Here, though, dark counterpoint tones are used to highlight windows, doors, and a few built-ins. They’re also used in the most basic furnishings. But the dark neutrals don’t try to contend with the white for dominance; they are content to be appropriately placed articulations of form. Which works.

I’m not wild about so much shiny white flooring; a few more well chosen area rugs would be welcome. I do like the limited but consistent splashes of intense color: Mediterranean blue in Pic 6, magenta orchids in Pic 13 (in combo with zebra stripes!), more magenta in Pic 18, and the background bright greens of Florida’s year-round plant life, seen through almost every window.

I could use a few more of the color splashes, but too many would ruin the clean, open feel. It’s so clean and open the curly-q entry door insets actually work for me (Pic 25). I usually dislike anything even reminiscent of Spanish colonial (the added flourishes, not the general architectural genre) but here it works as a focal point of decorative design in conjunction with the focal point of architectural design – the main entry. Without the crisp white setting, though, it simply wouldn’t work.