Treasure Island

Awash in patterns (and invisible vacation-friendly finishes), this designer's Florida home is no basic beach retreat.

- By Carisha Swanson. Photographer by Robert Peterson

LIVING ROOM

For his family's vacation home in Rosemary Beach, Florida, designer Vern Yip showcased a favorite pattern from Vern Yip for Trend on the drapery and pillows, with the Chinese dragon in an abundance of flowers. Seating: Fabricut. Upholstery, trim, and wallcovering: Vern Yip for Trend. Coffee table: Aronson Woodworks. Rug: Milliken. Lamps: Safavieh. Painting: Jan Kasprzycki.

Fully embracing color, pattern, and texture and mixing these unapologetically-is in the DNA of designer Vern Yip. Purchasing a vacation home for his family in Rosemary Beach, Florida, was not going to shift this philosophy. If anything, surrounded by a sea of all-white bungalows, the Atlanta-based designer was going to embrace maximalism even more: I wanted this home to reflect who we are as a family, multicultural and biracial, and our heritage, while also thinking about life at the beach.”