Room of the Day: Softly Elegant Look for a Formal Parlor Room (5 photos)

However, the designers did not want elaborate ornamentation to overwhelm the room. “We wanted to blend the traditional architecture with more modern design,” Baun says. To add texture, the designers added a flat-weave Greek key rug atop a natural fiber rug, which provides a border. “The graphic rug tones down some of the more ornamental elements,” she says. “These are the original floors with all of their distressed charm.”

Grids of framed sheet music add more clean lines on either side of the mirror. One of the homeowners “had a career in music on Broadway, and we wanted to add something that spoke to that — after looking at Degas ballerinas and that sort of thing, we came across the sheet music and knew it was just the thing,” Helm says.

Flanking the fireplace are new built-ins. The white adds a more modern touch, while the designers chose door details to match the original large doors in the house. The built-ins are topped with marble, and the hardware is brass. The cabinetry makes it easy to store bar supplies, while the marble counters make it easy to set up a bar for cocktail parties. The room was designed with the adults in mind, but games and toys for the kids have also found their way into the cabinets.

The upholstered armchairs also have more modern lines. “These are the most comfortable chairs we’ve ever spec’ed for a client in our whole lives,” Baun says. “We wish we could use them for every project!”

Greek key rug: Jaipur; framed prints: Restoration Hardware; Corby chair: Lee Jofa

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