HOMES OF THE TREASURE COAST
ROB DOWNEY
Roseland is passionate about the usefulness of an outdoor fireplace to
warm the occasional crisp winter night and dine alfresco.
uting writer to Indian River Magazine, fell in love and married
again after his wife, Katharine, died. It was in the Painted
Bunting house that he proposed to his new wife, Tommye.
A reimagined home passed on from one generation to the
next, eventually got a blessing from its former owner. When
the renovation was finished, Johnson told his daughter, “Your
mother would have loved it.”
Fields believes that the connection is there, but so is a new
quality helping to link past and present. “Before it was a cottage,
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now it’s a home, it’s our home. There are things I love
about it that bring me back, but there are certain aspects that I
love that make me think about my family.”
From the time when a young girl visited her grandparents
on this same street where their mother had settled before
them, to a father handing the home off to his daughter, the
family and neighborhood linkage go on. The latest clan now
taking up residence in Riomar, on Painted Bunting, bears the
torch and welds the family to the place, with a nearly 90-year
history of living on this street and possibly, for future generations
yet to come.
Luxurious Estate in Vero Beach
4 BD 3 1/2 BTH, 4.75 AC+-
Estate home with 1 BR 1 BTH Guest House
Video Tour Available on Zillow
7700 Hidden Hammock Lane,
Vero Beach, FL
Delane Guettler, Broker Associate 772.332.5365
Selling Real Estate in St. Lucie County Since 1978
ROB DOWNEY
Covered and uncovered outdoor space allows the family to completely enjoy
Florida life with the smell and sounds of the surf from the beach nearby.