Fine Living Thoroughly modern By Allison Williams
Above | Clean lines and open space give this contemporary home its beauty.
Opposite top | A fountain out front is one of the home’s distinctive features.
Middle | This dramatic three-sided fireplace is the centerpiece of the living room.
Bottom | The master bedroom has brick floors and ceilings made of Arkansas pine that are repeated throughout the house.
W 30|Special Issue • 2009
oe to the poor souls who call it the Beirut bunker. It’s difficult
to be a house
misunderstood. But for every person who scoffs,
someone else appreciates its adobe style as one of Fayetteville’s finest (and few) examples of contemporary architecture. Spare lines give the house an austere beauty, from the deceptively simple fountain out front to the bamboo garden in the back. Inside, no detail has been overlooked.
The Forest Lake home began life as a
traditional Colonial on a street of other traditional Colonials. That is, until Ron Gibson met Boo Devane. Like many stories about a special
house, it’s really a story about two people who saw something that everyone else missed. Other folks saw a dime-a-dozen ranch.
The two of them saw a showpiece. They recruited craftsmen and flew in just the right hardware. Much of the work they did themselves – through two different Carolina hurricanes. And then one day, they sold it on the spot to two complete strangers.
