Galt Mile

Fort Lauderdale|Florida

Full renovation design

Home:: Condo, Edgewater Arms
Area:: 1,129 sq ft
Bedrooms:: 1 | Bathrooms: 2
Client:: Working professional, travels often
Photography:: Gabriel Volpi

She works full time and travels often, and her oceanfront apartment had never felt finished. A kitchen island cut across the main room, the walls were plain white, and there was nowhere real for her to work from home.

Our project together began with a gift: a close friend gave her the design as a present.

Entry hallway in an oceanfront Galt Mile condo in Fort Lauderdale, designed by Benjo Interior Design

The plan

I started by opening up the plan. Moving the island cleared the path through the living and dining areas, and the apartment finally felt as big as it really is.

Galt Mile floor plan after the redesign: island removed, oak slat office, open path into the living room

Galt Mile floor plan before the redesign, with the kitchen island blocking the main room

BeforeAfter

The office

For her office, I designed a natural oak slat partition. It separates her desk from the living room without closing it off, so the ocean light still comes through. Facing it is a long custom media console that holds the TV and keeps every wire out of sight.

Living room in an oceanfront Galt Mile condo in Fort Lauderdale, designed by Benjo Interior Design

Media console detail in an oceanfront Galt Mile condo in Fort Lauderdale, designed by Benjo Interior Design

Office nook in an oceanfront Galt Mile condo in Fort Lauderdale, designed by Benjo Interior Design

The bedroom

In the bedroom, oak slats run behind the bed. I first planned them in gray. Once I saw her bed next to the rest of the house, I switched to natural oak.

Bedroom in an oceanfront Galt Mile condo in Fort Lauderdale, designed by Benjo Interior Design

The dining room

The white walls became a warm sand color, the one I come back to in most of my work, so the apartment carries the calm of the beach outside. In the dining room, her teal chairs sit around a custom wood table, under a glass globe chandelier with a large mirror on the wall.

Dining room ocean view in an oceanfront Galt Mile condo in Fort Lauderdale, designed by Benjo Interior Design

I chose the furniture, rugs, lighting and art, kept everything light and natural, and styled the apartment while she was traveling, so it was ready when she came home.