story by
Liesel Schmidt
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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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