Callaghan Estate
One of the larger estates for Dukes, the Callaghan estate holds a nicely kept garden with stunning irises. By the garden there is a smooth dirt path that leads to a small clump of trees on the side of the house. Here is a bench used for people to read on sunny days. Farther on past the trees and behind the house’s back garden there is a servant’s quarters where four or so servants live including the cook, the gardener, and the scullery maid.
Inside the two-story house, after one walks in through the maple-wood front doors that have etched designs resembling Celtic ones, they will find the main hall. The main hall is shaded a dusty burgundy with the wood on the floor and around the walls. Just a few inches off-center of the room is a magnificent grand piano. All around the room is scatterings of armchairs and loveseats for guests that want to enjoy a piano piece. The main hall room has a staircase leading upstairs as well as three doors leading off to other parts of the house.
On the door to the right from the main hall, one passes the stairs and enters the dance hall. Known for having a spring or summer party at least once a year, the Callaghans are proud of their dance hall. It’s floors are a lighter shade of wood and the walls are painted a light yellow with delicately painted on roses in a design. To the sides of the dance hall is a couple of benches for people to rest before going to dance again. In the lower corner of the dance hall are music stands and stools for musicians when they come to play. A table rests in the upper side of the dance hall, tucked away around a corner of the dance hall. Here food is placed so that women may gossip around it. The dance hall has only two doors and both lead back to the main hall.
On the door to the left of the main hall, one enters the lounge. A huge rug adorns the room. It’s threads weaving to make a pattern of flowers. On top of this rug is a couch, two loveseats, and plenty of armchairs. Beside the armchairs are side-tables perfect for putting cigars or drinks on. There is a fireplace on the lower side of the room. On top of the fireplace there is an ashtray, a homage to Talon by a propped up bird‘s talon, a silver flute, and a vase of whatever flowers are in at the time. The walls are painted a warm biscuit color. In the upper left corner of the room there is a violin being held up to be seen. The lounge has two doors, the lower one leading back to the main hall, the upper one leading into a hall.
The third door leads into the same hall as the lounge door does. It’s a very small stretch that has three doors leading elsewhere. The right door leading to the Dining Hall and the other right door leading to the Kitchen. The left side door leads to a small bathroom.
The Dining Hall is one of the bigger rooms in the house. It holds a long table perfect for over twenty guests coming to dine. The table is made out of a finished maple wood. Each chair matches as well. In the center of the table is a large vase with many flowers. Above the table is a sparkling chandelier of candles that doesn’t work very well but looks pretty. The dining hall has two doors, one leading back to the main hall the other to the kitchen.
The kitchen is a small room where usually only servants go unless Lucia’s younger siblings feel up to mischief. It is simply paved with the stone foundation. Ovens and storing closets fill the kitchen making it to be quite cramped in there. The kitchen’s back door leads out to the Servant’s quarters.
Once one has seen all of the downstairs rooms, there is a stair well in the main hall. The stairs are medium-sized, not grand but not narrow. They have wooden railing that matches the front doors. The stairs lead up to the upstairs hallway.
The upstairs hallway leads to many rooms. Walk straight down the hallway without turning the corner and you’ll find two doors. One door leads to Lady Giselle’s room, the other to Duke Callaghan’s room. Both rooms are simple in their order with a bed, a vanity, a closet, and a balcony.
Turn the corner of the hallway and there are five more doors. The first one to the left leads to Lucia’s brother’s room. Messy every day just for the servants to clean up, the room is a light shade of pink with the same sort of items as every room just take away the vanity and replace it with a box of toys. The last door to the left is Lucia’s sister’s room. It is as, if not more, messy as her brother’s room and shaded in a dark blue.
On the right side of the hallway is a door that leads to Lucia’s room. The largest bedroom of the house except for her mother’s, Lucia has filled it with displays of femininity. A huge vanity is across from her canopied bed. Upon the vanity are various little items such as perfume, jewelry, hairties, powder, and other things. There is a mirror connected to the vanity that is lined with gold metal. Beside the vanity is a sewer-mannequin where Lucia’s dress of the day is placed. Past that is the closet. A huge closet filled with dresses, hoopskirts, corsets, and everything else one can dream of a lady wearing. The closet has two light doors swung shut at most points. Then there is glass doors covered with thinly veiled drapes that lead to Lucia’s balcony. Small, yet big enough to hold a bench, Lucia’s view is of the back garden. Her entire room is shaded with the colors of gray, blue, and light red.
Past the door of Lucia’s room is another door that leads into a guest room. Shaded with neutral tones, it holds a bed and a vanity, but nothing more. Past this room is the last door of the hallway which leads to the in-house servant’s room. Shared by 4 servants, it is the smallest bedroom of the house. Here, Lucia’s personal maid sleeps as well as her younger sibling’s nanny, and her mother and father’s servants.
This estate is large and it’s gardens spread but none-the-less, a fifteen minute walk would lead to the neighboring estates. One of these neighboring estates is of Duke Callaghan’s brother. (The other Duke Callaghan)
