Warm Up to Five Fireplaces This Weekend on Maplewood – Traditional Out, Sleekly Contempo Inside

I thought this house at 3620 Maplewood would not just warm us up for the weekend, but it personifies the new Dave Perry-Miller look unveiled today: crisp, clean-lined and sleek on the inside, fully traditional on the out. Built in 2005, and recently updated, this Highland Park belle has everything you have always wanted in a commanding home and more: 8340 square feet, seven bedrooms, 8 full and two half baths, four car garage and FIVE FRICKIN’ FIREPLACES to keep you nice and toasty this weekend or anytime!

There is even a great guest house with kitchen and bedroom/bath to keep your guests warm and toasty!

Talk about the best location ever: you are in the heart of Old Highland Park, across from Hackberry Creek, and you overlook the tennis courts at Armstrong Elementary. Yes, this is a walkable house: walk to school, the Country Club, after-school sports, even Highland Park Village and GOOP.

Though the home looks quite traditionally Mediterranean on the exterior, the inside is all about sleek new new new. Just check out the gorgeous formals, the wood-encrusted study, the open family room, loaded kitchen with smooth lines to inspire your cooking along with the top of the line appliances and a huge granite slab counter big enough for a kitchen table, the indulgent master with coffee bar that has a private study AND his and her baths — and I do spy some cool wallpaper on “her” side.  There is also a children’s library, huge bedroom suites for the wee ones, game room, media room, exercise room, and even those guest quarters that you and I would move into in a heartbeat. Love the outdoor living area with fireplace and grill, love the pool that is still a nice size but leaves some yard space for tossing a ball — the lot is almost one-third of an acre! — and a four car garage. The home has three stories and an elevator gets you to all three.

Though the house was built in 2005, it looks like it was built yesterday partly because of the stunning softly contemporary decor. Dave Perry-Miller agent Molly Malone must have planned this home to “come out” with the company’s brand debut, because it really personifies what buyers are looking for in homes today.

I know what you are thinking: well sure you can have all your heart desires, this home is listed for $4,599,000. Of course you can have the latest and greatest at THAT price.

But this look can also be applied to a $200,000 home as well as a $4.5. Look at the photos and see how the use of art, minimal draperies, clean lined furniture, rugs and light fixtures turn the traditional bones of this home into a really mod showplace. I mean, I’m hooked. Let the sunshine in! This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius for any home price! Feeling groovy!

Wonderful Mediterranean home in heart of Old HP across from Hackberry Creek overlooking tennis courts & Armstrong Elementary. Amenities: formal rooms,library,large open family room&kitchen,sumptuous master w dual baths,closets&coffee bar,game room,media room, exercise room,guest apt-quarters,outdoor living area with fireplace&grill,pool spa,4 car garage.Elevator access to 3 floors. Highest of quality finish-out w elaborate upgrades. Very Specia