story by

 

Liesel Schmidt

  |  

photos by

 

Tim Kramer

I

magine, if you will, a stunning space perched high in the 

sky, with sweeping views of pristine white beaches and a 

jewel-like ocean that glitters and glows in the light of sunrise 

and sunset like a priceless gemstone on display. What more 

fi tting display for such magnifi cent natural splendor, then, would 

be a jewel-box made of mirrors and glass, marble and crystal—all 

hand-carved and inlaid and sculpted to be a virtual prism of air and 

light and color refracted and refl ected to become a breathtaking 

space whose very purpose is not simply to house treasures with 

monetary value—but to house treasures whose value is inestimable 

and becomes increasingly so with each and every breath and each 

and every memory.

Such is the home of John and Kathy Bowen, a 4,000 square 

foot penthouse unit that towers above the city below it from its 

lofty location at Grand Mariner. Naturally enough, the building’s 

moniker—to mention its locale—would make one assume that the 

home would stay true to the expected, offering an open-plan layout 

with light woods and whites and the soothing colors of the coastal 

pallette. But rather than following the trend, the Bowen’s home fl ies 

in the face of convention, offering instead an experience that takes 

the eye captive and never, ever lets go.

The 

Glittering 

Light of 

Home

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