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Liesel Schmidt

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Tim Kramer

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ot everyone can say that Mick Jagger has graced their home or that each room in said home is somehow more spectacular than 

the last. Nor could most people boast the fact that a glass bridge connects two areas of their house, crossing the divide above the 

crystal-like aqua blue waters of their pool. 

But then again, not everyone is Pam and Bill Burden, two of Destin’s leading faces in the plastic surgery and cosmetic 

skincare industry. And while the sleek look of their home might bear quite the resemblance to spaces one might expect to find in 

Manhattan’s famed MoMA, every square inch of the 12,000 square feet claimed by this impressive structure is utilized on a daily 

basis—from the ground-floor game room to the third-floor entertainment “room,” complete with a fully-realized stage area with band 

equipment, DJ equipment and lighting, and “Boomerang Bar.” No wonder Mick Jagger stopped by.

Of the aforementioned 12,000 square feet known by the Burdens as “Château le Nichon,” 9,500 square feet are living spaces, 

comprised of 6 master bedrooms—two of which are grand enough in size to put small apartments to shame—one bunk room complete 

with six bunks, a game room, basketball gymnasium, work out room, a commercial kitchen, an atrium, the entertainment room, and 

various other rooms one might need for daily function. The listing reads much like that of a luxurious hotel, so numerous are the 

amenities; and with as active a social life as the Burdens lead, that kind of space is certainly something they require—though their flair for 

design and love of modern architecture take that simple necessity for space and crank the execution of it all up to eleven.       

Having originally built the home in 2005, the Burden’s ever-growing presence on the social scene and involvement in charitable 

organizations gave them all the incentive they needed to expand their space with a 4,000 square foot addition. While many home 

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