Adding Italy to Domus Rex.

You may not have pieced together that "Domus" is Italian/Latin for a beautiful home. Yet, we have nothing Italian in the home (until now!). 

We have a Bontempi Casa furniture piece, that's removable. To show our commitment to excellent design and bring a piece of Italy into the house, we decided to take savings from well priced faucets in the full bathrooms and splurge on this beauty for the guest half bath that also serves as a cabana bath for the pool area. It is stunning, interesting and not gaudy like some other wall mounted faucets. What do you think?

Canali Faucet by Neve

We have walls and roof cover!

Things seem to be moving very nicely now.  The framing is essentially finished (more pics to come).  We did a walk through today for some minor changes in doors and to designate how doors will open, sliding glass door options and exterior materials.  Electrician, HVAC and plumbing all start in the coming week or so.  

Happy to give tours during construction.

View from the great room towards the parlor.

Stairs.

View from the balcony into the great room (guest suite adjacent to the right).

View of the front entry and parlor.

The kitchen (notice lower ceilings-- intentional and smart!).

Front of the house (dining room on right, front entry way and parlor window to the left).

View from the great room into the courtyard.  14' ceilings with windows above the sliding glass doors. Master suite in the distance across the courtyard.

We've Gone Vertical!

Some real movement now... While Alex and I were on a short vacation to New England, the framing got done.  It is a sight to see.  Happily surprising, the rooms do not feel small!  We have been warned that you cannot tell size from framing and that it will always look small.  Not so.

It looks great from the front, and a great decision to have the second story only above the back of the house to keep our house in good scale to the original feel of the neighborhood. 

Happy to give a tour to anyone.

Front of house.

View from balcony on second floor into great room.

Gatorade-- important to stay hydrated when working.

View from kitchen into great room, parlor and guest suite in the distance.

View from the great room into the courtyard.