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跪求英文翻译，在线等~软件勿扰，谢谢~

One of the few vestiges of the original house is the doubleheight living room fireplace. A variety of textures now play off the roughness of its Texas shell-stone surround—smooth limestone floos, wenge-wood cabinetry, stainless-steel tiles.Clean-lined pieces, many designed by TempleHome, help maintain the balance between open and contained space. As for the four elements, the rooms are airy, the materials are earthy, and a water feature at the rear complement the fireplace and pool.
Well before the house was done, it had a new owner—the resident of that small house next door, Bill Block, a film financier and producer (his Spring Break in Bosnia, with Richard Gere and Terrence Howard, comes out this winter). "I loved the first house," Block says of his previous Balbes-designed residence."It was like the perfect penthouse suite. This is more of a house house. It's a similar feeling, though, because of Xorin's taste, which is a wonderful combination of dramatic and conservative." Block had no qualms about starting over—again."Xorin told me what to do:'Bring the glass table, a couple of pairs of chairs.' Everything else was new." Everything, that is, but his art collection—the Serra in the new living room; the Warhol at the foot of the stairs; the Bleckner that shares space in the dining room with a photograph by Richard Misrach.
"I always find it interesting who buys my properties," muses Balbes."It's like I knew their vision in advance. The they step into it, and it's a very soulful thing."If so, ThempleHome is about to give shape to Bill Block's vision yet again. To expand his work space, the team is designing a bold glass bridge, that will float above the garage—a wall-less office. Talk about indoor-outdoor living.
俺是百度新手，暂时手上没有分~谢谢各位大虾了~！

Answer 1

太长了，我只翻译第一句吧。

一种在别墅里罕见的样例是有两倍高度的卧室壁炉。

Answer 2

大锅饭上