Item Description This sleek contemporary bonded leather sectional sofa will give your living room a sophisticated style. The plush high tufted look back cushions and deep seat cushions will keep you cozy, offering enough space the whole family to lounge. Wide track arms and square tapered wood feet complete this modern look. This comfortable contemporary sectional sofa is sure to blend beautifully with your decor, for a warm and inviting look that everyone can enjoy. Collection Description The Samuel group will give your contemporary living room a stylish update. The pieces are crafted of sophisticated bonded leather, over a solid hardwood frame with webbed backs and sinuous spring bases for support and durability. These pieces feature plush tufted attached back cushions, and deep t-cushions on the seat for cool comfort. Sleek track arms and square tapered wood legs complete the look. These simple pieces are easy to blend with your home decor, and will help you create the comfortable contemporary style you desire. Furniture Included: Sectional Sofa: 91" L x 114" W x 36" H Optional Furniture: Ottoman: 30" L x 24" W x 20" H End Table (set of 2): 26" L x 24" W x 23" H Coffee Table: 28" L x 50" W x 19" H Sofa Table With Self: 50" L x 18" W x 28" H

The MyLoft sectional sofa breaks the common belief that “low cost = tacky”. It is a model thought for the youth who start living on their own, or for all those that are young at heart. The MyLoft is a custom made piece of furniture crafted by the world-renowned Spanish manufacturer Famaliving. This sectional sofa can come upholstered in a wide variety of multi-colored and patterned fabrics. The frame of the MyLoft is crafted from pine wood and MDF construction, making it very durable to last for many years to come. Attached to the bottom of the sofa are metal leg supports that finish off the overall look and allow the sofa to keep its low profile look. Dimensions: Customizable The MyKiwi is a unique piece that will have you relaxing in modern style. It combines a great design and amazing comfort that will have everyone asking you where you got it. The MyKiwi can come upholstered in a wide variety of multi-colored and patterned fabrics. The backrest is made of two separate pieces joined together with plated steel rods that give dynamism and lightness to the back part of the chair. The side cushions are loose to adapt easily to any position. The footstool fits the chair perfectly with a specifically made cutout on the side that fits the chair perfectly. The frame of the MyKiwi is crafted from pine wood and MDF construction making it very durable. All Fama products use a webbing system for suspension and support instead of the old spring design that will sag over years to come. Attached to the bottom metal chromed finish four leg flared out base that adds to the overall look. Dimensions: W35.4" x D38.2" x H35.4" Seat Height: 16.5" Arm Height: 26.4" We deliver Nationwide! Visit our showroom at: Famaliving San Diego 401 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92103 Questions? Ready to purchase? Tel. 1-619-900-7674 sandiego@famaliving.com

Like the regular sized Moonrise, the Moonrise XL power reclining chair from Famaliving California reflects modern style due to its contemporary, rounded shape and extra large size, making it look almost like a small sofa. But what’s really special about the Moonrise XL is that it was designed as a recliner for two, making it a perfect choice for couples or close friends. It features rocking motion, 360 degrees rotation, and reclining capability, which will only enhance your experience; plus, it also comes with a powered reclining mechanism that allows the seat to be adjusted with a touch of a button. Built to last using pine wood and MDF materials in its frame construction, this special recliner is custom made and crafted by world-renowned Spanish manufacturer Famaliving. It’s also built with comfort in mind because of the cushioned foam used in the seat and fibersilk used in the back cushion and oversized arm pillows. And like all other Famaliving products, the Moonrise XL is made with a webbing system for suspension and support instead of the old spring design of the past, which typically sags over time. With more than 600 fabrics to choose from, the Moonrise XL can come upholstered in a wide range of colors or patterned fabrics, which means you’ll have plenty of choices to choose from to add to your home’s decor. The bottom has a circular metal base in a black finish that helps to maintain its low profile design and allow the 360 degree rotation.

