55 RYAN KERLIN PAINtINg & Power Washing 910-617-8 252 Serving Coastal Carolina Since 1997 “I always wanted each house to be something that belonged to that client. When they drove up in front of it, it was theirs. It might be similar to another house in some ways but it had to be unique and for that client,” Johnston says. Case in point is the house designed for Tom and Margaret Stanbeck in 1978. The understated interior is finished with wrapped particleboard that hangs like blank canvas on the wall studs, an understated backdrop for the couple’s collection of colorful Central American molas and woodcarvings. “I think what made the Stanbeck House theirs was Tom and Margaret are completely unpretentious people and the house is unpretentious. You actually enter the house by walking under it to the oceanside … it’s not formal, it’s casual. The finish is kind of laid back, all the beds were built in, like on a sailboat. There’s an ease about that house that was required,” Johnston says. “It was not a showplace for people to see, but a family place.” The Stanbecks, who summered at their beach home for 35 consecutive years before recently selling it, became Johnston’s lifelong friends, and Tom Stanbeck is a sailing buddy. www.wrightsvillebeachmagazine.com WBM PHOTO COURTESY OF HENRY JOHNSTON
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