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THE DURDEN RESIDENCE
WATERFRONT LIVING
A hallway leads from the great room to the study. “This was my husband’s favorite room. The warmth of the wood and the comfort of the furniture beckoned him daily.”
With stained, raised panel walls and a replace with oor-to-ceiling mar- ble mantel, the room has an old-European air–regal and tting for a man who held highest regards among his peers and in his community. Earl Durden was known for his steadfast character and generosity.
Italian in uences are ever-present and carried out in the smallest details such as doorknobs and lighting xtures. To Karen, the groin vaulted hall, as they are common in Renaissance architecture, is one of the most Italian-feeling aspects of the house. The ooring in the hall repeats the groin vault design in honed Emperador marble.
The great room, master bedroom, and study each are dominated by wood-burning replaces, the mantels carved overseas and shipped direct to the port of Panama City.
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