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Big, bold, and
SATURDAY,
it’s a Palm Beach
DECEMBER 8, 2007 County native!
Native Roots, 4H
PalmBeachPost.com
Buying SOLO
With prices tumbling, some single folks are deciding it’s time to
tear up the lease and go SHOPPING FOR A HOME ALONE.
LAST
CALL FOR
HOLIDAY
LIGHTS!
Do you — or a neighbor, or
maybe your entire community
— go all-out decorating for the
holidays?
Do you have angels singing
from the rooftop, Santa ho-
ho-hoing from the driveway, a
full-scale winter wonderland
covering your lawn?
We want to hear about
elaborate, unusual or just plain
fun holiday decorations.
We might even take some
pictures of your spirited display
for our annual Holiday Lights
listing.
If you’d like to be included,
please call (561) 820-4433 and
leave a message, or e-mail
carolyn_susman@pbpost.com
Deadline is Monday.
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NOT ALONE AT ABACOA: Steve Kuveikis bought a 3/2 in Abacoa in Jupiter last
year because he needed more space. At 6-feet-4, the downtown West Palm
are doin
Why more renters 3H Beach attorney says he didn’t fit in the historic homes near the coast, and his
just that. Page dogs, Snoopy (left) and Mocha, didn’t either. Now Steve has soaring ceilings
e single and walk-in closets, and the pups have room to roam. The only drawback in A 1950s winter
Plus: Meet mor3H
homeowners,
& 9H the family-filled community? ‘You have to kind of go elsewhere to meet people,’
Steve says. His story, 9H
wonderland in a box.
Look What We Found! 5H
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LA MIRADA - Walk to clubhouse, tennis and driving PROFESSIONALLY decorated 4036 sq. ft., 4BR/LBRY,
range; crown molding; custom finished; full golf large lot, on water/golf view, privacy, ext. patio
membership. $1,395,000 w/canopy, wall units, Saturnia floors, plantation
shutters. $1,389,000
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LA MIRADA MODEL - Gourmet kitchen, fireplace, crown BRAND NEW CALABIA II - 4200 sq. ft. with 4BR/4.5BA,
molding, auto screens, summer kitchen, and much more. golf cart garage, upgraded tile & cabinets, huge
Reduced. $1,347,000 laundry room, central vac, golf membership, & more.
For Sale or Rent. $1,149,000
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floor designs, 3CG w/carport for extra prkg spot, tio area; upgraded kit. & cabinets & more... $873,900
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golf views. Full golf membership. $769,995 glass, and many upgrades. Priced to sell. It has a full golf
membership. Furniture negotiable. $759,000
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For some single folks, owning a home alone is the only way to go —
and with prices plunging, it’s starting to look affordable again.
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1923, the ho ths, ONE MAN, FOUR BEDROOMS: Scott Eller and Boo Boo share this historic, Spanish-style home in Lake Worth’s College Park
4 bedrooms, 2 batiki bar. neighborhood. Eller invested $490,000 in the house, along with a ton of sweat equity. What’s so rewarding about homeownership, he
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a fireplace says, is ‘the ability to take a diamond in the rough and polish it.’
His story, 9H
singles market
CORNERING THE
JUDY IMMe:ER
By STACI STURROCK
Palm Beach Post Staff Writer
ARE YOU
small?
LIVING
Good Things
Martha Stewart
Tell us about it!
For so many home buyers in the 21st century, bigger is Have a furry
merry Christmas
better. More space! More rooms! More features than ever!
But 60 years ago, when Levittown was springing up
outside New York City as the model for postwar suburbs in
this country, elbow room meant an 800-square-foot ranch
house. Because my pets are important members of my
In 2006, the average square footage of a new single- family, I celebrate their birthdays, include them in
family home was 2,248, while the size of the average family parties and, of course, shower them with presents,
has decreased by almost 25 percent over the past 30 years. especially at Christmas.
