Sunday, August 19, 2007
Level one of the Estate Manor
Entry
The first "room" inside the house. There is a coat rack, an umbrella basket and a single table in the middle of the room with freshly picked/cut flowers in a vase.
Dining Room
The formal Dining Room features two built-in china cabinets, a traditional twelve light brass chandelier and a huge window with spectacular views. It has convenient access to the butler's pantry and kitchen. The room is large (13x15) and has plenty of space for large dinner parties. The lovely oak hardwood floors add warmth to the room.
Parlor
The Parlor is the main public room of the Manor, and it is beautiful! It is fully furnished in antiques and has the colors of burgundy and natural wood. A grand staircase leads to the second floor.
Game Room
The Game room comes complete with a pool table and a dart board and some video game machines. Otherwise known as a common room, this room provides a space for entertainment.
Meeting Room
Perhaps not what one would expect, but definately posh. The Meeting room has a rather large oval shaped table in the center of it, a wall lined with chalkboards and dry erase boards as well as a map of the city. There however are no windows in this room, despite the fact that there are curtains hanging for decoration purposes only. There is a cabniet in the room that contains bottles of liquor as well as water for meetings.
Study
The study looks like your normal library room, a large desk with a computer on one end near by the door that leads outside towards a narrow pathway, and book cases lined the walls of the room. What one might not be aware of, is that one of the bookcases move, triggered by a switch beneath the desk. It opens up to reveal a door, leading into the Safe Room.
Safe Room
The Safe Room is a space offering multiple levels of security designed to meet anticipated threats as well as to deal with those threats. Security features, including bullet-resistance, sound-proofing and surveillance equipment, are built into the room. Within the room is a table and chair, along with a cabniet that holds non-perishable items such as water and dried foods. There is also a one person prison cell within the room, complete with a bunker bed and a toliet.
There is a charming area of rockwork inside the room here along a far wall, and one intriguing feature is a small red door that is embeded into the rockwork. Where could this possibly lead?
Well, all you have to do is unlock it, open it, and go through - and what a surprise! When you get inside, you find yourself in a wonderful underground grotto, lit from a skylight above that is actually at ground level.
Grotto
The Grotto itself is made up of several rock gardens and pools, and much of it is underground - a labyrinth of carefully constructed caverns, with one path that would lead outside onto the land proper.
Kitchen - Pantry
It is large (15x20) and functional kitchen. It has a large top-of-the-line side-by-side built-in refrigerator with matching hickory cabinetry front, top-of-the-line dishwasher, and a top-of-the-line, built in double convection oven/microwave combination. The cabinets are deeply grained solid hickory and offer an abundance of storage. The stove ventilation system is built into the wall with the motor mounted outside providing a quiet but yet powerful stove vent. The oak floors and solid maple countertops set off the cabinets and add a rich warmth to the all hardwood kitchen. There is a butler's pantry and small bar as well as two large French Door covered pantries adjacent to the kitchen.
Servants Quarters - Bath - Back Hall
Originally this room is where the Reinheart family servants, the butler and his wife would sleep. It's a small bedroom with two twin beds, and a connecting adjacent bathroom inside. The back hall, is hidden from the main part of the house, allowing for the "servants" access upstairs without being seen downstairs except when needed. It connects to the kitchen as well.
Kitchen Garden
Mixed borders filled with perennials, ornamental grasses, bulbs, interesting shrubs and trees curve around a sloping lawn.The plantings have been designed for four-season interest and each border has its own distinct flavour ranging from a woodland section to a Mediterranean planting and a rockery in full sun.Everywhere there are harmonious color combinations which take into consideration each plant's seasonal characteristics. Within the garden is a single statue of a weeping angel. Two benches are angled around the statue for a nice, quiet place to sit and enjoy the garden.
The first "room" inside the house. There is a coat rack, an umbrella basket and a single table in the middle of the room with freshly picked/cut flowers in a vase.
Dining Room
The formal Dining Room features two built-in china cabinets, a traditional twelve light brass chandelier and a huge window with spectacular views. It has convenient access to the butler's pantry and kitchen. The room is large (13x15) and has plenty of space for large dinner parties. The lovely oak hardwood floors add warmth to the room.
Parlor
The Parlor is the main public room of the Manor, and it is beautiful! It is fully furnished in antiques and has the colors of burgundy and natural wood. A grand staircase leads to the second floor.
Game RoomThe Game room comes complete with a pool table and a dart board and some video game machines. Otherwise known as a common room, this room provides a space for entertainment.
Meeting Room
Perhaps not what one would expect, but definately posh. The Meeting room has a rather large oval shaped table in the center of it, a wall lined with chalkboards and dry erase boards as well as a map of the city. There however are no windows in this room, despite the fact that there are curtains hanging for decoration purposes only. There is a cabniet in the room that contains bottles of liquor as well as water for meetings.
Study
The study looks like your normal library room, a large desk with a computer on one end near by the door that leads outside towards a narrow pathway, and book cases lined the walls of the room. What one might not be aware of, is that one of the bookcases move, triggered by a switch beneath the desk. It opens up to reveal a door, leading into the Safe Room.
Safe Room
The Safe Room is a space offering multiple levels of security designed to meet anticipated threats as well as to deal with those threats. Security features, including bullet-resistance, sound-proofing and surveillance equipment, are built into the room. Within the room is a table and chair, along with a cabniet that holds non-perishable items such as water and dried foods. There is also a one person prison cell within the room, complete with a bunker bed and a toliet.
There is a charming area of rockwork inside the room here along a far wall, and one intriguing feature is a small red door that is embeded into the rockwork. Where could this possibly lead?
