Folly's Room

Folly's new quarters are tucked under the servants' stairs in an out-of-the-way corner of the new family wing. They are smaller than her old rooms, and not quite so well-appointed, but they nevertheless possess a quirky charm.

From the hall, one enters the small sitting room through a door that should soon have a cat-flap. Against the adjoining wall, situated between two tall bookshelves, is the avocado-green sofa, gently worn in exactly the right way to give it a comfy, broken-in feeling. The bright array of patchwork velvet throw-pillows decorating it makes it seem festive despite its dreary color. A desk sits against the far wall, one end of it situated beneath the room's single narrow window. Behind the desk is the door leading to the bedroom, and beside the door is a low bench that doubles, when necessary, as a coffee table. Beside the bench, double doors open onto a large closet, the ceiling of which is higher than that of the rest of the room, and one wall of which is lined with shelves. The other notable feature of the sitting room is the plush but slightly garish rug, which depicts elaborately entwined flowers of plum and periwinkle and deep midnight blue, with leaves of teal and sage, set against a salmon-colored background. The overall effect is that of a cheerful Victorian drug-trip.

The bedroom, while larger in area than the sitting room, has a similar amount of usable space due to the steeply sloping ceiling. At its lowest, along the wall opposite the bedroom door, the ceiling rises only three feet off the ground. This wall is lined with low shelves and Folly's musical instruments. The tall end of the room is dominated by the large, low bed, possessed of neither a headboard nor footboard, and the scuffed but sturdy dresser, its mirror notably absent. The only other piece of furniture currently in the room is a small night-table by the bed; but the future appearance of a beanbag chair is not unlikely.

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