The Oak Sitting Room, decorated for Christmas, with its ornate crown moulding and ceiling at the historic Biltmore House in Asheville, NC.

Stephanie Klepacki

The Oak Sitting Room at the historic Biltmore House in Asheville, NC. The painting in the hallway is of young George Vanderbilt, the builder of this magnificent mansion, with his sister, Lila, and brother, Frederick. George is shown on the left in the painting.

The Oak Sitting Room at the historic Biltmore House in Asheville, NC.

David Hertle

Nikola Knezevic

Kevin Wenning

green trees under cloudy sky during daytime

Plantation home located near New Orleans, Louisiana. Surrounded by two alleys of oak trees, one in front leading toward the Mississippi River, the other behind the house leading to slave quarters and sugarcane fields. Open for tours.

Oak paneling