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Doll Room

2008-07-06 by Glenn Smutny

Hi Kevin,

 

You know the pictures do help a lot to see what you have been explaining.
Here is my 2 cents - as an architect, builder and Mark IV owner. Why would
you have the piano in the doll room (which is very extra bedroom like), and
then not have any seating for someone - not only you and/or your wife - but
others too to sit and enjoy the piano?  One of my most favorite things to do
with my disklavier is to have my entire family sit around the piano in the
living room and watch my two sisters-in-law play it. They get recorded and
it is saved for next year's party. My piano earns it keep by bringing my
family together at parties. It would never work if I were to have in its own
special room. 

 

I think the peculiar part of your room concept is just that, it is a room
all by itself.  I would think the acoustics couldn't be very good compared
to putting it in a living room or family room that was more open and sharing
to the entire house.   Your piece of furniture while maybe not very good
(per your opinion) probably could work just fine if there was more furniture
also in the room.  When it is only a piano and the cabinet, you and everyone
that comes into the room has nothing else to look at except for the dolls,
cabinet and piano. I don't think you have enough furniture and decoration to
keep people from subconsciously micro managing the few things in the room.  

 

My typical recommendation to my clients is to spend a few hundred dollars on
a good interior designer and have them help you with the room.  If you have
a disklavier, I would think you have enough money to spend maybe $500.00 for
someone to come in and consult you on better decoration concepts. You've got
a good start, but if you are looking for the room to look fabulous, you will
need to bring in a professional. It is surprising how much you get
accomplished if you bring in a professional.  Don't waste your time on the
free design services that most furniture store offer.  Go to an independent
designer.   

 

I hope this helps you and please don't be insulted.  That is not my intent.
These are just my truthful thoughts. 

 

Best wishes, 

 

Glenn

Glenn,

A sincere thank you for taking the time to respond. Absolutely no insult taken. This was exactly the type of response I was looking for when I posted the question in the first place. Here's my response:

Placement of the piano in that room: It's hard from the pictures to see how that room flows with the rest of the house. I didn't take a picture of the entrance to the room which is about 7 feet wide with no doors. It opens to the center hall of the house which is open to both floors. Certainly the sound carries throughout the house, and in that room it actually sounds quiet warm. It isn't the characteristically bright sound of a yamaha. It's probably the carpet and padding doing that... Seating. Yes. The wife and I have been shopping for seating for that room for quite a while. We were planning for two chairs in front of the windows on the right, with a small table between them. And a small curved love-seat on the same wall as the entrance (the "left" view of the room sort of shows where this would go). The light that is in the corner is not appropriate, but it's the only thing that lights the whole room. There are no overhead lights (I should have put those in before the piano was in there!) A large floral arrangement on a pedastal in the far corner (behind the cabinet) would also do well to draw attention. Those are the ideas...Our uncle actually suggested the exact same thing as you...bring in a decorator, which is what we are doing today.

When we do gather in that room, there is a folding chair. :-) And the kids are happy to dance around all over the place. Eventually, when the kids are older, we might move the piano into the family room, but that has it's own issues (two story, floor to ceiling windows that get lots of light, and we don't want window treatments on them because of the view of the forest that we have.)

Again, a great big thank you for the comments.

-Kevin

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From: Glenn Smutny <G.SMUTNY@...>
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Sent: Sunday, July 6, 2008 3:35:11 PM
Subject: [disklavier] Doll Room

Hi Kevin,

You know the pictures do help a lot to see what you have been explaining. Here is my 2 cents – as an architect, builder and Mark IV owner. Why would you have the piano in the doll room (which is very extra bedroom like), and then not have any seating for someone – not only you and/or your wife – but others too to sit and enjoy the piano? One of my most favorite things to do with my disklavier is to have my entire family sit around the piano in the living room and watch my two sisters-in-law play it. They get recorded and it is saved for next year’s party. My piano earns it keep by bringing my family together at parties. It would never work if I were to have in its own special room.

I think the peculiar part of your room concept is just that, it is a room all by itself. I would think the acoustics couldn’t be very good compared to putting it in a living room or family room that was more open and sharing to the entire house. Your piece of furniture while maybe not very good (per your opinion) probably could work just fine if there was more furniture also in the room. When it is only a piano and the cabinet, you and everyone that comes into the room has nothing else to look at except for the dolls, cabinet and piano. I don’t think you have enough furniture and decoration to keep people from subconsciously micro managing the few things in the room.

My typical recommendation to my clients is to spend a few hundred dollars on a good interior designer and have them help you with the room. If you have a disklavier, I would think you have enough money to spend maybe $500.00 for someone to come in and consult you on better decoration concepts. You’ve got a good start, but if you are looking for the room to look fabulous, you will need to bring in a professional. It is surprising how much you get accomplished if you bring in a professional. Don’t waste your time on the free design services that most furniture store offer. Go to an independent designer.

I hope this helps you and please don’t be insulted. That is not my intent. These are just my truthful thoughts.

Best wishes,

Glenn

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