Second floor

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Choose from a first or second floor master suite in this luxurious Shingle style house plan. The covered front porch wraps around the huge great room with its coffered ceiling and fireplace. There's an informal eating nook plus a formal dining room with tray ceiling and sliders out to the rear barbecue porch. In the kitchen, a giant island features an extra sink and gives you the ability to have more than one cook in the kitchen. Use the first floor bedroom 2 as your main master suite or use…

This is on the second floor of the temple. To the left is the front of the temple. Unlike Ajanta, the Ellora caves were never lost. As such, the people have left their mark in them over the centuries. The holes in the floor were likely used as mortars, and the holes to the left and right at the base of the columns were likely used to tie up animals.

Abandoned house in Milwaukee.

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Inspired by a trip to Lake Tahoe, this Sunset Hills couple decided to transform a 1950's ranch home, located on an acre of heavily wooded land, into a modern mountain retreat. Rear additions and a half-story loft were added to accommodate the long, narrow lot. New elements included a three car garage, master suite, two bedrooms, two decks, an office, game room and three-and-a-half bathrooms.

View Large On Black Stairs to the second floor of a small but interesting Armour meat-packing abandonment in downtown Texarkana, Texas. Night, mostly dark room, ambient sodium vapor light through window behind camera, LED flashlight & red-gelled strobe.