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Living Room New York Living room - mid-sized transitional open concept dark wood floor living room idea with beige walls, a standard fireplace and a plaster fireplace

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Great Room – Dining Room

An illustration of a sizable transitional great room with a medium-toned brown floor and brown walls.

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Montreal Traditional Living Room

Mid-sized elegant enclosed living room with blue walls and a medium-tone wood floor

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Kitchen New York

Inspiration for a mid-sized, traditional, single-wall, open-concept kitchen remodel with stainless steel appliances, an island, recessed-panel cabinets, white cabinets, granite countertops, and white or glass tile backsplash.

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Montreal Traditional Living Room

Mid-sized elegant enclosed living room with blue walls and a medium-tone wood floor

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Montreal Traditional Living Room

Mid-sized elegant enclosed living room with blue walls and a medium-tone wood floor

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Montreal Traditional Living Room

Mid-sized elegant enclosed living room with blue walls and a medium-tone wood floor

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Transitional Entry - Front Door Mid-sized transitional dark wood floor entryway photo with white walls and a white front door

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Montreal Traditional Living Room

Mid-sized elegant enclosed living room with blue walls and a medium-tone wood floor

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Montreal Traditional Living Room

Mid-sized elegant enclosed living room with blue walls and a medium-tone wood floor

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Montreal Traditional Living Room

Mid-sized elegant enclosed living room with blue walls and a medium-tone wood floor

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Montreal Traditional Living Room

Mid-sized elegant enclosed living room with blue walls and a medium-tone wood floor

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Montreal Traditional Living Room

Mid-sized elegant enclosed living room with blue walls and a medium-tone wood floor

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Master in New York Example of a huge transitional master dark wood floor bedroom design with gray walls

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Hatfield House

Here is a country mansion tucked away into the green woods and whitewashed pathways of Hertfordshire. It is a confection of gilded ceilings and brocade curtains, of stained glass and chequerboard floors and wood-panelled walls; a pastiche of styles: Jacobean, Elizabethan, Tudor: there is a bedroom with pistachio green walls and canary yellow drapes styled after Chinoiserie; the gold-leaved ceilings of the long gallery are inspired of Venice; the old palace that sits besides is a prime example of medieval red brickwork from centuries past.

In former days that palace was the childhood home of Elizabeth I, and though it hosted all of Henry VIII’s children for a time, and was passed then down the Salisbury line along with the rest of the estate, it is Elizabeth that Hatfield is known best for. Each room carries its Elizabethan relics; ciphered letters, books, tapestries, but most famous of all—on the far side of the Marble Hall—is the Rainbow Portrait. 

Tudor paintings are rich with symbolism, and the portraits of Elizabeth I are textbook to the subject. The Rainbow Portrait is one such archetypal painting. In it a serpent coils around Elizabeth’s arm in a symbol of wisdom. The pearls strung around her neck symbolise virginity, for she was known as the virgin queen, as she would not marry and cede her throne to her husband king. Her gown is embroidered with eyes and ears—she sees all and hears all, in her kingdom—and though she was near seventy when this was painted, she is depicted with preternatural youth. In her hand she holds a rainbow, inscribed non sine sole iris: ‘without the sun there is no rainbow’, a message of peace and prosperity, though that to me seems a little more abstract an interpretation. 

June 2022

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Natalie’s Script

The Philharmonic Dining Rooms made by Walter W Thomas were built from 1898 to 1900. Designed as a public house, this iconic building is a perfect example of victorian architecture at its finest in Liverpool. Thomas designed the dining room for famous liverpudlian brewer robert cain and went on to create the Philharmonic Dining Rooms sister building, The Vines, located near Lime Street Station.

Upon entering your greeted with decorative gates that are arguably some of the finest Art Nouveau metalwork in England by Henry Bloomfield Bare (1848-1912). The pub itself is adorned in repoussé copperwork depicting musicians, intricately detailed stained glass and carved woodwork. The ornate details reflect the wealth and status of Robert Cain who sought to create public houses that were of great beauty. the textiles have also been carefully considered to make reference to liverpools music scene, maritime history and the nearby philharmonic hall.

It retains a wealth of high quality original features with arts and crafts elements including mosaic clad and panelled bar counters, mahogany woodwork and Jacobean style ceiling plasterwork. The philharmonic Dining rooms has renovated the former billiards room into the grand lounge where people can enjoy great pub food and drinks. The former smoke room is now recorded a ‘brahms’, aswell as the snug being named ‘liszt’ add to the musical element of this great public house. Arguably one of the most famous features of this public house is the gentlemen’s bathroom as it retains its original sanitary ware. Consisting of art nouveau mosaic panels, pink marble basins and decorative patterned mosaic floor.

Bibliography

Historic England Website, Accessed 28.03.24, available at;

https://historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/news/liverpool-philharmonic-pub-becomes-grade-i-listed/#:~:text=The%20Philharmonic%20Dining%20Rooms%20is,Grade%20II*%20listed%20in%201966.