Custom finishes, flexible design highlight Tanglewood home
Gracious appointments and remarkable elegance are how listing agent Mary Hale McLean of Greenwood King Properties Kirby office describes this two-story Mediterranean home in Tanglewood.
She adds that the home is highly customized and has a floor plan that will appeal to a multitude of tastes.
A stone portico opens into the home’s impressive foyer that features a cantilevered stone staircase with a custom balustrade. Formal areas include an inviting living room with a classically styled masonry fireplace and walnut floor, and a stunning dining room that has with walnut floors, scored stone wainscot and a wallcovering by artist Rusty Arena. A butler’s pantry is just off the dining room and provides access to the kitchen as well as a large bar. Adjoining the dining room is a temperature-controlled wine vault with a stone floor, rack storage and a tasting shelf.
The butler’s pantry connects kitchen and dining room and has granite countertops, glass front cabinets and extends to a bar that includes a window to the family room, a copper sink, tumbled travertine backsplash and a Uline refrigerator and ice maker.
Double islands, abundant storage, a prep sink, and a Thermador gas range highlight the kitchen that is open to the breakfast alcove and family room. Overlooking the terraces and pool, the breakfast alcove has a beamed ceiling.
Open to the kitchen and breakfast alcove, the family room has a corner media cabinetry, a masonry fireplace with a carved stone mantle, a walnut floor and French doors leading to the loggia and terrace. Family room also opens to the
reception hall and foyer.
A service hall features a return staircase and a desk/planning station, builtin wardrobes and cabinets. This hall also leads to the one- and two-car garages, has access to the elevator shaft/closet as well as the guest suite.
There is also a large study that overlooks the front yard and includes tall arched windows, floor-to-ceiling book and display shelves, a tongue and groove hardwood ceiling and a walnut floor.
The home’s main staircase leads to a second-floor landing with hardwood floors that extend to the main hall, and has views of the vestibule entrance to the master suite.
The luxurious master suite has plush carpeting, a deep tray ceiling, a juice bar and double doors opening to the master bath with a raised ceiling, travertine floor, travertine countertops and tub surround, a travertine and seamless glass double entry shower and two private water closets.
A built-in media, display and storage cabinet is the focal point of the game room that includes hardwood floors, a raised beamed bead board ceiling and access to the theater.
The theater features a lounge, a tiered viewing room with recliner seating, a large screen, and projector, a stepped ceiling and blackout shades. Also located on the second floor are large secondary en suite bedrooms including one with access to a balcony.
Outside, loggias that feature stone hardscape, offer multiple seating and dining areas (including one with a built-in bench) that overlook the pool and gardens. The lovely yard and pristine landscaping set an amazing backdrop for all of the outdoor living areas and the pool that includes a spa, beach shelf, fountains and river rock coping.
Located at 5590 Cedar Creek, this home with five bedrooms, five full and two half baths is priced at $3,025,000 and is offered by Mary Hale McLean of Greenwood King Properties.
For more information, visit www.GreenwoodKing.com.