Name this Architectural style Please!?

Question

Have you ever been into a Tommy Bahama store? How about a Hollister store? I like the way both of these stores decorate the interior. Tommy Bahama has more of a warm feel with a lot of decorative wood trim and light green colors, i call that style "old world florida". Hollister is more dark, dim lighting, painted wood flooring,small octagon tile flooring and dark stained wood shutters all around the inside. Can anyone tell me exactally what style of design or architecture this is? Alot of people tell me things like "beach", "florida", "Key West", "So-Cal", but I can never find anything on those styles that look like what i want.Please Help. Im building a house and i have just sat down with an architect and I was wanting to combine both of these styles and have my architect come up with something but I dont know how to describe it to him, niether can i find any referance material for him to look at.

Thanks

RaceReed

Answer 1

often times if you just say "warm, dark, or neutral tropical" your architect (if hes any good) will know what you are talking about.  My house is designed and decorated this way and that is always how I describe it when working with designers or the architect.  Good luck!

Answer 2

Well, you are talking about the inside of two chain stores, not a real house, so they are almost certainly a mishmash of several styles rather than being in a "real" architectural style.

But, some possibilities for what you're describing:  Florida vernacular, Low Country (the vernacular of coastal South Carolina), and Cracker (southern GA/north FL).  "Key West" isn't a bad way to describe the look, either.