tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post1402653956193582608..comments2024-03-28T01:39:53.154-04:00Comments on The Peak of ChicĀ®: Veere Grenney's FollyThe Peak of Chichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02811933436075145329noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-45585182017642341692014-07-09T10:32:01.089-04:002014-07-09T10:32:01.089-04:00In addition to the two schemes mentioned here ther...In addition to the two schemes mentioned here there was the Charles Beresford Clark version in which the walls of the saloon were yellow, the floor covered in Suffolk rush matting (unrelieved by patterned carpets over it), painted wood frame chairs covered in Old Rose Chintz, and a vast ottoman in ticking stripe at the centre of the room. Windows lavishly festooned in fringed muslin. So then the atmosphere was at once more severe and more opulent than what Vere Grenney has done. Yet even then, the overmantel was left mysteriously blank, without its insert of mirror glass. Toby Worthingtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05887066048372484464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-62590641887953036912014-07-09T04:50:08.999-04:002014-07-09T04:50:08.999-04:00Jennifer, thank you for this post. I was only look...Jennifer, thank you for this post. I was only looking at Veere Grenney's "folly" yesterday. I much prefer the more recent incarnation, which is much more subtle and better (i.e. more practically and invitingly) furnished. The new colour scheme is utterly perfect. The folly is also featured in Sally Griffiths' "The English House" (2004) in a slightly different incarnation. And Anonymous, yes, the Furlow Gatewood book is absolutely wonderful! I bought it a few weeks ago and am in love with the subtle grey and white palette - and the blue-and-white porcelain. It tempts me to stock up my collection, which I started disbanding a couple of years ago. But I'm going to resist :-) Toby Alleyne-Geehttp://www.phoebus-interiors.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-30901810441495139622014-07-08T22:40:45.687-04:002014-07-08T22:40:45.687-04:00I love the pink check Colefax and Fowler print! I love the pink check Colefax and Fowler print! Charming Paris Apartmenthttp://rent-paris-apartment.weebly.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-30672585149453833962014-07-08T14:56:36.949-04:002014-07-08T14:56:36.949-04:00Jennifer, speaking of "follies," over th...Jennifer, speaking of "follies," over the weekend I was on Coronado Island and found "One Man's Folly, the Exceptional Houses of Furlow Gatewood." I have read about half of it already, and the photos are just incredible!! Evidently Mr. Gatewood owns all of the pictured homes in this book, on his property in GA, and they are packed with wonderful antiques. I too love blue and white Chinese porcelain, and his homes are FILLED with it. This is one of my all time favorite books, and I would give anything to meet him, as I think he would have fantastic stories to tell (he's 92 I believe)!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-84144840607195522092014-07-08T12:53:47.511-04:002014-07-08T12:53:47.511-04:00DIVINE !DIVINE !Dean Farrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11651467227402717540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34961211.post-78968301868820972502014-07-08T09:11:17.638-04:002014-07-08T09:11:17.638-04:00Thank you for sharing this! I'd read about the...Thank you for sharing this! I'd read about the folly, but had no clear idea why it would be so legendary. It seemed mysterious. But it lives up to the legend!Norahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17135161114595179106noreply@blogger.com