Arts and Crafts-style house, custom built for owner, circa 2006, with covered porch, wraparound deck and screened porch. Hardiplank and cedar shingles and roof. Hardwood floors throughout. Five upstairs bedrooms, 4.5 baths over two stories and 5,600 square feet. Entry hall, open-plan main level with living room, library, kitchen with granite island, butler’s pantry, family room with Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired fireplace. Master suite with glass shower and freestanding tub, closet room, balcony. Nine-foot beamed ceilings. Full, finished basement with workshop. Zoned heat and central air, two-car attached garage, 5.86 acres: $1,000,000 (reduced from $1,295,000)
What: The owner of this house is a cabinet maker, which comes as no surprise. There are crown moldings, beamed and timber ceilings, finely worked built-ins–its gorgeous millwork is a paean to the disappearing art of wood craftsmanship. Who else would attach tiny brass frames on every kitchen drawer, so you can conveniently label the contents? Now you will know where everything is, because you will have drawers marked “Old Power Cords”, “Dried Out Magic Markers”, “String”. At last, a clearly labeled “Man Drawer“…
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