A 12,000 Sq Ft Estate on the Ocean
Fort Lauderdale, oceanfront: full Lutron Palladiom shading, customized Lutron drapery tracks, and exclusive fabrics imported from around the world.
Inside the estate
One minute inside the residence: sheers gliding on decorative Lutron tracks, Palladiom shading at floor-to-ceiling glass, exterior shades enclosing the ocean terraces, and full blackout at the touch of a keypad.
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Palladiom on every window, couture on every track
Twelve thousand square feet of oceanfront living, dressed as one continuous design. Every window in the residence runs Lutron Palladiom, the architectural flagship whose hand-finished hardware is meant to be seen, and every drapery glides on customized Lutron drapery tracks engineered to the home's architecture.
The fabrics tell the other half of the story: exclusive textiles imported from fabric houses across Europe and beyond, selected with the client and sewn in our own atelier by our five in-house seamstresses. One team measured, fabricated, programmed, and installed the entire estate, from the first spec to the final scene on the keypad.
Room by room, that means sheer ripplefold draperies across the living and dining glass - thirty feet of sheers that open on one keypad press - Palladiom solar shades at the floor-to-ceiling glass and the kitchen's ribbon window, blackout in the bedrooms that rises on the ocean in the morning, and exterior shades that enclose the ocean-facing terraces against sun and wind. Every one of them, inside and out, answers to the same Lutron HomeWorks system - a Palladiom keypad in every room, one scene moving the whole house - coordinated with the interior designer on texture and colour, the general contractor and the electrician.
Project at a glance
Location
Private oceanfront estate · Fort Lauderdale, Florida - on the sand, with the Atlantic filling the glass.
Scale
Approximately 12,000 square feet, whole-home scope - interior and exterior, every opening in the house.
System
Lutron HomeWorks - whole-home scenes, every treatment on the keypad, with a Palladiom keypad in every room.
Shading
Lutron Palladiom throughout - the architectural flagship line, wired, under 35 dBA, the exposed brackets hand-finished to be seen.
Drapery
Customized decorative Lutron drapery tracks, engineered to the architecture - ripplefold sheers that open thirty feet of glass on one press.
Exterior
Exterior shades enclosing the ocean-facing terraces against sun and wind, on the same Lutron system as the interior - one keypad, inside and out.
Fabrics
Exclusive sheer and drapery textiles imported from fabric houses around the world, selected with the client - see the libraries we work from.
Fabrication & coordination
Cut and sewn in our own atelier by five in-house seamstresses; installed and commissioned by our own crew, coordinated with the interior designer, the general contractor and the electrician.
Through the estate
Sheers Across the Ocean Glass
Couture on Lutron Tracks
Exterior Shades, Ocean Terrace
Imported Fabrics, In-House Sewing
Bedroom: Palladiom Behind the Sheers
The Living Room, Shades at Rest
The components on this project
Lutron Palladiom wired roller shade
Lutron's architectural shade with the exposed bracket
Lutron Palladiom on every window of the estate - the exposed, hand-finished brackets read as architecture, and the whole house moves in synchronization on Lutron HomeWorks, every treatment on the keypad.
| Type | Wired roller shade with exposed, hand-finished brackets - the hardware is the design |
| Power | Low-voltage wiring (Class 2) |
| Sound | Under 35 dBA at 3 ft |
| Alignment | Intelligent Hembar Alignment - within 1/8 in, moving or stopped |
| Finishes | Pure White, Clear Anodized, Black Anodized, Satin Nickel, Brass, Satin Graphite, Aged Bronze |
| Sizes | 20 to 144 in wide |
| Control | Lutron QS wired link - HomeWorks keypads, apps and scenes |
| In this project | Every window of the residence - solar shades at the floor-to-ceiling glass and the kitchen's ribbon window, blackout in the bedrooms |
Lutron Sivoia QS drapery drive
Wired Lutron drapery track
Customized Lutron drapery tracks - bent, recessed and engineered per opening - on the same HomeWorks keypads and scenes as the shades. Thirty feet of sheers across the living glass open on one press.
| Type | Lutron motorized drapery track - ripple fold or pinch pleat, straight or curved |
| Capacity | Up to 175 lb of drapery on the D175 drive; tracks to 18 ft with no splice |
| Power | Low-voltage wiring (Class 2) |
| Speed | Master carrier 6 in per second |
| Control | Lutron QS wired link - HomeWorks keypads, apps and scenes, alongside the lighting |
| In this project | Sheer ripplefold draperies in the living and dining rooms and the bedrooms, on decorative tracks customized to the architecture |
Lutron HomeWorks
The whole-home system
Interior shades, drapery tracks and the exterior terrace shades all answer to one HomeWorks keypad - a single scene moves the whole house, inside and out, and the shading joins the lighting in the same scenes.
| Type | Lutron HomeWorks whole-home control system |
| Shading link | Lutron QS wired link - the Palladiom shades and the Sivoia QS drapery drives on one low-voltage run |
| Scenes | Whole-home scenes - every treatment on the keypad, with the Lutron app and schedules alongside the buttons |
| Programming | Every button and scene programmed and commissioned by our own team |
| In this project | Every treatment in the estate, interior and exterior |
Lutron lighting control and HomeWorks · Lutron motorized shades
Lutron Palladiom keypads
A keypad in every room
Engraved keypads in the same metals and glass as the Palladiom shade hardware - one continuous design language from the bracket on the window to the buttons on the wall.
| Type | Palladiom keypad - engraved metal and glass |
| Scenes | Labeled buttons that run shades, drapes and lights together - Morning, Entertain, Away, Goodnight |
| Finish | Coordinating metals and glass, matched to the shade brackets |
| In this project | A Palladiom keypad in every room of the estate |
Exterior terrace shades
Outside, on the same system
Exterior shades enclose the ocean-facing terraces against sun and wind, and they run on the same Lutron system as the interior shading - one keypad, inside and out.
| Type | Motorized exterior shades on the ocean-facing terraces |
| Control | The same Lutron HomeWorks keypads and scenes as the interior shading |
| Purpose | Sun and wind comfort on the terraces - shading, not storm protection |
| In this project | The ocean-facing terraces of the estate |
Frequently asked
Why Palladiom for a whole estate?
At this level the hardware is part of the interior architecture. Palladiom's exposed, hand-finished brackets read as a design element in every room, the wired drives run under 35 dBA, and the system scales across a home this size in perfect synchronization on Lutron HomeWorks. More on Lutron Palladiom.
What does a customized Lutron drapery track mean?
Tracks bent, recessed, and specified to the home's exact architecture - curves, ceiling pockets, and spans engineered per opening rather than off-the-shelf lengths - with the Sivoia QS drapery drive on the same keypads and scenes as the shades. Lutron drapery tracks · Recessed curtain tracks.
How is the whole estate controlled?
Everything runs on Lutron HomeWorks. The Palladiom shades, the drapery tracks and the exterior terrace shades all answer to a Palladiom keypad in every room, so one scene moves the whole house, inside and out, and the shading joins the lighting in the same scenes. Lutron keypads · Lutron lighting control.
Where do the fabrics come from?
We hold access to the world's finest fabric houses and imported exclusives for this estate from multiple countries, then sewed every panel in our own atelier - five in-house seamstresses who sew only for Exotic. The fabric libraries we work from · Sheer draperies.
Can you deliver this outside Fort Lauderdale?
Yes - see our six-villa Lutron project in Turks & Caicos, the St. Regis Longboat Key residence in Sarasota and the Fasano Fifth Avenue residence in New York. Turks & Caicos · St. Regis Longboat Key · Fasano Fifth Avenue · Beyond Florida.
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