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Nestled in the breathtaking landscape of Southern Arizona’s Sonoran Desert, featuring the lush colors of its native soils and vegetation, “Solace,“ a 650-square-meter villa, is among the largest in the Desert Mountain residential complex and has undergone a complete interior redesign by JSF Design Inc. using natural stone from Italian Antolini® company.
The heart of “Solace“ is its expansive kitchen, designed to be a gathering place for multiple people. Adding character and depth to this important area is Paonazzo, a refined Italian marble that clads its walls and central island, whose striking golden veins are accentuated by the antiqued brass finish of the taps and the elegant palette of the hand-brushed cabinetry. 
The grand central island perfectly exemplifies the quality of the design: composed of four separate slabs, the impressive craftsmanship makes it appear to be a single, seamless surface.
Set in harmonious dialogue with the outdoors by a large window, the master bathroom is gracefully enriched by the hypnotic and refined Silver Roots, a marble whose soft grey tones are enlivened by darker veins and which covers the vanity top and the walls of the generous shower area with its central monolithic seat.
Another impressive touch is the fireplace in the master bedroom, with its book-matched cladding that recalls its role as a hearth. As Jeffrey Florentine, CEO and founder of JSF Design Inc., points out, “We wanted the fireplace to be the focal point of the space. When you think of a fireplace or a hearth, you think of the movement, the heat and the fluctuating colors of the flames. We wanted all these to be reflected in the stone.“ With its soft shades of brown crossed by delicate white veins, Striato Tortora marble proved to be the ideal solution, thanks to the careful selection of the cut and the subsequent matching of the slabs that accentuates its magnificent details.
Chosen for its visual and aesthetic continuity, the area dedicated to outdoor cooking echoes its soft colors with Cristallo Lumix, a natural quartz that, due to its greater hardness, lends itself well to outdoor applications and here creates an dialogue between indoors and outdoors.
Carefully selected in terms of both veining and cut, all natural stones – with the exception of Cristallo Lumix, by its very nature sublimated by the Lux® finish – have been chosen in leathered and honed finishes such as Lether, so as to fully enhance the textural quality of the surfaces, resulting in a timeless design.
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(22.08.2024, USA: 08.22.2024)