Soothing Sitting Rooms

Sometimes you just need to pause, escape the day to day, and contemplate in solitude. And these three rooms prove you don't need to go further than just down the hallway.

Starting with warm umber walls and hardwood flooring, this fireside retreat adds the traditional comfort of overstuff seating in a checkered upholstery - just like at Granma house. Slate adds a touch of outdoors to the contoured fireplace surround, and on chilly evenings, your toes will want to linger on the patterned wool scatter rug. Now just light the candles, and unwind with a few chapters of that new novel you've been waiting to indulge in.

A hint of Tudor in the windows, the comfortable creak of leather, and a sense of volume from the vaulted ceiling - it all comes together in this intimate sitting room. Sunlight fills the room, or, when days are shorter, there's plenty of reading light. When your ready, snuggle up under the red throw, put your feet up on the table, and prop your book on the plush white cushion. The tea's steeped and there are daydreams to be indulged in.

If you listen carefully, you'll hear the wind whispering across the plains sin this southwest inspired sitting nook. From the cowhide lampshade and Sherriff's stars on the stand to wild mustangs galloping across the clerestory-style window, homage is paid to companionable way of the cowboy. A banjo, its case resting on an old steamer trunk is tuned and ready for sharing a song or simply strumming - who knows what far off places it's seen as it travels around the world.

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