Romantic house

Written by Los Angeles Interior Designer Brooke Giannetti, Velvet and Linen is a blog about Brooke's life with her Architect husband (also known as Steve), her three children and her ever evolving design style.

Some photos from last week at Asthall Manor. A dreamy Jacobean Cotswolds manor house that was the childhood home of the Mitford sisters. Everything about Asthall Manor is romantic – the gables, the roses, the lake, the ballroom, and the swans on the willow-bordered River Windrush. The house, which dates from 1620, was immortalised as Alconleigh in Nancy Mitford’s ‘The Pursuit of Love’. Fans of the 1945 novel will be thrilled to learn that the ‘Hons’ cupboard’ remains intact at the top of the…

Y/N, your typical odd child has been invited to attend Hogwarts. Several years after his parents death, and his wicked uncle and aunt trying their best to prevent him from attending. Everything changes when he meets Cedric Diggory, a fair and kind boy who shares many future adventures with Y/N as time goes on. Credits: (DeviantArt)[Cover]: @Grookere