Full Circle

Dream Digs - Looking out from the infinity pool to the atlantic beyond, the Leonards can’t help but pinch themselves. The couple, who met here nearly 30 years ago, have realized their dream—to return to the Lowcountry and live on the beach. Check out the family’s grand but decidedly “unfussy” Isle of Palms oceanfront home.

RIGHT AT HOME: Last summer, San Diego residents Tom and Amy Leonard—along with their three sons, as well as wheaten terriers Charlie and Oliver—made this oceanfront Isle of Palms house their second home. Fresh exterior paint and a total overhaul of the yard and hardscape perked up the property’s curb appeal. Relocating the driveway gave the home symmetry, while adding a pair of window boxes and painting the porch ceiling a pale blue upped its Lowcountry charm.