{Blessed (Pale) Purple}

{The Perfect Georgian House; York´s Fairfax House}

Said by many to be the finest Georgian town house in England. Built in 1762, Fairfax House was originally the winter home of Viscount Fairfax. Its richly decorated interior was designed by York's most distinguished eighteenth-century architect, John Carr.

{The XVIII century red bricks´s building located in York county, England}

    Extensively adapted in the twentieth century as a cinema and dance hall, Fairfax House was saved from decay and returned to its former glory by York Civic Trust in 1982-84. 

  The house contains the superb Noel Terry collection of furniture, clocks, paintings and decorative arts, described by Christie's as one of the finest private collections of the twentieth century.

The next pictures belong show Ann´s bedroom:

{Charles Gregory, 9th Viscount of Fairfax of Emley (Peerage extinct on his death); c. 1730 artist unknowed}

{Lady Mary Fairfax (Second wife of 9th Viscount); by Philippe Mercier (1689-1760)}


*Note: The peerage of Fairfax was claimed in 1908 by Albert Kirby Fairfax. The current owner of the peer is John Albert Fairfax (b. 1964).


-Location of the house:
Castlegate, York, North Yorkshire YO1 9RN England, UK.
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Do you want to know more?
Official Fairfax House Tourism Site
Earl of Fairfax´s Genealogy
John Carr (House´s architecture)´s info
York´s Civic Trust Video (A guide talk about the house)
And... If you are in York till december you can check it:

{Picture of the Week}

{Some Clippings}

Life is simple. Being is simple. The universe is simple. Complexity arises in ignorance and self-delusion. The "Original Simplicity" of Lao-tze is a term expressive of the universe as it is, and not as it appears. Looking through the woven network of his own illusions, man sees interminable complication and unfathomable mystery, and so loses himself in the labyrinths of his own making. Let a man put away egotism, and he will see the universe in all the beauty of its pristine simplicity. Let him annihilate the delusion of the personal "I," and he will destroy all the illusions which spring from that "I." He will thus "re-become a little child," and will "revert to Original Simplicity."

           But sometimes, well... (many days I tried to say), the flowers printed fabrics, chinosserie, pottery and cushions enlarge of concept of Beauty.

{Attenuation}

{Video: Attenuation from kveten on Vimeo.}

{An Strucco Villa in California}

A young family make their home in the little paradise of Ojai, California, in a Mediterranean-style stucco villa.

{Source: Martha Stewart Home Tours}

{To Die}

Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.- Franz Kafka
Clair de Lune - Debussy by Jonas Dutouquet

{Battersea´s Babies}

Beautiful Baby Contest, taken from the British Pathe reel "Baby Show" (1956). Filmed at Battersea Festival Gardens, London.

         Some of the babies are crying. The criteria for the competition isn't just looks but also healthy teeth and other factors as according to the judges who are all retired matrons.

{Rhapsody in Blue}

{Photo Source: Vitalic Photography via  House of Turquoise}

{A Lyrical Home in Northern California}

{Credits: Photography by Francesco Lagnese via Architectural Digest}