Plantation Estate

As seen in "Florida Design". Read feature.

BUILT ON TRUST AND A SENSE OF THE ARC OF YOUR LIFE, the team who designs your most personal spaces knows what you like, what you used to like, and has the eye and skills to sometimes lead you to someplace new. However, for the homeowners of an 8,000-square-foot, Planation-style getaway on Islamorada in the Florida Keys, changing styles wasn’t the plan. When you’re happy with your home in paradise, but need more space — why not do it again?

Having worked with the owners on several projects, including their home in Michigan as well as their first Plantation-style home in the Keys that sits only 50 feet from this newer version, interior designer Mark Manardo went to work right away, collaborating closely with his design team including Janet Nolte and Robert Cloutier.“The owners simply loved everything about the first house, and as grown children with their families returned for holidays, they needed another house ... pretty much like the first,” Manardo says.