Dining and Living Rooms

I love to entertain and in this room I've had some of the best of times with family and friends.
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View of the dining and living rooms. The dining room table is made of converted South African railroad ties cut from Australian Red Jarrah trees in the 1870's.
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View towards front entrance.
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View of the living room as seen from the dining room.
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The painting is by Chen Bolan entitled The Dancer II. Pots and rifle are from Jordan, Ibex from Africa and the mask from Venice.
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A closer view of the Dancer II.
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Matisse on the left and Hopkins on the right.
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Picasso. Toreando A La Veronica.
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A nice shot showing some of the artwork in the dining and living rooms.
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Works by Leo McDowell. From left: Wedding Bouquet, Black Horse and Rider, and Through the Window.
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During the kitchen remodeling I had lights added to the plant shelf to add additional illumination to the artwork on the walls.
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The painting on the left is by Thomas Kipness and the two pieces on the right are a Bedouin necklace and a Syrian sword from the early 1800's.
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View of some of the artwork.
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The Goldsmith by Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn.
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Carved piece from Senegal titled The Shark Hunters.
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Another view of the Shark Hunters. The painting to the left of the sculpture is by Rick DeMont.
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View of the dining table with light reflecting off of it. The table is very heavy weighing in at 1,100 pounds (499 kg).
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Close up vew of the dining table.
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Close up vew of the dining table. As you can see the Red Jarra wood has a wonderful rich color to it.
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Closeup of the table showing how the railroad ties were cut and fitted together. The round holes is where the spikes were placed to hold the rails in place.
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View of the dining table looking out towards the living room area.