This is a personal design project - our living room! This reading nook/sitting area in the living room is one of my favorite spots in the apartment. Peeking in from the sides are the coffee table and acrylic desk chair (IKEA Tobias). Will update with the rest of the room at a later date! Bookshelf: IKEA Nornas stained with several different shades of Minwax Wood Sheen and sealed with water-based Polycrylic. Risom chair: a find from my great uncle - the webbing was ripped and the legs had some water damage, so this is the restored chair. Comada/Panamericana chair: purchased from Alapash in Ravenswood, Chicago, imported by Maya Mueble. IKEA faux sheepskin below. Art: L - print by Dan Grzeca; R - Tamara de Lempicka print Photos ©2016 by Kelly Peloza

The MyLoft sectional sofa breaks the common belief that “low cost = tacky”. It is a model thought for the youth who start living on their own, or for all those that are young at heart. The MyLoft is a custom made piece of furniture crafted by the world-renowned Spanish manufacturer Famaliving. This sectional sofa can come upholstered in a wide variety of multi-colored and patterned fabrics. The frame of the MyLoft is crafted from pine wood and MDF construction, making it very durable to last for many years to come. Attached to the bottom of the sofa are metal leg supports that finish off the overall look and allow the sofa to keep its low profile look. Dimensions: Customizable The MyKiwi is a unique piece that will have you relaxing in modern style. It combines a great design and amazing comfort that will have everyone asking you where you got it. The MyKiwi can come upholstered in a wide variety of multi-colored and patterned fabrics. The backrest is made of two separate pieces joined together with plated steel rods that give dynamism and lightness to the back part of the chair. The side cushions are loose to adapt easily to any position. The footstool fits the chair perfectly with a specifically made cutout on the side that fits the chair perfectly. The frame of the MyKiwi is crafted from pine wood and MDF construction making it very durable. All Fama products use a webbing system for suspension and support instead of the old spring design that will sag over years to come. Attached to the bottom metal chromed finish four leg flared out base that adds to the overall look. Dimensions: W35.4" x D38.2" x H35.4" Seat Height: 16.5" Arm Height: 26.4" We deliver Nationwide! Visit our showroom at: Famaliving San Diego 401 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92103 Questions? Ready to purchase? Tel. 1-619-900-7674 sandiego@famaliving.com

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Do you cringe at the thought of spotlighting black in your kitchen? This sophisticated stunner may well give you a change of heart! Though the walls and most of the cabinetry are painted “Super White”, the real eyecatchers are the custom brass-trimmed black hood; the black mullion glass doors flanking the hood; and the black front and rear island bases, which echo the black-framed windows. With the addition of elegant Calacatta Gold marble countertops with waterfall island ends and slab backsplashes, I challenge you to say the inclusion of black makes the kitchen feel small or dark. Despite contemporary touches, the cabinetry is traditional flush inset construction; doors and large drawers are wide-framed classic Shaker styling with a stepped inner profile. The fridge and dishwasher are paneled to match to avoid distraction. Decorative hardware is honey bronze; the faucet and instant hot are sleek matte black. Pulling triple duty is the peninsula, which houses a microwave drawer; a beverage fridge; and space for cushioned stools with awning-stripe black webbed backs. The most dramatic view is through the opening in the striking black and gold Art Deco wallpapered dining room, which is centered directly on the black island and black-and-brass hood. This project was done in collaboration with Atelier Milot Shala, LLC and Breton Contracting. Photography by Stefan Radtke.

