Details on the parlor level are abundant, including pier mirrors, pilasters, columned mantels, built-ins, and wood floors with inlaid borders.

"I drop mail on the cake stand, and my keys in a straw basket I picked up in Harbour Island in the Bahamas ... to upholstered ...

The Colony, a pale pink Palm Beach mainstay, has drawn the likes of Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, and Sophia Loren since 1947.