The pile of wood on view from their window is in fact a "bug hotel" complete with cardboard and other biodegradable matter.

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There is a ban on cars, cats and dogs and the view from your window is a pile of rotting wood.

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On May 24, 1989, the day before George Nakashima's 84th birthday, the second-largest collection of his prized wood furniture was reduced to a pile of ash in a house fire.

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Ian Reay from the county council said it issued a breach of condition notice in August, giving the company until the end of that month to reduce the height of the wood pile.

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He booked himself into the best hotel he could find in Arromanches, a pile made of brick, stone, and wood, which creaked in the gusting wind.

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The LS 430, being the flagship, offers Lexus' most luxurious interior, complete with such amenities as a 14-way power-adjusted driver's seat, a leather and wood-trimmed shift knob, deep pile carpeting, vanity mirrors galore, lots of walnut or golden-eye maple, and a great (optional) navigation system.

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