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A colorful print chintz at the windows and on the Chippendale-style sofa and chairs harmonizes with the Herez rug. A lacquered box used as a coffee table was designed by Keith Knost and hand decorated in Hong Kong. Its color complements the salmon hue of the damask fabric on the wing chair. A portrait of a young woman is painted on a wooden panel, circa 1830.

Southern Interiors, 1988

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Here's a castle home that is haunted, and the ghost has a name- Clara. The 1909 home in Kansas City, MO has 6bd, 4ba, 4,817sqft & was built using 28" stone blocks. It's been reduced $25k to $825k and has quite a history- it went from being a brothel to a church, then In 1992, the pews were sold and it became The Writer's Place, a non-profit literary organization.

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This is Betsy, who worked for a publisher on the 3rd fl. She said, "Probably 10 times a year, something huge happens that I cannot explain.'" In 2001, employees said that the building was haunted, noting footsteps on the stairs, perfume smells, and phones that cut off daily at 3:45 p.m. At a 2000 seance at the Writers Place, a psychic said there is a specter named Clara, a ghostly woman of the night.

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