HOMES OF THE TREASURE COAST
DESIGNING STYLE
One of the home’s most appealing aspects is the sense of
practicality that never allows the design to lose its extraordinary
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style. Design ideas such as including a mudroom with
a seating bench and coat pegs and a laundry room with a TV
and extensive cabinet storage. While the home was under
construction, the Hoovers were condo-dwellers.
“Living in the condo, we realized we needed lots of space
to store things,” Diana Hoover says. “And, it’s always easier
to fold laundry while watching TV.”
Sliding barn doors retain that touch of style.
The exquisite architecture and design of the home is bolstered
by the vista from the corner lot, majestically overlooking
the 17th green at Sailfish Point Golf Club.
“Diana and Randy brought photos of their home in Houston,”
Allabastro says.
The pictures revealed the clients love of the outdoors.
Utilizing the interconnecting pieces of art and furnishings
became job No. 1 for Allabastro and, armed with visual references,
the designer went to work.
For the architect, access to outdoor spaces was also a central
theme. From the welcoming façade to the back patio, he
and the designer worked seamlessly together.
“She’s very talented,” Kelly says. “I think I know most
designers, and they’re all good, but Kerry’s got a real flair for
proportions and colors.”
WEST TEXAS STONEWORK
Reflections of Texas are touch stones connecting the
Hoovers to their roots. Beginning at the exterior entry, stairway
pillars, portions of the chimney and the façade were
built with Beaver Creek tumbled stone from different quarries
shipped from West Texas. The stones’ texture manages
to be simultaneously rugged and chic, with a color mix of
orange, gray-blue and cream variations complementing the
neutral stucco of the rest of the house.
Holmes recalls that building the stonework was time consuming
and required placement of each stone, one at a time.
It was also a challenge to find tradespeople for the work.
“It’s a dying breed of craftsman,” Holmes says. “I could
only find three guys to do the work.”
Ten-foot tall dark mahogany entry doors crafted by Palm
City Millwork are enhanced by decorative scrolled grill work.
They open to the foyer where art and sculpture immediately
define the atmosphere.
A piece entitled Maestro by Stuart-based sculptor Don
Wilks and a painting by Alan Fetterman, a Pennsylvania
artist, anchor the entryway at the base of a graceful staircase.
The custom brass handrail lends a golden hue running atop
the dark railing and the scrollwork in the railing repeats the
theme in the front door grills.
A complement of Emperador light honed marble flooring is
a universal aspect utilized in every room, interior and exterior,
in different applications in a variety of forms, from polished
to tumbled. With off white veins, the cool-colored stone floors
The study features facing desks and color-coordinated furnishings that
highlight the art and a warming fireplace.
A chaise in the master bedroom is adjacent to built-in shelves that showcase
a collection of artistic glass.
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