A spacious master suite has been created by connecting the two principal first floor rooms via a new opening with folding doors. This view is looking from the dressing room, at the front of the house, towards the bedroom at the rear. Photographer: Nick Smith

8,500sf Windsor Penthouse in Bay Colony in Naples, FL.

Listen to the crackle of a fire and the keys of a piano.

Anice Hoachlander, Judy Davis: HDPhoto

© Anthony Crisafulli 2014

The ground floor of the property has been opened-up as far as possible so as to maximise the illusion of space and daylight. The two original reception rooms have been combined to form a single, grand living room with a central large opening leading to the entrance hall. Victorian-style plaster cornices and ceiling roses, painted timber sash windows with folding shutters, painted timber architraves and moulded skirtings, and a new limestone fire surround have been installed in keeping with the period of the house. The Dinesen douglas fir floorboards have been laid on piped underfloor heating. Photographer: Nick Smith

Coffered ceiling and v grooved paneling add detail to the great room.