The piano in the music room in the House for an Art Lovers, architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Colonial style bed, antique South Indian storage box, hand painted cupboards in home in Dehra Dun, Himalayan foot hills, Uttar Pradesh state, India, Asia

The Imperial Suite in Shiv Niwas Palace, a former royal guest house and now a heritage hotel, Udaipur, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Breakfast dining room with view of city centre in Hotel Okura, Kyoto, Honshu Island, Japan, Asia

The Mirror Cube room, The Tree Hotel, Lapland, Arctic Circle, Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe

Council room, Royal Palace, Turin, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

Drawing room of a new build residence, New Delhi, India, Asia

Detail of the arm of a drawing room chair in new build home, New Delhi, India, Asia

Bedroom suite, Neemrana Fort Palace Hotel, Neemrana, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

The Imperial Suite in Shiv Niwas Palace, a former royal guest house and now a heritage hotel, Udaipur, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Antiquarium room at the Residenzmuseum, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The Red Room, Dolmabahce Palace, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Detail of the Napolean Room at traditional Quay House Hotel, Clifden, County Galway, Ireland

Bedroom suite, Usha Kiran Palace Hotel, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh state, India, Asia

KODE 3 Art Museum, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Canoe room service for the overwater bungalows, Le Taha'a Resort, Tahiti, French Polynesia, South Pacific, Pacific

The Long Room in the library of Trinity College, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Europe

French onion tarts and oven, France, Europe

Bedroom, the Shiv Niwas Palace Hotel, Udaipur, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Stone carving, below Pump Room, Bath, Avon (Somerset), England, United Kingdom, Europe

Ubud Hanging Gardens hotel room, Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Room at Hotel Mata Nativa, Trancoso, Bahia, Brazil, South America

Cheltenham Pittville Pump Room, Pittville Park, Cheltenham Spa, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The living room, Castle of Masino, Caravino, Torino district, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

Room in the Wieliczka Salt Mine, UNESCO World Heritage Site, near Krakow (Cracow), Poland, Europe

Old Blacksmiths Shop Wedding Room, Gretna Green, Dumfries, Scotland, United Kingdom, Europe

Smoke hole and doorway in Navaho (Navajo) dwelling of mud covered pinyon pine logs, Arizona, United States of America (U.S.A.), North America

Bathroom of a private residence, Samode Bagh or Garden, Samode, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

The Lapidary Room display of original rooftop stonework, Chateau de Chambord, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Loir et Cher, Loire Valley, France, Europe

The Vauban's Lounge Room, Chateau d'Usse, Indre et Loire, Loire Valley, France, Europe

Detail in a guest bedroom, Devi Garh Fort Palace Hotel, Devi Garh, near Udaipur, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Throne in Queen's robing room, Houses of Parliament, Westminster, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

A room full of discarded shoes from victims of the Majdanek Concentration Camp in Poland.

Hanseatic museum building, Bryggen, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

The Red Drawing Room, Hauteville House, Victor Hugo's House, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom, Europe

Long Room interior, Old Library building, Trinity College, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Europe

The Pump Room, Bath, Avon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Colourful stained glass in the Maharaja's throne room, Meherangarh Fort Museum, Jodhpur, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Room in the Grand Master's Palace, Valletta, Malta, Europe

Throne room of Seiden at Shuri Castle, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Naha, Okinawa, Japan, Asia

Altar in the sitting room of a Chinese house built in 1780, Phung Hung House, Hoi An, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

Dining room, Museo Casa de Leon Trotsky (Leon Trotsky House Museum), Coyoacan, Mexico City, Mexico, North America

The UFO room, The Tree Hotel, Lapland, Arctic, Sweden, Scandinavia, Europe

Public sitting room mosaic, frescoed walls in House of Amorini Dorati (Golden Cupids), Pompeii, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Campania, Italy, Europe

Gala Dali Castle Museum, Coat of Arms room, medieval home and now museum of Salvador Dali, Pubol, Baix Emporda, Girona, Catalonia, Spain, Europe

Alcove Room, Royal Palace, Turin, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

The Long Room in the library of Trinity College, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Long Room interior, Old Library building, Trinity College, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, Europe

Private sitting area in one of the bedroom suites, Neemrana Fort Palace Hotel, Neemrana, Rajasthan state, India, Asia

Wall in the main room of the tomb of Emperor Kai Dinh, Royal Mausoleums, Hue, Vietnam, Indochina, Southeast Asia, Asia

The Franklin Delano Roosevelt masonic lodge room in the Grande Loge de France, Paris, France, Europe

The Tea Room, Pera Palace Hotel, Istanbul, Turkey, Europe

Hanseatic museum building, Bryggen, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Monastery wall at a room in the Marriott Hotel, Cuzco, Peru, South America

Living room at Estancia La Paz, Cordoba Province, Argentina, South America

The Dining Room, Chateau d'Usse, Indre et Loire, Loire Valley, France, Europe

Christian VI's Room, Rosenborg Castle, Copenhagen, Denmark, Scandinavia, Europe

Sala delle Grida (Shout Room) (Cries Room), Palazzo Mezzanotte, Piazza degli Affari, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

