'The No. 1 comment I get is people saying it’s Naples meets Miami,” says Curtis Gunther, owner of Imperial Homes, as he talks about his latest model in the new Peninsula section of Treviso Bay in Naples.
It’s a highly contemporary model with very crisp lines and bold contrasting colors. It also has that luxury look from the glass walled wine room under the staircase to the intricate ceiling details.
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“It’s a contemporary design style with a sophisticated high fashion with bold elements,” says interior designer Kelsey Kohler of Interiors by Design West. “We used very high contrast colors: the very light-colored fabrics, then pops of color with the deep navy, and then the saddle tan to keep it warm and not so cold.”
Above the white and gray marble floors in the Domenica model is stark white furniture and white walls. Two navy chairs, a blue padded ottoman by the dining room table and a black shelf between the long thin LED fireplace and the flat screen television adds the color contrast.
“Something you don’t see that often is the thick bold shelf that wraps around and comes down on the side,” Kelsey says.
Thinly spaced slats of dark stained cypress wood break up the whiteness of the family room ceiling.
“It is a very cool detail,” Curtis says. “It looks like something you can walk on.”
Chandeliers that give a golden glow soften the stark contrasting colors.
“It’s a little bit of the shiny tile and the glitz of the chromes, the clean lines, the contemporary feel inside,” Curtis says. “It is a refreshing mix of the coastal contemporary exterior, but the clean contemporary influence inside.”
Another detail he likes is the glass wine room under the staircase.
“Styling wise, it is one of the features that lends itself to the contemporary,” he says.
“I think that is a neat display,” adds Jon Kukk president of Kukk Architecture & Design. “We feel these houses are fairly social, so a nice and intentional wine room would be a delight.”
The den opens to a great room and features the contrasting colors. The tray ceiling looks like it is outlined in blue tile, but it’s navy-blue alligator skin patterned wallpaper.
The master bedroom is glitz, glamor and bling. The whiteness is highlighted with sparkly silver pillows. Windows are everywhere, from the two long windows beside the bed to the wall of windows facing the lake to the glass door onto the lanai. Curtis explains they chose a glass door rather than a sliding door, because it kept the cleaner lines and matched the windows.
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“There is a ton of glass here,” Curtis says. “We want to have awesome views in the back of the house. You can lie in bed and watch golf, the water and the pool.”
The master bathroom has the unusual feature of a bathtub within the shower area. The shower spans the entire side of the room with the tub on one side and the shower heads on the other.
“We have been starting to design these wet rooms,” Jon says. “It is a delightful feature. It really makes the bathroom feel larger.”
On the other side of the house is a guest room that shares the pool bathroom. Curtis says this room would also make a great flex or rec room. Long wide windows overlook the pool, spa and scenery. The room, with its king-size bed, is decorated in white and navy. Thick tan stripes on the wall match the stripes in the white curtains softening the other contrasting colors.
Near the front of the home, another guest room suite is decorated in white, gray and gold with a golden orbs chandelier hanging overhead. There’s a drop zone area near the garage entrance with a sitting area and silver decorative box frames on the wall to store items.
Upstairs a huge bonus room features a bar, island with chairs, sitting area and pool table. Sliding glass doors open to a wide terrace overlooking the lake and golf course.
“I think one of the unique layout features is the dedication of the second-floor space of a club room overlooking the lake,” Jon says. “It is almost like a whole second living level.”
The club room has a peaked ceiling with composite beams in a crisscross pattern.
“I loved designing the ceiling details,” Kelsey says. “My favorite was how it turned out in the loft with the cross beams.”
The upstairs bedroom is decorated in lines of black and white. A thick black border along the center of the wall continues into a black stripe in the curtains.
“We had incorporated the wall details with the window treatments,” Kelsey says. “That worked out nice. Even in the bedroom downstairs we did something similar with the saddle tan color.”
Glass French doors in the upstairs bedroom lead to a private terrace on the front of the home.
This upper floor is reached by a staircase that’s a focal point with its modern cable railing, wall art and numerous windows.
“Another thing I’d like to mention is the stairs and the way in which we used the stairs as an element to bring light into the foyer,” Jon says. “It adds a lot of light into the upper floor and the lower floor.”
It also adds to the modern contemporary look of the home.
“It was exciting getting to do a more contemporary design than your more traditional coastal design,” Kelsey says. “It was fun to use different resources, different textiles, different colors — getting to use that high contrast with the pops of colors.”
The Domenica model has four bedrooms, a plus a den and loft, four and half bathrooms and three garages. It spans 4,544 square feet under air and 6,409 total square feet. The $2.699 million price includes upgrades and furniture.
The Domenica is one of two models in the new Peninsula section of Treviso Bay. When completed, there will be 55 homes in that section all by Imperial Homes of Naples. Curtis says there are five floorplans to choose from or buyers can design their own home.