PLAYING IT COOL, continued

After the renovation and surface changes
were complete, Jowdy asked Stephen not to
peek inside until the last decorative element
was installed. When he walked in, she knew
she'd hit the mark. "His jaw dropped," she
says, adding with a laugh that the design
team had taken bets on whether he'd get
teary-eyed like many of his own clients."He
didn't," she says, "but I honestly think he was
blown away."

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The sleeping porch just off the master
bedroom pays tribute to the home's
1920s roots. "In the old days, you had
to have those kinds of things in the
South, because it got so hot prior to
air-conditioning that that was your
salvation," Stephen says.

Marine-quality varnish protects the
furniture from moisture.