< Previous110 COASTMONTHLY.COM / February 2017Bayside home filled with treasures from around the worldStory by Leslie Watts Photos by Jennifer ReynoldsShips of the world pass in the harbor outside and treasures of the world take center stage inside the Gal-veston bayside home belonging to Eddie Kier and Johnnie Mize.With two oversize master bedrooms — one upstairs and one down — each complete with its own luxury bath, plus a similarly designed guest suite, the Caribbe-an-style home makes the most of its more than 4,000 square feet and provides a view in any direction that is nothing short of spectacular.Coffered- and tray-style ceilings — some as high as 14 feet, plus multiple arches and carefully selected shades from a horizon-ex-panding palette, open the interior spaces of the home even more. The home provides an ample and appropriate setting for a muse-um’s worth of collections gleaned from both distant and local marketplaces.Life well traveled(Opposite page) Johnnie Mize, left, and Eddie Kier, along with their schnauzers Baxter, Zachery and Max, have filled their large home on the Galveston ship channel with family antiques and collections from travels around the world. (Above) Gas fire bowls flank the waterfall of the infinity pool. COASTMONTHLY.COM / February 2017 111112 COASTMONTHLY.COM / February 2017HomeportLooking north outdoors from the main living area, large tankers, cargo ships and fishing boats give the illusion of passing to and fro in waters contiguous with the homes’ elegant infinity edge pool, a design feature created by the careful placement of a series of descending landscaping tiers.Inside the home, European antiques dat-ing back three centuries are displayed along-side treasures of more recent, local and, in some cases, humble origin. Happily coexist-ing amid collections of Lalique, Baccarat and Waterford are a great-grandfather’s chemistry set, a great-grandmother’s sewing basket and a bell from a hotel that another set of fore-bears ran in Dublin, Ireland. An elegant set of Limoges china, still in its original vintage box, is a treasure uncovered at a Catholic church bazaar in Milan, Italy.Wall art ranges from an authentic Marc Chagall print and two vintage lithographs featuring Sarah Bernhardt, to a set of wall-size nude paintings acquired from a Galveston bar when it went out of busi-ness several decades back. Other pieces represent a variety of styles, artists and subjects, many from New Orleans and other favorite locales.The memories brought back by many of these items and the stories that come with COASTMONTHLY.COM / February 2017 113them are the most compelling aspects of the home, however.A coastal scene painted by Mize’s mother and inspired by her visits to St. Thomas gar-ners a special place of honor, as does a set of cordial glasses on which she hand-painted tropical birds and flowers.An English love seat and chair dating from 1780 and covered in crimson crushed velvet was handed down to Kier by his mother, who was an interior designer, professional upholsterer and also owned a mattress man-ufacturing company in East Texas.“When my mother redid these pieces in 1962, it was only the second time they had been upholstered,” Kier said, adding that she also taught him how to sew and upholster, skills he still uses in the operation of West End Gallery & Decor, the island store he and Mize own.(Above) An authentic Marc Chagall print is tucked between the china cabinets in the formal dining room. (Opposite page, from left) A chair, which dates back to 1780, was handed down to Eddie Kier by his mother, who reupholstered it in red crushed velvet in the early 1960s. It was only the second time it had been upholstered. A Baroque German clock found in Galveston is displayed in the foyer. Jim Beam collector bottles, Lladró porcelain figurines and other mementos are on display. 114 COASTMONTHLY.COM / February 2017Senior Loan OriginatorJackie LeachNMLS# 349259I can help you make the buying of a home an easy process.Jackie LeachSenior Loan OriginatorNMLS# 349259Office 281-617-2996Cell 832-259-3565Fax 832-730-4741 Call me today!Make Yourself At Homejleach@nflpmtg.com • www.nflpmtg.comInformation is subject to change without notice. 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Yet another conti-nent is represented in the African-influ-enced upstairs game room, and additional “finds” throughout the home represent, among other nations, Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Austria, Great Britain, Russia, Singapore, Vietnam, China and the former Czechoslovakia.In the luxuriously appointed an oversize kitchen, travertine tile walls have been combined with Magma Gold granite coun-tertops, a full suite of Dacor appliances and a large work island that conceals smaller appliances on one side and cookbooks on the other.HomeportDespite its current elegance, howev-er, the home’s path to realization was not always smooth. Buying the property in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike, Kier and Mize invested six years of study and search as they visited various coastal communities and explored alternative construction techniques, architects and hurricane resilience.Additionally drawing from their own expe-riences traveling and living in other coastal locations around the world — they had even once owned a home on St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands — Mize and Kier finally gave the project to Weber Design Group in Naples, Fla.“Although we love Galveston and knew our preference was to live on the island bayfront, we were impressed with this group’s familiarity with designing in accord to Florida’s rigorous coastline standards,” Mize said. “Today, this home meets those standards, with metal plates in the walls and metal structural beams — that durability was extremely important to us.”Other adaptations keyed to Galveston include high-performance foam insulation, vented closets to provide adequate air circulation and woodwork and cabinetry constructed of alder, known for its ability to handle warm, humid climates.“We even did our own personal grade raising, elevating the lot to 14 feet, 6 inches above sea level,” Kier said. “That alone re-quired bringing in 95 dump trucks full of dirt, but as with the citywide grade raising after the 1900 Storm, it may someday make the difference of a lifetime.” (From top) A spacious master bath is one of two master suites in Johnnie Mize and Eddie Kier’s island home. 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