Property of Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Moore, Jr. | Miami, Florida | Architect Wahl Snyder

Like many houses in Florida, the home of Mr. and Mrs. T. V. Moore, Jr. is built on filled-in land. Its modern design doesn't shut out the sun and wind from the open living room, rather they are controlled by ceiling-to-floor sliding glass walls and draperies. The ceiling reveals the slant of the roof and lights are concealed in a box beneath three clerestory windows. Separating living room from dining area is a plant-filled waist-high partition.

The kitchen is a honey-completely equipped with every convenience and has a breakfast bar to boot! Sliding panels can be closed to cut off the view into the kitchen when serving formally.

Color has been wisely used throughout the house. For instance in the living room cocoa brown and chartreuse predominate with splashes of scarlet taken, no doubt, from the flaming hibiscus hedge just outside. A fireplace perches -off the floor and almost in the middle of a wall papered in knotty pine. All other walls are chartreuse.

Off the hall is the guest room with walls of dusty pink and French grey. Built-in beds have cleverly upholstered, rounded backs and sides. The effect is repeated in frames around the windows and the mirror over a double dressing table between the beds. At the end of the hall is the owners' bedroom. Here the lighting fixtures are concealed in the slanting ceiling and give the room a soft, diffused glow. One wall is devoted to double closets and built-in chests of drawers. On either side of the oversized bed, chests have been used as night tables. Yellow is seen every- where in this room, though green printed-leaf draperies offer cool contrast.

The plant-filled partition pleasantly separates the living and dining areas of this spacious room. Clerestory windows and boxed lights provide ample soft light either day or night for the area across from the large sliding doors. A modern raised fireplace accents the simplicity of the rather high wall.

Two comfortable chairs and a cozy banquette insure convenient dining for four, with no person having to wrestle with a table leg. Prized china is displayed in shelves above banquette. Light from the sliding doors and overhead makes the area cheerful.

The guest room has three dusty-pink walls and one gray. Built-in storage is located on the gray wall which appears in the mirror. The gray appears again in the dressing table, and the dusty pink is repeated in the bedspreads. The upholstered 'frames for the window and mirror are very effective.