWFMbRZgSssi1wMySoOaMVr116yikkvx_CGyguSyxLxDeZoydQ28mY5l578AltF-BF/s1600-h/image589%25255B4%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="738" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-pMHELxvEvso/U13XiiNl2KI/AAAAAAACVGc/qtgJNBcQb4U/image589_thumb%25255B3%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Love!  Love the gray painted cabinet and the framed birds.  Notice the fireplace and the counter – it looks like limestone here. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-xpwpArRCq-s/U13XkfUawfI/AAAAAAACVGk/Igkcq-mrGoY/s1600-h/image449%25255B2%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-RkcH8Merr-Y/U13Xmr-afpI/AAAAAAACVGs/iZG_3etcmjE/image449_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">During filming – the countertop looks like granite.  Not as good looking. as the limestone – I wonder why it was changed?    Love the screened cabinets next to the window.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-VKNForny-UU/U13XpJXk4zI/AAAAAAACVG0/-TReuLbt1uo/s1600-h/image%25255B220%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="740" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-OtN3nWLcuJ0/U13Xri_Y-fI/AAAAAAACVG8/jDnzKt_gw4Y/image_thumb%25255B109%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Bells hang from the back door.   I love the hanging garlic, but the hanging cotton?  I can do without that symbol. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-L4tsBvhisGw/U13XtRX9ubI/AAAAAAACVHE/G0_k0EHd7jQ/s1600-h/image697%25255B3%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-UlSy8EA7E4M/U13XvZrlRyI/AAAAAAACVHM/eEFV67NtaB0/image697_thumb%25255B2%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The foyer with the grand staircase is seen to the right.   </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-uHV9qda-Mc8/U13Xw0KirLI/AAAAAAACVHU/ctjA8jgDIqY/s1600-h/image679%25255B2%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="517" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--Nhu6lRGRqc/U13XyqL1i1I/AAAAAAACVHc/S0SsZAmQlok/image679_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">In the basement – I suppose that might be an original sign?  Or a copy?</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-IdbIsjLlD1U/U13Xz3n_74I/AAAAAAACVHk/Pcx48T_lbmw/s1600-h/image646%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="417" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-yED75JiWy84/U13X1LjdaeI/AAAAAAACVHs/orW1CWmmkCc/image646_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="624" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Over the fireplace, a collection of vintage photographs of Brookland hang.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-99wj86gdzXg/U13X3HBic0I/AAAAAAACVH0/pAywu7EDCyE/s1600-h/image%25255B222%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="685" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-KWG__E8Ukoc/U13X5AixcxI/AAAAAAACVH8/A5tMxgf1UF4/image_thumb%25255B111%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Most of this furniture came from the Charleston townhouse – the leather sofa, the two linen chairs.  Other furniture was seen upstairs – the sofa, the coffee table and the leather chairs.  The basement kitchen is at the far end of the room where the barstools are. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-SLiV-iNt0kg/U13X7CI7CAI/AAAAAAACVIE/vHS7TmePl6E/s1600-h/image625%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="687" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-DVby2Z7wDTM/U13X9LQvvZI/AAAAAAACVIM/-dgqj5OsTR0/image625_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1028" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The basement kitchen, which overlooks the sitting room.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-U-tD23Kdxj0/U13X_GcKEBI/AAAAAAACVIU/RZrmBrOYenI/s1600-h/image%25255B224%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="702" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-G61Jv5lTrVc/U13YBicib6I/AAAAAAACVIc/LTUmxV4ZhwM/image_thumb%25255B113%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">A picture of the basement kitchen shows the dining room table and leather chairs that were at the Charleston townhouse during filming.  Look at the old stove and fireplace.  The large sink is just barely seen at the very left.