® Fall 2022
This private residence — Built by STOCK Custom Homes in The Lake Club at Lakewood Ranch — reflects its owners’ contemporary California aesthetic with clean lines and minimal architectural embellishment and their aspirations of a Florida home. Designed by Salvatore Giso of Wilfredo Emanuel Designs, the home’s interior represents the high level of customization achieved through collaboration between client, designer, and builder, elevating a popular floor plan and luxury selections for a personalized vision.
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The homeowners’ private art collection and lighting selections inform the design direction of glossy, winking, and metallic surfaces introduced in the foyer’s lustrous porcelain tile flooring, which echoes the look of natural dolomite marble while adding black striations. A Phillip Jeffries wallcovering extends into the high ceiling in this luxe entry space. “The lacquered top and base of a custom-made Lily Koo console table suspended between stylized roots is a contemporary version of black,” notes Giso.
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A private residence in The Lake Club at Lakewood Ranch evolved with its California homeowners as their vision of a Florida retreat for entertaining and family vacations shifted into high-resolution clarity. It represents the advanced level of customization and self-expression created by the intuitive client-designer-builder collaboration of Salvatore Giso, an interior designer with Wilfredo Emanuel Designs, and STOCK Custom Homes. u
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Great Room: “Our selections are muted while also making a dramatic statement,” Giso says of the black-and-white palette accented with deep grays, with whispers of barely detectable muddled mossy green and shimmering surfaces in the open great room. A coffee table with a 700-pound quartz top is paired with Taylor King furniture below a dropped backlit ceiling. A 12-foot custom black-lacquered credenza floats against a wallcovering, hand-painted in Italy, that sparkles with a metallic overlay revealing the maker’s marks of a palette knife.
designers and builders will tell you the best homes reflect their owners’ personality and individuality. A painting with a whirl of vivid colors speaks volumes about a client’s vivacity, and an ethereal chandelier or a touch of crystal expresses effervescence and vibrancy.
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Dining: Light cascades from glimmering pendants, hung at varying heights to enhance visual impact and create a focal point above the 82inch sandblasted wood Old Biscayne Designs dining table. An octet of sculptural chairs with concave backs elevates the sophistication of this traditionally casual dining destination. Their dark frames add dimension to the surrounding white backdrops of the floor, walls, and custom-designed lacquered cabinetry in a serving area Giso extends from the kitchen.
Kitchen Vignette: Seemingly counterintuitive, the rounded shape of glass tiles in the backsplash above the six-burner cooktop not only creates white and gray stripes but also reveals a pattern of chevrons upon closer inspection. Glossy, flat-panel cabinetry doors complement its reflective surface finished in arctic white, Avorio quartz countertops, and the twinkle of door and drawer pulls.
Kitchen: The clients’ emphasis on entertaining influences the kitchen design and the oversized freestanding island, topped by a 14-foot diamond marble slab on black lacquered cabinetry. The stone contrasts the all-white kitchen’s glossy arctic perimeter cabinetry, Avorio quartz countertops, and leather barstools, chosen to balance the island’s scale, and dropped soffits blend ceiling and cabinetry. Pendants are intentionally omitted, allowing the eye to move freely through the space.
Primary Bedroom: Hand-embroidered silver-beaded bedding and shams, in addition to glass and metallic finishes, intensify the primary bedroom’s luminosity. This space is further enhanced by large windows, sliding glass doors, and a regal-ringed chandelier suspended from the cove ceiling. The bed’s metallic silver-gray chenille upholstery is grounded by a matte black frame. Orange-peel walls in a near-neutral white and the fluted fronts of the nightstands infuse texture. The chaise is reminiscent of a traditional piece but with a modern look.
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“My clients are from Los Angeles, which has a different vibe than Florida,” explains Giso. “They love contemporary clean lines and have a beautiful art collection we wanted to highlight. The home was designed as a space that is used for entertaining with their friends and family.”
The subdued color scheme creates drama, a mood the designer amplifies with oversized elements like a cantilevering 14-foot diamond marble slab countertop on the kitchen island, a hefty 700-pound quartz-topped coffee table, and an 82-inch sand-blasted dining table, both from Old Biscayne Designs. Strategically placed furniture maximizes entertaining, emphasizing a cohesive connection between gathering spaces inside and out. u
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“We originally selected finishes offered by the builder,” says Giso. “After reviewing our selections, we then decided to come up with a new concept which was more conducive to their lifestyle. We selected lighting that would best highlight our new backgrounds before moving to the interior design of the Thehome.”sparkle of diamonds and jewelry worn by the homeowner inspires the lighting, from the glossy and high-polished lacquered finishes and silverbeaded bedding to the wallcoverings with shimmering metallic overlays that sing against a muted black-and-white palette with dark grays and dustings of mossy green. It also speaks to who the residents are.
