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Craft and scale define 4355 Sabal Palm, a 17,716-square-foot house on the water in Bay Point, Florida. Warm oak paneling, silver travertine, soft-veined quartzite and bronze-tinted fluted glass create a restrained, earthy palette, while sculptural furniture and expansive glazing frame sweeping views of the water. The plan works at two scales: intimate enough for a weeknight family dinner, generous enough for large-scale entertaining.
A sculptural stair of curved plaster and travertine treads spirals upward beside a double-height opening, while tall oak panels with fine reveals rise to the ceiling. A floating bronze console glows with concealed light beneath a pair of stacked brass pendants.
In the dining room, a long smoked-glass table on sculpted dark bases seats more than a dozen on soft taupe chairs. A linear brass fixture strung with glass globes hovers before a triptych of black-and-white abstract canvases, and a floating buffet in boldly veined marble is framed by panels of fluted bronze glass.
A freestanding oak-clad fireplace wall, split by a vertical band of travertine, divides the great room into two lounges. A linear firebox opens to both sides: one faces a pair of rounded bouclé chairs, the other a curved sofa, sculptural armchairs and layered cocktail tables beneath a richly textured tapestry.
Entertaining centers on the bar, where a monolithic marble counter with rounded ends faces glass shelving suspended on slender metal rods. Nearby, the wine room displays hundreds of bottles on illuminated wall-mounted pegs, set above a dark stone counter and wooden crates.
Twin quartzite islands with softly rounded edges anchor the kitchen, one extended as a dining counter lined with cream stools on black frames. A bronze hood is set into a quartzite backsplash, full-height oak cabinetry conceals the appliances, and a backlit stone wall framed by open shelving displays sculptural objects.
Full-height glazing opens the family room to the water. A low cream sectional faces a textured media wall flanked by bronze-lit shelving, while a cascade of sculptural pendants marks the morning table, where gray upholstered chairs gather around a pale stone top beside the terrace.
In the powder room, a stepped marble vanity floats above a bed of pebbles, lit by a tall backlit mirror and amber glass sconces against oak walls.
For a house of nearly 18,000 square feet, the material list is short: travertine, oak, quartzite and bronze. That discipline is what lets the rooms feel generous rather than vast.
Craft and scale define 4355 Sabal Palm, a 17,716-square-foot house on the water in Bay Point, Florida. Warm oak paneling, silver travertine, soft-veined quartzite and bronze-tinted fluted glass create a restrained, earthy palette, while sculptural furniture and expansive glazing frame sweeping views of the water. The plan works at two scales: intimate enough for a weeknight family dinner, generous enough for large-scale entertaining.
