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I Can Just Imagine This Room W/A Roaring Fire...

7 years ago

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My3dogs ME zone 5A

7 years ago

Let my dogs join us and I'll see you there! Very cozy looking.

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7 years ago
Oh, my, yes! With a snowstorm raging outside.
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voila
7 years ago
Are we referring to the flame-stitch upholstery or the multitudes of flammable materials in the room? It would be a roaring fire, alright!
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7 years ago
Party pooper voila.

I'd hold a salon in there by the roaring fire.
voila
7 years ago
No pooper here. Love the room. Just enjoy Jim's irony along with the photos. He always makes me LOL.
Fun2BHere
7 years ago
As I've been house searching recently, I find that I am less comfortable in rooms with low ceilings and I'm short, so this cave feels oppressive to me rather than cozy.
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7 years ago
Yes it's a salon room for sure. I'd serve mulled wine or cognac, and invite over friends to meet someone I met a few weeks ago who's traveled all over the world and has had the most interesting experiences. Perfect room for it.
smiling
7 years ago
Love it. Such a complex and interesting room! That oriental-appearing domed trunk and the oriental screen are a story I'd love to hear, along with the two "banners" hung just left of the fireplace. That huge basket of firewood is just ready for a nice roaring fire. All that's missing is an antique carved Chinese chess set. (Too bad the place needs those iron security bars over the windows.) Thanks for the treat!
rockybird
7 years ago
I think I would feel claustrophobic in it but its an interesting room!
maggiepatty
7 years ago
It's a room to love in fall and winter, don't know that I'd want to spend spring and summer there--but that's what the outdoors is for, right? There's got to be a bluebell woods nearby, and horses and hounds to travel there with!
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7 years ago
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smiling

(Too bad the place
needs those iron security bars over the windows.)

From the pic it does seem to appear that way, but it's more likely the construction style of the Tudor windows

http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/houses/tudors/windows.htm

BTW, the pic is from Dorney Court

http://dorneycourt.co.uk/about/the-house/
ravencajun Zone 8b TX
7 years ago
I'm with rockybird I find it claustrophobic. And I bet it smells like smoke. I do like the beamed ceiling very much .
Em11
7 years ago
oh yeah, curled up in that chair with a cat in my lap. Love it.
smiling
7 years ago
Thanks, chijim, it was confusing to see the two different grid patterns, one the "normal" diamond shape, and the other rectangular. Loved the photos on the Dorney Court site, especially the Great Hall.
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7 years ago
IT reminds me of an English pub where weary travellers would stop for a Ploughman's lunch and a pint. Now I know why.

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