The downstairs is done, but clearly recently so, and the decoration is all very understated in a way that might come as a surprise to anyone who's seen more than two of Eames' shirts. Warm colours and maximised space, and quite a bit of dark wood. Like a modern take on early-modern design.

"He sneezed in my coffee this morning, he can't be that grateful," Eames says it with a playful little smack on Boxer's side, which doesn't get much of a reaction past the dog looking up at him with a big, dumb, happy expression.