Stanton main bed

The bed started life as a double in England in the 1890s, emigrated to Toowoomba in Queensland, migrated south to Melbourne to be re-born as a queen in Aladdin Antiques, until we adopted it and brought it home to Stanton.

The dressing table was made in Edwardian times for the daughter of a governor of Tasmania, with more of that story yet to be discovered.

The wardrobe is of Tasmanian flame blackwood, and is certainly large enough that C.S. Lewis would have been inspired if he’d visited. Even the furniture has stories to tell!

Beware the low doorways throughout the house, and the narrow stairs for that matter. People in the early 19th century were shorter, and with smaller feet than their modern counterparts.

I toyed with putting a “Watch your Head” sign above every door, but that seemed repetitive and pointless. Have a care for my 6’4” builder, and 6’7” plumber, both of whom worked here for a considerable period, and whose heads bore the bumps to prove it!