HOMES OF THE TREASURE COAST
chambray blue — but rather than using traditional
paint, she has softened the lines of the room by covering
ART UNDERFOOT
The first few steps inside Lucien’s home requires
treading on the underpinning of the art: first limestone
the design and tone of the spaces inside the home
that she renovated upon moving in back in 2009.
In the intervening years, she has been active in the
Martin County Arts Council and participated in
renovating and redecorating rooms of Molly’s House
where families stay during hospital treatments.
“These are European oak floors,” Lucien says,
swinging a bare foot along the smooth wide planks
that knit the different living spaces together. “I sold
my ’65 Mustang for them.”
While the wood floors unite the design of the
primary rooms, the wall colors she has chosen set
the tone in each. Rather than the predictably neutral
hues of many homes, color abounds. Among her
home’s more interesting finishes is a wall covered in
burnished Venetian plaster for a three-dimensional
effect. After completing the multilayered technique,
she personalized it further by adding little pencildrawn
The sparkling sky blue-colored sitting room just
inside the front door is dominated by an oversized,
silver-framed mirror leaning against the wall. Oppo-
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HOME & DESIGN
two walls with curtains.
tiles, then wood planks, then a fluffy, asymmetrical
white faux fur rug. Each has a purpose in
birds sitting on the branches of a tree.
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Color is used to set the tone in each room, with hardwood floors uniting the common
spaces. The sitting room is a cool sky blue but the nearby Venetian plaster wall softens
and warms it with a textured surface and burnished undertone. Lucien finished her
Venetian plaster wall with hand-drawn sketches of birds in a tree. The plaster technique
requires multiple coats, which she then finished with gold granite dust in the
>> style of de Gournay wallpaper.
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