It's Ideal for Entertaining

The owners of this South Tampa home wanted an outdoor space where they and their kids could entertain friends and enjoy the canal view. Remodeler Jon Greaves of Greaves Construction installed new French doors along the back of the two-story home to open it up to the outside. Then he revamped the existing outdoor areas into a stunning new living space with a fully-equipped kitchen and spacious dining and lounge areas. The new kitchen was decked out with custom cabinets, a stainless-steel barbecue grill and hood, a sink, an icemaker and a refrigerator.  To add pizzazz and tie all of the spaces together, the Greaves team and Johanna Seldes of Interior Design Consulting mixed a variety of decorative elements including stainless accent tiles, black and brown pebbles, honed black granite and travertine-look porcelain tile. Iron was used on the trellis, window boxes and other areas of the Mediterranean-style home, including a spiral staircase that leads to the second floor. That’s where a hot tub, which had to be filled with a water hose, once sat.  The hot tub was removed, along with a cracked and worn swimming pool below. In their place, a shallower pool and connecting hot tub with waterfall were added. Columns were dressed in airy curtains to create a resort feel while offering shade from the hot sun.