fireplace

In his Arizona home, a secret fireplace door opens when the James Bond theme is played on a piano nearby; another hidden compartment hides a stockpile of medication and nonperishables.

Aparicio designed the chimney and brick fireplace in the work, loosely based on the only remaining structure in his house.

When we returned to the site later, random surviving objects oriented us: the small cast-iron bedside table, fallen from the second floor to a spot near the fireplace directly beneath it.

Filled with sumptuous seating, a patterned ceiling and artfully arranged bookshelves backed with floral wallpaper, the library is a mix of new and old, including the home’s original tiled fireplace.

She watched from her patio wall as five volunteers chiseled the historic tiles from the stairs and from her massive living room fireplace.