REAL HOMES
Painterly Punch An artist-turned-designer creates a happy home on Whitemarsh Island Written by MARGARET DANIEL Photography by BRENT INGERSOLL
IT SEEMS THE BEST THINGS in life come when you aren’t looking for them. In one such stroke of serendipity, while munching on burgers at the Savannah Yacht Club, a Whitemarsh Island couple heard a neighbor mention an available lot on Commodore Drive. Eager to learn more, they hopped on their bikes, inspected
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the site by moonlight and, instantly enchanted by the view, pedaled furiously back, offering to take the property on the spot. Once the lot was theirs, the family of four enlisted the experts at Alair Homes Savannah to build their four-bedroom, five-bathroom waterfront house with the help of Catherine Lovett:
