ENDLESS SUMMER

Inspired by a nearby abode in Florida, USA, a couple built their forever home and captured the spirit of summer, all year round

- JULIA FAIRLEY

Picturing your home from lines on a floor plan can feel like venturing into the unknown. But for one lucky couple, Laing and Sandy, who bought a vacant lot in Palm Beach, Florida, they knew precisely what their unbuilt home would be like. In a sense, they'd been there before.

"A local builder had constructed a beautiful home nearby, and Laing, Sandy and I toured that house and loved everything about it," says interior designer Caitlin Kah. "The builder and I reached out to the architects, and they agreed to take that floor plan, make a few tweaks and rescale it for this land."

Using the same architect and builder, alongside Caitlin who had previously designed a pied-à-terre for the couple, plans were drawn up in record time. "It expedited things," says Caitlin. "Laing and Sandy could envision what their home would look like; they knew what it would feel like. They were confident about building the house, as they had kind of already seen it."