The Lenny is perhaps one of our most iconic designs that will have your friends and family asking where you got it. This lounge chair uses a clever combination of curves that create a special and unique look that can work with any decor. The Lenny is a custom made piece of furniture crafted by the world-renowned Spanish manufacturer Famaliving. This armchair can be upholstered in a vast array of colors and fabric patterns, including leather, that can match any decor. The frame of the Lenny is crafted from pine wood and MDF construction making it very durable. All Fama products use a webbing system for suspension and support instead of the old spring design that will sag over years to come. Attached to the bottom is a silver finished four leg base that allows the Lenny to swivel 360 degrees and have a backward reclining motion. Dimensions W27.9" x D40.5" x H37.4" Seat Height: 19.7" Arm Height: 23.2" Back Height: 17.7" We deliver Nationwide! Visit our showroom at: Famaliving San Diego 401 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92103 Questions? Ready to purchase? Tel. 1-619-900-7674 sandiego@famaliving.com

Andaluz Designer grade TV lift cabinet, TV lift cabinet by "Best of Houzz 2014" for service, Cabinet Tronix. This Andaluz hand carved pop-up TV cabinet is made to order. Dimensions will be based on your TV size and other technology component needs. With 12 years-experience specializing TV lift retractable furniture, Cabinet Tronix US made designer grade furniture is perfectly married with premium US made TV lift system. This custom Andaluz retractable TV lift cabinet is available in 16 amazing designer grade finishes. Custom finishing, configuration and sizing available. You can have any of our 120 plus TV lift cabinet designs set at the foot of the bed, against a wall/window or center of the room. All designs are finished on all 4 sides with the exact same wood type and finish. All Cabinet Tronix TV lift cabinet models come with HDMI cables, Digital display universal remote, built in Infrared repeater system, TV mount, wire web wrap, component section and power bar. You can also opt to include our optional 360 TV lift swivel system. Custom finishes and sizing All our Furniture systems come with a 5 year warranty http://www.cabinet-tronix.com/other.html Phone: 619-422-2784

Do you cringe at the thought of spotlighting black in your kitchen? This sophisticated stunner may well give you a change of heart! Though the walls and most of the cabinetry are painted “Super White”, the real eyecatchers are the custom brass-trimmed black hood; the black mullion glass doors flanking the hood; and the black front and rear island bases, which echo the black-framed windows. With the addition of elegant Calacatta Gold marble countertops with waterfall island ends and slab backsplashes, I challenge you to say the inclusion of black makes the kitchen feel small or dark. Despite contemporary touches, the cabinetry is traditional flush inset construction; doors and large drawers are wide-framed classic Shaker styling with a stepped inner profile. The fridge and dishwasher are paneled to match to avoid distraction. Decorative hardware is honey bronze; the faucet and instant hot are sleek matte black. Pulling triple duty is the peninsula, which houses a microwave drawer; a beverage fridge; and space for cushioned stools with awning-stripe black webbed backs. The most dramatic view is through the opening in the striking black and gold Art Deco wallpapered dining room, which is centered directly on the black island and black-and-brass hood. This project was done in collaboration with Atelier Milot Shala, LLC and Breton Contracting. Photography by Stefan Radtke.

The extra-large Hancock sofa has a pleasing, modern silhouette created by chunky track arms and flowing channel stitching from the back to seat base. The tightly upholstered seat and back cushion look prim and tailored, but still offer you the comfort you require, thanks to the durable support of Propex webbing and fiber cushions sewn into a cotton ticking. This ultra long sofa is ideal for those that love to entertain.

The MyLoft sectional sofa breaks the common belief that “low cost = tacky”. It is a model thought for the youth who start living on their own, or for all those that are young at heart. The MyLoft is a custom made piece of furniture crafted by the world-renowned Spanish manufacturer Famaliving. This sectional sofa can come upholstered in a wide variety of multi-colored and patterned fabrics. The frame of the MyLoft is crafted from pine wood and MDF construction, making it very durable to last for many years to come. Attached to the bottom of the sofa are metal leg supports that finish off the overall look and allow the sofa to keep its low profile look. Dimensions: Customizable The MyKiwi is a unique piece that will have you relaxing in modern style. It combines a great design and amazing comfort that will have everyone asking you where you got it. The MyKiwi can come upholstered in a wide variety of multi-colored and patterned fabrics. The backrest is made of two separate pieces joined together with plated steel rods that give dynamism and lightness to the back part of the chair. The side cushions are loose to adapt easily to any position. The footstool fits the chair perfectly with a specifically made cutout on the side that fits the chair perfectly. The frame of the MyKiwi is crafted from pine wood and MDF construction making it very durable. All Fama products use a webbing system for suspension and support instead of the old spring design that will sag over years to come. Attached to the bottom metal chromed finish four leg flared out base that adds to the overall look. Dimensions: W35.4" x D38.2" x H35.4" Seat Height: 16.5" Arm Height: 26.4" We deliver Nationwide! Visit our showroom at: Famaliving San Diego 401 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92103 Questions? Ready to purchase? Tel. 1-619-900-7674 sandiego@famaliving.com