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaasc-GVojRJ4BMyluMXdUkQUy5ATQL-_Br8__oIopkOdV3fuA_GOIf9pSpiSO6cy0mDKJr6u14CFUg749JlCf2dfSzXeVADAjCfM02WsPdPkKGoS3S5esnsBXFa9Wh1_cr1DU5kZwOQE/s1600-h/image652%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="414" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh3BCjJ1BHgEx_a-Mf-uoXV_K_sPTgwxotbMZ3ZmPvsjMJtfHl2OsRCPozEka4SdMqhXZS-ltC02KkGv_RMck9XUYNjV9GTm7Ukuv_gRQC-f9gT098PQt9iid6KhNVsHzI_-KlUSVAKjhyphenhyphen/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="624" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">A different picture of the basement kitchen showing the old sink.  OK – this picture showing the old table must be new because it was taken at the interview after the baby was born.  I literally can’t figure out why the Charleston house table was here and then moved.  Maybe he moved it to the barn?  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Dumbfounded!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">                                                         </span></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvPuxws3xK40VQ_MMQKLYRN_ee9Fz8cEphHcz1drDAVhfhPeWOyMln0CEcd3_TF9vDQ0GD24EYO9VbkHPpdS8aKXoNP5syxMYW1LocazVOmKYbd17JUafflmwzyxqhB5OB9a3Ql1dmfkU/s1600-h/image598%25255B2%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="738" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiH8Jo8iG4JZSDJL-0sXZBc8UgCbhavRERy0v2aUVWJPcZkbru2ACySaVViHCbFrJzzp-nhhrDar3JbqceL9PldgYcau6gIWMRrtBLSvkndeRheBSJvJ9tu9qlCf_9Yss_UoMduPUNkUc8/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; 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border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="644" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Getting ready for a polo match.  What I don’t understand is if Ravenel plays for the Brookwood Plantation Polo Club – but he then sells the plantation – does he still play for the plantation or does the club become disbanded?  Not sure about polo club rules.   </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-Z-dOg6n7VvM/U13YOfsFbgI/AAAAAAACVJc/MWlX_qHT8N8/s1600-h/image70%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="772" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-fiYZdcuhgug/U13YP4eEcEI/AAAAAAACVJk/PqIPYEkdeXk/image70_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="801" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The view from the upstairs landing.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9DbEXlFHqsg/U13YR0lMK_I/AAAAAAACVJs/Aq9EfjNu_mw/s1600-h/image559%25255B2%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="738" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-QuCGseMVmq4/U13YUDt2edI/AAAAAAACVJ0/fE6kJ_o6IEQ/image559_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The upstairs guest room with an antique wire crib in front of it.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-U0_v3jJPWgU/U13YWMN0FmI/AAAAAAACVJ8/N6PNU0W5dIc/s1600-h/image%25255B235%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="738" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-ZQGyKszf4hw/U13YX5RQ3dI/AAAAAAACVKE/N6FABUT-uVo/image_thumb%25255B120%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The wall colors look very Amelia-ish.  It’s possible she is the designer who helped him out on this house, but there is no way to know.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-xIAJp9MoKgc/U13YcEPBxGI/AAAAAAACVKU/GPjJMK6gzeA/s1600-h/image565%25255B2%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="687" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-4-AGkpHr9vI/U13YehTa89I/AAAAAAACVKc/-GhbmqC7uJA/image565_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And the third bedroom.  Very English with rugs layered over seagrass and linen curtains.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-PNjr5uR3wI0/U13YhHvm8-I/AAAAAAACVKk/8PF2w7cKSQY/s1600-h/image604%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="738" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-PP-4kT85iyg/U13YjF0Ye5I/AAAAAAACVKs/qAQiF5PMQnE/image604_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The boat dock at Brookland Plantation.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-XS_Y6g2ik2E/U13Yk7f1yUI/AAAAAAACVK0/lM278ZoLdb8/s1600-h/image700%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpevN3qbCGpKR9wmEpQ7HTgthGuftfqvkyGfyv2Y1HOqQrRFkrV1rO76wxXI3pnRQTykOPtpVfxPqiL6HoGq0nS4kTyl517NPcBx-IvfVPNEMpQyEeCr4jKBHFWxZ-B15ZRg6yMn00bpA/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The boys of Southern Charm leaving the marsh for the ocean.