the high ceilinged front room was a mess ; the wall-papered walls were spattered with blood and beer and the smell of urine and vomit was almost intolerable , the wooden furniture was broken and splintered and the overstuffed pieces were ripped open and the wool and coiled springs were scattered haphazardly over the floor , and the long wooden dining room table that served as the bar had as many broken beer and whisky bottles on it as whole ones .