Bellaire custom home offers range of appointments

Built by Richard Price Custom Homes, this country French-style home in Bellaire has been renovated and repainted with features that include Venetian plaster walls by Segreto in the butler’s pantry, powder room and dining room and counters and backsplashes downstairs replaced with quartzite slab.

Listing agent Hedley Karpas of Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty said the home emphasizes elegance and sophistication throughout, offers a gorgeous backyard oasis and has curb appeal.

The two-story home at 4903 Elm St. has a three-car side-entry garage and 5,200 square feet of living space.

Inside, the foyer showcases an open circular staircase, a chandelier imported from Poland, tumbledtravertine flooring and an arched opening to the wet bar, as well as access to the formal living room, powder room, study, butler’s pantry, formal dining room and family room.

A fireplace with a carved stone surround and mantel, built-in glass-front cabinets, large windows with plantation shutters and fully functional black-out curtains, overhead speakers, and recessed lighting make the formal living room inviting.

The wet bar has a framed, arched opening to the foyer, built-in wine storage, glass-front cabinetry, under-cabinet lighting, an under-mounted, glazed pottery sink in a quartzite countertop, a wine refrigerator and a stainless-steel ice maker.

Also a part of the home’s recent remodel, the study features Japanese silk wallpaper, an Aiden Gray cage chandelier, hardwood floors, recessed lighting and speakers, shuttered windows overlooking the backyard, French doors with glass inserts leading to the foyer as well as beautiful millwork including wainscoting and pillars framing the built-in desk.

The formal dining room has Segreto plaster walls, a barrel-vaulted ceiling with brick inlays, a chandelier and recessed and art lighting; and a large shuttered window with a decorative transom.

French doors lead to the family room, and an arched opening provides views and access to the butler’s pantry with travertine floors, custom built-in cabinetry including glass-front cabinets, quartzite slab countertops and backsplashes, Segreto plaster groin-vaulted ceilings and a chandelier.

Open to the breakfast area and kitchen, room showcases a wall of builtins, stained cedar beams, hardwood floors, recessed lighting and ceiling speakers.

The breakfast area can easily accommodate a table of any size, and has stained cedar beams and a brick arched opening to the kitchen.

Two islands are in the kitchen, including one with counter seating. The kitchen also features quartzite countertops, marble backsplashes, new stainless- steel appliances including double ovens, a built-in coffee maker and microwave, storage, cage pendant lights, recessed lighting and hardwood floors. A beverage refrigerator is at the end of one of the islands, and a brick accent wall surrounds the gas cooktop.

There is a mud room between the kitchen and garage that includes a built-in desk and plenty of storage, including shoe storage.

Upstairs, the secondfloor landing leads to four bedrooms, a game room and a built-in craft nook with a drop-down table.

The large master suite includes a tray ceiling, recessed lights, a ceiling fan, carpeting and views of the backyard, and an elegant bath with two customized closets, slate flooring, two vanities with granite countertops, a separate makeup vanity, a walk-in shower with dual entry and seamless-glass doors and a jetted tub.

Two secondary bedrooms share a Hollywood bath. One of the bedrooms has shuttered doors leading to a small balcony, and another bedroom has painted murals, a painted tray ceiling and shuttered windows overlooking the back yard.

The craft nook and storage area has a window seat with file drawers beneath and a craft center fold-down work table with storage and shelves beneath as well as a large storage closet.

The third secondary bedroom has a full bath that is shared with the game room.

A vaulted ceiling, neutral carpeting, abundant windows, custom built-in closets and a built-in television cabinet define the wellplanned game room.

Outside, the home has a pool, spa, a large dining/ seating area near an outdoor fireplace and under a vine-covered pergola. The large yard offers plenty of open green space.

With four or five bedrooms and 3½ baths, this home is priced at $1,899,999.

For information, visit www.marthaturner.com.