Rooms and Furnishings

A floorplan of a house with room labels.

First Floor Rooms

Living Room

Eleanor Roosevelt entertained family and friends in the living room, often gathered around the fireplace for lively conversation.

A room with wood paneled walls and an oval table with chairs.

When weather permitted, breakfast and lunch were served on Tommy's porch, but dinner was usually served in the dining room at 7:00 or 7:30 pm sharp. During the years that Val-Kill Farms was in operation, Eleanor could boast that all ingredients of a meal were produced at Val-Kill—meats, vegetables, fruits, and honey.

A paneled room with upholstered and many photos on the walls.

Office

The office was Malvina "Tommy" Thompson's living room, where she and Eleanor would quietly work. This room was part of Tommy's apartment in the cottage, with two bedrooms, kitchen, and a screened porch where where breakfast and lunch were often served.

A small room with a wood desk and wood chest of drawers.

Guest Room

This small guest room is furnished almost entirely with furniture made in the Val-Kill Shop. The room also includes a luggage rack made at Arthurdale and other examples of handicrafts from the 1930s.