Iconic Contemporary Living in Winter Park

For interior designers Ted Maines and Julie Koran, their work is all about the client. So, when a woman walks into their retail furniture showroom asking about USM, a respected Swiss line of modular...
With the juxtaposition of textures, the living room finds a balance between hard and soft. Low-slung slipper chairs in Taffard’s tones of vapor blue, platinum and cream pair with an original midcentury Marco Zanuso “Lady Chair” in Prussian blue Italian chenille, and Bright Chair’s sofa in white chenille. Here, an onyx and leather-paneled fireplace surround soars to 23 feet high. Macassar ebony display cases feature an evenly backlit slab of white agate. Holly Hunt’s cocktail table centers the laser-cut cowhide area rug from Kyle Bunting.

Designer Achieves Castle and Cottage in Port Royal

When presented with the architectural plans for this Port Royal manse, interior designer Laura Parsons suggested, while it was still possible, to modify the exterior elevation from Mediterranean to a more simplified vernacular. “The...
The custom-created massive glass panels in the sitting area are motorized—when open, they completely disappear. The Brenno sofas are the homeowners’ favorite pieces from their previous home. The painting is by South African artist Catherine Christie.

Laid-Back Luxury Sprawls in Jupiter Home

Downsizing never looked so good in this modern Loxahatchee River refuge
The pool adjoins a lazy river, which flows under the home. Lucas Lagoons created and executed the design for the pool, planters, and an elevated hot tub wrapped in limestone and artificial rock. Landscape architect Evan Bell from Ecoscapes in Key West put the finishing touches on the exterior with his landscape design.

Paradise Found in Key West Home

Nestled at the tail end of the Florida Keys, a sprawling vacation retreat is everything an outdoors-loving family envisioned
Awash in a palette inspired by sand, sea, and sky, the oceanside family room emits an ethereal, cloud-like feel. Cream club chairs from E.J. Victor blend with a pale blue velvet sofa, and rock crystal orbs appear to float atop Hickory White’s Cruz cocktail table.

Heavenly Elegance in Park Shore Beach Home

With a celestial palette and a focus on scale, balance, and proportion, a design team brings a retired couple’s ideal home to life

Belleair Beach Home is the Epitome of Luxury

With a collaborative effort and immeasurable talent, design and architecture come together to create a new Belleair Beach home reminiscent of a luxury resort
The dining and living space captures island elegance with subtle textures and a minimalist palette. Designed for gatherings, the furniture is family friendly: The CR Laine couch sectional, Century armchairs, and outdoor furniture are made with performance fabrics in case of spills.

Breakwater Home Stuns with Breezy Boutique Resort Style

A vacation home in Duck Key gives a multigenerational family a place to get away from it all and bond in style
A neutral palette of white and gray dominates the residence’s main floor. The design team warmed up the interior with the use of wood.

Waterside Modernist Bliss on Bonita Beach

A modernist mansion in Little Hickory Island proves its mettle with unfussy design and supreme construction

Miromar Lakes Oasis Evokes West Indies Splendor

Long-time Pennsylvania snowbirds and sports enthusiasts Paula and Peter Pala had already fallen in love with Miromar Lakes when they decided to build a place of their own. “It’s like living at the Ritz-Carlton,”...
Sugar Bear, the owner’s pristine Gypsy Vanner, graces the impeccable landscape that surrounds a plunge pool from Volcano Pool. This enclosed area offers privacy for early morning cold plunges. Guests can enjoy the view from the primary bath’s oversized window.

Zen Spirit Reigns in Bali-Inspired Wellington Barn

Part of a horse barn in Wellington is reborn as a wellness-centric retreat with equestrian elan
In 2007, the Guy Peterson Office for Architecture completed the first round of restoration on the Revere Quality House, originally designed in 1948 by Paul Rudolph and Ralph Twitchell.

Design Guardians at Architecture Sarasota

Thanks to the dedicated work of the team at Architecture Sarasota, the legacy of the Sarasota School is in good hands

Sumptuous Luxury and Comfort Play in Alomar Family Home

Traveling around the world or entertaining at home, high style and luxurious living are always at play for Roberto and Kim Alomar
Circa 1960s, a cluster of walnut tables from Modani Furniture centers the living room with a retro feel. The linen-tufted sofa is casual yet stylish, while Modloft’s midcentury chairs exude refined style.

Modern Deco Pops in Fort Lauderdale Home

This four-story home evokes intrigue as an upward sweep of spaces mixes architectural integrity with midcentury modern, Art Deco, and extraordinary motifs
With significant scale, a two-tiered, ring chandelier in aged iron holds its own in the family room. Here, Rowe’s sofas; lounge chairs from Palecek; bench from Arteriors.

Palm Beach Manse is a Modern Classic

Regal yet approachable, a château-style manse makes itself at home amid the coastal scene of Palm Beach
With wraparound docks and water access, this Keystone Island property offers spectacular views. The formal living room and game area exude a relaxed vibe with a custom 11 Ravens pool table and a white onyx stone bar outfitted with motorized drop-down shelving.

Keystone Island Family Home is a Bayside Beauty

Poised on a prized corner lot with wraparound docks and easy ocean access, Obed and Cristina Arias’ 5,200-square-foot home offers top-notch waterfront living, one of the main reasons the avid boaters chose it. Situated...
Seaglass Awards Spotlight Contemporary Kitchen - overall. Photo by Nickolas Sargent

Seaglass Awards Spotlight: Contemporary Kitchen

This summer, we are celebrating Florida's top design talents who were recently recognized at the inaugural Seaglass Awards

Artful Landscape

as is the case with all of Key West-based, Craig Reynolds Landscape Architecture projects, the firm’s goal is to create a garden that feels as though it is an extension of the interior or...

Fort Myers Home Masters Modern Design

When residential designer Richard Guzman and interior designer Faith Fix were commissioned to design the waterfront home of their seasonal client Dick Levi, they had no idea that the collaboration would be one of...
An ideal illustration of indoor/outdoor living from designer Sherie Weidner of Clive Daniel Home, this view of the living room features a dining set from Adriana Hoyos and a console from Century. On the outdoor dining area, furniture from Brown Jordan makes alfresco meals a pleasure.

Turnkey Tactics Shine in Naples Winter Retreat

At Mediterra in Naples, a resolute designer executes the vacation home of a Chicago couple down to the very last details
The living room looks onto the Intracoastal Waterway over the pool deck. The furnishings are modern, chosen for interest and comfort. Ceccotti Collezioni’s Flying Circles bookshelf rises playfully up the wall as a custom-configured Freeman sofa by Minotti angles away from it. The overhangs that cover the outdoor dining area and the kitchen/breakfast room opposite it provide shade for this part of the space with its windowed walls.

Poetry in Motion in Golden Beach Home

A Golden Beach residence meanders toward the Intracoastal Waterway through fecund gardens that bring the tropics into every room

Architecture for Art’s Sake on Longboat Key

A creatively conceived winter oasis on Longboat Key ups the ante on modernism, a style for which the shores surrounding Sarasota are celebrated