Centered on the great room — an emerging layout preference in 1990s high-end residential construction — this all-new home unifies sight lines and conversations between the open kitchen and fireside family room, with design details and color patterns reminiscent of a tropical estate. Heart pine flooring planks salvaged from a South Carolina plantation add warmth and history across 3,000 square feet, with three bedrooms and three-and-a-half baths.

(Built by Giffin & Crane, with architecture by Ketzel & Goodman. Photography by Jim Bartsch.)