A visual delight - and more
Margate home stands out
By KIM RAYMOND
for The Press
Even in a neighborhood filled with breathtaking homes lining the bay, Fern Kiejdan's new home in Margate stands out.Maybe it's their unique five sided lot that draws attention. Maybe it's the hand-precisioned custom- designed cedar soffits that define the many overhangs, adding even more interest to the exterior of the home. Or maybe it's the two dormer windows and the gargoyle perched high on an upstairs balcony. For a variety of reasons, this home catches the eye.
"We used brick, stucco, mahogany, and cedar to add different to add different flavors to the house," said Fern kiejdan, a homemaker who works part time in a family business in philadephia. She credits her husband Robert, a licecensed Architect Planner, for designing the home's eclectic style. "Robert loves angles," she said.Enter the prairie-style front door and one is privy to
a visual treat, a close-up view of the custom-designed planes and angles that are Robert's trademark. To the right is a den with a seeeping inverted hip cathedral ceiling. Follow the sweeps of the ceiling,and it leads to a computer loft topped by a skylight.
Across from the loft are three 3-by3 foot wide windows framing a casement window. In other words, the room is large, light, and airy with plenty of windows - the perfect place to catch up on some office paperwork while enjoying rhe view from the overlook.
To the left of the entranceway is the great room, complete with prairie-style window, an antique writing desk and an atique Korman Persian rug. Hanging on the wall is a Frank Lloyd Wright clock.
Kiejdan is influenced by Wright; however, he also credits Italian architect Mario Botto for inspiring him.
" I have borrowed from the cubist design, the simple geometric forms of Mario Botto," Kiejdan said. " I color it with the prairie style, the hipped roofs and the large overhangs."
Kiejdan added that there is no one particular design that will plese everyone.
He tailors each of his architectural projects to suit his clients'. Does the home make yo happy?" Kiejdan said.
The Kiejdans' great room includes marble Italian tiles and a archway that leads to the dining room. Kiejdan favors archways, and uses them quite frequently throughout the home. He explained that this arch "designs the space, creating a picture frame for the dining room.
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Again, the look is effective - and quite Mediterranean. In the kitchen, too, the Kiejdans dare to be different, and manage
to create finished products that is both beautiful and efficient. The large kitchen is covered with plenty of cabinets fashioned from lacquered laminated rosewood as shiny and as smooth as a mirror. Commercial atainless steel app;oiances glisten along the wall, lending a sleek, modern look to the spotless kitchen. One of Fern's secrets is her appliance closet, which keeps the clutter of a microwave, toaster, at bay. Another stand out feature of the kitchen iss the ocatagonal breakfast nook, with a bay window looking out on an inground pool. The kitchen trade mark arch leads to a seond den, which boasts a marble surround fireplace and a 5 foot projection TV.
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