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Fe-atuuBzFU/U13YoorCeUI/AAAAAAACVLE/G-Qe2KFC2UI/s1600-h/image%25255B86%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="588" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-yKVuZg21HbA/U13YqURvWmI/AAAAAAACVLM/gsFyM7bDdh8/image_thumb%25255B43%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">After a polo match, the cast of Southern Charm heads to the main house.  Behind them here is the stables/barn.  Above the stables is living accommodations.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--0U9FJm-xB8/U13YrzL8crI/AAAAAAACVLU/8RDiYUBtNdI/s1600-h/image664%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="374" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/--UOyrxmt4jU/U13YtOIzTAI/AAAAAAACVLc/M57vGW4uixU/image664_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="624" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Thomas shows off his stables.  Apparently he plays a lot polo in South Carolina, the Hamptons and Florida.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-KS_8zefh1wQ/U13Yuo8gClI/AAAAAAACVLk/UBrpIqicbCI/s1600-h/image667%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-iwrKhm0iDsI/U13YwXnNoJI/AAAAAAACVLs/K4ZEPYSI_0Q/image667_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">It’s not clear if the barn was there and Thomas renovated or if he built the entire thing.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-NTQZzDpdjLw/U13YzTJ88LI/AAAAAAACVL0/6UoA3yRU4Xk/s1600-h/image%25255B118%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="614" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-XaBZCrLEBFE/U13Y28m2IjI/AAAAAAACVL8/BNlaCNdOPAM/image_thumb%25255B57%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The grounds change into a polo field with inflatable goals which are inserted into the grass.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-pIDqdHMJ3KI/U13Y5uwAjhI/AAAAAAACVME/oF-PztbAAyw/s1600-h/image%25255B157%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="446" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-4OiwwhJSezQ/U13Y6_QyzFI/AAAAAAACVMM/ImBQDJa_JY8/image_thumb%25255B74%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="644" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">After the last episode of Southern Charm aired and the baby was born, Thomas gave several interviews at Brookland where the three of them now live - I suppose until it is sold.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The new baby was the best kept secret on Bravo TV.  It is hard to believe that no one from Charleston said anything about a pregnant Kathryn walking around town the past nine months.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Once, someone asked Thomas in an interview if Kathryn was indeed pregnant – and he cunningly answered “there is no baby.” – Of course at that moment, there wasn’t.  She was still pregnant.  Thomas cheekily defended his white lie and said – “you have to ask the right questions.”  What a politician at heart!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYgpeNzsOp_0O7cHn0fB6WExIeZEH4QqbgYSwwC9I-VXIk_vwPL30ZZVB_3QHfdNu9zqKZ6l7aS_i2dijx2PuQrXlnzbjPtofIvISB0X2itySM0_TAI4OJCCtcaFjqEYiTXRzroF15JI/s1600-h/image%25255B158%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="356" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-g9xdAqyKY7o/U13Y-BXWcpI/AAAAAAACVMc/CulEGy35LDo/image_thumb%25255B75%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="644" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The balcony on the barn overlooks the polo field (seen here) and is the best place to watch the matches.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gsWFYqwmpho/U13Y_LdzzvI/AAAAAAACVMk/u5Fn-9pHTPg/s1600-h/image661%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="356" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-w2LvH1vYIn0/U13ZAICnxVI/AAAAAAACVMs/u0_0E44MECw/image661_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="624" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">After the first season of Southern Charm was over last week, Thomas and Kathryn gave interviews to introduce Kensington Calhoun Ravenel to the world. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">They said they were now living at Brookland – but above the stables, not in the main house.   Here,  in those living quarters – the green leather sofa pops up again – it was last seen in the kitchen house at Charleston in some of the old real estate photos. