Tropical Rooms with Water Cooled Breezes
Tropical Rooms with Water Cooled Breezes are a necessity in South Florida, where year round temperatures allow for outdoor living and dining. When clients in the know desire a dramatic custom home on the waterfront they usually seek to incorporate ocean to intracoastal views with dockage onsite or quick access to a nearby marina. Entertainment extends to seasonal living and gathering in stylish outdoor rooms, where menus include mango salsa, citrus glazed shrimp, grilled catch of the day and colorful icy drinks.
Tropical rooms in tropical homes include outdoor bar areas, with breezy shelter beneath a rotunda or lanai, perfect for solo lounging or for entertaining guests. These spaces can be sheltered by columns but still open, providing outdoor rooms with cooling tropical breezes encircling the space---vital to year-round outdoor living.
Overhead fans can be set to lazily stir the air on sultry evenings, while cooling mists rise from pools and the waterway. These outdoor spaces are the perfect place for dining alfresco, or for serving up an impromptu tray of tempting colorful fruits and icy drinks.
The formal architecture in Florida's custom homes is often in the front of the house, keeping the home private while the back usually opens more informally to the views allowing transparency to the waterway.
We have a wonderful quality of light in the topics and Florida's waterfront homes make fantastic use of the five senses. Sight, sound, smell, touch and taste are evident everywhere; even our landscape supports edible fruits. Water comes fully into play in tropical homes, both visually and in the actual cooling.
Connections between indoor and outdoor spaces visually blend the indoors to the outdoors. Tropical architecture sometimes calls to mind a Polynesian ideal, with thatched overhangs and simple unadorned natural spaces cooled only by tropical breezes. But, we in Florida are faced with additional realities---a need for weather protection and climate control. 'Open' homes have to be balanced with the need for privacy and security, as we are not alone on our tropical paradise.
Tropical homes are surrounded by water features and pools. Landscape designers, architects and custom pool designers create sculptural pools, waterfalls, and dramatic sheets and sprays of water over and above functional swimming pools with infinity edges overlooking waterways. Pool areas feature tropical punches of hot color from hibiscus and bougainvillea, while lush foxtail and coconut palms wave in waterside breezes. The poolside ambience equals the four and five star resorts of the Caribbean, where visitors while away the hours by dreaming and swinging in hammocks built for two.
Properties use front porch views and sunset views - along with heavily landscaped areas and walking paths. Aesthetics of the tropical custom home can include elements from the British West Indies including metal roofs, colonnades of classical columns and upscale finishes. Many Floridians travel, and incorporate the design of tropical destinations that they love and want to relive on a daily basis.