HOMES OF THE TREASURE COAST
coalesce as a solid statement to tie each room together.
COUPLE WITH A VISION
“They wanted a flavor of Texas,” Allabastro says.
“Randy and Diana gave me a specific traditional vision,
but they wanted to upgrade some of the things and incorporate
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them into a new design. They knew what they
wanted, and that’s easier for me when clients know.”
The view from the foyer sweeps across the heart of the
house out to the pool and the emerald golf course beyond,
balancing light from the interior to the exterior.
The living room rug, from A World of Rugs in Jupiter,
inspired the corresponding custom-designed rugs in the
adjoining kitchen. The rugs helped dictate Allabastro’s
and the Hoovers’ choice of furnishings and built-ins.
“The living room came out really casual, it reflects
their personality, it’s comfortable,” Allabastro says.
The knotty alder shelving was specifically designed to
showcase art work by Younok Kim, an artist whose work
the Hoovers have collected. The piece above the built-in TV,
along with two other paintings, forms a triad of her work.
RUSTIC KITCHEN
As with all of the carefully thought-out characteristics
in the home, this wood element carries into the kitchen.
The natural knots in the wood provide texture and the
juxtaposition with copper pulls and handles makes for an
elegantly rustic look. An island, in off-set gray, is bookended
by Enkeboll corbels with carvings of acorns. Above,
Allabastro included an eight-light fixture by Visual Com- >>
The façade to the home was built with West Texas Beaver Creek tumbled stone
by expert craftsmen who placed each stone one at a time.
The custom cabinets of
knotty alder, a cast-stone
vent hood and 8-light
fixture by Visible Comfort
create a dramatic kitchen.