story by
Liesel Schmidt
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photos by
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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