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MMarie Antoinette meets Ernest
Hemingway in this stunning retreat
where the gentle tides of Bradley
Creek meet the Intracoastal Waterway
in a perfect marriage of opulent
femininity and masculine vigor. It is
both a temple of hunt and sanctuary
of style that took four years to
complete, yet it looks as though it has
been gracefully aging as long as the
200-year-old oak that holds court in
its garden.
“It truly is a magical home,” the
owners say.
The French Country style manor
was the vision of a couple with four
children, two still at home, their residential
designer Scott Sullivan and
interior designer and friend, Sherry
Black.
The décor is a balance of male and
female energies in their boldest forms
— a giant moose head hangs above a
tufted, fringed ottoman where teenagers
snack in front of a fireplace.
“We wanted French Country with
a traditional Southern twist,” says the
lady of the house, which is why you
