HOME & DESIGN
HOMES OF THE TREASURE COAST
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Artist’s home created from a
lifetime of colorful palettes
BY ALISON O’LEARY | PHOTOS BY ROB DOWNEY
Warm terracotta tones in the family room complement the detailed metal work on decorative Moroccan doors and Shaman, an oil painting by Max Pernada.
Hanging above the artwork is a mobile in Calder style, Weeping Willow, by Lucien.
There are colorful birds flocking near the
headboard in the master bedroom, skeletal
Mexican girls dancing atop the kitchen
cabinets and a smug-looking pig reclining
luxuriously in the lavatory.
Dozens of visitors enjoyed discovering the artwork
collected in the Hobe Sound home of artist
and designer Celesa Lucien during the Woman’s
Club of Stuart’s “Art is Everywhere” tour event in
February. It was one of a handful of homes open
for ticket holders to enjoy the confluence of art and
hearth. This one is tucked away on a cul de sac in
The Falls community where no one would suspect
its unique allure.
Here, every room is a canvas that has been
thoughtfully brought to life.
Lucien, a designer and artist, has gathered her
collections and given flight to artistic fancy in
this space, adding colors and textures for ambience,
warmth, and some disarming surprises. Her
choices of colorful or subtle hues also interact with
the artwork in each room, creating small galleries.
For instance, her kitchen is dominated by neutral
tones — if only to highlight the colorful Mexican
ceramic figurines and brightly-painted trays lined
up atop the cabinets.
The master bath is painted a muted lavender and
studded with tiny mirror accents that follow the
lines of doors and windows, a string of festive flags
hung above. And the guest bedroom is awash in >>