Four Points by Sheraton Norwood, a business-class hotel recently saw the completion of $1 million in renovations to Zachariah’s Restaurant, located within the hotel.

Used daily as the dining facility for the hotel’s conference center activities, the newly renovated Zachariah’s has been "transformed into a modern function room with the capability to host smaller weddings and social gatherings, corporate parties and meetings," according to a hotel statement.

The renovation posed two distinct challenges to Allegro Interior Architecture, the design firm hired to update the space. The first challenge was that the room did not have access to an exterior wall and therefore could not provide a view. The solution was to create an LED-light wall using a double-layer theatrical curtain that can be pre-set to eight different colors depending on the customer’s theme. Formerly this window wall to the service corridor was hidden by heavy drapes, but the space is now a feature that allows the user to customize the décor.

The second challenge was that the ceiling was relatively low for the room’s 44- by 90-foot proportions. Unable to lift the ceiling any higher because the hotel’s building services distribution is situated directly above, Allegro employed an optical illusion to make the ceiling appear grander than it really is. The tiles in the center of the room were wrapped in fabric and washed with a soft light giving the impression of a higher ceiling, the hotel said in a statement.

Working with the designer, Allegro Interior Architecture of Boston, the contractor for this renovation was Majestic Construction of North Attleboro, Mass.