AN EQUESTRIAN FARM OF GOOD BREEDING
A Sprawling Home And Stable Captures The Comfort And Sophistication Of The Old South

ABOVE: Van Kampen, who imports Spanish horses for the sport of Dressage, is shown here with her prizewinning Camaron. She owns another Hampton Green Farm in Fruitport, Mich., where the horses stay seven months of the year.

ulling up to Kimberly Van Kampen's home, it feels as if one has arrived at a sprawling plantation in the Deep South, not a newly renovated residence in Wellington, Fla. The former estate of the Revlon polo team is Van Kampen's first and only home in Florida and was purchased as a place for her to train her prizewinning Spanish horses five months of the year. "When I saw this, I knew this was it. There was such a sense of peace and graciousness to the property," she says.

Van Kampen, along with Chicago designer Josephine Berault, achieved her vision of creating "a little New Orleans, a little Florida" for the unique, plantation-style home and stable known as Hampton Green Farm. "We completely redesigned the look of the house," Berault says. "The entire second floor was removed and doubled in size by creating breezy porches, sweeping verandas and comfortable living spaces for Kimberly and her family."

What remains, however, are the 20 horse stalls on the ground floor. "We were always mindful of the fact that this is a working farm," Berault says. "It's such an honor to work among these beautiful creatures." continued...

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