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Location: Blanco County Ranch
Features: 5 bedrooms & 5 1/2 baths; 8,000 sq. ft. w/guest wing
This home is an 8,000 square foot French Country Style home designed by Glenn Nees, AIA of Glenn Nees and Associates in Austin Texas. It has five bedrooms, a sleeping loft, five & ½ baths, three living areas and a 1,400 sq. ft. great room with a unique double-vaulted ceiling. The home features a guest wing with bedrooms, baths, kitchenette and living area. The interior was designed with handcrafted natural stones and hardwoods throughout. The mortise and tendon timber framed trusses are the largest found in Central Texas spanning 36 ft. in width. Over 650 sq. ft. of custom built windows overlook the Pedernales River and the home's main turret towers 40 ft. above the entry foyer. Fireplaces and cooking area accent an additional 3,500 sq. ft. of outdoor living space. All the stone used to construct this home was recovered from the 430-acre Blanco County ranch on which the home was built. |
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Location: Austin
Features: 26 ft. vaulted ceilings; observation tower
Old World Spanish Styling influenced this 5,700 sq. ft. estate on Barton Creek in South West Austin. Twenty-one large hand built sand stone arches adorn the exterior facade. This home features a guest suite, four bedrooms, five baths, detached office and oversized garages. A double-sided stone fireplace that extends upwards through the 26 ft. vaulted ceiling divides the great room and dinning room. The home's third story observation room overlooks a 1,100 sq. ft. open-air lanai, bell tower, courtyard, and 2,400 sq. ft. of outdoor living space. Glenn Nees, AIA, of Austin Texas designed this home |
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Location: Austin
Features: 5 bedrooms & 5 1/2 baths; a music room
The Santa Barbara Style influenced this 5,100 sq ft. home in South West Austin was designed by Bob Wetmore, AIA of Cornerstone Group Architects in Austin, Texas. This 100% stucco exterior home has five bedrooms, 5 ½ baths, two living areas and a music room. The interior features an intricately hand carved fireplace and upper mantels, Carrara marble master bath floors, walls and counters and hand painted tile stairs. The attention to detail in this home is obvious from the hand scraped walnut flooring to the growing vaulted ceilings. The exterior includes three private back terraces, swimming pool and a walled front entry garden with fountain. |
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Location: Horseshoe Bay
Features: 4 bedrooms & 4 baths; 19 ft. vaulted ceilings
Admirers have referred to this Texas Hill Country Craftsman Style home in Horseshoe Bay, Texas as a “Big Little Home”. Stacy Burrows of SBS Designs in Austin, Texas designed a two story entry foyer and a great room / dining room combo with 19 ft. vaulted ceilings. This and a giant 52 in. fireplace combine to create massive volume in just 3,500 sq. ft. Two living areas, four bedrooms, four baths, and a gourmet kitchen made this the perfect retirement / second home. Hardwood floors, travertine tile, hand troweled walls, and Venetian marble plaster are returns to old world quality. Large 4 ft. wide hallways, 3 ft. wide doorways, and an elevator kept it wheelchair friendly. The exterior features hand laid sand stone and stucco construction with large covered back terraces for easy living.
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