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Spring 2016

Northshore Home magazine highlights the best in architectural design, new construction and renovations, interiors, and landscape design.

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88 SPRING 2016 small crowd, lush carpeting softens the bedrooms and sitting rooms, and the fourth-floor bathroom is as syba- ritic as any land-based spa bath. Personal touches are everywhere, as in the eighth-floor bar, built to resem- ble the stern of a power boat named Indian Princess, a reference to Sherry, whose full name, Scheherazade, means "Princess." Each room has a specific function. "This really is like a beach house," Sherry says. "There is something fun in every room." The first floor offers a snack bar and half bath for people running in from the beach, while the fifth floor serves as a children's bunk room. The aerie-like 11th- floor round room at the top of the tower is Sherry's Champagne Room, outfitted with a silver champagne bucket, a peaked upholstered ceiling, and a glittering chandelier. Stairs climb to the seventh floor; at the higher levels, ladders and spiral stairs do the job. All but the top level rooms are square, and the ninth and eleventh floors See page 180 for resources vignettes nshoremag.com/nshorehome/ have encircling outdoor decks. While the Kellys installed air-conditioning, plumbing, heating, and electrical systems, the structure itself is as strong as when it was built during World War II. "We were up here in a big storm recently, when the wind was howling," Sherry says. "There was no movement whatsoever." Once it was part of our national defenses. But now, it's just plain fun. Brian Kelly and his wife, Sherry, enjoy the playfulness of the repurposed 11-story tower.

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