1.   His silks, his plaited hair, his very foreign-ness seemed out of place amongst the low oak beams and sturdy yeoman furniture.

2.   Oak beams, low ceilings, roses round the door.

3.   The ceilings are supported by oak beams.

4.   ...an apartment with oak beams and rosewood panelling.

5.   Tacked to the oak beams,

6.   An old friend, the designer Patricia Hart McMillan, suggested they paint the plasterboard walls of the barn a pale yellow-green to complement the oak beams.

7.   Inside, oak beams, stone walls, Oriental rugs and discreet spotlights produce images that would not be out of place in Town and Country.

8.   The house itself had been designed by the artist Henry Varnum Poor with large, open rooms, floor-to-ceiling windows, and oak beams.

9.   The old oak beams have been carefully preserved and the walls are a mixture of stone and white plasterboard.