The house-museum

On Tuesday, May 11, we visited an old house-museum in Winsted. It was a property of Rockwell family, important people in Winsted's society of those days. A part of it was built in 18 century (imagine that!). It's old, but really beautiful building. It seemed that the house radiated the warm calmness and spirit of those days...

We weren't less fascinated when we actually entered the house. Everything there is soaked with pure historical magic of the times,when people were attending balls, reading was a privilege and electricity was something unknown. This house belonged to the rich family, so we could see the top of American society's way of living.

My eyes caught the table in the dining room: obviously expensive dishes, utensils etc. You can feel a loving hand of mistress of the house in those perfectly chosen plates and cups...

On the upper floor we saw masters' and kids' bedrooms. Delicate bed coverings and tastefully picked decorations let us know the level of wealthhiness of people who lived in the house. This particular night stand I spoted in the girl's bedroom and was impressed with its charming elegance and tender uniqueness. Those roses and a little crisp piece of white linen captured my heart. That's why I loved it so much.

We were leaving this museum with our minds filled with a lot of things to think about, make conclusions and to remember forever, such as people of earlier time's height, their way of self-education and decoration the place where they live. I would like to thank our teachers for organizing this trip and ladies from the museum for showing us around and lifting a curtain from the mystery of days when Mark Twain and Harriet Beecher Stowe lived and wrote. Thank you with all my heart!