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[kindred cats]

Nothing about this particular home draws me in.

Something about it strikes a dreary note rather than a dreamy one. 

[magicmoodz]

The exterior of this house nestled among lots of greenery is lovely and one of my favorite styles. 

Now about the interior...I have well documented that I am not a "blue" person. So while the library has beautiful architectural detail, I would opt for a different color for the walls. I actually rather like the blue chairs,

I find the wall color choice of the living room  (which reads a very light blue on my screen) to be much more appealing and I like the arches. I find the furniture odd though. I am a lover of neutral furnishings, but every piece is an odd color and reminds me of a bale of hay.😅 Also, the placement looks like it is set up for an AA meeting. Can you tell I am not fond of a "circle" arrangement? 

And then the actual style of the pieces would not work for me, I want my guests to be comfortable. I made the mistake once of having two armless slipper? chairs in my living room. They proved to be difficult for some of my older relatives to get up from. The sofas appear to have such deep cushions if guests scooted back their feet would be dangling off the floor. I can hear them saying "let's go out to the library and sit in the comfy blue chairs". 

[QVCisFun]

The living room walls of this Vero Beach house looked white to me until I enlarged the photo and saw that the ceiling was white and the walls then looked light blue in comparison.

I was curious about the foreground table in the living room with its cloth-and-rope look that was constructed of hard material.  So I went down a rabbit hole and learned that the rope table design is by interior designer John Dickinson (1920-1982).  Some of his originals were done in plaster.  Don't know if the table in this Vero beach house is an original or not.  One article had this interesting and fun tidbit about the plaster furniture:  "Dickinson loved the plaster's weight--it forced clients to quit rearranging his furniture."

Another article on Dickinson quotes Dickinson as saying "What I do is always mine.  I want my work to be instantly recognizable.  I think this idea that everyone pays lip service to, that a room should reflect the client more than the decorator, is utter nonsense.  Clients come to you for a look.  It can be tempered and diluted or softened, but my rooms always end up looking like me.  There's no way I can avoid that, and I don't want to."  I would guess that not all designers and clients (and design/decor armchair enthusiasts) share Dickinson's viewpoint that a room should reflect the decorator more than the client.

[CANDLEQUEEN]

I love the exterior of the home, but the Blue Wall color is not for me for the library. I prefer a more neutral toned color. I also would not like to be on a golf course either..I would worry about too many broken windows!

[Oznell]

I've always relished golf courses, the green, the gentle hills and mirror-like ponds, even the occasional ball looping into the sky.  Find them to be very calming to contemplate, so living by one would be fun for me.

Fascinating info about Dickinson, @QVCisFun .   I didn't realize that stool/table was one of his.  The only one of his designs that I consistently recognize is his trademark white plaster table he did with the quirky legs--  a lot of other designers have used it in their work.

 

Don't really care for it, but he was talented.  And sounds like a character!