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We tried hard to buy as much
as we could from North Carolina,”
she says. “Buying local is good for
the environment, it creates jobs and
things don’t have to travel as far.
Anyone can do it, you just have to be
intentional. You can sacrifice a little
bit of price for doing the right thing.”
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rapped around
the exterior
east wall of the
living room is one
of the three decks
Sullivan incorporated into the home
and a space used often when the
entire family visits. All of the decking
is recycled composite, which Doster
said would last a lifetime without
having to be replaced.
Facing the sea and shaded, the
main deck is kept cool any time
of day with the option for those
desiring a tan to venture to the south-ern
corner, open to the sun’s rays.
For the Landises, Sullivan’s
decision to divvy the allotted deck
space between floors was a great
addition.
“He took the really rigid CAMA
regulations on the percentage of
decking you can have relative to the
square footage of the house and did
that so creatively that we have this
big, beautiful deck coming off the
great room, and we were also able to
have a smaller deck coming off the
downstairs bedrooms and a little
private deck off the master bedroom,”
Nina says.
Sullivan says he knew the master
suite on the third floor would be
his best opportunity to tap into the
views surrounding the home on the
interior south end lot.
“Every house at Wrightsville Beach
Adjacent to the great room is an
outdoor living space furnished with
plastic composite deck furniture
and finished with an extended wood
paneled ceiling.