Georgian Beauty on Glendora: Elegance Definitely Comes in Smaller Packages

It’s a bit of a quirk: in recent years, the sale of four-bedroom homes has skyrocketed in market share. But the average size of a new home has been falling steadily — getting smaller — for the past decade. So buyers want more bedrooms (even if having fewer kids) in a smaller space on less land. Hmm.

Well, we’ve got the perfect right-size home for you: three or four bedrooms, smaller lot, less square footage.

We present 6039 Glendora Ave. A pristine Preston Hollow home with a Connecticut vibe. The one-story size is perfect at 4,300 square feet. It’s on one of the best streets in leafy Preston Hollow east of Preston on a one-third-acre lot. It is so tastefully designed and decorated you will want to move in with ALL the home furnishings intact. And, as a downsizing Baby Boomer, I want to buy this home. So let the bidding begin!

As you may have noticed, some of us are, ahem, aging oh so gracefully. We are active, fun, sexy, and not budging one inch out of our homes. Fact: Empty-nest baby boomers own 28% of the nation’s large homes, while Millennials with kids own just 14%.  Experts say we Boomers are contributing to the U.S. housing shortage: Empty nesters take up at least 20% of large homes everywhere in the U.S.

That’s why this home is such a gem and a FIND: it’s a one-story jewel, perfect and symmetrical from the front door to the spacious back entertaining porch. There are three bedrooms and an office that will knock your socks off. There are four and a half lovely baths. And the home has 12-foot ceilings in the formal areas with gorgeous 9-foot French doors opening to a New Orleans-style brick courtyard.

The Symmetry of Perfection

Walk in the door, it takes your breath away: a 30-foot-long center hallway with gleaming chocolate brown herringbone floors is your gallery into the home. Along the way, custom Control4 lighting bathes the walls of art with soft, perfect lighting. The owners brought in the warm neutral pallet of renowned Napa designer Howard Backen to contrast with the dark wood floors and offer design appeal. Check out the charming corner bookcase, the wood-burning fireplace, and space for a baby Grand. This room makes me feel as if I am in a New York City home. I want to hear a small private concert.

Across that hallway is the dining room, with symmetrical French doors, divided light windows, and the most beautiful Aerin Lauder chandelier. You will want to devour the Barbara Barry dining room suite for dinner, and the lattice crisscrossed chinoiserie for dessert.

The Silver Closet

Next, we have the kitchen, breakfast room, and family room, connected to the aforementioned dining room with a hallway and giant silver closet that is, yes, lined in felt and holds all the Baccarat. The
DownsView custom kitchen is painted in the perfect “Mayonnaise” color from Backen, with Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances, custom cabinets, an island, and built-in pantry.

The great room: a Nancy Meyer-inspired design with soaring 20-foot ceilings, overlooks the “third living room. This is a spectacular space, shielded from the sun, with a raised ceiling, fireplace, TV, full outdoor kitchen with barbecue and bar, and green space large enough for a pool.

Flanking the Great Room on the west is an incredible home office with a private entrance, built-in filing drawers, shelves and cabinets, and a bath with a sauna for at-need stress relief. There is a two-car garage that links to the alley.

There is one bedroom in the western wing, creating a private guest space with its own courtyard, and two more on the east wing along with a beautiful primary bedroom suite. Each bedroom boasts en-suite bathrooms, dark hardwood floors, spacious closets, and 12-foot ceilings. The primary bath is large and opens to a private patio for discreet sunning. There is also the ability to create an outdoor shower.

A Craft Room That Evokes Martha Stewart!

But my favorite thing, the very touch that makes me outbid you for this home, is the exterior craft room. Invoking Martha Stewart here: nestled between the home and the garage is an air-conditioned, heated room with a deep sink, counters, and shelving designed for flower arranging. I would make it the doodles’ grooming spa: a large sink for bubble baths and a counter to dry and fluff. And tons of room to store kibble.

The home 6039 Glendora was built in 1985, designed by Dallas architect Stephen Chambers, was extensively remodeled in 2019 and has been more than lovingly cherished by the current (OCD) owners who take great pride in their home. It is fastidiously maintained, regularly cleaned from top to bottom, well sited in the prime of Preston Hollow, and protected by an effective 24-hour DPD/ENT or nightly private neighborhood security patrol.

It just doesn’t get any better, because homes this size are not that abundant. So rare to find jewel boxes that are right-sized and all on one floor! The home at 6039 Glendora Ave. is listed with Susan Baldwin with Allie Beth Allman & Associates, priced at $2.699 million.