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Owner’s Suite and Baby House The Owner’s Suite of the Mar-a-Lago estate consists of Pine Hall (an antechamber), a vestibule (Louis XV Hall), the owner’s bedroom, a toilet, bath and dressing room, and the Norwegian Room and bath. The Owner’s Suite is accessible from the south end of the cloister, and by a stairway from […]

Mar-a-Lago Structure and Materials The Building Introduction Mar-a-Lago Structure and Materials Half-Round Cloister and Patio Finishes and Furniture at Mar-a-Lago Living Room Thousand-Wing Ceiling Dining Room, Library and Monkey Loggia Owner’s Suite and Baby House Guest Suites Each a Different Theme Marjorie Post and the Designers Mar-a-Lago was built on a coral reef, and, as a protection

Living Room and the Thousand-Wing Ceiling Introduction Mar-a-Lago Structure and Materials Half-Round Cloister and Patio Finishes and Furniture at Mar-a-Lago Living Room Thousand-Wing Ceiling Dining Room, Library and Monkey Loggia Owner’s Suite and Baby House Guest Suites Each a Different Theme Marjorie Post and the Designers The gold leaf ceiling at the Mar-a-Lago Living Room is

Half-Round Cloister and Patio The first level cloister at the Mar-a-Lago estate follows the concave curve of the house with a half-round footprint on the west side facing the lake. It provides a transitional space between the living room and library and the circular patio, and also provides access to the Owner’s Suite, the Baby

Guest Suites Each a Different Theme The main house at Mar-a-Lago contains various bedroom suites, each named for its interior design and decor; many of these suites-have a panoramic view of the gardens. The Dutch Room is a memorial to Mrs. Post’s mother who particularly liked the Dutch Delft tiles from which the room takes its

Furniture and Finishes at Mar-a-Lago Mar-a-Lago is filled with fine furniture, art objects, and ornaments that Mrs. Post collected during her travels or has commissioned especially for the house. This is illustrated by the central and most important room in the house, the living room, sometimes called the gold room. The Entrance Hall is entered

Dining Room, Library and Monkey Loggia Perhaps the single most striking piece of furniture at Mar-a-Lago is the inlaid marble table in the dining room. The room itself was adapted from one in the Chigi Palace in Rome. Joseph Urban designed the table using motifs from antique tables in the Pitti and Uffizi galleries in Florence.

Biography of Marjorie Post and the Designers Marjorie Merriweather Post is the daughter of C. W. Post (1854-1914), who founded the prepared food industry. She was a noted businesswoman, philanthropist, and collector of art and decorative arts. Her collection of French and Russian art objects, housed at her Washington, D.C., home, “Hillwood,” has been willed to the

Historic Places in Florida The sunny weather in Florida has attracted tourists for decades, and in the prosperity of “the roaring 20s”, many coastal areas were developed for wealthy clients to build castles of entertainment , often used for a scant two or three months a year. Image source: Strangest Celebrity Homes Mar-a-Lago is the estate