Biltmore Estate is a large (6-acre) private estate and tourist attraction in Asheville, North Carolina. Biltmore House, the main house on the estate, is a Châteauesque-styled mansion built by George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895 and is the largest privately owned house in the United States, at 178,926 square feet of floor space . Still owned by one of Vanderbilt's descendants, it stands today as one of the most prominent remaining examples of the Gilded Age. In 2007, it was…

Explore the Historic Kitchens in the Servants' Quarters and see where the servants would have worked. In 1829 alone these kitchens served nearly 30,000 guests.

I may receive a commission if you purchase something mentioned in this post. More details here. After swooning over the Victorian kitchen at the Ickworth House, I walked down the basement corridor and found the servants’ quarters. These rooms were so sweet, beautiful and full of charm. Here is a little parlor. I love the […]

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Happy 2014! With a new year comes the anticipation of things to come along with new starts. Including the long-awaited start of the fourth season of Downton Abbey for North American audiences, fina…