Well, all you have to do is unlock it, open it, and go through - and what a surprise! When you get inside, you find yourself in a wonderful underground grotto, lit from a skylight above that is actually at ground level.
Grotto
The Grotto itself is made up of several rock gardens and pools, and much of it is underground - a labyrinth of carefully constructed caverns, with one path that would lead outside onto the land proper.
Kitchen - Pantry
It is large (15x20) and functional kitchen. It has a large top-of-the-line side-by-side built-in refrigerator with matching hickory cabinetry front, top-of-the-line dishwasher, and a top-of-the-line, built in double convection oven/microwave combination. The cabinets are deeply grained solid hickory and offer an abundance of storage. The stove ventilation system is built into the wall with the motor mounted outside providing a quiet but yet powerful stove vent. The oak floors and solid maple countertops set off the cabinets and add a rich warmth to the all hardwood kitchen. There is a butler's pantry and small bar as well as two large French Door covered pantries adjacent to the kitchen.
Servants Quarters - Bath - Back Hall
Originally this room is where the Reinheart family servants, the butler and his wife would sleep. It's a small bedroom with two twin beds, and a connecting adjacent bathroom inside. The back hall, is hidden from the main part of the house, allowing for the "servants" access upstairs without being seen downstairs except when needed. It connects to the kitchen as well.
Kitchen Garden
Mixed borders filled with perennials, ornamental grasses, bulbs, interesting shrubs and trees curve around a sloping lawn.The plantings have been designed for four-season interest and each border has its own distinct flavour ranging from a woodland section to a Mediterranean planting and a rockery in full sun.Everywhere there are harmonious color combinations which take into consideration each plant's seasonal characteristics. Within the garden is a single statue of a weeping angel. Two benches are angled around the statue for a nice, quiet place to sit and enjoy the garden.
Saturday, August 18, 2007
Level two of the Estate Manor
Scarlet's Bedroom
The largest of the upstairs rooms, it has access to a private balcony as well as a crow's nest. The bed in the room is a full kingsized canopy bed with sheer ivory drapes around the sides and an encirclement of ivyleaves that dangle from the top of the canopy on all sides.
Scarlet's Bathroom - Closet
A master bathroom complete with jacuzi tub and shower. Full walk in closet to store her many outfits.
Bedroom 1
A light and elegant bedroom with views of the countryside from a full bay window. Traditionally furnished with a soft linen archive print to evoke the luxury of a country house. Private Access to the Upper Balcony and Patio.
Bedroom 2
A heavily embossed brass queen bed from Argentina sets the scene in this cozy room. Private Access to the upper Balcony and Patio
Bedroom 3
It is furnished with a Victorian queen bed of Eastlake style, antique furnishings and a gas-burning fireplace. This room has private access to the Balcony.
Bedroom 4
A cozy sitting area in a southern exposure bay, overlooking the estate, makes this room with gas-burning fireplace, warm. The Flemish hand-carved queen bed with matching chest and mirror, hardwood floors, private access to the large balcony on the front of the Estate.
Backstairs/Linen Closet
The backstairs lead up from the servant's back hall and directly to a large linen closet that holds all of the house's linens as well as a secret path into the security room.
Security Room
A room made simply for montering the various cameras hidden on the property as well as storing armaments for the security.
Training Room
This room has a padded floor, a few hanging sandbags for hand to hand training as well as a few dummies for melee style training. There is also a treadmill and a weights set within this room.
General Bathrooms
Custom tiled bathrooms with oversized multi head shower, 2 person thermal massage tub, and a granite vanity in each of the shared bathrooms.
Upper Patio and Balcony
A simple upper patio, decorated with a table and two chairs.
Private Balcony
Scarlet's own private Balcony. Up here it looks as if she has started her own herbal garden as well as there are rosevines growing along the edges.
The largest of the upstairs rooms, it has access to a private balcony as well as a crow's nest. The bed in the room is a full kingsized canopy bed with sheer ivory drapes around the sides and an encirclement of ivyleaves that dangle from the top of the canopy on all sides.
Scarlet's Bathroom - Closet
A master bathroom complete with jacuzi tub and shower. Full walk in closet to store her many outfits.
Bedroom 1
A light and elegant bedroom with views of the countryside from a full bay window. Traditionally furnished with a soft linen archive print to evoke the luxury of a country house. Private Access to the Upper Balcony and Patio.
Bedroom 2
A heavily embossed brass queen bed from Argentina sets the scene in this cozy room. Private Access to the upper Balcony and Patio
Bedroom 3
It is furnished with a Victorian queen bed of Eastlake style, antique furnishings and a gas-burning fireplace. This room has private access to the Balcony.
Bedroom 4
A cozy sitting area in a southern exposure bay, overlooking the estate, makes this room with gas-burning fireplace, warm. The Flemish hand-carved queen bed with matching chest and mirror, hardwood floors, private access to the large balcony on the front of the Estate.
Backstairs/Linen Closet
The backstairs lead up from the servant's back hall and directly to a large linen closet that holds all of the house's linens as well as a secret path into the security room.
Security Room
A room made simply for montering the various cameras hidden on the property as well as storing armaments for the security.
Training Room
This room has a padded floor, a few hanging sandbags for hand to hand training as well as a few dummies for melee style training. There is also a treadmill and a weights set within this room.
General Bathrooms
Custom tiled bathrooms with oversized multi head shower, 2 person thermal massage tub, and a granite vanity in each of the shared bathrooms.
Upper Patio and Balcony
A simple upper patio, decorated with a table and two chairs.
Private Balcony
Scarlet's own private Balcony. Up here it looks as if she has started her own herbal garden as well as there are rosevines growing along the edges.
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