Primary Bathroom: The translucency of a glass chandelier and lighting selected for the primary bath intensifies its effervescence, complemented by Swarovski crystal-studded hardware, the sheen of white lacquered clean-line vanity cabinetry, and by the repetition of the polished porcelain flooring used throughout the home. “Gray and white mosaic glass and porcelain chicklet tile inlays in the walk-in shower create a waterfall effect,” says Giso, who introduces texture in the folds and crinkles of the room’s Phillip Jeffries wallpaper.
Guest Bedroom: A glossy ebony wood floor provides warmth and depth to an en suite guest room, cloaked in subdued shades of gray and cream with hints of pale green. Century and Vanguard furniture includes a leather-upholstered bed and matching nightstands with four fluted drawers. The bathroom features a wallcovering with a shagreen pattern and a vanity with a driftwood finish.
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Interior designers keep a mental list of products they covet for just the right client, just the right home. The Lake Club residence provided the creative outlet for Italian hand-painted wallcovering, much adored by Giso, who also worked closely with the builder to source materials not available in their selection studio.
“As a regional homebuilder, our highest priority is to make sure our customers’ homes are completely unique to them. This is their dream come to life,” notes Claudine Leger-Wetzel, vice president of sales and marketing for STOCK Custom Homes. “Designers will sometimes see new finishes and luxury brands they want for their clients, and we collaborate with them to source from our wide selection of luxury options and install these selections from our vendors.”
Powder Room: The powder room shines – literally and figuratively. The wallcovering embellishes an ethereal opulence with microbeads mimicking animal print, a texture also referenced in the shagreen finish of a black and brass sink. The custom-designed floating vanity’s pull-latch drawers keep the lines simple and sleek, while brass flits around in the art and the frame of the mirror.
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Guest Bedroom: Giso repeats the ebony-hued wood flooring in another guest bedroom, where white and cream are more pronounced and paired with green-grays and blue-grays. The white wood headboard of the bed by Century Furniture is inset with black stripes. Nightstands add to the contemporary aesthetic with the warm wood tones of drawers encased in a white frame. The striped silk window treatments and all draperies in the home are custom made and include automated blackout shades.
Office: The minimal profile of the Old Biscayne Designs desk elevates the openness of the home office and two plush armchairs in a sitting area encourages interaction. Custom built-in cabinetry features grooved door panels and a green-patinaed metallic gray finish, a hue echoed in the area rug’s gray chenille. A painting from the owners’ private collection adds jolts of vivid color against a wall accented with a blockprinted wallcovering, while the dropped ceiling casts soft illumination.
Outdoor Living: “We maximized the outdoor space by extending the lanai as much as possible to fit a larger pool and more spacious outdoor living,” observes Giso. Restoration Hardware furniture — two armchairs, a sofa, ottomans, and a pair of coffee tables poised to the linear fireplace and television — continue the contrast of light and dark tones and appeal to the owners’ preference for a low-profile look. The ceiling is highlighted with double trays and cove lighting.
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Outdoor Kitchen: Aswirl with white, black, and gray, the viscount white leathered granite countertops and backsplash in the outdoor kitchen and bar visually connect indoor and outdoor spaces. Stainless-steel Danver cabinetry boasts a gunmetal surface and eases maintenance — “just spray it with a hose,” says Giso. Four Restoration Hardware stools cozy up to the bar, providing another entertainment venue for the owners.
STOCK Custom Homes 2639 Professional Circle, Suite 101 Naples, FL www.stockdevelopment.com239.249.640034119
Photography by Craig Hildebrand | The Shoot Group
Wilfredo Emanuel Designs 4760 Tamiami Trail North, Suite 2 Naples, FL www.wilfredoemanueldesigns.com239.315.779434103
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Pool: The extended outdoor area offers two other fireside retreats — an open-air lounge with a large sectional circling a 10-by-5-foot viscount white leathered granite firepit, designed by Giso and fabricated by Mediterranean Marble, and a fire feature flush with the deck. The pool has a black interior and a drop-in spa floating just above the water’s surface. Chaises — on the deck and in the pool’s sun-ledge — channel a resort vibe.
Written by Nanci Theoret
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