Faulkner Lifestyle December 2018 Issue

part of the downstairs.” Rhonda has used diverse
items in her décor, such as china plates on the walls,
and a birdhouse fashioned into a centerpiece for her
dining room table
The newest creation in Rhonda’s home is her
music room, which she has wanted to do for years.
Because the house in Applewood Cove is on the
Junior Auxiliary Holiday Home Tour, she had a
“kick in the pants” to get the room done. “Everything
in the room is musical,” she said.
“Sentimental and personal” items make up a large
part of this room’s décor, such as a collection of
music books. The décor especially includes musical
instruments — an old autoharp that belonged to
her maternal great-grandfather, a ukulele that was
brought home to the United States by her paternal
grandfather after his World War II service at Pearl
Harbor, and her grandfather’s harmonica. “I come
from a very musical family, and it’s an important
part of me,” she said.
The piano in the room is not particularly old, but
is a family piece nonetheless. “I had an old upright
piano that my granddad redid. It was a player piano
and he took the roll out of the player,” Rhonda said.
“My grandmother wanted me to have a new piano,
and she bought me this piano before she passed
away. My mother’s side of the family was very
musical, so I grew up around it. I started singing
when I was 3 and playing piano at age 5.”
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