The three dogs — two female French bulldogs and
Are you bucking the trend by opting to live in a smaller one chow chow— crave presents and attention. The
shelter — say, under 1,000 square feet? bulldogs, Francesca and Sharkey, frequently wear
We’d love to feature you in an upcoming Florida Home coats and can often be seen bejeweled and bedecked.
story. On the other hand, the only gifts my 12-year-old chow,
Send an e-mail describing your small space and why you Paw Paw, wants are tasty food and a comfortable bed.
love it to Staci Sturrock at staci_sturrock@pbpost.com. Smart doggy coats are difficult to find and even
Don’t forget to include your name, daytime phone number Photo by LAURA MOSS harder to fit. The well-tailored versions we designed
and city of residence. AND TO ALL, A GOOD NIGHT: For her five cats, Martha Stewart are very comfortable for dogs that have smooth, short
Thanks, and we can’t wait to hear from you! created cozy beds from baskets, fitted with cushions and
electric warmers. To learn how to make one, Page 8H. See MARTHA, 8H >
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IN YOUR GARDEN
Poinsettia puts color in Christmas native
There is no greater floral symbol of
the holidays than the poinsettia.
Millions of these plants, with their
cheery, brightly colored leaf bracts,
adorn homes throughout South Florida
ing good well into February by giving it
bright, filtered light and watering at the
first hint of drooping leaves.
Weekly half-strength feeding with a
liquid fertilizer will promote coloring of
you’ll notice a white sticky sap oozing
out of the stems. To seal the stems,
mist the plant with water. The sap can
cause skin irritation, so take care.
To propagate new plants, dip the
ROOTS
every year. the upper leafy bracts. ends of the cuttings in water to seal Plants for local gardens, recommended
The poinsettia gets its name from After the holidays, when the color them and place them in a mix of half by members of the Florida Native Plant Society
Joel Poinset, who discovered the plant fades and the flowers — which are peat moss and half sand. Roots will
in Mexico after being tiny yellow beads at the centers of the form in about four weeks, at which
appointed the first U.S. bracts — disappear, you can maintain time the plants can be placed in the This week:
ambassador to that the poinsettia as a houseplant or move ground or potted.
nation in 1825.
He was so en-
it outdoors. In Florida, it is adaptable to
hardiness zones 9-11, but is not salt-tol-
If you want to keep one as house-
plants, follow the same timetable for
Sleepy hibiscus
chanted with his find erant. cutting the plants back. When you do
that he sent several of If the poinsettia is going outside, the April trimming, remove the plant
the plants back to his find a spot that gets at least a half-day from the pot, shake off the old dirt and
Ron home in South Caro- of sun. Coloring of the bracts requires replace it with fresh potting soil.
Sympson lina. 12 hours of total darkness in the winter, Don’t put the plant in a larger pot,
In Mexico, it is so make sure the plant is placed well because doing so will discourage
called Flor de noche- away from street lights, porch lights or flowering. Let the soil almost dry out
bueana (Christmas Eve flower), a wild even low-wattage landscape lights. between watering and feed once a
shrub that grows to 15 feet in height. Most poinsettias grown for the home month with liquid fertilizer.
After the holidays every year, most market are dwarfed chemically. In your After the September pruning, the
are discarded, some are kept as house- South Florida back yard, the plants potted poinsettia must get 12 hours
plants, and still others are poked into will grow very rapidly. Let go, they will of total darkness each night for about
the ground, where they often die of reach about 8 feet in height and get eight weeks. The best solution is to put
neglect or turn into spindly weeds. equally as wide. the plant in a closet each night and take
If you would like to save your poin- To induce bushiness, and to ensure it out in the morning.
settias for Christmases in the future, a color for Christmas, the poinsettias
general guide is to remember that the need to be cut back severely in April Ron Sympson is a landscape designer and Native Plant Society
poinsettia (Euphorbia pulcherrima) is a and early September. Each time, cut consultant and the author of books on
succulent whose close relatives include the plants back by about one-third, cut- Florida gardening. You can send e-mails
crown of thorns, pencil tree and cande- ting the upper branches to a few inches to ronsympson @aol.com; or write to Why we love it: Sleepy hibiscus is a big, bold
labra cactus. in length. 11691 Dawn Cowrie Drive, Fort Myers, shrubby plant with large, five-lobed leaves and equally
Indoors, you can keep the plant look- When you cut back the poinsettia, FL 33908. large, very decorative pink flowers. One cannot fail to
notice the striking flowers, which are among the largest
borne by a plant native to Palm Beach County.
Sleepy hibiscus produces flowers throughout the year.
