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Wingback chairs are set in front of the fireplace inglenook outlined in heavy half-timbering and textured bricks. oregonlive, "Oregon families celebrate the holidays at home with well-loved traditions," 18 Dec. 2019

An inglenook, or lounge area around a fireplace, offers storage space underneath the bench. NOLA.com, "Historic Centanni home, once site of lavish Christmas displays, hits the market for $1.1 million," 12 Dec. 2017

The house is a heritage building with exposed beams, inglenook fireplaces in several rooms, flagstone floors on the ground floor and wide ancient floorboards above. Ruth Bloomfield, WSJ, "A ‘Private Kingdom’ in the English Countryside," 14 Sep. 2017

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