CHRISTMAS AT THE HARLOT'S HOME

 

The title of this post was an inspiration from the fabulous Tabitha over at Badinage, one of my guilty pleasures. She had a whole post on what your tree says about you, and it was decided mine was that of a harlot, which of course I found very healthy!!!!! What with my main color of red, and at night the warm red light glowing to the outdoors , it must scream Red Light district. There is a reason the wives and husbands of the men around here are not to come in unattended, for it would be like sending them to meet their fate with a fabled temptress, where they would be bestowed upon with many earthly delights. Surely I jest, or do I??? So with all my clients homes done, it was time to deck out the Casa du Borghese with my trademark red, so I'm here to share with you a tour of the Casa. And please don't expect to see naked houseboys, they were confined to their rooms while photos were taken.

 

The front door.....

 

In the living room and all through out, I usually use a lot of balls to fill bowls and jars, and bring in the outdoors with fresh pine and holly to decorate with, not to many knick knacks. Glass balls I really love, and are a mix of old and new, some given to me, some I purchased and some were my grandmothers.

 

 

 The harlot's tree.....

 

Some of my favorite ornaments, a mercury glass owl....

 

a pheasant......

 

another glass owl, I have lots of birds in amongst the balls...

 

This cherub was a gift from my good friend Clara Voyant, who once worked at May Co, when they bought the famous and elegant John Wanamaker's here in Philadelphia. May company, Hecht's, was getting rid of all the old Wanamaker antique displays and Christmas decorations they used. In the trash, What a crime!!!! He swiped this for me as I loved shopping that store. It was used in the 1920's till about the 1960's. So it's like I have my own little piece of the history of the store and it is treasured here.

 

another little wood bird in a cage.....

 

and speaking of the bird cage, it was decked out...filled with balls, and some pine and winter berries....

 

The bookcase was finished with the pottery being stored away, and updated with red, amber and amethysts' glass vases......

 

and my treasured Christmas pyramid......a tradition around here.

 

In the kitchen the liqueur cabinet was deck for the holidays. I relocated the apothecary jars to the top of the cabinet this year, filled with red balls, pinecones, cranberries, birds, and seed pods in red, accompanied by a little tree, red pheasant feathers and a quail in a nest.....

 

inside the cabinet finds my grandmothers little bottle brush trees.....

 

and another woodland bird with more balls....

 

As a regular reader may remember I LOVE bubble lights. So they found there way to the top of the ice box...

 

and some red glads on the island....

 

Even the shower curtain rod got into the spirit...

 

In the boudoir we find some more calming touches....

 

A tree adorns the dresser, with my cow box filled with more balls and pods...

 

the side table has more bubble candles...

 

Even the deer head couldn't escape the touch of the holidays from pine and balls..

 

many nights find between 20 to 40 candles lit, hence why I cut back on the gin during the holidays!!!!!

 

Blue balls??? That's a rare sight around here!

 

more candles and balls.....

 

Whew. Believe it or not, it only took me, with the help of the Lad, a day and a half to finish it all. After all was done I cracked open a bottle of Beaujolais Nouveau, a holiday favorite of mine for this time of year.......

 

 

along with some ordered in fine dinning......

 

Cheers to you all!!!!!

Thanks for always stopping in and I hope your season so far is as relaxing as one can have it!!!! Now, a reward for who knows how many times I mentioned balls!?!?!?!