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Look, Jenn Ski has pecky cypress in her new home office! She also recently found a totally groovy lime green kitchen/dining room table and chairs that she uses there — the peaches!
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Lawrence Bill’s 1955 pecky cypress living room 
1959 vintage Drexel: Colonial lives, even heading into the 60s! 
Scary retro things 
I love these walls. I’ve seen a lot of pecky cypress here in Louisiana homes and it’s beautiful wood. I love what Jenn did with her office. What a great color scheme and I love the rest of the photos in her home shown on her blog.