Seconds later, I took stock for the first time of the room - which is really a very large corner suite. It has three little towers, two of which contain these identical busts:
Except, as we all know, they're not really identical, and one of them is displayed backwards and under glass. However, I quite loved the non-special bust, too - and its stand full of old books. Speaking of books, there was another, larger bookshelf in our bedroom:
Here are some close-ups of the books (click to see larger images):
Take these two, for example: an 1863 edition of two Walter Scott stories, and an 1897 illustrated edition of an R. L. Stevenson novel:
Isn't it amazing that they leave them in the open, to be handled and read? There's nothing quite like that feeling of old, ear-marked pages in your hands to make you want to dive into a book.
Of course, the Harry Potter series couldn't miss from this suite. In fact, there were two different British editions, set on tables at each end of the living room:
Then there were the animal statuettes, gorgeously executed:
- The Scottish stag in the entrance hallway:
- And what I prefer to think of as ravens, standing and in flight. (Please do not inform me they're eagles, or hawks or some such. They're Ravenclaw ravens if I say so!):
The flying raven sits on the bedroom bookshelf. The standing one belongs on THE DESK, as can be seen in this video, at the 26th second:
Notice that some of the decor has changed since then, in particular, the lamp and the wall painting. However, the raven was there to watch over JK's writing, as it watched over mine, years later:
I hope it will bring good luck to this Ravenclaw writing apprentice!
