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Love The Blue Glazed:
Two other special heritages of Portugal have a sure appeal for us, her tiles and her great libraries. I love the blue glazed tiles that adorn so many city houses and country villas, and also interior church walls and the corridors and stairway walls of civic buildings. The word for them is azulejos, and this is said to be an Arabic word meaning smooth, though visitors often wrongly assume that it is connected with azul, meaning blue. This whole feature is a Moorish heritage, but it must also have some sort of affinity with Holland for some Portuguese dictionaries translate the word as "Dutch tiles," and in the beach resort of Figueira da Foz there's a surprise collection of real Dutch tiles said to be equaled in number and value nowhere in Holland itself.For the purpose of obtaining unity in a room, some of the furniture covers may be in the same material as the curtains. In many instances, a colorful glazed chintz that has been chosen for the curtains may be repeated in slipcovers for one or two chairs or a sofa, with cushions made of a plain material, either plain glazed chintz, taffeta, or satin in colors appearing in the chintz pattern. Plain glazed chintz is a particularly good choice for use in rooms where wallpaper and a patterned rug have been used.
But worth it? Yes. “I love to cook myself and I love to host,” Hernandez said. “I just love to entertain. This space, being outdoors, has the aroma of a barbecue, the billowing of drapery sheers in a light wind at sunset. You are surrounded by candles and music.
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