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"></span> <br /><blockquote><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhWFQ73IHYjT3KYl13od13bja-45lX_oJeWQKTASO0rGr-wBuANY9CAlt92N5f68IIZFcF98jvSy5HLXPsOC0STPu7QVOi5jW1LhEb_7EcWRVw34IWjDu5D0wnoxCeP9Q8HMkUsblux18/s1600-h/image%25255B156%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="724" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-uLaesBjU8zk/U13ZDqE2mKI/AAAAAAACVM8/pepsuKRAxiQ/image_thumb%25255B73%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="964" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">The barn’s living quarters have shiplap paneling in white.  Furniture from the Charleston house shows up here – but the two horse lamps are new – and are good looking.</span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-qDtuBzkl1Tk/U13ZE7nYIMI/AAAAAAACVNE/sga6xTAXHsg/s1600-h/image%25255B90%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="443" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-8wxYgHwChnE/U13ZFwBSM4I/AAAAAAACVNM/tfAFOx2OSsw/image_thumb%25255B45%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="644" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Kathryn’s appearance after the show ended was another surprise.  She quit dying her hair bright red and let its natural auburn color show, which is must prettier and softer looking.  </span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">She seems to have a funny, very cute personality that doesn’t come through on the show.  On twitter – after one episode, she laughed about the way her false eyelashes looked and said “lesson learned.”   Another timed she teased that no one had told her how wrong her pink blush was. </span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-JaVFegP1DiQ/U13ZHvw7GhI/AAAAAAACVNU/Jx-lLo4l-88/s1600-h/image%25255B192%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="1004" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-aAoyYStCqhA/U13ZJvkcGVI/AAAAAAACVNc/_MtFwsaI-oU/image_thumb%25255B89%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="968" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is Kathryn with her hair dyed a deep red – and she is wearing the “Bravo TV” fake eyelashes.  I don’t think there is one woman in any of the Bravo reality shows who doesn’t wear these horrendous lashes. </span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-6Y0mRtKMHMU/U13ZK30MqWI/AAAAAAACVNg/W4ZildfHDKI/s1600-h/image%25255B193%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="508" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-IZxMDdVAv20/U13ZL8GV-nI/AAAAAAACVNs/LQwrAo3HNBo/image_thumb%25255B90%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="328" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Here is how Kathryn looked last night – when she posted this picture on her Instagram.  Amazingly beautiful with soft auburn hair and blonde highlights.  Her lashes and blush look natural.   She looks so soft and young – perhaps it’s the hormones of being of a new mother.  But at 6’ tall – she certainly could have a career as a model.  </span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-k6GQqnzo2eE/U13ZNct3oqI/AAAAAAACVN0/Sx79K2hxoPg/s1600-h/image1%25255B2%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="964" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKviXqr9y4SxzYl8F5rSk9jcXG8RKl4KdLQYzcqIQ58yzkeOdz0LXRkzXcW7lrEBehiJT1MuzQDkn4hoY7j-XcOqXf1mCvSq_dOLFBxkex5omYsiZgZoJk0XbK3ktrGb_EkEEc4Cobwm7I/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1149" /></span></a><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Kathryn Calhoun Dennis does indeed come from good stock, as Thomas said.   She is named after her ancestor, the 7th Vice President John C. Calhoun, also of South Carolina.  She is his direct descendant – of which she is quite proud since she named her baby Kensington Calhoun Ravenel.  Unfortunately though Calhoun has the reputation of being very pro-slavery.</span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9El7WHaeyZ0/U13ZR9KCWzI/AAAAAAACVOE/_x3xEii43H0/s1600-h/image115%25255B2%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="619" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-NCsZX-rYZF0/U13ZTqBK4mI/AAAAAAACVOM/fQwzi6GLL98/image115_thumb%25255B1%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Kathryn’s grandfather was also in politics and was in the state legislature for over 50 years.   He is highly respected in the state.   He and her great grandfather and great-great grandfather – all shared the same seat in Congress. </span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-9-V56NzcXeY/U13ZVp_5MEI/AAAAAAACVOU/xnV6r5YHrOY/s1600-h/image5.