PRIME PROPERTY

A detailed look at one of the area’s most distinctive homes.

Open 2:30–4:30 p.m. today (Sunday), at 2117 Maconda Lane in Royden Oaks is a two-story custom home by Mirador Builders. Listing agent Jay Monroe with Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty, describes the French Normandy-style home as the epitome of style and grace.

With more than 5,600 square feet, the home showcases high-end appointments that include custom blended, multi-species hardwood floors throughout, Italian Carrara marble, quartz countertops, antique chandeliers and 12- to 22foot ceilings.

The open foyer has 12-foot ceilings, a curved staircase with iron railing and wood treads, recessed lighting, an antique handforged iron chandelier from Italy, crown molding, a coat closet, an elevator shaft and under-stair storage.

Just off the entry is an incredible library with custom inlaid parquet floors, a 19-foot ceiling, a wall of built-in bookshelves with a rolling ladder, crown molding, recessed lighting, art lighting, an antique wood and iron chandelier from Italy, bronze sconces, and a built-in desk with a white oak top.

Wired for sound, the formal dining room has a 12-foot ceiling, recessed lighting, art lighting, triple crown molding, and a recessed niche for a buffet and built-ins. The living room features a 22-foot tongue-and-groove paneled ceiling, a masonry gas fireplace with a remote and a custom soapstone mantel and surround, built-in cabinets with white oak countertops, wood clad French doors with multipoint locking and Baldwin Reserve hardware, floor electrical outlets, and wiring for sound and television.

Open to the living room and breakfast room, the kitchen has custom wide-plank multi-species hardwood floors, 12-foot ceiling, recessed lighting, a pair of antique wooded chandeliers from France, and an oversized island with leathered super-white quartz countertop and room for seating, and Asko, SubZero and Wolf appliances. The breakfast room features a 12-foot ceiling, recessed lighting, and wood-clad doors with multi-point locking and Baldwin Reserve hardware that open onto the huge outdoor living area.

The home includes a mud room with Old St. Louis antique brick floors (that extend to the pantry and wet bar area), a 12-foot ceiling, recessed lighting, lockers with a white oak bench seat, a chalkboard and bulletin board, and a storage closet.

With direct access to the mud room, the large pantry has a 12-foot ceiling, built-ins and super-white quartz countertops, custom millwork with pull-out shelves, cabinets, a beadboard backsplash, and tray storage. The wet bar features recessed lighting, leathered superwhite quartz countertops, a hammered-nickel sink, a Rohl English bronze faucet, wine closet, crown molding and built-in cabinets.

On the first floor, the master suite includes a spacious bedroom with an art niche, 12-18-foot tongue-andgroove ceilings, a fireplace with a Leuders limestone mantel and surround, an antique crystal and iron chandelier from southern France, and a luxury bath with imported select Italian Carrara marble floors, a separate water closet with built-ins, an oversized shower with a humiditysensing vent fan, a Statuarietto marble seat, a mosaic tile floor and multi-level shelving, an empire soaking tub, a dressing table, recessed lighting, a crystal and bronze antique chandelier from France, polishednickel and Lucite sconces, a built-in clothes hamper and cabinets with electrical outlets inside, a closet with washer and dryer connections, and two walk-in closets with abundant storage space and built-ins.

Overlooking the living room, the second floor landing has glass lighted display shelves, bronze sconces, an antique chandelier from Italy and recessed lighting. Bedrooms three and four share a study/play area.

A huge laundry room is wired for a television and has slate floors, a deep stainless-steel sink, a giftwrapping area, a storage closet, and a Maytag frontloading washer and dryer that is included.

The expansive outdoor living area has Old St. Louis antique brick floors, a tongue-and-groove ceiling, a reclaimed iron chandelier, recessed lights. and a summer kitchen.

With four bedrooms, three full baths and two half-baths, the home is priced at $2,975,000.

For additional information, visit the open house or go online to www.MarthaTurner.com.