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Majestic Masonboro Christmas
Follow us as we steal inside a majestic New Orleans plantation, an English tavern, a Colonial kitchen—formal and functional,
fireplace and hearth—all beneath one roof for an old-fashioned Christmas celebration.
Do it yourself like Cynthia Dugan, who adorns her own mantels each year.
With eight fireplaces located throughout her home, we chose three mantels that ooze with holiday charm.
The formal fireplace (above) is a replica
of one of Cynthia Dugan’s favorite
historic plantation homes in New
Orleans, Nottoway Plantation’s White
Hall, where six weddings were held for
the owner’s daughters.
How did you decide what look you wanted for each mantel?
The color scheme of each room varies; therefore, each room’s decorations have a
slightly different theme and feel.
The library, for example, is very masculine with dark wood; therefore, the decorations
have a natural hunting theme with greenery, pine cones, holly with berries, pheasants
and their nests, real feathered balls and other things you might see in the woods.
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