THE CALENDAR The flowers rarely open up wide and flat like a typical
hibiscus. Instead, they appear to be too sleepy to fully
Chili Cookoff. Call (561) 632- Orchid Society’s Holiday open and they resemble pink trumpets made of pink
TODAY THIS WEEK 3165. Party: At 7 p.m. on Wednesday, chiffon or pink crepe paper.
The American Orchid at the Carlin Park Civic Center, The flowers provide lots of nectar and pollen and are
Bonsai Weekend in Delray: Fourth Annual Photography Society Open House: The 400 S. S.R. A1A, just south of
AOS will host an open-house Indiantown Road in Jupiter. Bring
a favorite for our native bees and hummingbirds, with
Free bonsai demonstrations and Series Photo Contest Primer
advice at 11 a.m. Saturday and shopping event from 10 a.m. a covered dish or pay $5 for occasional visits from butterflies.
Lecture: At 1 p.m. on Sunday How to grow it: Sleepy hibiscus is easy to grow in
1 p.m. Sunday at Green Barn at the Clayton Hutcheson Exhibit to 4 p.m. Wednesday, featuring ham, turkey and holiday fare.
Orchid Supplies 5195 Conklin Hall B at Mounts Botanical special discounts and free gift Call (561) 747-0655. full sun or very light shade and it thrives wherever there
Drive, Delray Beach. Choose from Garden, 531 N. MIlitary Trail, wrapping. Refreshments will be Green Changes in is moist or wet soil. It’s perfect for pond edges and wet
a nice selection of bonsai trees, West Palm Beach. Features served from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Loxahatchee: Dick Roberts, ditches, but it is also surprisingly drought tolerant and
pots, tools and mixes. Call (561) John Lopinot, deputy director of Save on books, orchids, supplies, a retired Florida Park Service will thrive in dry soils if given an occasional watering.
499-2810. photography for “The Palm Beach jewelry, ornaments and more. biologist, will speak at 10 a.m. Plants growing in wet areas can get 6-8 feet tall but in
Bill Belleville speaks: Post.” Lopinot will show photos Shoppers who spend $100 or Wednesday, at the Jupiter Inlet
more at AOS’ Orchid Emporium Lighthouse & Museum, 500
dry soil it rarely gets taller than 3 feet.
Belleville, an environmental and discuss Mounts Photography
writer, documentary filmmaker Gift Shop will be entered into a Captain Armour’s Way in Jupiter. Where to get it: If you are interested in finding native
Contest rules. Free. Reservations plants, visit the Association of Florida Native Nurseries
and author of “Losing it All needed. Call (561) 233-1757 or raffle for an orchid basket. Call Features coffee, tea and bagels.
to Sprawl: How Progress Ate visit www.Mounts.org. (561) 404-2026. $5 donation. Reservations are at www.afnn.org, but don’t stop there. The site provides
My Cracker Landscape,” will The 19th Annual Old The Jupiter Tequesta needed. Call (561) 747-8380. only a snapshot of the offerings at local nurseries, so call
speak about urban sprawl at Northwood Christmas Tree around.
10 a.m. Saturday at the DuPuis Lighting: At 5 p.m. Sunday, at — Rufino Osorio
Management’s Area Visitors’ 30th Street and Spruce in West Put your announcement in the calendar! The Florida Native Plant Society promotes the preservation, conservation,
Center located at 23500 S.W. Palm Beach. Old Northwood Send gardening events at least two weeks in advance to
Kanner Highway, Canal Point. Call and restoration of the native plants and native plant communities of
hosts the Rosarian Academy Janis Fontaine, Garden Calendar, Florida Home section, Florida. The Palm Beach County Chapter (palmbeach.fnpschapters.org)
Kim at (800) 432-2045, Ext. Choir and the Old Northwood
3339. The Palm Beach Post, P.O. Box 24700, West Palm Beach, FL meets at 7:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month, Mounts Building,
Children’s Choir, Santa and a UF/IFAS Extension, 531 N. Military Trail, West Palm Beach.
33416-4700, or fax to: (561) 820-4472.
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What: A holiday shadowbox were made in Japan and sold in a dime store *
Savings on our 4 bed., 2½ ba., 2 car gar., homes with patios,
Where: Animal Rescue League, 1905 S. in the 1950s.
Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach. The swagged bead garland also dates from 2130 sq. ft. a/c living area
How much: $10. the middle of the last century and probably
Why it’s special: This find isn’t old, but this adorned many a tree in its day. Who knows? from
lovingly crafted world of wonder is tinged Part of the fun is in the wondering.
