Longboat Key Garden Club Home Tour: King Home

The home is at 6832 Pine St.

  • By Kristen Herhold
  • | 6:00 a.m. February 24, 2016
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From Longbeach Village to Bay Isles, the Longboat Key Garden Club’s 40th annual Home and Garden Tour will feature six picturesque homes from around the Key, each unique in style and architecture. Take a peek inside the homes to be featured on the tour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, March 5.

King Home

6832 Pine St.

Sherry King discovered this home when she was a little girl growing up on Longboat Key.

“One day, I got off my bicycle and was here at this house and thought that someday, I will live in a house like this,” King said. “One day, I was driving around and decided to go on the north end, and there was a for sale sign in front of this house. It was fate.”

King, an artist, bought the house in 2012 and extensively remodeled and updated the property, which was built in 1971.

King’s eccentric personality is reflected in the home, and she decorated the house herself after the remodel. The home features some of her own artwork in addition to other whimsical pieces.

“It’s comfortable,” King said. “It’s not cookie cutter, but it speaks to you. It says ‘Come on in and stay for a while.”

The living room features many unique furniture and pieces of art, many with an ocean theme.
The living room features many unique furniture and pieces of art, many with an ocean theme.
The home includes many colorful, eccentric decorations.
The home includes many colorful, eccentric decorations.
When decorating her home, Sherry King wanted it to be colorful and inviting.
When decorating her home, Sherry King wanted it to be colorful and inviting.
Many of King’s decorations have an ocean theme.
Many of King’s decorations have an ocean theme.
Above the bed in the guest bedroom are exotic animals handcrafted from Florida palm fronds.
Above the bed in the guest bedroom are exotic animals handcrafted from Florida palm fronds.
Above the bed in the guest bedroom are exotic animals handcrafted from Florida palm fronds.
Above the bed in the guest bedroom are exotic animals handcrafted from Florida palm fronds.
Each room of the house features whimsical, quirky touches.
Each room of the house features whimsical, quirky touches.
King designed a room for her family to enjoy when they visit.
King designed a room for her family to enjoy when they visit.
Sherry King both collects and creates art for her home.
Sherry King both collects and creates art for her home.
Sherry King enjoys painting in a room with views of Sarasota Bay.
Sherry King enjoys painting in a room with views of Sarasota Bay.
The backyard area includes a pool, hot tub and fire pits with views of the Sarasota Bay.
The backyard area includes a pool, hot tub and fire pits with views of the Sarasota Bay.
A tiki hut in the backyard provides a shaded area to eat and relax.
A tiki hut in the backyard provides a shaded area to eat and relax.
Two fire pits surround the hot tub.
Two fire pits surround the hot tub.
The backyard’s bar is made from fishing boats that washed ashore in Indonesia after the 2004 Indiana Ocean tsunami.
The backyard’s bar is made from fishing boats that washed ashore in Indonesia after the 2004 Indiana Ocean tsunami.
The outside of the home reflects the whimsical interior.
The outside of the home reflects the whimsical interior.
The outside of the home reflects the whimsical interior.
The outside of the home reflects the whimsical interior.

 

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