A newly built residence on Duck Key in the Florida Keys was built and designed by D’Asign Source, who also led landscape design and integrated the outdoor technology. The company used Coastal Source solutions to provide illumination, and distribute sound and durability that coastal conditions require.

The 10,350-square-foot waterfront property spans from everyday living to a series of connected outdoor spaces. A pool deck, outdoor kitchen and seating areas sit on the rear of the home overlooking the water. Steps lead down to a turf area and seawall that connects the property to the dock.

Landscape designs layers palms intentionally, planting beds and hardscape elements in an effort to create depth across the waterfront. The landscape-led approach to lighting allows it to highlight architecture, planting and circulation in the desired natural way.

The house incorporates a Sonos-based music system throughout the interior and exterior, which allows audio to move from inside the home to the outdoor living areas. Where Coastal Source loudspeakers extend the experience.

“I use the word seamless,” said homeowner Matt Eberhart. “It’s a seamless experience across
the whole house. We can be inside listening to music and move outside without interruption.
Everything is controlled from the phone, making it incredibly easy to use. The sound quality
outside is clear and powerful, and it really enhances the experience whether we’re relaxing by
the pool or entertaining.”

D’Asign Source used two Coastal Source Razor RZ220 loudspeakers mounted above the pool deck, with an RZ320 soundbar beneath the television in the outdoor kitchen area. The system supports music across the pool and patio, as well as movies and sports from the seating areas.

“It’s not only when we’re in the pool,” Eberhart said. “Whether we’re washing the boat or coming back from fishing, we can still use the system – it carries across the property really well. My son and his friends treat it like their own outdoor party space, and the sound quality and ease of control make it a big part of the experience.”

According to the project executive and landscape architect at D’Asign Source, Nicholas D’Ascanio, the lighting installation required more extensive infrastructure across the site.

“The workload was heavier on the lighting because it covers the whole property,” D’Ascanio
said. “The audio is focused around the pool and outdoor living areas, but both play
important roles – lighting defines the property at night, while audio brings the spaces to life.”

The design for the project began with the architecture and site plan, and then lighting and audio were layered in as the project evolved. The infrastructure was prepared early by running conduits from the low-voltage panel through the crawl space and into the landscape.

“That crawl space under the house makes a big difference for these kinds of systems,” D’Ascanio said. “We bring conduits from the panel in the house out to the landscape so we can run wiring wherever we need it. That gives us flexibility as the project evolves and allows us to add or adjust things later without disturbing finished areas.”

Across the property, Coastal Source lighting fixtures were used to support both visual impact and practical movement around the site. Installations included uplighting for psalm and architectural elements, marker lights integrated into planter walls, path lighting and circulation areas and LED tiki torches along the seawall.

In the Florida Keys, durability is important as all outdoor technology is exposed to salt air, humidity and intense sun. Coastal Source fixtures and Plug+Play cabling are designed to deliver that reliable, long-term performance, while minimizing the risk of corrosion.

“Being right there on the ocean, you naturally think about corrosion and how long things will
last,” Eberhart said. “We talked about that a lot during the project, and the expectation was that
these products could handle those conditions and perform over time, which gave us confidence.
When you’re investing in a home like this, you want equipment that will hold up.”