The furniture is minimal: There is a long dining table painted chartreuse and small, bright-blue Chinese peasant cloth pillows sit on two white couches.

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George always sat at one end of the long dining room table.

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Otherwise, meals are served at the long communal dining room table.

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Curtains can be opened and shut by pushing a button, and a long coffee table can be raised until it becomes the dining room table.

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