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-gA1Jm67snL0/U13ZX6nKq8I/AAAAAAACVOc/B4jgweijHTc/image_thumb2.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">Kathryn grew up on Lewisfield Plantation in Moncks Corner, South Carolina.  </span><span style="font-size: large;">It was built about 1774.  It appears that her grandfather bought the plantation and his children built houses on the estate.</span></div></blockquote><br /><blockquote><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-opD-J1aHCYA/U13ZZi73FqI/AAAAAAACVOk/1MsApNtmJ_Q/s1600-h/image8.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-cs4jPGgVw1w/U13ZbarMxHI/AAAAAAACVOs/vKf9ts3JX14/image_thumb5.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div></blockquote><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Thomas and Kathryn go to meet her parents – in Moncks Corner.   Their driveway is two miles long.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Nzk5HDt1_m4/U13ZdYKrhFI/AAAAAAACVO0/4Mjy40Xsm5g/s1600-h/image%25255B195%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="734" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-WPLh6PN4ixU/U13ZfQ-_vLI/AAAAAAACVO8/kNDDGkKpjUw/image_thumb%25255B92%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The house overlooks Cooper River.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyFGgFfF4KbfRzQPwHneIplL2PCiDeYNoBTXex5RHeA2yOsUe99dmWat22vuepghW6xcgBW83J2tzVYT_QSi0pFy0BuZZmgnRIkd3IzdVzRERl3gCXGNWY9l3_9YkBjTOSolQ_7MU8wzzJ/s1600-h/image7.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-0Xtb5fbqDp0/U13ZjY6uHhI/AAAAAAACVPM/SJ-kttWPEJo/image_thumb4.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Now, if you were being filmed for national TV, wouldn’t you cut the grass at least?  The front of the house faces the river, but the front door probably really never used.   The driveway pulls up to the back façade where everyone enters. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-xwS4vnm2HGI/U13Zkf0EVBI/AAAAAAACVPU/29nEdoMOBhA/s1600-h/image91%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="405" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-H72UIf9ykQs/U13ZlVSRxAI/AAAAAAACVPc/rkA8-xwu360/image91_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="504" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">A much older view of the house when there was less vegetation around it.  You can really see the large basement in this view.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-d8LLMUjxa0o/U13ZmE4qEuI/AAAAAAACVPk/ClaLLYXN9T0/s1600-h/image94%25255B1%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="403" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-_2O2BLlluUk/U13Znacd_lI/AAAAAAACVPs/9q-f66Ph3TI/image94_thumb.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="504" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The back façade where the driveway leads to.  This is the entrance used instead of walking all the way around the house to the riverside.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-6GtnrK5sS1k/U13ZpC2eAFI/AAAAAAACVP0/AfvFdeFe9Pk/s1600-h/image%25255B205%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-37M_NEI3iNo/U13ZqyCX8TI/AAAAAAACVP8/JcQOTQPT_Ok/image_thumb%25255B100%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The view from the front porch overlooking the Cooper River</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-q7a5Wz4nHFo/U13Zsl2tbqI/AAAAAAACVQE/CLfgBBr9_S0/s1600-h/image9.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-NT7MXdbgBg0/U13ZubqW4bI/AAAAAAACVQM/HAeyn7Jv8ts/image_thumb6.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></a></span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"> Inside, the house is really beautiful.  Notice the hinges and braces on the front door.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-YC-5FeTfpBo/U13ZwtL5aKI/AAAAAAACVQU/aKAmf5f5CV0/s1600-h/image%25255B197%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="811" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-MK0sczhzB8E/U13ZyrmiH_I/AAAAAAACVQc/wTFN91P6Ro4/image_thumb%25255B94%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">At the front door there is a portrait of her grandmother.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-SJTM5zwei_U/U13Z0qoV22I/AAAAAAACVQk/e__8__k8Z2Y/s1600-h/image%25255B199%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvD9YiSCxKyyLJqYG4UGOKDwq-oVfFJNZuV9vbgLWWygdWnwKomRXc2TmqeTXrH7j4voQrNHaavMBc-tWsiVih8dpoFmmRXsh8d2ZT421IUl6hB9AayPbNa5zgAn839-iBisuQnwS900A4/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">And another portrait of her distinguished grandfather hangs on the mantel.  