The cheap Salvadoran bodegas in Columbia Heights are also mixing with upmarket wine bars, such as Maple, where hot young things eat delicate servings of pasta on a reclaimed wood bar.

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The bar has wood-panelled walls, low lighting and period etchings, plus you can see the whole brewing process through a glazed partition.

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And inside, horizontal bands of different types of wood--particularly in the bar and along the corridors where the rooms are located--suggest, perhaps, a yacht.

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It currently boasts seven bedrooms, 11 bathrooms, three kitchens, a wood-paneled library with wet bar and staff quarters, though he reportedly plans to renovate.

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In a city made of stone, from pyramids to flyovers, it prefers wood for its panelling and partitions, a darkly stained bar, a scratched trolley, a desk piled high with books.

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As the game wore on, play swung from end to end, and Liam McMillan twice came close for Darwen while Wood almost doubled AFC Blackpool's tally with a glancing header just over the bar.

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Constructed almost entirely from the lovely native lenga wood, the great room seamlessly unites a sitting area containing a circular fireplace with a bar and a dining space.

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At the inn, soft lighting, dark wood, earth-toned upholstery and beaten metal adorn the guest rooms, lobby and bar area, while the pockmarked cement in the front entryway emulates ancient flagstone.

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Once inside, patrons have their choice of sitting in vintage, slatted-wood booths, which were resurrected from a New Orleans trolley graveyard, or standing at the bar to watch the skilled mixologists at work.

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