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The home furnishing the house in early Australia.
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M A R G I N: life & letters in early Australia
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April 1, 2008
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- Innett, Caroline
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Copyright informationCOPYRIGHT 2008 Mulini Press. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan. All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)
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In wandering through some of the houses owned by the National Trust of Australia with their pretty restored interiors I often wonder if that was actually how the rooms really looked or was it just a dream concept? Is it how we like to think the house appeared after it was built? An even more important question is what were the interiors like of houses occupied by people who were not quite so well of financially? We would like to know how the shop keepers and the tradesmen as well as poor workers of the colony rived and furnished their cottages. Did they have curtains beautifully draped over their windows or any curtains at all? Did they have carpets and did they have ...
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JACKIE LOOHAUIS-BENNETT;
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A dining room gets a new perspective
The Boston Globe;
March 15, 1991 ;
Margo Miller, Globe Staff;
787 words
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Dining room a great place for gathering
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April 2, 2005 ;
692 words
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HER HOME IS HER "CASTLE'; PROGRAM FIXES HOUSES AND MAKES THEM MORE...
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April 18, 2004 ;
787 words
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Moving back into dining room
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;
August 17, 2003 ;
MICHAEL WALSH;
695 words
...Moving back into dining room By MICHAEL WALSH Sunday...comes to dinner in the dining room, time is definitely not...drive-through than in the dining room. Forgotten friend You remember the dining room, don't you? It has become...least- used room in the house. Most ...
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Make your dining room a total joy
Chicago Sun-Times;
March 17, 2002 ;
Chris Casson Madden;
787 words
......to special meals, the dining room is the room we all gravitate to. My own dining room is not large, but it...the terrace or in the dining room with the French doors...takes center stage in our dining room. This is an extremely...to the length of the dining ...
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SA: Car destroys dining room
AAP General News (Australia);
April 2, 2000 ;
77 words
......Australia) 04-02-2000 SA: Car destroys dining room A car crashed through the front of a house in Adelaide this morning, destroying the dining room. Police say the driver of the Datsun...off after the car ploughed into the house at north suburban Salisbury East about 6am (CST). A ...
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Duck egg blues lift the spirits; (1) IMPOSING: The Blewitts' house in...
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);
September 7, 2008 ;
787 words
......the rooms in this house. It also shows that...houses is space for a dining room. These are especially...opens on to their dining room and it is very much...grandest room in the house. It sums up Jackie...portraits in the dining room - and keep horses...her next country ...
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How to design a better dining room. (Design Lab, part 4)
Professional Builder (1993);
July 1, 1996 ;
317 words
......insist on a formal room. In the dining room these days one size does not...two styles - a formal, separate dining room (pictured on the next page) or...the East Coast, want a formal dining room. However, according to Professional...buyers prefer a great room with a dining ...
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Extra roles for a dining room; Library, office, even art gallery.(LIFE -...
The Washington Times;
December 5, 2007 ;
787 words
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Dining room devotion Empty-nesters may decide to downsize, but insist on...
Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL);
November 19, 2006 ;
Donovan, Deborah;
730 words
......not about to give up a dining room. She and her husband...had that country French dining room set for 28 years. And...sit down to eat in the dining room. The table's getting a...want a place to put their dining room sets. Yes, the 2,240-square-foot house is a ...
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Is a dining room at your house really necessary?(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;
December 27, 2001 ;
Heavens, Alan J.;
787 words
......author, designed a house for herself that had no formal dining room. The lender from...wouldn't want a dining room, while 92 percent...nonnegotiable item in a new house. In addition, it...plan of McCarron's house allows her to add...same height as the dining room ...
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This holiday turkey was a home wrecker; On Thanksgiving morning the...
Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);
November 25, 2006 ;
Adams, Jim;
375 words
......Thanksgiving at the Cobbs' house in Bloomington? A wild turkey, busting through the dining-room picture window. It's terrible. My house is a disaster! Sandy Cobbs...a bloody carpet in her dining room. Everybody thinks it's...was a live turkey in my house. Once might be funny, ...
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So that's your dining room? ; It's not just for supper. It's also a...
The Boston Globe;
February 21, 2008 ;
Suzanne C. Ryan;
787 words
......Karen DeTemple bought her house in Jamaica Plain three...their old Victorian-style dining room chandelier with them...and kitchen. The formal dining room, meanwhile, is being...furnishings. "People want the dining room to be a place where you...would adjourn from the ...
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A FLAVOR LOST Ritz Dining Room has served last lunch
The Boston Globe;
April 22, 1991 ;
Chris Reidy, Globe Staff;
787 words
......the Ritz-Carlton Dining Room stopped serving weekday...bygone era, the Ritz Dining Room was the place where...fashion shows in the Dining Room on Saturday afternoons...England until the dining room's new opening hour...at the Omni Parker House, the Ritz decision ...
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