Florida Design Magazine Vol. 14, No. 2 Page 5
"A BEACHFRONT SANCTUARY ",
 
 
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ABOVE: James McKie’s sculpture of a sumo wrestler, “Wrestling Balance,” skateboards on a table in the gallery. Display cases showcase a collection of antique walking sticks.
 
 
 
 
ABOVE: The kitchen overlooks the family room, where a club chair from Donghia joins a comfortable sofa. A cozy window seat tucks into a corner. Don Sill’s “Kiwi” sculpture finds a perch on the sofa table.
 
 
beachfront location, the home includes a cabana room. Outfitted with seagrass furniture, the cabana room is “peaceful with a Japanese feel,” the husband says.
The bridge from the cabana room leads directly to the second floor of the main house. Double doors open to the Great Room, which encompasses the dining and living areas, family room, and kitchen.
In the dining area, a table with a leather base and a sandblasted-glass top takes center stage. Modern chairs with sand-colored backs and seats surround the table. “I found my inspiration in nature and the beach,” says Rieniets, who used oyster white, sand and

muted green hues throughout the Great Room.
To the right, a sofa table backs a rolled-arm sofa, creating a visual separation between the dining and living areas. The sofa faces a shell-stone fireplace with a cypress-wood mantel. Taken from the site’s original house, the wood beam “provides a naturalistic note and a link to the past,” the husband says.
Identical lounge chairs in ivory crushed velvet cozy up to the fireplace. In front of the windows, a pair of swivel club chairs and ottomans upholstered in muted green woven fabric reference Art Deco style.
“I like their shape, and the chairs’ height doesn’t block the view,” Rieniets says.
 
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