KEMNAY HOUSE

It has been a busy month at Kemnay House preparing for our first open weekend since 2019: restocking the gallery, tidying rooms and...

As we edge towards our first open weekend in July (all details on 'Opening Times' page) I'm spending time reacquainting myself with our...

When cleaning you notice the little things - We are lucky enough to have a small, but beautiful, collection of snuff boxes to polish, as...

The spring equinox has given us a weekend of bright sunlight, as well as the first bloom of buds, which has helped lift the spirits and...

It has been a long, cold winter for all, so our spirits were lifted last week when the first signs of spring were spotted in the garden. ...

The days are frequently starting with autumn mists and that smell of wood smoke, even where no fire is visible. The trees along the...

We're sometimes lucky enough to receive very intriguing letters about our family and Kemnay House that people have found in their own...

As the light takes on a more autumnal quality, and the garden hues begin to glow with touches of orange and russet, I get increasingly...

When walking around a very quiet Kemnay House this summer one of the uplifting pleasures has been admiring the many pictures, trinkets...

One of the positive sides of spending so much time around the house is observing the garden grow as spring turns to summer. Nature's...

In the second part of this post, I wanted to remember a hugely important member of the family - Nanny. Her commitment, love and hard...

As we had planned to open for VE Day this coming weekend, we thought we'd communicate some of the stories about life at Kemnay during the...

Here's a wonderful, and very kind, update from our fantastic volunteer Sheila (who cleaned all the books in the library last year, along...

As everywhere, the effects of this international crisis have been a challenge for us: The month started with designing advertisements for...

Whilst sorting an clearing out the old pantry, in an attempt to make it a usable space for assembling flower arrangements for our events,...

What a busy month December has been - We started off with our Christmas pop-up shop; this year expanding up the front stairs and into the...

Our intrepid archivists continue their journey through the many bundles of letters in our collection, cataloguing and noting information...

It's all a bustle at KH this week as we ready ourselves for North East Open Studios (14th to 23rd September). After an extended break we...

While setting up exhibits for a summer tour and tea, organised for The Shell Pensioners Association, I was struck by how many beautiful...

In 1918 Dorothy Burnett (sister to Arthur, the 8th Laird of Kemnay) wrote a poem describing the perfect country garden that many city...