Following the installation of new carpet, the lobby of Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort & Spa has brand-new furniture.
New Grand Floridian Lobby Furniture
The lobby of Disney’s Grand Floridian Resort is undergoing a months-long renovation. Earlier this week, an updated check-in area reopened while most of the lobby’s central lounge area was blocked off. The space remains inaccessible but crews are arranging the new furniture, so it will likely reopen within a few days.
Installation of the new carpet began on Thursday. It’s now complete so we can see the new design. It retains the lobby’s floral motifs and Victorian theming but with an updated color scheme and patterns. The flowers are larger and the main color is now bright blue instead of green. It matches new carpet on the grand staircase and in the check-in area.
The new furniture is also Victorian-inspired. It looks like there are fewer sofas and more individual chairs than previously. The sofas are all a beige color. Most of the furniture has dark brown wood or leather finishes.
The grand piano has returned to the lobby, now positioned in the center. One Cast Member was arranging red velvet ropes and gold stanchions around it.
There are multiple styles of armchairs. High-backed chairs feature red velvet upholstery and matching pillows. There are green chairs with floral patterns on their backs.
Beige patterned pillows sit on light blue chairs. Other throw pillows are golden or green with bird patterns. There are also large yellow ottomans with subtle patterns and white piping trim.
The furniture is arranged around tables. Most of the coffee tables are circular but there are also long rectangular console tables and small square end tables.
Some of the end tables are topped with new lamps that have circular white shades.
Standing lamps frame curved sofas on the edges of the seating area. These are paired with pink armchairs. Instead of brown wood, the coffee tables alongside these sofas and chairs are white marble and the end tables are gold and glass.
On the curved sofas are pink velvet throw pillows and floral-patterned pillows similar to the carpet.
As we noted in our last update, paneling is missing from the fronts of some of the long wall planters. Where there were previously large orbs atop the ends of planters, there are now planter pots.
Crew members were also working on top of the birdcage bar, which has progressively gained more wood-style paneling.
For comparison, below is a photo from today alongside a photo before construction began.
And below is concept art for the renovated lobby.
The birdcage bar and Garden View Tea Room remain under construction. The latter has been closed since 2020. New GF logo decorative elements will also be added to the balconies overlooking the tea room and main entrance. Crew members continue to replace wallpaper and repaint walls throughout the lobby.
Due to construction, the Grand Floridian will not present its Victorian gingerbread house this year. Work began in April and is scheduled through November.
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