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Fabulous Interiors | Special Promotion of Projects by Local Interior Designers
March 2023
The Fab Five
The Pinnacle of Custom Quality Home Design
Our area is blessed with a most talented, creative, and caring home design team. The ultimate professionals in their fields, they are known for their over-the-top fulfillment of your top-quality dream home. This group will literally deliver fine artwork manifested in exceptional one-of-a-kind designs.
Why The Fab 5?
Here’s the bottom line: 1) They really listen. 2) They are perfectionists in their fields. 3) Your new home will be to your exact liking and unlike any other. 4) Forget stress. They are reliable. They make your important life project a delightful journey. 5) Their good humor is as sharp as their industry expertise.
Meet the Kingpins
Noted real estate developer Elizabeth Seymour gathered the crème de la crème to form this outstanding alliance. The group delivers the highest quality luxury homes to the most discerning clients. Affectionately known as The Fab 5, the team Elizabeth created exemplifies the best of the best. That is, if you are seeking the highest quality builders, the unique designs you have in mind, the most reliable team, and people who sincerely care about you.
Elizabeth has always had a fervent passion for interior and architectural design and fashion, influenced by her European background and world travels. Though her role at The Fab 5 is to oversee each project and make executive decisions, she works seamlessly with the rest of the team. A zealous and dedicated advocate of her clients, she clearly runs the show, but her work reflects the culmination of assembling a brilliant consortium of experts.
Robert Sherman is a Global Real Estate Advisor for Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, and the realtor that was part of the genesis of the group. He and Elizabeth worked together selecting and buying properties. They are meticulous about choosing the appropriate location for a particular structure style. With similar sensibilities, Elizabeth and Robert quickly developed a solid relationship.
Mike Bachman joined the team a couple of years ago and quickly became a key player. Mike is the owner of Elegant Custom Homes, a custom home building and renovation contracting company. Don’t be surprised if you get a hug from him. He is a delight to work with and has a stellar reputation as a builder. An accomplished homebuilding executive in Florida for more than 20 years, his work continuously demonstrates his artistic talents. He may be “as sweet as pie” but is known to buck his friends at The Fab Five to defend a design element that a client envisions. “Iron sharpens iron,” Mike says with a smile.
The ability to work so comfortably together, Mike says, is the level of trust borne from respect for each person’s area of expertise. “Robert finds extraordinary homesites, so we are able to find the best because of him.” he says. “Wayne Visbeen is an extremely talented architect who thinks through every detail and designs the perfect home for our team to build. Each person plays their role, and they play it very well. We all trust each other.”
Wayne Visbeen, AIA, AIBD, is the owner of Visbeen Architects, where he literally works magic. He live-sketches your home—even in perspective—while you speak with him from wherever in the world you might be. “So, you have all these type A personalities weighing in and jamming, and the fact that I can design “live” is the only way this would be successful,” he explains. “And you must have the ability to interpret all of that quickly and succinctly. And that’s what I do. I work in big meeting groups where people are all talking and I’m drawing and listening at the same time. And I try to pull all that together and put on paper what they’re all trying to describe.”
Wayne has designed more than 2,000 homes, and worked in 49 states and 13 countries. He’s worked for celebrities including Martha Stewart, and “everybody and his or her mother” as he says.
He describes the synergy of The Fab 5 group in a way we can understand. “I think the fun part is you’ve got a realtor that knows the market incredibly well. You have Mike, a man with a keen sense of how to build things well. And then you have Elizabeth who is a very savvy owner-client advocate. She has impeccable taste, great instincts, and people really appreciate her influence and input. They look up to her and value her advice and suggestions. Even if it takes multiple times to make a decision.”
The final pillar of this powerhouse is Richard Saba, one of Sarasota’s most prominent and effective lawyers. With nearly 40 years of experience, his practice areas include real estate, condominium, business law and estate planning. Elizabeth compares him to a referee, keeping everyone in sync and happy.
The Secret Sauce
Sounds like a lovefest, and it may be a part of why The Fab 5 is so appreciated. “We feel like when we’re together in the room, the number one is making sure it’s a fun experience between the team and the buyer.” Elizabeth says. “Number two, each of us has so much to bring to the table, between talent, connections and just ideas and visions. And when we are all in the same room, that’s when the magic happens. That’s the secret sauce. All of us together.”
Do you have a dream home in mind? It’s time to meet the Fab 5. To start planning, please contact the team with any questions at 941.313.1301 or at robert.sherman@premiersir.com.
