Witty and Welcoming Home
In a beach town called Sunny Isles, a designer and her husband transformed a typical Miami apartment into a colorful aerie that is both witty and welcoming
Photo: Ken Hayden
For starters, you know that Rita Motta is not afraid of color. Nor is she one to let anything go to waste when it can be transformed into upholstery, a pillow or a decorative object. A scrap of fabric or a sliver of wood can be put to good (re)use given some imagination and the right tools. "I'm very handy," she says.
A few years back, Motta and her husband, Michael Perez, found this once-drab two-bedroom apartment that they now occupy with their ebullient, sociable five-year-old son, Oliver. Together they have turned it into a full-fledged celebration of a joyous life, filled with flea market finds that coexist happily with high-design furniture and accoutrements handmade by the designing homeowners.
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