Out with the Old

How antiques are becoming the face of interior design…again By Dara D’Onofrio Out with the old and in with the new. It seems this tried and true statement is no longer what people are living by. Here, at such a pivotal crossroads in history, people are deciding what is most important to them, choosing what they want in their surroundings and for the most part, making significant changes. Charlotte Swank, a resident of Palm Beach Gardens, was at that very crossroads when she made the move from a 3,000 sq. ft. home in PGA National to a 5,000 sq. ft. manse in Bay Village—a quaint and very chic neighborhood set in the heart of Palm Beach Gardens. Swank fell in love with the home the moment she saw... [Read more]

Clutter Control

Get your life and your home organized this spring BY JUDY MARTEL One day, Stacey Prillaman of Hobe Sound decided to take action toward her vision of an organized closet. When the day ended, she had her dream space, and something unexpected-a new outlook on life. Prillaman says her closet was overwhelming. “After 25 years of marriage, eight (job) relocations and a three-year period of interim storage for a lot of stuff that had to be held until our home in Hobe Sound was complete, I found myself with the walk-in closet from hell.” The closet became a repository for a little bit of everything. “It was sort of the library, game room, keeper of photographs, musical and miscellaneous black hole stuff that... [Read more]

Home Decor

Ultra Modern Appliances are in Your Future By Dara D’Onofrio We are being introduced to a whole slew of multitasking devices so efficient they would make the Jetsons envious. Surely, happy homemaker Jane Jetson never had trouble with house chores thanks to her many space-age gadgets. And while we may be far from possessing robot maids and flying cars, there is no shortage of mind blowing, revolutionary home appliances currently available to us. Now is the time to transform your bathroom with color changing temperature faucets like the Hansacanyon, or produce drinking water from thin air with the Watermill Water Maker. Welcome to the future of your home. Flowing Freely The Watermill Water Maker from Element Four... [Read more]