HOMES OF THE TREASURE COAST
The dual-sided home was designed with both formal and casual living spaces to accommodate the homeowners and their guests.
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If the glory of the Roman empire had a vernacular
for home design, the recent transfiguration
of a South Hutchinson Island condo
would be expressed as E duobus unum: Out of
two, one.
Great art successes often spring from great
collaborations. Like Rogers and Hammerstein,
Scorsese and DeNiro, Lennon and McCartney. In
this work of art, Patty Downing and Katie Astras, of
Patty Downing Interiors, achieved their opus working
with two homeowners who had acquired two
penthouse condominiums, and a single masterwork
was the result.
The clients asked Downing and Astras to help
reinvent the two spaces and fuse them into one unit,
creating a 4,200-square-foot oceanfront home with
both a casual, and more formal side. The duality
challenge was underway.
Downing’s decades long career, working with
high-end clientele in the Stuart and Jensen Beach
area, as well as such distant and distinct environments
as Big Sky, Montana, gives her the gravitas
to command a big challenge with cool composure.
Astras, with a background in textiles and yacht
interior design, brought a nuanced eye for elegance
and sophistication to the project. Working as a team
brought out the best in each designer.
Upon entering the condominium, it is immediately