his house sat empty for several years. It had no appeal because it was so dark and heavy feeling," notes designer Eloise Kubli, ASID, principal of Collective Construction & Design, Inc. in Plantation, Florida. Kubli's clients, however, had a vision of what the neglected Victorian could become.
The owners wanted a home ideal for conducting business and extensive entertaining, along with a space for three generations of family to gather. So they commissioned Kubli, with whom they have worked on many properties during the past 18 years, to transform the three-level, side-by-side duplex. continued...