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The Stately Homes that do Christmas Best
Christmas is a very special time of year in the UK and our wealth of wonderful Stately Homes are popular at this time of year because not only are they usually all beautifully decorated with Christmas trees, sumptuous decorations and lights, both inside and…
The Stately Homes that do Christmas Best
Christmas is a very special time of year in the UK and our wealth of wonderful Stately Homes are popular at this time of year because not only are they usually all beautifully decorated with Christmas trees, sumptuous decorations and lights, both inside and out, but they often put on special events at this time of year. Here we help you decide which Stately Homes are the best for getting in the Christmas spirit.
A Victorian Dining Room fit for a Christmas Feast
Your Victorian dining room will play a central role on Christmas Day for creating a cosy and elegant atmosphere for your guests. Here are some tips on how to create a Victorian Dining Room fit for a Christmas Feast.
How to create a Victorian Dining Room fit for a Christmas Feast
If you’re thinking about Christmas you’re probably thinking about who will be visiting you and how to make Christmas a memorable one. This feat will be a lot easier if you conduct your celebrations in a welcoming, warm and comfortable interior. If you have a Victorian or period house, you can go one step further by recreating that most Victorian of rooms, the dining room, a room designed for spectacular indulgences that would impress…
How To Make Victorian Sugarplums
How to make Victorian Sugar Plums, the dried, sugared fruits often hung from Christmas trees as treats to be given to out to children and as gifts.
How To Make Victorian Sugarplums
The Victorians hung sweets and dried, sugared fruits from their Christmas trees as treats to be given to out to children and as gifts. They would make pretty coloured boxes or cones of paper to hang them in.
How To Make Victorian Wassail Punch
This warming Christmas drink was originally part of pagan ritual to ensure good health and a plentiful apple harvest, and would have been drunk in midwinter in the apple orchards.
How To Make Victorian Wassail Punch
How To Make Victorian Wassail Punch This warming Christmas drink was originally part of pagan ritual to ensure good health and a plentiful apple harvest, and would have been drunk in midwinter in the apple orchards. By Victorian times, the drink was still one to wish good health but was served to carol singers who were invited into the house to warm themselves with a drink from the wassail bowl. Here's how to make your own Victorian…
Make your Victorian home a warm in winter
How to make your Victorian home cosy this winter, not just by making full use of your Victorian fireplace but via other modern heating methods of keeping warm.
How to make your Victorian home a warm one this winter
Victorian homes are thought of by some as draughty and cold. We want to give you a few ideas about how to make your Victorian home cosy this winter and dispel those myths to all of your visitors, not just by making full use of your Victorian fireplace but via other modern methods of keeping warm. First things first, start with the basic jobs you can do that will save you money on your heating bills and cost relatively little to…