At Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh James Thornhill and Christopher Wren, The Painted Hall, 1698 1720s There's a nautical dream quality in the painted walls, illusory architectural details and vertigo-inducing ceiling pictures of this opulent dining hall for senior Royal Navy officers.
A huge floor-to-ceiling picture window overlooks woods, meadows and a pond.
"I might have a picture," she said, disappearing into a sitting room just off her palatial living room, which faces the Atlantic and has floor-to-ceiling picture windows.
The apartments at the Impala, designed by H. Thomas O'Hara, a Manhattan architect, have such features as 9-to-11-foot-high ceilings and knee-to-ceiling picture windows.
The restaurant is housed in a restored barn that dates back to the 1860s, and the look is rustic elegance, with floor-to-ceiling picture windows and white linen-covered tables.
One hung in front of a floor-to-ceiling picture window that opened directly onto the jungle and, beyond, the turquoise ocean.
They are covered, wall and ceiling, with picture frames containing short pieces of ties.
The living room has vaulted ceilings and picture windows.
Eventually Old John covered practically every square inch of wall space between wainscot and ceiling with pictures and souvenirs.
ceilings, large picture window, Manhattan skyline view; maintenance $1,570, 52% tax-deductible; listed at $399,000 (multiple bids).
In the daytime, the large, lovely room — with high wood-beamed ceilings and picture windows looking onto the Jefferson Market Garden — belies the singles-playground atmosphere and egregious decibel levels that transform the place at night.
