Each bright room is clad in local reclaimed wood, Tuscan flagstone, muted granite and Carrara marble.

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The flagstone path outside leads to the 1, 200-square-foot casita that the Kellermans built to serve as Mr. Kellerman's office.

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Mr. Cecil, who is chief enterprise risk officer at Flagstone Reinsurance Ltd.

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Last November Mr Silman's team began to install supporting cables underneath the flagstone floor in the living room and under its adjoining terraces.

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'Even Ringo has adapted to the colours, ' she says, gesturing towards a sandy-coloured dog almost precisely the same hue as the stone flagstone on which he is lying.

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Behind us there was a wall of rough flagstone that smelled of dirt, of fields in summer with the sun beating down after a heavy rain.

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The properties are now unified by flagstone paths and flanked by small trees and adobe walls that snake along the ridge of the 7, 500-foot-high cliff that slopes into a canyon.

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At the inn, soft lighting, dark wood, earth-toned upholstery and beaten metal adorn the guest rooms, lobby and bar area, while the pockmarked cement in the front entryway emulates ancient flagstone.

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Trailing behind her, Brad was surprised by the lithe swiftness with which she climbed the steps of the flagstone porch and let herself back in, holding the storm door for him as she opened the other.

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