http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2010/02/13/kensington-the-cupola-room/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:26:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2010/02/13/kensington-the-cupola-room/comment-page-1/#comment-4740 CherryPie Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:00:02 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=2374#comment-4740 The ceiling was quite something else too. But I didn't think I would be able to take a picture of it, so I didn't try. The ceiling was quite something else too. But I didn’t think I would be able to take a picture of it, so I didn’t try.

]]> http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2010/02/13/kensington-the-cupola-room/comment-page-1/#comment-4732 Phidelm Mon, 15 Feb 2010 08:51:30 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=2374#comment-4732 I love the way the trompe l'oeil pilaster strips are outlined in gold, echoing the statues in the niches and the gilt arms of the chandelier. It's breathtakingly gorgeous, but not over-the-top (as continental baroque architecture & design can be). Thank you again for the visit. I love the way the trompe l’oeil pilaster strips are outlined in gold, echoing the statues in the niches and the gilt arms of the chandelier. It’s breathtakingly gorgeous, but not over-the-top (as continental baroque architecture & design can be). Thank you again for the visit.

]]> http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2010/02/13/kensington-the-cupola-room/comment-page-1/#comment-4695 CherryPie Sun, 14 Feb 2010 12:52:25 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=2374#comment-4695 Well Versailles does have a certain something too ;-) although it did rain on the day I visited there. Well Versailles does have a certain something too although it did rain on the day I visited there.

]]> http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2010/02/13/kensington-the-cupola-room/comment-page-1/#comment-4690 jameshigham Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:12:18 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=2374#comment-4690 Magnifique - who needs Versailles? Magnifique – who needs Versailles?

]]> http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2010/02/13/kensington-the-cupola-room/comment-page-1/#comment-4684 CherryPie Sat, 13 Feb 2010 23:36:08 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=2374#comment-4684 I think you would love a visit there :-) I hope you get the chance sometime! I think you would love a visit there I hope you get the chance sometime!

]]> http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2010/02/13/kensington-the-cupola-room/comment-page-1/#comment-4682 Chrissy Sat, 13 Feb 2010 18:41:19 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=2374#comment-4682 Some gorgeous photos here. I very much like the one of the staircase too...beautiful and somewhere I have never managed to get to. Some gorgeous photos here. I very much like the one of the staircase too…beautiful and somewhere I have never managed to get to.

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