ARDESIGN ARDesign completed the client’s vision by combining the homeowner’s sophisticated style with a contemporary twist of coastal design elements inspired by the condominium’s panoramic Gulf views. The partial penthouse renovation — located in an Art Deco high-rise in the Barefoot Beach Community in Bonita Springs, Florida — included the design of the kitchen, great room, and primary closet. The project
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was honored in late 2022 with an ASID Design Excellence Award for transitional kitchen design and fixed furniture great room built-in. The client’s principal requirements were to improve style, function,
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and storage. This was accomplished by removing partitions and reorganizing the layout within the same footprint. The removal of a peninsula between the kitchen and dining room, and the addition of framing to conceal and square-off an existing curved wall in the foyer/ kitchen, allowed for the kitchen’s length to be extended. This provided an open relationship to the dining room/great room and for a large island with seating for five arranged in an intimate conversational layout accented with large decorative glass pendants. ARDesign balanced a black and white color palette so one does not overpower the other. Elements such as the gable ceiling, beams with oversized tongue-andgroove, and the use of bright whites, glass, and brass accents mixed with black shaker cabinets brighten and visually enlarge the space yet maintain an intimate and sophisticated feel. We removed the recessed niche rear partition 18” inches between the primary walk-in closet and the great room, allowing the space to increase in size and provide a shallow niche for artwork and a television.
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A bulkhead was added to the niche to define the entertainment area. The elevation was then divided into 12 equal parts, and six were removed to mount the television, leaving six for artwork display. Deep cabinets below the entertainment niche allow large items to be stored, followed by a row of shallow cabinets leading into the dining area. A large countertop connects the entertainment center and the console cabinets, enhancing the relationship and flow between the great room, living, and dining areas, while also providing a combined but separate entertainment and dining console. n Courtesy of ARDesign | www.ardesigninc.com homeanddesign.net
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