Clive Daniel Home
Clive Daniel Home, founded in 2011 by father-son duo Clive and Daniel Lubner, is South Florida’s premier destination for luxury home furnishings and custom residential and commercial interior design services. Since its inception, the brand has won more than 400 awards for design excellence. With over 80 designers, and showrooms in Naples, Boca Raton, Sarasota, and coming-soon to Ft. Myers, Clive Daniel delivers a “total home” experience. They offer an unparalleled level of service and inventory, supplying materials, labor and overseeing the construction on all projects.
According to Timothy Schwering, Director of Construction and Design in Sarasota, “Clive Daniel is a design focused and design centered company that has incredible products. That’s really the difference between us and our competition. We can deliver product, almost everything that’s in the store, within 7 to 10 days, which is almost unheard of in the industry.”
Timothy Schwering has an incredibly diverse design background, having worked nationally and internationally on everything from hotel high rises to high-end residential buildings, timeshares, and multiple theme parks. His qualifications differ from most architects and designers, giving him a unique lens on which to draw upon. Not only does Schwering review and oversee all design projects in the Sarasota office, he also facilitates the construction side of the projects, assisting with contract negotiations, contractor selection, and supervision from start-to-finish.
Although the Sarasota showroom of Clive Daniel has only been open for about six months, they are garnering attention by creating unique spaces in both commercial venues and in luxury residential homes. Their ultimate goal is to create a relaxing, welcoming environment for their clients. Schwering states, “Clive Daniel is all about the experience. We’re touching people’s lives, because design is just so personal.”
Collins Interiors
For sixteen years, Collins Interiors has designed residential luxury interiors in Sarasota, New York, Philadelphia, in North Carolina, New Mexico and as far away as Chile, creating spaces that reflect you, your tastes, preferences, and lifestyle, while respecting timeline and your requested investment.
From the best window treatments, furniture, floor coverings, lighting, custom bedding, artwork and accessories, Collins Interiors work is uniquely personalized based on an extensive list of trademarked questions they call The Design Deck.
“We create innovative solutions by staying on top of the latest products and techniques and attending trade shows and conferences from High Point Furniture Market to the New York Design Center to the Maison & Objet conference in Paris,” said Collins Interiors owner Barbara Gardner.
Gardner and her team are known for their impeccable taste as well as their care and commitment to please their clients. Collins Interiors has won numerous awards for the interior designs created in concert with their many clients.
For the design shown in these photos, Barbara and her team worked with an active couple who moved from New Jersey into a beautiful spacious home on Longboat Key with bay and golf course views. The major renovation of the great room focused on removing tired red tile flooring and replacing it with lovely wood flooring in beachy tones. The homeowners love bright blues, corals, and greens with pops of darker colors that all work well in this airy home that works well for both daily life and entertaining.
The elegant dining room reflects their desire to host dinners for 8 people on a large square table. Collins Interiors designed a custom table with contrasting hammered brass accents and a textured wood top, coordinating beautifully with the stunning glass and brass chandelier by Thomas Pheasant for Baker Furniture. The iconic ribbon back dining chairs with Schumacher paintbrush seat fabric work well with the stunning artwork in the soft blues and creams used throughout the home.
Anne Folsom Smith
To listen, understand, and translate the personal tastes and wishes of their clients is both the start and the conclusion of the work by Anne Folsom Smith Interior Design, but never the end of the relationship.
Liaising with architects and landscape designers has brought this in-demand design company in touch with innovation in classic and contemporary trends that they delight in introducing to each client. Working with the environment and fusing individual taste with the work of talented artists, sculptors, muralists and artisans of ceramics and custom furniture, has become more than a joy—it is a passion for every member of the team.
Comfort level is always evident to anyone who enters an interior in which Anne and her design group have created. This beautiful home on the Gulf of Mexico was designed to provide beauty as well as comfort. From the custom designed waterfall coffee table and quartz floors to the warm inviting fireplace, each item in this room was designed and built to meet the client’s vision of family and entertaining.
Anne’s philosophy is that environments should always convey a sense of understated elegance and comfort. Her main thrust is to enable people to express beauty and serenity in their surroundings. Mission accomplished in this beautiful interior.
Very simply, the process at Anne Folsom Smith Interior Design allows your concepts to become a reality with an experienced staff that are very attentive to detail and work to make your vision a reality.
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