On Monday I went to Chatsworth House, to visit their annual Christmas decorations display. This year the theme is 'Alice's Wonderland' as a big fan of Alice In Wonderland this was an absolute must to visit and I was super excited. We made sure to arrive before the house opened as the house does get very busy, especially at this time of year (the christmas market was also on), we grabbed a quick drink before heading to the house to enter 'Wonderland'.
When you begin to join the queue you find yourself surrounded by greenery and farm yard animals as you are still part of the 'real world', once you enter the house and the main foyer you are greeted by a large rabbit hole, in which you start to tumble down. I loved the details of all the decorations throughout the house but down the rabbit hole there was an absolutely fab caterpillar all the way down the rabbit hole. And then we found the white rabbit...
We then ourselves found in a corridor surrounded by differently sized mirrored locked doors, and lots of little cakes and drinks. As we made our way further down the corridor the furniture began to get bigger and bigger until it dwarfed us!
The chapel of the house was filled with absolutely beautiful decorations and the most gorgeous decorated Christmas trees.
We found the caterpillar on his mushroom, he was so so fab and animatronic so he moved also. The photos haven't turned out to great with my phone as his face was beautifully lit up. This was one of my favourite rooms in the house it looked so pretty.
And then we came to the dressing up... definitely one of my highlights, I had to try on most of the adult sized costumes (such a big kid). I loved the Mad Hatters Hat and didn't want to take it off, I'd like to wear it everyday of the week! I dressed up as Tweedle Dee/Dum, the White Rabbit and of course Alice!
After we'd finished playing dress up, we found ourselves a part of the Mad Hatters Tea Party (I should have kept the hat on!)
We began to become closer and closer to the Queen of Hearts, we followed the flamingos towards the croquet game!
The Cheshire Cat kept popping up throughout the house with his massive grin.
We found the Queen of Hearts and she was ready for a battle! Somebody had been painting the roses red! This led on to the court room ad trial was to be held.
I had such a fab time within the house, I would thoroughly recommend visiting if you can! My photographs truly don't do the place justice it was absolutely stunning!
After visiting the house we couldn't resist a trip around the Christmas markets, (who can miss an opportunity to shop), I picked up a couple of fab things in particular two gorgeous statement bindis, that I'll be saving up for Glastonbury next year. I'm definitely starting to feel more Christmassy and also feel warmed up towards visiting Berlin and the Christmas markets there next week!
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