If you’re new to the Gold Coast, neighbors smile and wave and ask where you’re from. If you walk your dog, you’ll make five friends in five blocks, as will Fido.
for additional sunlight. Beyond the nook is a mudroom with terracotta tiles, cubbies, and powder room. Enter Kimble, who has back door
privileges with the Zucks, and he’s a walking memory chip for his many fine properties. It’s easy to see how Kimble became so successful in sales. He’s tall but not impos- ing, with a Tom Sawyer grin and a disarming William H. Macy way of speaking: “Heyyy! Nice ta meetcha! Cool house er what??” He points out servant’s stairs east of the kitchen and a second powder room that could keep guests amused longer than the standard respite. The exotic cream and red wall paper bears out an Olympian story of the gods, and if the characters are not sufficiently hypnotizing, finding a single seam in the wall paper will
be.
“It’s above the mirror,” Geri whispers. “The mirror was hung too high, and that whole wall had to be redone.” Exit the powder room and a few steps east will bring you back to the sweeping stairs. On the second floor are four
bedroom suites. The master contains the turret, which was the first thing Geri mentioned to architect Johnson in the planning stages. It now contains a snuggly chair and ottoman and looks out over the southern view neighbor- hood. It’s understated, but elegant. Closets were done by Rich McMahan of Absecon, containing sleek wooden drawers, shoe cubbies, shelves and multi-level racks. Opposite the turret is a door to a covered balcony. In its center is a
spigot. “Flowers need watering in the summer, and I didn’t want to think of toting water out here,” Geri explained. A two-person white tub with eight jets takes up one wall in the master bath, and there’s a walk-in shower on the other. The paint is a rich royal blue, which Geri said was one of several custom colors designed throughout, and an antique chandelier dances on it playfully. The final feature of the master bath is a refrigerator. “People get thirsty, and I didn’t want to think of running all the way downstairs...”
The second-floor laundry contains a state-of-the-art washer and dryer, a linen closet with eight shelves, and ample space for folding. “Nobody likes to think of toting
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