Ligne Roset Mon Repos www.Softsquare.com In the case of this armchair, Peter Maly has chosen to oppose the circular shape of the back, which is feminine, welcoming and comfortable, with the rigor of the squared-off solid wood legs and their promise of solidity and stability. In a clever game of counterpoint, the woven webbing of the rounded back sketches out a pattern of small interconnected squares whilst the structure of the solid wood base follows the curve of the back. Finally, the geometric rigor of the seat's construction is in opposition to the unstructured freedom offered by the feather-filled back cushions, which can be arranged and used as desired to optimize the comfort on offer.

Do you cringe at the thought of spotlighting black in your kitchen? This sophisticated stunner may well give you a change of heart! Though the walls and most of the cabinetry are painted “Super White”, the real eyecatchers are the custom brass-trimmed black hood; the black mullion glass doors flanking the hood; and the black front and rear island bases, which echo the black-framed windows. With the addition of elegant Calacatta Gold marble countertops with waterfall island ends and slab backsplashes, I challenge you to say the inclusion of black makes the kitchen feel small or dark. Despite contemporary touches, the cabinetry is traditional flush inset construction; doors and large drawers are wide-framed classic Shaker styling with a stepped inner profile. The fridge and dishwasher are paneled to match to avoid distraction. Decorative hardware is honey bronze; the faucet and instant hot are sleek matte black. Pulling triple duty is the peninsula, which houses a microwave drawer; a beverage fridge; and space for cushioned stools with awning-stripe black webbed backs. The most dramatic view is through the opening in the striking black and gold Art Deco wallpapered dining room, which is centered directly on the black island and black-and-brass hood. This project was done in collaboration with Atelier Milot Shala, LLC and Breton Contracting. Photography by Stefan Radtke.

The Wittus Danish Modern inspired Stack Wood Stove with wooden base, from Maine's Chilton Furniture Co.
Example of a small danish linoleum floor and white floor living room library design in Portland Maine with a wood stove and a concrete fireplace

The high back and winged arms make this sofa feel like a throne. Attached legs add incredible durability. Eco-friendly construction. Certified sustainable, kiln-dried wood frame. Feather blend wrapped MicroGel soy-based polyfoam. Web and coil spring system. Benchmade in Canada. Available in fabric or leather. SKU # 1265-38 Dimensions: 91″x 42″x 38″ h

The Lenny is perhaps one of our most iconic designs that will have your friends and family asking where you got it. This lounge chair uses a clever combination of curves that create a special and unique look that can work with any decor. The Lenny is a custom made piece of furniture crafted by the world-renowned Spanish manufacturer Famaliving. This armchair can be upholstered in a vast array of colors and fabric patterns, including leather, that can match any decor. The frame of the Lenny is crafted from pine wood and MDF construction making it very durable. All Fama products use a webbing system for suspension and support instead of the old spring design that will sag over years to come. Attached to the bottom is a silver finished four leg base that allows the Lenny to swivel 360 degrees and have a backward reclining motion. Dimensions W27.9" x D40.5" x H37.4" Seat Height: 19.7" Arm Height: 23.2" Back Height: 17.7" We deliver Nationwide! Visit our showroom at: Famaliving San Diego 401 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92103 Questions? Ready to purchase? Tel. 1-619-900-7674 sandiego@famaliving.com

