Interior Appeal – Spring-Summer 2019

repurposed RENOVATION

“

I

like things that are going to

last,” says up-and-coming,

highly artistic, but down-

to-earth interior designer

Nathan Vanags, NCIDQ, IIDA. “My aes-

thetic is modern and streamlined with a

touch of drama. The result is elegant but

edgy design.”

This aesthetic was wonderfully adapt-

ed to his renovation of a beach condo in

New Smyrna Beach. The design creatively

incorporates repurposed woods in almost

every room of the duplex dwelling. In the

powder room, for example, Nathan created

a backsplash of tile made from recycled

teak wood with custom inlays. A chunk

of petrified wood was used for the black

sink, and black concrete tile covers the

floor. The small room is a stunningly dark

take on a beachy look.

Millwork made from existing wall

paneling in the home was used on a new

built-in entertainment center. In the

kitchen, a large twisting piece of drift-

wood resembling a tree trunk hovers over

the table. “This was a favorite addition

made for the homeowner,” Nathan says,

who worked with craftsmen and painters

from homeowner Matt Brown’s construc-

tion firm, Nassal Co., which builds theme

Elegant EDGY
&
by Rosemary Antonelli

Photography by Mick Hales | Contractor: JDH Construction, Merritt Island

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