Jack Warner Design
Montecito, California
$3,495,000

Residence

Price: $3,495,000
Architect: Jack Warner
Style: Contemporary
Year Built: 1966
APN: 011-110-39
Acreage: Approx. 1.0

Built in 1966 by the current owners, this expansively proportioned home offers an excellent floor plan for entertaining and gracious appointments like basket weave parquet floors, extensive mouldings, handsome marble fireplace mantels and a generous use of mirrored walls to magnify the already generous spaces. The entire southern wing of the home is devoted to the master suite, made up of a large bedroom, a sitting room and two separate dressing rooms and baths all of which open to a private, walled terrace. The opposite wing of the home accommodates the kitchen, utility room and staff bedroom.

Entry Hall: 36' x 8', 13' ceiling
The Entry has two sets of facing eleven-foot tall double doors, one from the outer courtyard into the home, the other from the Entry Hall into the Living Room. Mirrored walls at either end of this corridor enhance the spaciousness of this room. Black and white marble tiles form the flooring. For storage, there is a cloak closet. Two skylights admit natural light.

Living Room: 26' x 26', 13' ceiling
The centerpiece of this room is a four-foot diameter crystal chandelier, hung beneath a skylight. Another feature is the French fireplace, set in a mirrored wall, with marble hearth, surround and mantel. The flooring is oak, basket-weave parquet, bordered by mahogany. The room is finished with crown and floor mouldings. Eleven-foot double French doors flank the fireplace and lead to the Atrium.

Atrium: 23' x 15'
This glass-walled sunroom has views of the mountains and double French doors opening onto the expansive bricked pool terrace. The black and white marble tile flooring matches that of the Entry. Mini-blinds provide shade or privacy.

Dining Room: 16' x 16'
The Dining Room is richly appointed with Fortuni silk upholstered walls, parquet flooring, a crystal chandelier, and sculpted plaster medallion ceiling and crown moulding. Eleven-foot glass French doors provide access to the rear pool deck and the side gardens. There is a storage closet for linens and silverware.

Kitchen: 17' x 17'
The Kitchen is conveniently located off the Dining Room. It features a breakfast area in addition to a butler’s pantry/home office area with large storage cabinets and Corian desk and countertops. Double doors open to the pathway along the side of the house. General Electric appliances include a Frost Guard refrigerator/freezer; built-in, self-cleaning double ovens and a Potscrubber 1200 dishwasher. It is also equipped with a Thermador warming oven, a five-burner electric cooktop, a Nutone in-counter mixer and a double stainless steel sink. The Kitchen is accented with patterned tile flooring and a hand-painted tile backsplash.

Laundry: 11' x 7'
Adjacent to the Kitchen is the laundry. A large enamel utility sink is set in the Formica counter and there is a decorative floral tile backsplash. The washer and dryer fit beneath the countertop. There are under-counter and floor-to-ceiling cabinets for storage. A glass door opens onto the side yard.

Staff Bedroom 16' x 14'
This carpeted room has a private double-door entrance from the side garden and a floor-to-ceiling window overlooking the entry courtyard. It has a private lav and metal shower bath. Bookcases line one wall, there are two closets with shelving and rods and a built-in ironing board.

Master Wing

Den/Sitting Room: 15' x 14'
The focal point of this room is the marble fireplace that has a carved Adams pine mantel and surround. A full-wall window to the front courtyard is surrounded by storage cabinets. Décor includes a brass chandelier, brocade-covered walls finished by floor and crown moulding and wall-to-wall carpeting.

Man's Bath
Appointed with mirror-fronted cabinets and a mirrored wall above the designer sink, this Bath has a skylight and marble tile flooring. The glass-fronted tiled shower and lav are located in a separate room with its own skylight.

Man's Dressing Area
This carpeted storage/dressing area has two walls of closets, a skylight and a brass candelabra chandelier.

Master Bedroom: 26' x 16'
Double glass French doors provide natural light and access to a private brick side terrace and the pool terrace at the rear of the home. An interior set of double doors open onto the Living Room. The gas-starter fireplace with marble hearth, surround and mantel brings warmth to the room, as does the wall-to-wall carpeting. Bookcases along one wall provide storage.

Lady's Bath/Dressing Area
A sunken tub, with marble surround, has mirrored walls, dolphin fixtures and a chandelier. There are matching wall sconces on the mirrored wall above the designer sink. The marble element is carried through in the countertop, as well as the floor of the water closet, with skylight, containing the toilet and bidet. The flooring is wall-to-wall carpeting. There are several storage closets with decorative floral decoupage paneled doors and a fold-down ironing board. Dutch, glass double doors open onto the private brick terrace with latticework espalier.

Pool & Pool House

Pool: 40' x 20'
There are panoramic mountain views from the rear terrace and pool. The pool is set in a herringbone patterned brick deck that is surrounded by hedges and ornamental Eugenia lollipop trees. A magnolia forms a central feature at the rear of the pool area.

Office/Pool House: 18' x 15'
Privately located behind the hedges surrounding the pool, this Cabana/Office has a double glass door entry, shower bath, double closet, gas space heater, built-in bookcases over cabinets and windows overlooking the side and rear yards. The flooring in the bath is white tile with blue accents; wall-to-wall carpeting covers the main room.

Potting Shed
A lattice-enclosed potting shed provides for preparation of plants and storage of gardening supplies. Mature landscaping, includes oaks, firs, Eugenia, citrus, succulents, ornamental grasses, roses, jasmine, honeysuckle, bird of paradise and native wildflowers. The extensive gardens feature hedges, latticework espaliers, ornamental topiaries and raised bed plantings; all connected by lighted, brick pathways.

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