Thirty years ago Ann Carlson moved an historic house from Market Street to this remote countryside. On the high bluff the ocean breezes whip the tree limbs that buffer a pair of twin homes one old and one new linked together by a Charleston-style courtyard embellished with low masonry walls wrought iron gates and balconies. The sandy lane forks and dips to Duck Point on the Intracoastal Waterway opposite Figure Eight Island. Landscape Designer: David Erwin North State Gardens When the sunlight dims they warm themselves around the rustic steel fireplace and toast to the good life. Decorative ironworks and balcony railings mimic the rhythm of passing water in this lush oasis where moving water buffers the passing traffic and the Bohannons pass a good time dining al fresco or entertaining guests. Outlined by tile squares and concrete pavers set among mondo grass amid the dense evergreen texture of a hedge of tinnus viburnum leafy cast-iron plants red spider lilies and an elegant specimen sago palm accent the grounds beautifully covered with aromatic Asiatic jasmine holly and tassel ferns and creeping fig vines. Inspired by the famed oyster roast of Pembroke Jones the relic farmsteads of Tuscany and the historic low-country ruins found near New Orleans architect Michael Kersting designed the home for the Bohannons and collaborated with landscape architect Pamela Kersting on the adjoining outdoor room.įrom the garden gate or the central atrium of the Bohannons’ villa an Old World village-square fountain sends cascading water into a low reflecting pool. Retreat and relaxation remotely controlled by the whims of nature - the solitary rush of birds winging overhead the dance of leaves spiraling from a tree branch the shimmer of iridescent dragonflies twinkling in a sunray the cast of moonbeam shadows in the night - are like exotic tonics in this transitional oasis where what is indoors is now out and what is outdoors is now in to which the retired retreat and the hard at work aspire to put up their feet.Īuthentic oyster shell tabby walls perforated with louvered shutters to capture the views of the Intracoastal Waterway shelter the outdoor room enjoyed by Alvah and Janice Bohannon at their Landfall home located just a few strokes from the Dye Clubhouse on Landfall Drive. Maybe it’s the peaceful ease of a swinging bench or the comfort of a rocking chair that beckons the alluring splash of a fountain or the sultry suggestion of a swimming pool. Like a mirage it appears out of thin air an ethereally seductive secret place a few paces from the front door.
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