- ROCKOUTURE SOFA. Sofa in solid wood and multilayered wood, springing system with crossed elastic webbing, padded with non-deformable polyurethane foam, covered with polyester fibre. Base made of stainless steel with bright finish. Seat filled with natural goose feather and non-deformable polyurethane foam. Covers can be made with fabric or leather and are removable on optional cushions. Other colours available. Sofa: 104''5/8W x 46''1D x 27''1/8H. Seat height: 16''1/2. Box cushion: 23''5/8 x 23''5/8. http://ow.ly/3z8bK6 - FIORE SUSPENSION LAMP. Ceiling lamp with flower lampshade. 27''5/8W x 27''5/8D x 27''5/8H. http://ow.ly/3yZP1y

Stuart Wade, Envision Virtual Tours The second-largest and most developed of Georgia's barrier islands, St. Simons is approximately twelve miles long and nearly three miles wide at its widest stretch (roughly the size of Manhattan Island in New York). The island is located in Glynn County on Georgia's coast and lies east of Brunswick (the seat of Glynn County), south of Little St. Simons Island and the Hampton River, and north of Jekyll Island. The resort community of Sea Island is separated from St. Simons on the east by the Black Banks River. Known for its oak tree canopies and historic landmarks, St. Simons is both a tourist destination and, according to the 2010 U.S. census, home to 12,743 residents. Early History The earliest St. Simons Island Village record of human habitation on the island dates to the Late Archaic Period, about 5,000 to 3,000 years ago. Remnants of shell rings left behind by Native Americans from this era survive on many of the barrier islands, including St. Simons. Centuries later, during the period known by historians as the chiefdom era, the Guale Indians established a chiefdom centered on St. Catherines Island and used St. Simons as their hunting and fishing grounds. By 1500 the Guale had established a permanent village of about 200 people on St. Simons, which they called Guadalquini. Beginning in 1568, the Spanish attempted to create missions along the Georgia coast. Catholic missions were the primary means by which Georgia's indigenous Native American chiefdoms were assimilated into the Spanish colonial system along the northern frontier of greater Spanish Florida. In the 1600s St. Simons became home to two Spanish missions: San Buenaventura de Guadalquini, on the southern tip of the island, and Santo Domingo de Asao (or Asajo), on the northern tip. Located on the inland side of the island were the pagan refugee villages of San Simón, the island's namesake, and Ocotonico. In 1684 pirate raids left the missions and villages largely abandoned. Colonial History As Fort Frederica early as 1670, with Great Britain's establishment of the colony of Carolina and its expansion into Georgia territory, Spanish rule was threatened by the English. The Georgia coast was considered "debatable land" by England and Spain, even though Spain had fully retreated from St. Simons by 1702. Thirty-one years later General James Edward Oglethorpe founded the English settlement of Savannah. In 1736 he established Fort Frederica, named after the heir to the British throne, Frederick Louis, prince of Wales, on the west side of St. Simons Island to protect Savannah and the Carolinas from the Spanish threat. Between 1736 and 1749 Fort Frederica was the hub of British military operations along the Georgia frontier. A town of the same name grew up around the fort and was of great importance to the new colony. By 1740 Frederica's population was 1,000. In 1736 the congregation of what would become Christ Church was organized within Fort Frederica as a mission of the Church of England. Charles Wesley led the first services. In 1742 Britain's decisive victory over Spain in the Battle of Bloody Marsh, during the War of Jenkins' Ear, ended the Spanish threat to the Georgia coast. When the British regimen disbanded in 1749, most of the townspeople relocated to the mainland. Fort Frederica went into decline and, except for a short time of prosperity during the 1760s and 1770s under the leadership of merchant James Spalding, never fully recovered. Today the historic citadel's tabby ruins are maintained by the National Park Service. Plantation Era By the start of the American Revolution (1775-83), Fort Frederica was obsolete, and St. Simons was left largely uninhabited as most of its residents joined the patriot army. Besides hosting a small Georgia naval victory on the Fort Frederica River, providing guns from its famous fort for use at Fort Morris in Sunbury, and serving as an arena for pillaging by privateers and British