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In front of the sofa is a round coffee table with a white baroque base and antique mirror top. Counterpart of the coffee table is the large antique glass mirror over the fireplace. Reflecting the white ceiling and wall is the white Persian rug and and the baroque wall ornaments on either side of the fireplace which contain wall lights. Bill painted the mantel and stone fireplace white. On the mantel, Carol placed a Chinese vase — usually filled with heather — and on either side two pieces she picked up in Montreal while singing at a night club there. At the time of their marriage, Carol was singing on the Arthur Godfrey show, and in one of New York's best nightclubs, as Carol Ames. She confines her singing engagements to Manhattan now, because, "There's no sense in going half-way across the country from Bill if we're going to get the most out of marriage." In the past six years Bill has become one of the most successful quizmasters in radio, but he works six days a week and his programs have never gone off the air for the summer. Five days a week, his day begins at seven and ends about six in the evening. On Saturdays he is heard on Give and Take which makes the weekend very short. "We're home almost every night except on weekends," Bill tells you. "And about three nights a week we have friends over — to use that fireplace." "Carol's Other Living Room" is smaller and cosier. From the doorway you face windows, fronted by a chest of drawers that Carol finished herself. On one side of the chest is a two-piece lounge chair; on the other side, a shelf unit. Against the right wall is a big sofa that converts into a double bed. Above it is a huge French Provincial mirror with a heavy, gilded frame. Against the opposite wall stands a tall breakfront, another chair and a corner table bearing an antique brass tea kettle. A square coffee table and two end tables were among the pieces the Cullens saved from the former tenant's furniture. Carol refinished them herself in black. Bill painted the walls French gray, and they carried out the informal feeling of the room with three white shag rugs. On the coffee table there are magazines, and usually two books with markers. A model plane that Bill has half-finished is moored to a shelf in the breakfront, flanked by a ship's clock and a periodical on aeronautics. In the corner piece are Bill's two dozen pipes, a ship's wheel and a radio. His interest in flying goes beyond model planes. He owns and pilots a Ryan Navion, a four-seater plane that lands or takes off anywhere there is six hundred feet of cow pasture. "The plane was another investment, made partly to get us out of town in the summer," Bill tells you. After the Saturday broadcast he and Carol, with a couple of friends, hustle off to the airport and by late afternoon step out of the plane at Nantucket. Recently, Carol has been taking flying lessons and Bill is mastering the technique of the helicopter. It's in the "other living room" that the Cullens study manuals and technical reports on flying, keep up with their hobbies and reading. Across the hall is their bedroom, decorated strictly to Carol's taste. Most impressive piece is the sevenfoot wide bed — "Just two big twin beds pushed together," she explains. Carol designed the beautiful canopy and bedspread which are white silk. The top of the tester and sides of the spread are mauve. The skirted bottom of the bedspread is white again. The several pieces of furniture are light French Provincial. "The bedside tables Bill designed," Carol adds with pride. They have no legs, but are fastened flat against the wall at either side of the bed head. They have a white baroque base and red marble tops. On each is a Wedgwood lamp. "I gave up the idea of French lamps," Carol said, "because they are too delicate and break so easily." The dining room is just large enough for a black table and six chairs covered with gold fabric. On the table is a driftwood lamp with live philodendrons curling out of a concealed vase. A distinct idea in this room is the lighting. "When we eat by candlelight," Carol says, "I like the atmosphere— but not the bother of candelabra on the table." She has handsome brass sconces that are fastened to the wall over the table. On close inspection they prove to be doorknockers cleverly adapted for candles. One of the doors opens on the kitchen and this, for the Cullens, is neutral territory— painted symbolically in white. Bill is particularly proud of the gadgets on the stove. "Reminds me of the panel in my airplane," he said. "It's a gas stove, but there are electric outlets on the top with spaces between burners for electric appliances. Two electric clocks turn the fires on and off automatically. The oven has a glass panel with an inside light so that you can see how the roast is progressing." The Cullens enjoy cooking for each other. Carol frequently makes Beef Stroganov for Bill. After cubing a steak, she browns the meat in a pan with butter and onions, then adds salt, pepper and tomato paste. She serves the meat over riced potatoes, covering the whole with melted cheddar cheese. The Cullens very nearly accomplished getting the apartment furnished in the week before Christmas — anyway there were enough seats to accommodate their friends on Christmas Eve. "I think the remarkable thing Bill did here was in the overall feeling," Carol says. "You expect Chinese to be dark, but the room is actually bright and active." "I wouldn't change a thing," Bill adds, with a sigh of contentment. Carol grins and asks, "Not even the French Provincial furniture?" "Well, that was the Cullen compromise," he says philosophically. "Almost comparable to the great Missouri Compromise."