Once more through the hall, and then they enter the Living Room. The space is largely dominated by a set of cowboy furniture with a wagon wheel motif, the backs stitched with pictures of the heads of cows and horses. A couch, two end tables, and a long coffee table face the picture window, which is one big central plate with two small wings that slide open. In front of the window, by the front door, is the rocking recliner, which can be ridden back and forth and holds two boys comfortably and three or more cozily. Next to that is the arm chair. The stitching on this furniture is fascinating to brush under the fingers and the spokes make interesting environments for playing with little plastic animals.
There is a room divider with a shelf at the top between the living room and the dining room; the divider is hollow and made of faux wood planks, and booms if you knock on it. On it hangs a mirror shelved for knick-knacks, and under the mirror is the big TV, focus of the room. A couple of pictures painted by Nanny (a moose entering a mountain lake and a desert road) adorn the walls, and a big brown hooked rug covers most of the floor. Lighting at this period is supplied by two small shaded wall lamps (a wedding present) on either end of the couch; the most interesting light is a lamp shaped like a hollow pot inset with marbles that threw interesting colored shadows; it sits on the TV.
[Not quite like this; ours was fatter.]
The front door has three small rectangular windows arranged in steps; the taller of us, if we stand on tiptoe, can peek out to the front porch. Kenny and John peer behind the couch and under the curtains, then head around the divider.
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