MARCO ISLAND METAMORPHOSIS
“ The sunset they have from the dining room is the most incredible
I’ ve ever seen, says Provost.“ It was being wasted on a media room, so I swapped them over.”
An everglades photo by Doug Thompson,( right) is actually a series of fixed panels that hide a large TV.
The first time designer Jenny Provost spotted the house she has come to think of as the Marco Island Metamorphosis, it was more chrysalis than butterfly.
A large if tired looking condo, it suffered from too many partitions, insufficient open space and a dining room that should have been in the media room. Two years and 4,722 sq ft later, the home that she once thought of as an ugly caterpillar finally took flight.
“ The place was very tired, very 1990s. The way the rooms were set up made it appear and feel very out of date,” she recalls.
“ So I looked at what I couldn’ t remove – and took out everything else.”
Working only during off season to accommodate condo association regulations, Provost and her crew of tradesmen and craftsmen made a miracle, changing a humdrum house into a standout showplace. >>
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