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Welcome to The Music Room! This space and adjoining Powder Room were designed by Jennifer Ball, Allied ASID, of Jennifer Ball Interiors, and Jennifer Austin McGrath, Allied ASID, of Fine House Interiors + Design. The Powder Room was remodeled by Quality Cut Design | Remodel and the Music Room was remodeled by OA Design+Build. Alfred and Eleanor Pillsbury used this room to entertain family and friends. They would likely gather around the piano to sing festive tunes for all occasions.

Featuring 11-foot ceilings and exquisite Tudor Revival mahogany wainscoting, remodelers carefully restored the original millwork and replaced the quartersawn oak flooring in a stunning herringbone pattern. The original fireplace, a homeowner favorite, boasts a green marble hearth and surround. Designers enriched the surrounds with a rich palette of soft natural materials. They chose a custom landscape wallcovering by Area Environments above the wainscoting, enhancing the room’s architectural features.

Green velvet channel-back sofas and walnut swivel chairs upholstered in Minako velvet fabric create cozy conversation areas. Modern touches, like the organic metal coffee and end tables, add a contemporary flair, complemented by Art Deco-inspired Visual Comfort lighting. The homeowners’ baby grand piano stands in the bay, where metallic Arte wallpapers grace the ceiling. The powder room, inspired by Alfred Pillsbury’s love of Chinese art, features a Koi fish mural, green paneled walls, and a Stone Source Marina Quartzite vanity, with Visual Comfort sconces enhancing the design.

The Music Room’s majestic Honduran Mahogany millwork had lost its luster, developing a dull and alligatored finish. Cubicle installations caused severe damage and missing sections. To restore its splendor, rare mahogany was meticulously sourced to replace some exquisite crotch grain panels, and over 340 pieces of African Mahogany were carefully milled. Each dentil in the dentil moldings was hand-cut and precisely placed. Original millwork was revitalized to blend seamlessly with the structure. The existing shellac was re-amalgamated with 8-10 coats of denatured alcohol. After cleaning and flattening, the surface was sanded and multiple coats of dewaxed shellac from imported flakes were meticulously applied, resulting in a brilliant mirror finish.

A former back hallway was transformed into a powder room with careful planning by the remodeler. They created a separate water closet, installed custom molding, and matched the nine-piece crown molding to the adjacent Music Room. A floating stone vanity, custom hand-painted glass artwork panels, and new oak flooring were added to coordinate with the rest of the home. 22 System by Bocci outlets integrated seamlessly into the wall panels.

This room was made possible by the contributions of INTERSOURCE by STARK, Stone Source, Ferguson, Visual Comfort & Co, Twin Cities Closet Company, Sherwin Williams, Arhaus, Arte, Cutting Edge, Northstar Home Technologies, Tapis Decor, 22 System by Bocci, Ortal Heat, Aurora Decorative Finishes, Bayer Built, Area Environments, and Drapes Etc.