The Arms Room, Cheverny Castle, Loir et Cher, Loire Valley, France, Europe

KODE 3 Art Museum, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

KODE 3 Art Museum, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

The living room, Castle of Masino, Caravino, Torino district, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

The Guard Room, Chateau d' Usse, Indre et Loire, Loire Valley, France, Europe

The Children's Room, Langeais Castle, Loire Valley, France, Europe

Hanseatic museum building, Bryggen, Bergen, Hordaland, Norway, Scandinavia, Europe

Room interior in the Museo Romantico, Plaza Mayor, Trinidad, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

Sala delle Grida (Shout Room) (Cries Room), Palazzo Mezzanotte, Piazza degli Affari, Milan, Lombardy, Italy, Europe

Throne Room, Royal Palace, Turin, Piedmont, Italy, Europe

Dining room, Langeais Castle, Loire Valley, France, Europe

View of the room showing sculptures and works by Aleijadinho at Museu da Inconfidencia, Ouro Preto, Minas Gerais, Brazil, South America

Music room at the Residenzmuseum, Munich, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

The Villa Pisani, designed by F.M.Preti, main reception room has a fresco by G.B.Tiepolo, Riviera del Brenta, Veneto, Italy, Europe

Beds in capsules in an ice hotel room representing a space ship, Lainio Snow Village, Kittila, Lapland, Finland

Ceiling light in Arms Room, Winter Palace, Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia, Europe

Bulgari resort cottage room, Bali, Indonesia, Southeast Asia, Asia

Room interior in the Museo Romantico, Plaza Mayor, Trinidad, Cuba, West Indies, Central America

The dining room fireplace, Cheverny Castle, Loir et Cher, Loire Valley, France, Europe

The dining room, Chaumont Castle, Loir et Cher, Loire Valley, France, Europe

Slovenia, Ljubljana (Lubiana), The Reading Room In The University Library

Syria, Damascus, Azem Palace Built In 1749 By Turkish Governor Assad Pasha Al Azem, The Qaa (Pasha Reception Room)

Reading Room, National Library, Vienna, Austria

Russia, St-Petersburg, Pedrovorets, Peterhof Palace, The Throne Room

Uncut diamonds in the sorting room at De Beers' Diamond Trading Company in Harry Oppenheimer House in Kimberley South Africa.

Aleta Thamae, a traditional sangoma posing in her consultation room in her house in the township of Refilwe near Cullinan in South Africa.

Aleta Thamae, a traditional sangoma, throwing various objects she will use to give a reading in her consultation room in her home in the township of Refilwe near Cullinan in South Africa.

The Octagon Room, Flamsteed House, Royal Observatory, Greenwich, UNESCO World Heritage Site, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Living room interior at the winter estate home, Seminole Lodge, of famous inventor Thomas Edison at Fort Myers, Florida, USA

Indonesia a kindergarten in banda aceh which lost many of children to tsunami, been rebuilt. schools director halimah anwar bustam (seen here in foreground) describes horrors suffered: area kids came from completely flattened by waves. On that fateful sunday children were in their homes, or many were already on beach having. So many died that morning. It devastating. Only we getting things back together, very grateful to helping with reconstruction of damaged building. staff give up a portion of their (already) salaries to sponsor poor children from outlying villages to come to school. structure includes offices staff, a library, prayer room wheelchair accessible classroom.__ Photograph taken in banda aceh, -december 2006, 2 years after tsunami of december 26th 2004 devasted much of coastal region. Taken to illustrate reconstruction work projects of (catholic relief services) of sponsored photo tour

India. Small home of hindu family, omana radhara krishnan (mother) and her daughters rashmi (14) and maya (11). They will soon get a better house thanks to house building project funded by cnewa and implemented by diocese of kottayam social services in villages of wayanad district, kerala. 2007

State Dining Room showing ceiling painting of the Triumph of Bacchus by Sebastiano Ricci, Royal Academy of Arts, Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Mauritius, Grand'baie, View From A Hotel Room

Morocco, South, Marrakech, La Mamounia, The Dining Room In Classic Arabic Style

A single room in the Pian del Tevere agriturismo, near Perugia, Umbria, Italy, Europe

The Locarno Reception Room, Foreign Office, Whitehall, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Syria, 30 Km East Of Tartus In The Mountain, The Town Is Dominated By A Heavy Stone Donjon Built By The French Crusaders At The End Of Xii Th Century And Known As Chastel Blanc, Interior View Of The Last Floor Vaulted Room

The Oval Drawing Room, The Wallace Collection Art Gallery, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

The Octagon Room, Flamsteed House, Royal Observatory, UNESCO World Heritage Site, Greenwich, London, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Kneading flour for pasta making in the kitchen, Arezzo, Tuscany, Italy, Europe

Guest room at the Bab Al Shams Desert Resort and Spa, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Middle East

Tea Room and souvenir shop, Godshill Village, Isle of Wight, England, United Kingdom, Europe