project details
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- Fineline High Gloss Tricolor Ebony Veneer with Dark Concrete island
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- Modern Miami home facade
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- Miami home’s rear facade features an impressive staircase
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- Miami living at its finest
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- Welcoming and impressive entry
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- Dark Concrete island, white glass bar and Fineline High Gloss Tricolor Ebony Veneer
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- boxtec drawer accessories for perfect organization
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- Completely built-in headboard and storage
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- Her closet with custom formal gown storage
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- His closet fully custom designed with Schmalenbach solutions
the vision
Kristi and Dean Jernigan envisioned a comfortable, cozy, yet modern home for their extended family to gather. They sought to capture the experience of living on the water in Miami, while drawing inspiration from the incredible range of interiors they experienced living in London for 11 years.
The art-inspired ultra-modern home boasts:
- Approximately 7,400 square feet, with 4 bedrooms and 4.5 baths
- No hallways, other than a short vestibule leading into the master bedroom
- A floating indoor staircase made from glass, bronze and wood
- Outdoor putting green and custom-designed his and her master closets, at Dean’s request
- A helical outdoor staircase, a signature element of the architect.
The finished home is filled with art. Kristi started the public art commission in Memphis, so she is immersed in the art world (Kristi and her architect, Darrell, worked together on a number of public art projects in Memphis including the Public Library and the Redbirds’ Baseball Stadium). As such, she wanted to their entire Miami home to function as a form of public art.
the ask
This new construction home is grand and thoroughly modern, but the homeowners’ choices in finishes keeps the feeling of warmth.
The Jernigans and their architect worked with Erika Clifford at eggersmann Florida to design and implement the super modern, warm feel in their kitchen, bar area, wardrobes, and his and her walk-in closets. The cabinetry and solutions had to not only be beautiful and sleek but durable given their growing extended family of children and grandchildren.
The ask: create a modern space with a warm but minimal feel to allow the art to shine. Create plenty of highly functional and customized storage in the kitchen, bar, bedrooms, and walk-in closets.
the solutions
The kitchen cabinetry features Fireline High Gloss Tricolor Ebony veneer with an island in Dark Concrete. All with high-precision mitered edge details and accents of the Silvertouch hot-rolled steel countertop, backsplash, and window sill.
The bar comprises base units in a Fineline Black Embossed veneer finish and upper cabinet doors of custom tinted glass and Black Anodized Frames. The cabinet units of the bar are accented with interior LED lighting and custom glass interiors.
Closets are all completely custom to its residents.
- Both girls’ bedrooms have a completely integrated closet system with built-in headboards and beds transition seamlessly to their wardrobes.
- Dad’s closet features a cantilevered S35 design with eco leather accents throughout and custom matching bench.
- Mom’s closet features specialty finished doors on cabinetry with Silver melamine interiors. A custom lighted open leather mirror unit was designed for the many gowns owned by Kristi, a frequent philanthropic fundraiser attending many formal events. The luxury walk-in closet features high polished floating clothes rod and custom inner accessories for jewelry, shoes, and handbags.