This beautiful custom-designed, high-end renovated elegant 8 into 7 room home offers grand scale, stunning architectural details, modern comforts including central A/C and a superb Upper West Side location in an excellent boutique Rosario Candela designed building.
This beautiful custom-designed, high-end renovated elegant 8 into 7 room home offers grand scale, stunning architectural details, modern comforts including central A/C and a superb Upper West Side location in an excellent boutique Rosario Candela designed building. Grand proportions, multiple entertaining spaces, a wonderful flow and a separate bedroom wing make this layout extremely well-planned. Three exposures and oversized windows provide lovely light and views overlooking the beautiful and historic architecture on tree-lined West End Avenue and lush brownstone garden views from the kitchen. Currently configured as a two bedroom, two bathroom home, the layout can easily serve an additional bedroom and bathroom as was the original layout. Additionally, the formal expanse includes an oversized living room, a very elegant formal dining room, a custom library, an expanded eat-in kitchen with butler’s pantry and an expanded entry gallery.
The stunning full renovation was carefully conceived and artfully designed to celebrate old world architecture with beautifully refinished hardwood floors (herringbone in living room), high coffered beamed ceilings, pristine moldings, custom tin kitchen ceiling, custom decorative inlaid foyer floor and decorative doors and transoms allowing for light to flow through the formal expanse. Modern comforts throughout include multi-zone central air conditioning, built-in audio speaker system, recessed lighting, laundry, high-end professional appliances and an extraordinary amount of custom storage throughout.
No detail was spared designing the library with custom walnut panels and beamed coffered ceilings with antique mirror accents and abundant bookshelves. The room’s flexibility allows for it to be closed by a custom glass paneled pocket doors or open to the formal living room. The formal dining room is wonderful for large scale entertaining and is beautifully appointed with custom wood panels and flows quite nicely off the kitchen.
The beautiful and very functional chef’s eat-in kitchen was expanded by taking out the staff room and provides a full dining area, home office, abundant custom storage and counter space and a full butler’s pantry. To top it off, unique to most kitchens, the space benefits from two exposures and four windows! Wonderful natural light streams in and showcases a fabulous open west-facing view of the brownstone gardens below. There is exceptional cabinet storage and beautiful details that include a custom decorative tin ceiling and encaustic floor tiles. Top of the line appliances include a Sub Zero refrigerator, Viking 4 burner gas range oven, custom range hood, two Sub Zero refrigerator drawers, Viking microwave, two Asko dishwashers, Sub Zero wine refrigerator and three sinks. A cleverly concealed laundry closet houses a full size washer- dryer.
The master suite is bright and sunny with an enormous amount of custom storage including a full wall of wardrobe storage that utilizes every inch of space and an enormous walk-in closet. The master bathroom is features limestone mosaic tile floors and double vanity and a walk-in seamless glass shower with built-in shower seating. The second bedroom was customized to include abundant built-in storage with an en-suite bathroom that features a glass tile mosaic floor design.