HOMES OF THE TREASURE COAST
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All six air compressors and handlers for the air conditioning
had to be replaced. Two fans were removed
from the wine room which has space for hundreds of
bottles and both coolers were replaced. Every ceiling
fan in the house was replaced.
The stunning vanishing edge pool was recoated
with marcite and retiled. Gifts to the Russells, two
gnome-sized lion statues in stone have guarded all
three of their pools in Sailfish 3oint over the years.
The pool was converted from fresh to salt water. There
is plenty of covered and open patio space around the
pool, including a summer kitchen.
SEASIDE VIEW
The spacious foyer opens out to the living room
with the piano and the Atlantic Ocean beyond. There
are five bedrooms upstairs and one downstairs, each
with sweeping views of the sea and the St. Lucie ,nlet.
Each bedroom has its own full bath, and there are two
more full baths and two half-baths in the house.
“Bonus” rooms include the ping-pong room, which
was originally planned to be a theater room, Charlie
says. Today, it doubles as an art gallery with Peggy’s
paintings hanging on the walls. There is also a pool
room with space for two full-size tables. Another
room serves as the couple·s oces and a studio for
painting. An almost unnoticeable door leads to a room
under the stairs on the first Áoor.
His-and-her garages on opposite sides of the house
have room for two cars and a golf cart. The master
bedroom has two large hisandher closets, finished >> Peggy Russell’s closet in the master suite is spacious with its own island.
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