Time travel: In the living room, a 42-inch flat-panel TV hangs above a fireplace graced with antique andirons. (This room was the original 1840 kitchen, and this, according to the homeowners' hunch, was its hearth.) The cowhide rug helps focus the seating arrangement around the fire. "Placing chairs on an angle gives fluidity to a room so it doesn’t feel static," says Drake.