soldiers, the island played almost no role in the war. Following the war, many of the townspeople, their businesses destroyed, turned to agriculture. The island was transformed into fourteen cotton plantations after acres of live oak trees were cleared for farm land and used for building American warships, including the famous USS Constitution, or "Old Ironsides." Although rice was the predominant crop along the neighboring Altamaha River, St. Simons was known for its production of long-staple cotton, which soon came to be known as Sea Island cotton. Between Ebos Landing the 1780s and the outbreak of the Civil War (1861-65), St. Simons's plantation culture flourished. The saline atmosphere and the availability of cheap slave labor proved an ideal combination for the cultivation of Sea Island cotton. In 1803 a group of Ebo slaves who survived the Middle Passage and arrived on the west side of St. Simons staged a rebellion and drowned themselves. The sacred site is known today as Ebos Landing. One of the largest owners of land and slaves on St. Simons was Pierce Butler, master of Hampton Point Plantation, located on the northern end of the island. By 1793 Butler owned more than 500 slaves, who cultivated 800 acres of cotton on St. Simons and 300 acres of rice on Butler's Island in the Altamaha River delta. Butler's grandson, Pierce Mease Butler, who at the age of sixteen inherited a share of his grandfather's estate in 1826, was responsible for the largest sale of human beings in the history of the United States: in 1859, to restore his squandered fortune, he sold 429 slaves in Savannah for more than $300,000. The British actress and writer Fanny Kemble, whose tumultuous marriage to Pierce ended in divorce in 1849, published an eyewitness account of the evils of slavery on St. Simons in her book Journal of a Residence on a Georgian Plantation in 1838-1839 (1863). Another Retreat Plantation large owner of land and slaves on St. Simons was Major William Page, a friend and employee of Pierce Butler Sr. Before purchasing Retreat Plantation on the southwestern tip of the island in 1804, Page managed the Hampton plantation and Butler's Island. Upon Page's death in 1827, Thomas Butler King inherited the land together with his wife, Page's daughter, Anna Matilda Page King. King expanded his father-in-law's planting empire on St. Simons as well as on the mainland, and by 1835 Retreat Plantation alone was home to as many as 355 slaves. The center of life during the island's plantation era was Christ Church, Frederica. Organized in 1807 by a group of island planters, the Episcopal church is the second oldest in the Diocese of Georgia. Embargoes imposed by the War of 1812 (1812-15) prevented the parishioners from building a church structure, so they worshiped in the home of John Beck, which stood on the site of Oglethorpe's only St. Simons residence, Orange Hall. The first Christ Church building, finished on the present site in 1820, was ruined by occupying Union troops during the Civil War. In 1884 the Reverend Anson Dodge Jr. rebuilt the church as a memorial to his first wife, Ellen. The cruciform building with a trussed gothic roof and stained-glass windows remains active today as Christ Church. Civil War and Beyond The St. Simons Island Lighthouse outbreak of the Civil War in 1861 put a sudden end to St. Simons's lucrative plantation era. In January of that year, Confederate troops were stationed at the south end of the island to guard the entrance to Brunswick Harbor. Slaves from Retreat Plantation, owned by Thomas Butler King, built earthworks and batteries. Plantation residents were scattered—the men joined the Confederate army and their families moved to the mainland. Cannon fire was heard on the island in December 1861, and Confederate troops retreated in February 1862, after dynamiting the lighthouse to keep its beacon from aiding Union troops. Soon thereafter, Union troops occupied the island, which was used as a camp for freed slaves. By August 1862 more than 500 former slaves lived on St. Simons, including Susie King Taylor, who organized a school for freed slave children. But in November the ex-slaves were taken to Hilton Head, South Carolina, and Fernandina, Florida, leaving the island abandoned. After the Civil War the island never returned to its status as an agricultural community. The plantations lay dormant because there were no slaves to work the fields. After Union general William T. Sherman's January 1865 Special Field Order No. 15 —a demand that former plantations be divided and distributed to former slaves—was overturned by