October/November 2016 | 67
A Beautiful Touch
story by
Liesel Schmidt
|
photos by
Tim Kramer
B
ehind the clean, minimal lines tracing out the façade of the
home that Teddy and Christy Phillips own in Rosemary
Beach, there lies an architectural jewel so stunning that it
seems to defy logic. It’s quite the deception, as its gated
entryway seems almost stolid, an expanse of light stucco standing in
sentinel’s watch while it offers no hint of the beauty beyond its austere
veneer.
In an area so fl ooded with so beachy-looking bungalows and painted
pastel cottages, the Cape Dutch style home could be considered
somewhat an oddity. It is massive to be sure, claiming just under 5,500
square-feet in its three stories. It’s a treasure trove; a collection of rooms
so gorgeously designed that they each demand attention. No space is
simply serviceable, no detail too fi ne to address. Every fi nishing and
fi xture is chosen with careful consideration, each color selected with
focused vision.
And while the sheer magnitude of its spaces could so easily skew to
cavernousness, the Phillips home is welcoming and warm, shimmering
in its glamorousness at the same time as it unrepentantly brandishes
rustic charm. The line it walks is a fi ne one; too far one way, and its
design would seem inauthentic. But in its blend of textures, colors, and
materials, the two ends of the spectrum come together with effortless
ease; and so the dull white bones of longhorn skulls seem oddly at home
under the glittering light of chandeliers.
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