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Golden Beach Ocean

A birch tree grows indoors at Golden Beach Ocean, a 21,354-square-foot residence on the Florida shoreline, and it explains the interior. Outside, cascading planters spill down a louvered facade. Inside, SDH Studio let the planting continue: ground cover pools at the base of walls, ferns fill beds cut into the stone floor, and orchids and herbs settle on shelves and vanities, all beneath warm wood planks that carry across the ceiling of every principal room.

Location: Golden Beach, FL
Status: Completed
Site Area: 30,000 sf
Livable Area: 14,101 sf
Total Area: 21,354 sf
Architect: SDH Studio
Photographer: TBD
Team: Stephanie Halfen, Angiebeth Avendano, Claudia Fleischman, Melissa Briceño, Valentina Gallego

The foyer rises two stories. In front of split-face stone, the birch stands in a pale concrete planter, its crown reaching toward the bridge above. Beside it, a white oak stair turns on open treads, its curved sides formed as one continuous sweep of timber. Overhead, a suspended frame of oak shelves holds trailing plants across the void, and straight ahead the living room’s glass wall frames the Atlantic, with a low modular sofa and round stone tables set before it.

Cooking happens inside a wall of rift-cut oak. Tall flush panels hide refrigeration and pantry; a stainless column of ovens and a slim wine fridge are the only interruptions. Sea-glass tile, laid in vertical stacks, lines a recessed alcove around a professional range and stainless hood. Gray quartzite wraps the island on three sides, and a live-edge slab table butts against its end, ringed by slender charcoal chairs. Across the room, sage-green upper cabinets float beneath lit niches of books and plants, while full-height glass gives onto the garden.

Stone takes over in the primary bath. Travertine-toned slabs line walls and floor under the same wood ceiling, and a frameless glass shower, set like a room within the room, holds a ceiling rain head beside a long stone bench. A gray freestanding tub rests beneath a lit oak niche, a banana plant beside it at the window. Opposite, walnut-toned drawers run beneath a mirror the length of the counter, then step down at one end into a dressing table with a low upholstered stool, facing a window wall of trees.

The palette is short: oak overhead, pale stone underfoot, glass at the edges and living plants between them. Sage cabinetry and sea-glass tile are the only greens SDH Studio applied by hand. Every other green in the house is growing.

Interior Architecture & Millwork: SDH Studio | Furniture Selection: Client

A birch tree grows indoors at Golden Beach Ocean, a 21,354-square-foot residence on the Florida shoreline, and it explains the interior. Outside, cascading planters spill down a louvered facade. Inside, SDH Studio let the planting continue: ground cover pools at the base of walls, ferns fill beds cut into the stone floor, and orchids and herbs settle on shelves and vanities, all beneath warm wood planks that carry across the ceiling of every principal room.

Golden Beach Ocean, Golden Beach, FL - Foyer
Golden Beach Ocean, Golden Beach, FL - Kitchen
Golden Beach Ocean, Golden Beach, FL - Primary Bathroom
Golden Beach Ocean, Golden Beach, FL - Primary Bathroom
Golden Beach Ocean, Golden Beach, FL - Rear Facade and Pool

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