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On the 17th of March 1957, Elvis bought Graceland at the age of 21.
The wall surrounding the estate of Graceland is made from Alabam fieldstone. It's sometines referred to as the " GRAFFITTI WALL" because visitors write sentiments to Elvis on it. A crew cleans the wall regularly with a pressurized water system. Allowing for a new round of messages. the wrought-iron at Graceland are the most famous in the world, whosing two guitars adn musical noted. Elvis used to wander down to the gates to sign autographs, pose for photo's, ad chat with his fans. Now on each anniversary of his death and birthday thousands of fans gather at the gates to honour Elvis' memory and hold the Annual Candlellight Service. LIVINGROOM
The bisque-colored livingroom where Elvis funural was held has mostly white furniture with a lon couch and two arm chairs. The long black golden class coffee table matches the " Sunburst" clock hanging on the morrored wall over the marble fireplace. An open doorway to the music room is flanked by stainedglass peackocks.
DININGROOM
For most of Elvis time at Graceland the dining room had blue, white and gold color scheme(as it is still today) but in '74 it was redone in red. red curtains were also sometimes added at Christmastime. Since this is where Elvis has the tree set up behind where he sat at the head of the table in front of the picture window. Wall mirrors give the room a larger feel. Dinner in Graceland was ussually served at 9 to 10 p.m. Elvis and his freinds sometimes used this dining room as a poker room.
MUSIC ROOM
In the gold-curtained music room stood a piano. Elvis was a pianist as well as a guitar player and often entertained friends and family in this room. The wall mirror was moved here from the Presley's house on Audubon Drive where they lived before buying Graceland.
TV ROOM
A total of 16 television sets were spread out throughout Graceland at the time of Elvis death. Three of them were wall-mounted in the TV room, as Elvis liked to watch three sporting events at once. the TV room also held a stereosystem. A build in jukebos played Elvis collection of ' 45 singles. His album collection was also in this room including Gospel, R&B, Country, Pop, Jazz, Classical and Opera. The soundsystem in the TV room was wired to speakers througout the whole estate. A panel near the bar opened and revealed a movie projector which was operated from a nearby projection room. Elvis had a collection of feature films and home video's. The room was decorated for the last time in ' 74 with predominantly chrome and glass themes. on a wall painted in yellow, white and blue lighthing-bolt design which elvis used in his famous TCB Logo.
 
HOME OFFICE
The office with metal furniture was typical for the '50 and was run by his father Vernon presley with a staff of secretaries. It was largely used for household business and to answer fanmail.
POOL ROOM Elvis bought the professional pool table about the time he bought Graceland. the cue stand is a converted edwardian style hat and umbrella stand. The stained glass lightshade over the pooltable is Tiffany' s.
This room was decorated in '74 with more then 350 yards of fabric.
JUNGLE ROOM
This room is an add-on built in the mid-' 60. It started as a screening porch, then a den, with panelled walls and carpeted floor and ceiling. They say Elvis spend 30 minutes picking out the furniture for this room. The wood and fur armchairs reminded Elvis of Hawaii. A mirror has an exotic feathered frame. the wooden bar carved in animal and totem figures and this room has a internal waterfall build out of stone.
TROPHY ROOM
Elvis originally stored his golden records in the TV room. What became known as the Trophy room was an add on patio, once used for parties and briefly as a " slotcar" track for toy racing cars. It was redone as a place to hold Elvis' awards and memorabilia and now consist of the Hall of Gold.
More pictures of Graceland:
Kitchen Graceland
Elvis at the gates of Graceland
Swimmingpool at Graceland
Meditation area at Graceland
Elvis' Grave at Graceland
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