Priced at $19.9 million, house near Mar-a-Lago has ‘a very traditional Palm Beach feeling’

As occurs to several Palm Beachers, Lori and Michael Bernstein are embarking on a new chapter in their lives, acquiring raised their loved ones in a property they developed far more than a decade in the past at 153 Kings Road in the Estate Section of Palm Seashore.

About the a long time, the Bernsteins have liked their household. But time has moved on, and their two youngsters are headed this drop to Villanova University — and the Bernsteins are buying a home in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, to be in the vicinity of them.

And that suggests downsizing in Palm Seashore, so they have listed their house for sale. Corcoran Team brokers Dana Koch and Paulette Koch have it priced at $19.9 million.

Competed in 2009, the dwelling replaced a Georgian Colonial-style home the Bernsteins had ordered in 2004, in aspect due to the fact they appreciated its architecture.

Architect Thomas Kirchhoff utilized that preference as the starting up issue for the design and style of their 5-bedroom, 6-rest room house, which has three 50 percent-baths and 6,789 sq. toes of residing place, within and out.

The Bernsteins strategy to travel on a regular basis amongst Pennsylvania and Florida. Michael is effective in finance, and Lori runs two Palm Seashore outlets — less than the moniker Lori Jayne — on South County Road that specialize in monogramming, property merchandise, stationery and clothing.

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The good deal on Kings Highway measures a minimal additional than a quarter acre, and is a few of streets north of The Mar-a-Lago Club. The dwelling has a symmetrical structure, with the foyer and stair hall entrance and heart. There’s also an elevator.

To the north of the foyer is a gallery and the dwelling room, flanked by the mix family home and enclosed loggia — with a wet bar — and the breakfast home, all overlooking the pool space.

To the east are the kitchen area and two-car garage, and on the reverse facet is a library.

Upstairs to the west are the principal bed room suite — comprising two wander-in closets, a dressing room and two bathrooms — and an place of work. On the east side are three guest bedroom suites and a employees bedroom suite.

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The household is very similar in lots of factors to the old just one, which was severely weakened during hurricanes in 2004, necessitating its alternative.

“One awesome matter (was that) we were ready to customise the spaces and we have been allowed to maintain the identical square footage,” Lori states.

The house was created by the late contractor John Mitchell, and the Bernsteins worked with London-based mostly Colefax and Fowler on the interiors.

A lot of of the rooms element fake-painted partitions with stippled or strie information, usually dressed up with moldings. There are marble, limestone and wood floors in the course of, although the bedrooms are carpeted.

The residence “has a really conventional Palm Seaside emotion, and lends by itself to official entertaining, with a great chef’s kitchen area. It is a wonderful relatives property,” Lori claims.

That kitchen area is fitted with white cabinetry, tile backsplashes, stainless-metal counters, and qualified quality appliances. A butler’s pantry is close by.

The home also life massive, she provides, with roomy interiors and superior ceiling heights.

“It also has a decent attic, which the air-conditioning upkeep men and women notify us is a enjoyment to work in,” Lori states.

Crafted-in cabinetry also offers the owners with lots of storage room. “I could set the kid’s toys and crafts absent, and the cabinets have pull-out entry, so I really do not have to dig as a result of matters,” she says.

In the most important bedroom suite, walls are included in a paper-backed material topped by egg-and-dart molding. A person of the suite’s bogs features Emperador marble, and the other is completed with Thasos inset with green marble. Visitor bogs are concluded with Thasos marble.

In the back again lawn, the pool is set in just a patio. Other outdoor facilities contain a bamboo outside shower and a lesser patio that is accessed from the family room/loggia.

At the front of the dwelling is an personal rose backyard, and the Bernsteins have repurposed the kids’ playhouse to provide as an orchid residence.

Considering about what they will miss, Lori says: “We like walking just one block to the seaside. I am likely to skip my kitchen — I enjoy my kitchen area — but most of all, I’m heading to overlook my youngsters, who are likely off to higher education.”

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