HOMES OF THE TREASURE COAST
Bobby’s ‘man cave’
is decorated with
comfy leather chairs
and a couch. >>
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THE HOME EDITION
raccoons and opossums back to
health. Laura also has an animal
cemetery in her garden where she
buried five cats, all who lived into
their 20s. Watching over them is a
statue of St. Francis of Assisi, the
patron saint of animals.
A SPECIAL PLACE
The centerpiece of the garden
is a curvy black lagoon “couples
pool” that blends in perfectly with
its surroundings. It is the ideal
place to refresh on a hot day while
listening to the calming sound of a
waterfall a few feet away. Decorating
a wall of the house that faces
the pool is a mural that Laura and
Bobby commissioned from artist
Connie Koehler. “I asked her to
paint a Key West-style mural. Very
tranquil and remote looking,”
says Laura. “The dog painted on
the mural’s porch is a wonderful
companion dog we adopted.”
The Guttridges built the pool
around the time they added
another focal part of the house, a
tropical deck. As the main congregation
area when they have
guests, the 500-square-foot deck
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