PORT ST. LUCIE HOMES
Port St. Lucie Magazine 31
“And then you have to change the linens and the
drapes,” Barb adds.
“We find it fun,” Dan says.
“We like to be a little different, but our friends
think we are crazy,” Barb says.
Over the past 15 years, many friends and neighbors
have admired the Hazard home, using the
inspiration to remodel their own houses.
Upgrades to the original plans included coffered
ceilings in the living room and master bedroom
with crown molding at the top of the 11-foot
ceilings. The garage now has overhead shelving
and large tile flooring throughout. The Hazards
installed plantation shutters on every window in
the home.
The laundry room, now tiled and with granite
counter tops, had to have a small closet in a takeaway
from the pantry on the other side. It also has
a pop-up bench and a wash tub.
POOL BENEFITS
As with most pool courtyard homes, the guest
cabana/bath is on the side and garage on the opposite
side. With total privacy from the main house,
the cabana is in a nautical motif complete with
family photos and Dan’s Navy uniform.
Thirteen state-of-the-art ceiling fans cool people
in almost every room, including two bathrooms.
“It keeps the moisture down and you cool,” Barb
says of the fans in the bathrooms.
The kitchen cabinets were modified for a new
The master bath — with his and hers vanities, tub and shower — receives natural light
>> from the transom window facing east.
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