
"Those hours are the time we entertain, sit in the library, make cocktails, and open the doors to the outside spaces. "As it always goes, the light in the room changes throughout the day," he explains. In fact, Moore specifically chose the pool-blue Farrow & Ball-hued lacquer finish in the paneled library to complement the natural light from four to seven pm. "Evenings in the library and sitting on the back patio are beautiful ways to end the day with wonderful views of the sunset." "The house faces southeast and the back of the it overlooks the golf course to the west," he says. Moore moved interior walls and expanded doorways to allow for as much natural light as possible. To that end, he immediately removed the home's colored carpet, wallpaper, and mirrored walls and reworked its choppy floor plan. In other words, he wanted the place to feel "Florida but not too Florida," he says. This meant updating the home's spaces to suit his family's contemporary lifestyle while retaining the character of the original house. He dreamed of transforming it into an aesthetic that leans "feminine but not too fussy, elegant, comfortable, and joyful," much like his muse. When his family bought it, the home had what Moore calls a "70s-era country club" vibe. When it came time to decorate a 4,706-square-foot vacation home in Vero Beach, Florida, where three generations of Moore's family, including his parents and his five nieces and nephews, gather, Dallas-based interior designer Doniphan Moore looked to his mother Marla for inspiration. "Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links."


Doniphan Moore's Vero Beach, Florida home Douglas Friedman
