RAUL PIERREND “Designing is dreaming. To be invited in to design ones most personal space is truly an honor. I feel privileged to be able to create beautiful spaces where one can live and feel happy in their surroundings.”
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hen interior designer Raul Pierrend becomes involved in a home’s
redesign, he gives it his all. “This was a complete remodel in Coral Gables. We tore the entire house down to the studs. It was rebuilt and redesigned from there,” he says of this 5,942-square-foot house first built as a “Mediterranean Transitional” in the Nineties and reimagined nearly two decades later as a “Contemporary Modern” by Pierrend, who collaborated with architect Nelson de Leon. The original home had an open floor plan but little spatial definition, with flat white ceilings, beige marble flooring, and a mishmash of smaller glass windows and doors. The homeowners — a pair of empty nesters — were looking for a clean-lined, sophisticated, yet comfortable home. “Working within the home’s existing footprint, we squared off all the arches, and refinished all the floors in
Brazilian chestnut. Before, there was no texture, contrast or warmth,” de Leon says.
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Upon entry, the ceiling height instantly pulls
the eye up and around the great room. An airy glass wine room crafted by Wine Cellar International immediately captivates, while an impressive wall sconce from Light Bulbs Unlimited follows the linear progression of the textured wall covering.
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