inspired by versailles

In October I visited the palace of Versailles outside of Paris.

Wow! And Wow!

It was soooo beautiful...I can see why the peasants of the French Revolution revolted!

One of the things that I love about seeing something so famous is that I get to really see the details for the first time. And Versailles, as you may imagine, had no lack of details.

Here are some of the inspiring details of Versailles....

A room just outside the Hall of Mirrors...



Looking up the wall to the ceiling in the Queen's (Marie Antionette's) bedroom...



The headboard on the bed in the Queen's bedroom (see the M A design on the headboard for Marie Antionette?)...



A chandelier in a sitting room in the Dauphin's living quarters...



A wall detail from the Petit Trianon Palace on the Versailles grounds...



A sleeping dog in the Queen's Hamlet on the Versailles grounds...



Pretty, huh?