Interior designer Barry Dixon, who helped the Ramseys renovate the property five different times, says the couple's remodeling has included lacquered walls in the living room and music rooms, a custom kitchen with limestone from France and Waterford chandeliers from the 18th century hanging in the foyer and dining room.

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"smart" -- gadgets promoted at this massive technology trade show includes washing machines that send text messages and communicate with smartphones, refrigerators that play music from the internet, and kitchen ovens that download recipes and can essentially teach you to cook.

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My only memory of the day itself is of watching The Sound of Music while my mum was in the kitchen making jam.

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Prime is available on items across electronics, baby, kitchen, books, movies, music, watches, sporting goods, tools and more.

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Diners can share platters of slow-roasted meat joints, wood-fired pizzas and New England clam chowder served from an open kitchen, or retreat to the live music lounge for bar snacks accompanied by late night tunes.

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Maezawa started in the mid-1990s selling music CDs and band T-shirts by mail order from his kitchen table.

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Placed in a kitchen or family room, it can play TV, video and music and host video calls while offering easy access to the Web.

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Music will come courtesy of Committed to the Blue Brothers, Funky Voices, Soul Kitchen and our very own Easy Tigers (Graeme Mac and Jon Wright).

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Violinist Nick Kitchen says that Beethoven's "Great Fugue" contains what may be the most extended music played continuously at the fortissimo level.

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