Looking south from the arched windows of the sun room on the top floor, one has a sweeping view of Worth Avenue and Palm Beach's southern estate section. The red barrel-tile roof of the club that was the very first of Addison Mizner's many Palm Beach designs dominates the horizon.
you sit at the piano bench. there are a few easels scattered around the room, with canvases on them, paintings left finished and unfinished alike. the sun catches on the prism you and your housemate put in the window, scattering rainbows across the room. plants spill over everything, vines and leaves swaying.
your housemate is in the kitchen, humming as they sway their way through some cake batter. there's flour on their nose. the radio is on, and quiet chatter fills the room.
For the installation of this antique floor from France, it was necessary to first sand and stain the wood, then finish it with a coating of polyurethane. Next, the original grout, which had not been removed from the tile, had to be made as smooth as possible so it could fit within the wood grid. Finally, a sealer was applied to the tile.