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MAIN SPONSOR REX BOST
BOST CUSTOM HOMES |
So when Bost builds a spec home he enjoys incorporating Southwestern details—while still keeping plenty of Piedmont touches that local homebuyers want. This year he brought his love of the Southwest to the building of the 5th Annual NHI Dream Home.
“We have several builders bid to do the
NHI Dream Home and we look at their reputations with their customers and
the companies they do business with,’’ said JT Cayton, chair of the NHI
Dream Home Project. Not only does Bost do well on the references checks.
“He brings it up to another level with his innovative ideas.”
Bost Custom Home’s 8,442-square-foot, “Bella Casa” draws upon both Mediterranean and Southwestern architectural traditions with an exterior that features wear-resistant concrete materials that mimic the look of stone and tile so well you assume the driveway is lined with stone and the roof capped in rich clay tiles. But the pretty circular driveway is only visible from two rooms on the first floor. The house is designed so most of the living space looks out onto the backyard with its pool and four acres of woods. “It makes it very private,’’ explains Bost. The home’s privacy extends to sound. Bost champions building with masonry. “There is no settling with masonry, no cracks in walls and uneven floors and it is very quiet.’’
Move into the kitchen and the first thing that catches your eye is the canopy above the range. It looks like something you might find in an Italian restaurant or—again—a Southwestern home. The sweeping, curved stuccoed canopy lets you know the kitchen is really the heart of the house.
“This truly would be my dream house,’’
Bost says. “It has most anything a customer has ever asked for—a safe
room, pool, steam shower, the big kitchen were everyone gathers, covered
porch with fireplace and TV. It’s truly got everything.’’ ▪
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Inside,
Southwestern themes come into play with textured walls and rounded
corners. The builder’s love for experimenting with geometric shapes is
also on display. The living room’s trey ceiling is cut into quarters and
each section has three recesses—with lights tucked into those recesses.
The living room fireplace and mantel curve out in a bow—as do the built-in
display shelves on each side. “It adds a sense of depth,’’ Bost says. A
room that is so tall it could seem cold is softened with the layered
ceiling and bowed mantel. 
And
like so many of Bost’s additions, this came via his own tinkering. He had
a vision for the canopy that wasn’t being met so he brought his toolbox
one weekend and began experimenting with wood and metal lathing. He’s done
this for other customers with items ranging from fireplace mantels to
distinct art niches. In the family room, the first thing that catches your
eye is the richly grained wood beams that mark off the ceiling. Bost
enjoyed selecting these as they come from a company called Riverwood which
salvages 200- to 300-year-old trees that slid to the bottom of the Cape
Fear River when that waterway carried lumber downstream hundreds of years
ago. The logs—heart of pine and cypress—are pulled from the silt and
dried. The wood also shows up in the paneling in the office and the
ceiling over the porch. 
For
all the personal and experimental touches Bost enjoys incorporating into
homes, he is also savvy to what customers want. Along with reams of
shelves and poles to hang clothes, the master suite’s walk-in closet has a
built-in dresser and mirror. The billiards & card room includes a
full-size fridge, microwave and sink. There is loft gathering space on the
second floor, but the loft’s opening onto to the family room below has
glassed-in doors to keep sound from traveling.