Property Description
Stunning new Northwest Contemporary custom designed to frame expansive views along 72 feet of Mercer Island Lake Washington waterfront. Beautiful curb appeal combines warm tones of stucco, cedar and stone to create a truly inviting waterfront home. Easy access driveway with ample side parking for guests brings you before a modern entry courtyard featuring a spectacular oversized custom-made rift oak and bronze front door. The floor plan is open, contemporary and thoughtful. It is designed for Northwest lifestyle waterfront living on every level, inside and out. Ascend and descend the floating oak and steel staircase or ride the quiet hydraulic elevator to everywhere in the home. The front door opens onto the main level great room under thirteen-foot ceilings and walls of windows overlooking blue water, your large private dock and the majesty of Mt. Rainier. The great room boasts a floor-to-ceiling stone tile linear fireplace, rift oak built-in cabinetry, views, fabulous lighting fixtures, custom steel railing above the staircase, a dining area framed before gigantic windows and water, wide plank oak flooring, an outdoor living covered deck with a stone fireplace wall and built-in exterior heaters inset into a clear cedar ceiling. Back inside, the chef’s kitchen affords all one needs for culinary creativity, featuring rift oak cabinetry, SubZero, Wolf and Miele through a 48-inch Wolf range, SubZero refrigerator, Wolf steam oven, warming drawer, wine chiller and two Miele dishwashers. Additional features include a well-designed walk-in pantry with workstation, a beautiful white quartz waterfall island and Sun Valley Bronze cabinet pulls throughout. A glass and rift oak doored office, private powder room, and built-in cabinetry on the way to the elevator bay and the garage complete the main level of the home. Custom floating steel and oak stairs descend to the second level where high ten-foot ceilings, water views everywhere, and an easy-living floor plan create a desirable bedroom level. A big, airy foyer invites you to all the rooms on this level. The elevator opens onto it and past the bedrooms is a large, bright laundry room featuring ample built-in cabinetry, long quartz countertops, a tile floor, room for everything, and partial lake views from the window. A multi-purpose bonus room is just past the laundry room. The master suite serves as a true waterfront retreat, with a floor-to-ceiling linear stone fireplace and a private deck. The walk-in closet accommodates every need while the spa-like en suite is adorned in Calacutta marble. There are two secondary lakefront bedrooms on this level—one with a deck—that share a Jack-and-Jill bathroom. Moving down to the lake level of the home, true waterfront living opens onto a high-ceiling bonus room with a stone fireplace wall, built-in cabinetry and the space one needs for grand gatherings. A convenient kitchenette with a full height refrigerator, convection microwave oven and dishwasher are an entertainer’s delight, while guests appreciate the powder/changing room when preparing for some fun in the sun. There are two lakeside guest bedrooms on this level, with a well-appointed bath, a large second laundry room with storage, mechanical room, and the elevator. Move outdoors into a state-of-the-art entertaining area with room for summer barbecues and cocktail parties. The lake level deck is complete with an outdoor shower area, sunny entertainment space, and full-length lighted steps bringing one to the spacious, level lawn. Play a friendly game of bocce ball in the yard or roast s’mores around the granite gas firepit. The new, large dock accommodates deep-water moorage and serves as a launch pad onto the best water sport location on Lake Washington. There are a total of six above ground decks to enhance outdoor living comprised of low maintenance TimberTech. A refined lakeside lifestyle in a bright and sunny south-end location with award-winning Mercer Island schools.