$
319,000
Exit 61
with a touch of nostalgia. Someone has carefully arranged lacy LANTANA RD.
It’s a Christmas scene Vincent van Gogh wired beading around the edge of the vintage
CONGRESS AVE.
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N E I G H BO R H O O D O F T H E W E E K
How residents live, and how homes are selling in one South Florida community
This week: Bay Hill Estates, west of Palm Beach Gardens
comes into
$820,000
Buck Haven Ln.
$975,000
$1,050,000 1997 37 $240,000 $337,600 $523,100
1998 31 $255,000 $372,900 $525,000
255 26
1-acre lots and 4- and 5-bedroom
homes with an efficient homeown- Number of homes: Homes listed for sale:
ers association charging an annual
fee — $1,940 — that most residents The Preserve
consider a bargain. at Bay Hill Estates
The HOA fee pays for cable TV,
a 24-hour manned security entrance
and maintenance of common areas.
(future development)
Median sales price this year: $820,000
BRENNAN KING/Staff Artist
There’s also an 18-hole golf
course with a 4,000-square-foot club-
house that’s owned and operated as
one of five PGA National golf cours-
es. Homeowners are not obligated to
buy a golf or social membership. Northlake — Bay Hill residents
ON THE
710
“Bay Hill Estates is unique in that PGA Blvd. bristle at the suggestion that they
it’s the only place I know of with Be live in the boondocks.
eli
each home on 1 acre of land in a
gated community,” says Tom Bailey, Northlake Blvd.
ne
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“It’s a cup of coffee from here to
Military Trail,” says Bailey. MARKET
an Illustrated Properties Realtor who “It’s 20 minutes to The Gardens
lives there. “You can’t get that at
Ibis
Golf Mall,” says resident Tim Cochran. A sample of homes for sale
Ibis, BallenIsles or Steeplechase.” and “It’s 25 minutes to Juno Beach and in Bay Hill Estates:
Home prices run from $600,000 Country 20 minutes to the airport.”
to $2 million, with the median price Club Graeve says Bay Hill Estates
around $1 million. And there are a overcame early problems through
dozen lots still available, starting at
Bay Hill Estates time and a series of smart moves.
$400,000. “After the problems with previ-
That’s for the 630-acre Phase One. Royal ous developers and builders, three
For Phase Two, 195 homes are Palm or four reputable builders came in,
planned for 485 acres, with each Beach Okeechobee Blvd. and each bought 10 and 20 lots,”
home on a half-acre lot and priced Graeve says. “They built models
around $1 million. BRENNAN KING/Staff Artist and started selling. Then the
“Buyers have changed over the community started taking off with
years,” says Bailey, a retired Air here,” says Bob Graeve, an those new homes.’’
Force colonel. “We’ve gone from Illustrated Properties Realtor with “They redid the gate and entry-
mature — retired — home buyers at a long history of Bay Hill Estates way and put in the 24-hour guard.
Bay Hill Estates to young, success- sales. “We have doctors, lawyers, PGA National bought the golf
ful couples with families. We aren’t judges, small- and large-business course, and that added immediate
getting the snowbirds who just want owners. But it’s still a working legitimacy to the community.
a second home.” neighborhood with lots of kids.’’ Now, he says, “you just come $1,595,000 (11583 Buckhaven Lane )
“Snowbirds want zero-lot-lines, Much like Ibis residents here and spread your wings.” Five-bedrooms, 51 ⁄ 2 -baths on 1.13 acres with 7,821 square
so we don’t have a lot of snowbirds — their neighbors to the east on ~ paul_lomartire@pbpost.com feet, including 4-car garage, hardwood and marble floors,
gourmet kitchen. Listed by Bob Graeve/Illustrated Properties.
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before a shoulder injury ended his golfing, but found
Bay Hill when he started looking toward retirement. in your favorite chair. Puzzle can be found on Page 5H
“This represented an ideal set up,” he said. “One-
acre lots with a single-family home in a neighborhood
geared toward single families of any age. I didn’t
want the kind of community restricted to old, retired > Play Sudoku, crosswords, and more games and puzzles anytime at
people.”
