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Southward Bound

New Yorkers turned new Floridians, Bob and Margo Alexander transformed a tropical escape into the dream home they never knew they'd always wanted.

Barry Fitzgerald and Deborah Whitlaw Llewellyn

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Guillermo specified bamboo for the stairway railings because of its sustainability and durability in the steamy climate. "I didn't understand why, but I loved the wagon-wheel furniture the minute I saw it," says Margo. "Then my mother reminded me that I slept on a wagon-wheel bed at my great-grandmother's house when I was a little girl."