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3435 Winding Oaks Drive: Lammers home

The Longboat Key Garden Club Home Tour runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on March 7.


  • By Nat Kaemmerer
  • | 7:16 p.m. March 1, 2020
  • Longboat Key
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Peggy Lammers’ home has more to it than meets the eye.

Touches of her personality are evident, with a welcoming jungle of plants and art pieces leading to the front door.  

It’s difficult to figure out where to look first at the myriad collectibles within the home.

“It’s a strange house, and I like strange things,” Lammers said.

The rooms have different themes — there’s a garden room, a cowgirl bathroom and other themes that run together and come apart as you move through the house. In a room near the front of the house is Lammers’ studio, which is packed with finished pieces, half-done pieces and a wealth of visually appealing knick-knacks. There’s a two-faced doll that’s part of a project Lammers is excited about — but her friend was shocked when she bought it.

Still elsewhere is a shrine to Lammers’ horses, including hair from her first horse’s tail. In the living room over the mantel is a painting of a woman with a green nose, which Lammers said she sometimes jokes is her.

“I like to decorate in vignettes,” Lammers said.

There’s so much to look at within the house that the outside view is easy to miss, but the light coming through the windows brightens up all the elements of Lammers’ wonderfully weird home.

“I’m proud to say that nothing matches,” Lammers said.

A marble bust in Lammers' bedroom.
A marble bust in Lammers' bedroom.
Lammers has a four-poster bed in her room packed with memories.
Lammers has a four-poster bed in her room packed with memories.
Collectibles and memorabilia decorate a shelf in Lammers' bedroom.
Collectibles and memorabilia decorate a shelf in Lammers' bedroom.
One of Lammers' bathrooms has a light and delicate decor.
One of Lammers' bathrooms has a light and delicate decor.
In one bathroom, the home's
In one bathroom, the home's "throne" is topped with a crown.
One of Lammers' bathrooms.
One of Lammers' bathrooms.
The art and artifacts crawl up the walls.
The art and artifacts crawl up the walls.
On Lammers' table sits memories of all her horses, including part of her first horse's tail.
On Lammers' table sits memories of all her horses, including part of her first horse's tail.
A section of Lammers' first horse's tail.
A section of Lammers' first horse's tail.
In the sitting room, a lounge chair is draped with magazines.
In the sitting room, a lounge chair is draped with magazines.
Darker pieces balance the light in the home.
Darker pieces balance the light in the home.
A wacky painting with a green nose is near a hippo head.
A wacky painting with a green nose is near a hippo head.
One of Lammers' decoration vignettes.
One of Lammers' decoration vignettes.
Lammers' kitchen is stocked with kitchen products and art pieces.
Lammers' kitchen is stocked with kitchen products and art pieces.
A few of Lammers' most recent pieces.
A few of Lammers' most recent pieces.
Lammers' garden room.
Lammers' garden room.
Lammers' studio is packed with pieces of art-in-waiting.
Lammers' studio is packed with pieces of art-in-waiting.
Lammers' studio seems to go on forever.
Lammers' studio seems to go on forever.
Another guest bedroom is accented with a turtle footstool.
Another guest bedroom is accented with a turtle footstool.
The outdoor spaces of Lammers' home are all filled with plants.
The outdoor spaces of Lammers' home are all filled with plants.
Lammers' home.
Lammers' home.

 

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