“And there’s so much to do if we want to do it,” PalmBeachPost.com/games
Sally said. “There is a Ladies Who Lunch Club. I
immediately joined and made great friends.”
The couple also wanted a neighborhood that was
safe because they intended to travel. A lot.
“Next we have a trip planned for Orlando and
Paradise Island,” Paul said. “Then we’re going on a
cruise to Alaska.”
THE PATIO PUZZLE This week: Time Warp
“We travel so much that I forget where I’ve been,”
Sally said.
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ing perches and warm beds. quilted fabric — see cushions, and place in basket. will meet when hems are
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petcrafts for the how-to — or That dog needs a necklace 4. Cut rhinestone trim
I selected lovely baskets in
buy it. I used a soft cham- All you need to make this (dangles or droplets) to fit
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bray bedsheet for my quilted glittering snap-on necklace hemmed collar, minus 1 inch.
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nice in almost any interior.
1. Place basket base on kind of dangling rhinestone length of thread, stitch the
Fitted with cushions and
an electric pet-bed warmer,
these shallow beds are a
kraft paper, and trace around
it. Cut out, then trim the pat-
edging that’s sold by the yard
at fabric stores.
trim to the front of the rib-
bon, beginning past hem Health concerns? Call us.
tern as needed to fit inside 1. Cut a 3⁄4-inch length of with snap sockets attached.
dream for cats and small
dogs. basket (a seam allowance light-gray grosgrain ribbon to
Send questions to Ask Martha,
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isn’t necessary). your dog’s collar length, plus
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pieces, follow online instruc- under 1 inch more; stitch in
have cats and dogs, I wanted
to share my ideas for their tions or cut out 2 pieces of
gifts in this column so that store-bought quilting.
INSPECTION
your pets can enjoy the holi- 3. Sandwich a piece of EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY
wool batting between a piece
days with new clothes and
accessories, too. of quilted fabric and a piece
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BUYING SOLO
What single homeowners say …
STEVE KUVEIKIS
His home:
A 1,850-square-foot single-family
home with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, an
octagonal den and a 2-car garage.
WHEN SHE MOVED IN: February 2006 YVETTE HERNANDEZ “When I got that house, it was
erties), Kuveikis bought his current home
in Abacoa’s Martinique community last
WHAT SHE PAID: $390,000 Her home: like paradise,” says the 34-year-old year, both as an investment and because
WHY SHE LOVES IT: Hernandez’s environmental scientist. “Everything he wanted a bigger back yard for Snoopy,
Nautica Lakes home has her finger- A 2-story, 3,200-square-foot I could decide by myself.” the border collie, and Mocha, a shepherd
prints all over it. house in Royal Palm Beach. It has The only thing the townhouse mix.
Well, not literally. The spacious 5 bedrooms, 3 baths, screened-in porch lacked was enough room for Hernan- Although Abacoa is geared more
place is immaculate, but Hernandez and a two-car garage. dez’s two Akitas: 115-pound Chewy toward families than singles (“You have to
has taken a very nice house and put and 97-pound Leia. kind of go elsewhere to meet people,” he
her personal stamp on it, installing “My dogs are the best company says), Kuveikis likes his street’s peaceful-
closets, cabinets, organizational systems, crown molding, any person, single or doubled, could have,” she says. ness and, despite the financial challenges
surround-sound systems, marble flooring, landscaping, “They are there to greet me when I come home every of triple homeownership, doesn’t regret
outdoor lighting and a fence. day, and the welcome I get could never be topped by any the purchase.
She did the work as an investment, planning to sell the human.” “By and large, I made the right choice.”
home, but once finished, she says, “I thought, ‘Man, the Of course, Chewy and Leia can’t help with the cleaning He says he’s not a condo person and
house is nice.’ All of a sudden I was like, ‘I want to stay.’” and chores associated with a five-bedroom home, which is didn’t want a fixer-upper. To help with the
This is the second home Hernandez has owned on her why Hernandez says she’ll eventually sell the house she so mortgage, Kuveikis had two (human)
own. She’s renting out her first purchase, a townhouse in thoroughly made her own. roommates for a short time, but “the
Royal Palm Beach’s Seminole Lakes community, which For one person, she says, “it really is an overwhelming extra money wasn’t worth it,” he says.
she bought in November 2002 for $123,000. house.” “You realized you just wanted your
privacy, your own space.”
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