Sandy toes, surf boards, art… family
The stuff of which a good beach home is made no?
Enter friend Julia, Artist extraordinaire, her family of 5…
…and the story of a sandy filled beach house…
The 1960’s original two bedroom home…smack on the rolling Atlantic Ocean…where Jules’ husband David grew up…
A few decades later…and with David’s influence…The beach bungalow has grown a bit…
Three children later…
The Beach home has the soul of an art studio….
note the ship porthole in the front door
The devastation of three hurricanes…destroyed much of this home…. But not it’s family or it’s soul.
And today the once tiny, once quirky beach bungalow has been renovated once again.
Still retaining the soul of an art studio…just all grown up.
Come join me in a tour of this unique and beautiful Vero Beach place…
On the very end of a lovely, quiet, once sandy, lane…
The backyard is truly wet and wild and ever-changing…
The colors and the mood of the liquid salt sea…
is reflected in… and inspires every corner of their home…
Custom made crystal drip lighting…I can taste the salt.
The kitchen…overlooking the coconut edged Atlantic…has a granite imbedded with the texture and color of the surrounding turquoise sea…and the backsplash is a seemingly color changing gray/green glass.
organic elements meld beautifully with modern shine
And the spray of sea salt enrobes everything (literally….it is the color used on the upstairs walls)
The upstairs bath has a beautiful sink made by a fellow artist and friend Glenda Taylor…as a matter of fact, Julia’s fave things to point out in her abode… are the art of her fellow artists…and her talented family. The home explodes with the color of creation!
Turtle handle for sink vanity (originally a door knocker)…and shower wall and floor made of wood grained porcelain and green glass tiles
It is always the details
…no?
Master bedroom and bath…Ocean breezes
Closets throughout the home are spacious…and…artsy…Antlers hold a bevy of jewelry
Downstairs are three children's rooms and a bar/kitchen/hangout area….and art…lot’s of art…
you can get there via elevator (the porthole door…remember the front door of the old house?…is an elevator)
OR…you can take the stairs…
Julia’s collage work of family…door to my heart… is at the bottom of the steps…welcoming…
Kids rooms are packed with color and personality…and yes. Art.
Darling pink bath in Daughter Greta's room…
Downstairs bar and hanging out area…Yes please.
…Which opens up to outdoor areas with outdoor kitchen and fireplace…pool and fire pit…and the ever beckoning sound of surf…
Upstairs again….there is another turquoise ceiling lanai… overlooking the sea
Art and home….
Visit more of Julia and her artist friends at Tiger Lilly Studio and Gallery in Vero Beach…
Hope you could taste and feel the salt…too.