Notice the crown molding.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-9yYeMhSf3LI/U13Z4AvUF-I/AAAAAAACVQ0/kKn1VGf7USo/s1600-h/image10.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-vGcv1CyRcIQ/U13Z6PEviEI/AAAAAAACVQ8/EPYFr8qxCVA/image_thumb7.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Thomas gets a shock when Kathryn informs him that there will be no alcohol served – her family does not drink - ever.  And they sing their family prayer before the meal.   Her grandmother sits at the head of the table. </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-gzNI4jjfG-A/U13Z8MDb3_I/AAAAAAACVRE/j-II1mBwLKk/s1600-h/image%25255B200%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="732" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-hM2F7Ad6t3U/U13Z-MVKdnI/AAAAAAACVRM/pM0psFBh-B0/image_thumb%25255B97%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Another view of the dining room with its pretty peach wallpaper.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh6.ggpht.com/-Awuq66TgRU8/U13Z_soa5XI/AAAAAAACVRU/_9VuLBs7ivo/s1600-h/image%25255B213%25255D.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="616" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-_Bex5n_WgqM/U13aBLEXZ2I/AAAAAAACVRc/ZAmkFXrpo9s/image_thumb%25255B104%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="616" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Kathryn Instragramed this pretty picture of her dining room during Christmas.  It looks like there is a portrait of her, too!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SqodBBWt32A/U13aCtXgYvI/AAAAAAACVRk/KKVzaxukk0A/s1600-h/image11.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-pUnqX1vKGZc/U13aEcZWZqI/AAAAAAACVRs/LUhMU9OKtDs/image_thumb8.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">After the meal, Kathryn’s father meets with Thomas to discuss him dating his precious daughter.  Thomas is probably older than her father.  Notice the décor.  Just like Amelia Handegan’s style – the house is decorated in shades of peach.   It does make me wonder – does everyone in South Carolina use shades of peach and butterscotch to decorate?    The wallpaper in the dining room is so pretty. Notice the cornices in the living room and notice the wood door.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span></div><div align="center"><br /><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-6iJMW-gnguc/U13aGBkrpOI/AAAAAAACVR0/w1hD6Ssscto/s1600-h/image12.png"><span style="font-size: large;"><img alt="image" border="0" height="623" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkqRpR59ZOqggpD6SnyVsyZxtsEUYc9eWTm4CAb7svBhVb5kID6-rBOJvSkrv9DY6nNK7BF0blLQdPJg-FdnHWaXjICcFQdjlfU4oNq6trO5j5SvgKX1qhNerWFHSeGRSbf7V0M5b3vGI/?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-top-width: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="1104" /></span></a></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Her parents had a beautiful collection of Masonware –here and in the china cabinets.   Her father was really sweet and informed Thomas that Kathryn was more than a daughter, she was also a great friend.  He also told Thomas that his own aunt was many decades younger than his uncle.   Her family seemed so nice and loving.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">  </span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">I hope you enjoyed Part One, Part Two has even more design surprises, which I was thrilled to discover!</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><a href="http://lh5.ggpht.com/-3pSpxxm8Kqo/U13aJN2vE8I/AAAAAAACVSE/b6ydHwRk4K4/s1600-h/image%25255B348%25255D.png"><img alt="image" border="0" height="644" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/-9cprp9_8ezY/U13aK2XWF2I/AAAAAAACVSM/PbflGnkFlP4/image_thumb%25255B179%25255D.png?imgmax=800" style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" title="image" width="644" /></a> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">The cast went to the final Reunion show on Andy Cohen’s “Watch What Happens Live”  which will be shown soon.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size: large;">A huge thank you to Amelia Handegan.   You can visit her web site <a href="http://www.athid.com/">HERE</a>.</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div>

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