More intimate guests were ushered into a living room to the left, which has a wall of built-in shelves surrounded by Gothic molding flanking a fireplace. The formal dining room, which is also off the parlor, includes a fireplace and dentil crown molding and space to seat 16. The adjacent family room has a coffered ceiling, wall paneling and bookshelves with a distressed off-white-painted finish. It connects to a wood-paneled breakfast room with a floral glass pendant lamp hanging from a chain and views of the swimming pool and forest. (That space is also accessible from a paneled shelf in the upstairs hallway that was once a secret passageway where precious objects were hidden.)

Source: International New York Times October 30, 2019 12:56 UTC