{Beach House Tour} Key West Vacation Home

Today’s Beach House Tour is a Key West charmer which has literally stood the test of time.  The home has been decorated with soft and feminine hues of dusty blue, pale mauve, and yellow which create a light and airy feeling throughout.  The historic cottage even comes with wide honey-hued planks (swoon!) which envelope the home with warmth, antiquity, and craftsmanship.  We love how the designer incorporated antiques and modern furniture & fabrics to create the perfect balance of beach cottage comfortability.

What is your opinion of this Key West Vacation Home?

In 1846, what would have roared in today as a Category 5 hurricane (think Katrina) pummeled Key West, Florida, leaving only eight of the island’s 600 houses standing. The unassuming yellow clapboard cottage with a long, sloping metal roof, black louvered shutters, and a white picket fence is one of those resilient rarities that survived the storm.  ~ Traditional Home

More than any other space, the master bedroom says retreat. “It’s light and ethereal, like being in a cloud,” says Richesin of the sky-blue room with a cloud painting behind the bed. But despite the vacation home’s sense of airy escape, it remains rooted in terra firma–grounded, charmingly, in history.  ~ Traditional Home

Read the entire article at Traditional Home Magazine

•  Architect: Thomas Pope, Thomas E. Pope Architect, 7009 Shrimp Rd., Key West, FL 33040; 305/296-3611, thomasepope.com.
• Interior designer: Todd Richesin of Todd Richesin Interiors, Knoxville, TN 37922;  toddrichesininteriors.com.
• Traditional Home article written and produced by Candace Ord Manroe; Photographs by Werner Straube

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