U.S. president Andrew Johnson less than a year later, freedmen and women were forced to work as sharecroppers on the small farms that dotted the land previously occupied by the sprawling plantations. By St. Simons Lumber Mills 1870 real economic recovery began with the reestablishment of the timber industry. Norman Dodge and Titus G. Meigs of New York set up lumber mill operations at Gascoigne Bluff, formerly Hamilton Plantation. The lumber mills provided welcome employment for both blacks and whites and also provided mail and passenger boats to the mainland. Such water traffic, together with the construction of a new lighthouse in 1872, designed by architect Charles B. Cluskey, marked the beginning of St. Simons's tourism industry. The keeper of the lighthouse created a small amusement park, which drew many visitors, as did the seemingly miraculous light that traveled from the top of the lighthouse tower to the bottom. The island became a summer retreat for families from the mainland, particularly from Baxley, Brunswick, and Waycross. The island's resort industry was thriving by the 1880s. Beachfront structures, such as a new pier and grand hotel, were built on the southeastern end of the island and could be accessed by ferry. Around this time wealthy northerners began vacationing on the island. Twentieth Century The St. Simons Island Pier and Village opening in 1924 of the Brunswick–St. Simons Highway, today known as the Torras Causeway, was a milestone in the development of resorts in the area. St. Simons's beaches were now easily accessible to locals and tourists alike. More than 5,000 automobiles took the short drive from Brunswick to St. Simons via the causeway on its opening day, paving the way for convenient residential and resort development. In 1926 automotive pioneer Howard Coffin of Detroit, Michigan, bought large tracts of land on St. Simons, including the former Retreat Plantation, and constructed a golf course, yacht club, paved roads, and a residential subdivision. Although the causeway had brought large numbers of summer people to the island, St. Simons remained a small community with only a few hundred permanent residents until the 1940s. The St. Simons Island outbreak of World War II (1941-45) brought more visitors and residents to St. Simons. Troops stationed at Jacksonville, Florida; Savannah; and nearby Camp Stewart took weekend vacations on the island, and a new naval air base and radar school became home to even more officers and soldiers. The increased wartime population brought the island its first public school. With a major shipyard for the production of Liberty ships in nearby Brunswick, the waters of St. Simons became active with German U-boats. In April 1942, just off the coast, the Texas Company oil tanker S. S. Oklahoma and the S. S. Esso Baton Rouge were torpedoed by the Germans, bringing the war very close to home for island residents. Due in large part to the military's improvement of the island's infrastructure during the war, development on the island boomed in the 1950s and 1960s. More permanent homes and subdivisions were built, and the island was no longer just a summer resort but also a thriving community. In 1950 the Methodist conference and retreat center Epworth by the Sea opened on Gascoigne Bluff. In 1961 novelist Eugenia Price visited St. Simons and began work on her first works of fiction, known as the St. Simons Trilogy. Inspired by real events on the island, Price's trilogy renewed interest in the history of Georgia's coast, and the novelist herself relocated to the island in 1965 and lived there for thirty-one years. St. Simons is also home to contemporary Georgia writer Tina McElroy Ansa. Since Epworth by the Sea 1980 St. Simons's population has doubled. The island's continued status as a vacation destination and its ongoing development boom have put historic landmarks and natural areas at risk. While such landmarks as the Fort Frederica ruins and the Battle of Bloody Marsh site are preserved and maintained by the National Park Service, and while the historic lighthouse is maintained by the Coastal Georgia Historical Society, historic Ebos Landing has been taken over by a sewage treatment plant. Several coastal organizations have formed in recent years to save natural areas on the island. The St. Simons Land Trust, for example, has received donations of large tracts of land and plans to protect property in the island's three traditional African American neighborhoods. Despite its rapid growth and development, St. Simons remains one of the most beautiful and important islands on the Georgia coast.