Ficarra Design Associates contemporary interior

With its distinctive Dutch Caribbean architectural style and Gulf Shore Boulevard North address, Naples Casamore is for those captivated by a luxurious, fully amenitized European village lifestyle.

Twelve, three-story, single-family residences designed by Stofft Cooney Architects and built by BCB Homes stand as a unique achievement that offers open, free-flowing floor plans with high ceilings and tall windows that capture Southwest Florida's natural light.

Naples-based Ficarra Design Associates is creating and executing a contemporary interior design for one of the four-bedroom Casamore residences that is as unique as the building itself. Bold design features and interior details, lighting treatments that accentuate the visual impact of an assortment of extraordinary finishes, and a color palette that includes gray, taupe and eggplant tones all contribute to a style with a level of clean-lined sophistication.

"The uniqueness of the Casamore residence's architectural style offers an ideal venue for the execution of a bold, contemporary interior design," said Ficarra Design Associates Founder and President Lisa Ficarra. "The owners of the residence recognized the possibilities early on, articulated their vision and then provided us the freedom to create this type of style. It is an exciting project that will ultimately contribute to the overall one-of-a-kind ambiance that has already established Casamore as Naples' newest landmark location."

Ficarra's emphasis on unique, high visual impact finishes is apparent upon arrival at the home's ground level entry. The flooring is predominantly a textured white ceramic tile with elements that sparkle.

Ficarra has taken the flooring a step further with the creation of a rectangular Calcutta marble tile accent that has a circular stainless steel inlay. The inlay plays against a stairway that features steel posts with cable railings. Each step is accented by a geometric stainless steel inlaid border. Cove lighting at the uppermost reaches of the three-story stairwell casts a soft glow.

Driftwood toned hardwood flooring throughout the second level introduces Ficarra's color palette. A powder room near the top of the staircase features the same ceramic flooring found in the entry. The white wall tile is done in a wave pattern that is accented by soffit lighting mounted directly overhead. A floating vanity cabinet with an onyx countertop lit from underneath and a mirror suspended on wires extending from the ceiling provide additional memory points. The vanity is separated from the toilet area by a frosted glass half-wall with a stone top.

In addition to its tall windows that offer a view of Casamore's environs, the residence's living room features a fireplace in a combination of shell stone and wood veneer. A series of wood-stained beams with cross pieces are used to create a ceiling treatment with a contemporary feeling that plays against furnishings with espresso wood accents. The espresso tone is continued in the adjacent club room's contemporary built-in wall unit. The club room space also features a deep coffered ceiling with beams and Lutron window shades that vanish into an indiscernible soffit when raised.

An additional space on the second level serves as both a guest bedroom and his-and-her office. The room has a full bath and a zoom bed that can be stored in the wall.

Ficarra's contemporary design is on full display in the kitchen. The upper perimeter cabinetry is a polished chrome with glass fronts while the lower cabinets have horizontal grained, gray-washed wooden door fronts, a look that is continued on the front of an island base that is framed with espresso toned trim. A metallic shadow Pompeii quartz counter top and backsplash on the perimeter play against the island's green, gray and eggplant toned top. The designer's penchant for making visual statements with lighting is evident again in the island's step-up counter that is done in espresso finished wood with three Cristallo white glass inserts that are lit from underneath. A tiered, multilevel Plexiglas table in the breakfast nook was designed by Ficarra Design Associates' Alexandra Hutchinson.

The driftwood toned hardwood flooring continues in the third level vestibule and hallways. The entry to the master suite includes a walk-in morning kitchen that features a stepped-coffer ceiling and cabinetry with a dramatic curvilinear molding design in espresso brown over a white background. The cabinetry plays against a Calcutta stone counter and backsplash and a gray, silver, bronze and dark brown stainless steel horizontal inlay in the hardwood floor.

In the master bedroom, a vaulted ceiling contributes to the volume of the space. A chunky frame detail on the headboard wall and suspended lighting fixtures over matching night stands continue Ficarra's contemporary twists and visual surprises. The master suite includes his-and-her baths. Her bath has a fantasy white marble floor with diamond shaped taupe bubble glass insets. The bubbles run up the shower wall and are also used as the flooring under a free-standing tub that is centered on a window. His bath reprises the stainless steel accents in the morning kitchen's floor, this time in the bath's cream-toned marble floor and shower. A free-standing dark espresso vanity provides a perfect contrast to the lighter toned marble.

Ficarra continues her attention to ceiling treatments in the guest bedrooms on the third level. One of the bedrooms has a unique beamed ceiling design while the other has a stepped coffer.