Kitchen			Wine Cellar
Family room			Living room

Tropical Inspiration

Location: Isleworth Golf and Country Club, Windermere
Builder: Pellegrini Homes, Inc.

“I’d like to think that the warming trend in the weather offers us a chance to return to the wonderful designs of the early ‘40, ‘50s, and ‘60s in the South where homes were designed to accept the weather conditions as part of life,” says Carolyn Franklin. Conjure up images of swaying palms, soft music, fruit trees, balmy breezes, and of course water. Interior design can create the illusion of the tropics through surface decorations such as wooden, beamed ceilings, reed-bladed paddle fans, sheer curtains that are most beautiful when wafting in the breeze, and sisal rugs that can handle excess sand. Hot, intense colors set a tropics theme, as do pots of palms and indigenous plants and flowers."

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Photos by Michael Lowry Photography