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Designing the house to suit his own lifestyle, Jim Thompson departed from the Thai tradition of placing the entrance stairway on the outside of the house. Instead, he incorporated a two-storey, western-style entrance lobby inside his Thai house, complete with a marble floor and a grand staircase leading to the upper reception and living rooms. The figure in the niche opposite the staircase is a Burmese gong carrier.
Detail of a door of the hor trai (a library building used as a repository for Buddhist manuscripts) which was originally at Ayuttaya but has moved to Wat Sraket in Bangkok.
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In keeping with the classic Thai house layout, the open-air chan-ban verandah, lower living area and uncovered outdoor staircases tend to leave the residence exposed to nature's elements. This is wonderful when breezes circulate during hot days, but when a thunder storm breaks out, it is another matter. "People always ask me what we do when it rains," says Khun Tula's widow Khun Chancham, a writer noted for interpreting the English edition of M.R. Kukrit Pramoj's most famous novel, The Four Reigns. "And I always tell them, well everything gets wet, of course."
A house on ground level was a later addition as the family grew. The decorative panels beneath the windows were carved by Tula Bunnag.
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