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Not every room at Versailles is gilding, glitz and glamour (the 3 G's). A set of rooms on the first floor enfilade feature some very pretty boiseries with colorful details.
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I think they're the prettiest rooms in the palace and are a very cozy size of approx 15' square.
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The chamber adjacent is painted all white, I doubt this is original but I really love the look of this. It's as if you bought an old victorian or tudor house with dark paneling and wanted to brighten it up a bit. All that dark wood can get so depressing.
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I just loved the way the sun streamed in across the face, picking out the brightness of the colors.
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The room which was set up as a private library had beautiful red leather journals behind glass and a sparkling crystal chandelier.
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While the bed chamber of the apartment had a more delicate porcelain chandelier. Definitely a girls room.
This amazing turquoise rococo clock floating on mirror above a fireplace was just spectacular.
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Don't you think these are the prettiest rooms you've seen in a long time?
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I loved the subtle turquoise theme in these rooms - these chairs would have only been enhanced by footstools in red leather and maybe a sisal rug and a mirrored sidetable to hold a drink (but thats if this was my own house and not a historically accurate museum!).
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You just can't take a bad picture in these rooms!