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Photograph of the interior of a bedroom on the main floor Cosimo inhabited in Palazzo Medici. The "Piano Nobile" or "Noble Floor" meant the first floor above ground in the period, the one the nobles of a household lived on so they could avoid having to go up more than one flight of stairs (the ground floor, vulnerable to flooding and cold was used for storage of barrels and jars and goods, not habitation). In the room you see a large window, a bed and chairs upholstered in pale silvery fabric, several large pieces of dark heavy wooden furniture, whitewashed walls, and a large wooden door with a very, very hard solid stone door frame. Hitting your head on these really, really hurts! I hit my head hard on one in a castle in Wales one time, my head was hurting for days! Stone is hard, people! If you've ever hit your head on a doorframe multiply it by ten!