Wood panelling, thick carpets, and pastoral landscapes in heavy frames offer a serene contrast to the hubbub below.

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Indeed, it would be impossible not to enjoy the butter-soft leather, wood veneers and inch-thick carpeting inside.

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The handle was wood, and the grip was uncomfortably thick, like that of a tennis racket borrowed from an older player.

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The furnishings, though, looked much the same the modern taste of twenty years ago, boxy and stuffed, bare wood and monochrome wool, coffee tables of thick glass on cruciform legs of stainless steel, all mixed with Orientals and family antiques.

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Dr. Glanzer used a different technique in the Rockies: A wood frame supports a 1.5-inch-thick facade of fake stone colored and chemically distressed to give the illusion of age.

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