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and foyer was preserved, having been
imported from Barcelona by the original
owners and still possessing too great a
beauty to tear out—and it fits well with
the aesthetic of the newly worked space,
complimented by the kitchen’s recently
added black porcelain tile flooring and
empire chandelier. “We wanted to leave as
much of the house as it originally was to
preserve the history of the home,” Sylvia
explains. More work is being planned over
the next months, but even its completion
will hardly compromise what the home
was always meant to be.
And while they take some time off from
further renovations to ready their home
to host the Destin Charity Wine Auction
patron’s dinner benefiting Food For
Thought Outreach, Sylvia and Joel—an
entrepreneur and developer whose own
personal history makes him a passionate
advocate for children in need—enjoy
their time at the estate that is now fully
theirs, savoring the view of the bay from
their dock as dolphins play and birds fly
tranquilly on the breeze, at home amidst
breathtaking treasures made both by
nature and by man.
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