The newly appointed rooms feature bespoke details, a neutral color palette and burl wood cabinetry.

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One of them sent photos recently of an extraordinary burl on a Norway maple tree in New Jersey.

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The wildest stretch of U.S. shoreline south of Alaska is California's lost coast, a 25-mile-long burl of rock thrust into, and pounded by, the Pacific.

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The decorative flourishes in the Chinese-themed rooms--silk pillows, framed lotus flower prints, armoires made of mappa burl wood or sycamore--make them a touch more interesting than the Western rooms, but nothing feels particularly revelatory.

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