Step Inside This Florida Home's Zesty Indoor + Outdoor Kitchens
The loggia’s Hestan grill inspired the flooring by Nemo Tile + Stone, which grounds Made Goods’ lounge chairs, a CB2 coffee table and Century dining chairs. In the kitchen and dining area (below), flooring by Terrazzco flows throughout. A Best range hood from AJ Madison sits perpendicular to a Phillip Jeffries grass cloth wallpaper. Distinctive Kitchen Interiors outfitted the bar with Sub-Zero wine storage.
Dive into a cool and colorful Florida home where both indoor (right and below) and outdoor (above) kitchens embody easy, breezy living.
During an early planning-stage conversation, Boston designer Laura Keeler Pierce of Keeler & Co. and her clients agreed on a key design element: a striking blue terrazzo floor each had spotted in a Bahamas residence by designer David Netto. “We had both seen the project and were smitten by it,” Keeler Pierce recalls. It’s a bold choice for the brave of heart, making it a fitting selection for the fresh and energizing look the Chicago-area couple envisioned for their new-construction home in Florida’s Hobe Sound. The designer flowed the statement-making flooring across the kitchen, dining and living areas, complementing the walls with a pearlescent zellige backsplash, painterly geometric tiles framing the bar, and grass cloth wallpaper throughout that acts as a neutral backdrop for their art collection. Also decided early on, a Michael Eastman photograph in the kitchen helped to inform the interiors’ Sunshine State-centric hues. “It gave us this playful color palette to pull from,” Keeler Pierce says, pointing to the piece’s lush greens and pops of reddish coral she repeated in light fixtures over the bar and island.
Culminating the family’s commitment to the local lifestyle, an inviting loggia proves to be the ultimate outdoor living space, complete with a custom turquoise kitchen that perfectly matches the sun-drenched swimming pool. “The goal was to make this project feel casual and relaxed but fun and different from what we’re used to seeing,” Keeler Pierce sums. Mission accomplished.
