Whitehern

Visiting Whitehern right before Christmas. I've taken photos on the outside of the house many times over the years, but I've never been inside! But I saw a promotional post on Instagram saying it was all decorated for Christmas so of course I had to check it out ! It looked beautiful beautiful, It was so fun to see all the different styles of Christmas Trees the family had over the years (through the generations). Most of the furniture and decorations in the house are original to the house and family. A lot of the time these historic home museums bring in furniture from the time period (and look at references) to make the house look as authentic as possible. But in this case they had all of the original furniture which was donated with the house with instructions from the family. There was even a doll in one of the rooms that was gifted to the children for Christmas, and there was a picture of one of the children holding it (from the turn of the century). The tour guide also mentioned there being letters from the mom tlaking about going out to buy the doll. The ornaments on the Christmas trees are unfortunately not original to the house/family but they decorated them as the family would've in their respective time periods.  I am obsessed with the ribbon hanging on the light in the dining room and I'll be trying that for a holiday in 2024! I had so much fun walking through the house and looking at all the beautiful decorations, especially when they are all decorated for Christmas.