Dream Home Designs: 2010

The Luxury Interior Design

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Today's estate, Chaseholme, is located in the heart of the Cornish Art Colony in Cornish, New Hampshire. The Cornish Art Colony had its heyday from 1885 to 1917 and attracted creative types including Maxfield Parrish, Isadora Duncan and President Woodrow Wilson whose made his Harlakenden house in Cornish, his summer White House. Artists were drawn to Cornish's scenery and by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, the sculptor who had a large network of students and friends.

The original home was built in 1797 and has been renovated and expanded over the years. The approximately 6,000-square-foot residence now has seven bedrooms and the 13-acre property includes a heated pool, bath house, greenhouse, tennis court and barn. The Federal-style home has eight fireplaces and has been renovated with an eye to keeping the spirit of the original home. Some accommodations for modern tastes have been made, a bathroom with a fireplace in it also boasts a separate shower and spa tub.

Luxury Home : Steven Hilton in Malibu

Philanthropist Steven M. Hilton may be most famous for being Paris and Nicky's uncle but he's also the the president and CEO of the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation. Berg Properties Big Time Listings reports that he has listed a lovely four-bedroom contemporary home in the Ramirez Canyon area of Malibu. The home sits on over two acres and was built in 2000. There are two master bedrooms and dramatic high ceilings accented with skylights. Outside there is a pool and spa with a waterfall and large decks and patios. This is the home which was involved in a thwarted robbery attempt at the end of last year just days after Hilton's niece Paris was robbed. Hilton bought the home in 2002 for $1.625 million but wants $2.96 million for the home now.

Outdoor Living Space - The New Luxury Item

One of the hottest trends we are seeing in Florida is the extension of the home into the outdoors. The new must-have for the luxury homeowner is an outdoor space with pool, fire pit, sofa, pillows, pergolas, and state-of-the art grilling centers. These are now top selling features in upscale homes. Fireplace in the back yard? Not a problem. More and more home buyers are looking for a place to hang out in the fantastic Florida climate and enjoy the day late into the night. I think the high stressed and hard-working homeowners want to enjoy the outdoors to the fullest and the new outdoor living room is just the answer.

When you are thinking back yard…it’s not just a screened pool anymore. It’s a fireplace, a waterfall, a lounge area. It’s so much more. It’s totally zen and a spa-like retreat for the work weary.

Modern backyard landscape design takes the traditional, simple lawn and extends the enjoyable living space of your home into the natural appeal of the outdoors. Today’s outdoor living spaces incorporate all the elements of indoor living, from purposeful living areas to detailed accents, to create a true estate home that is enjoyable throughout.

Creating an outdoor ambience is critical and should compliment your home design and style. It should be a place to entertain, relax and to bond. Look for this trend to continue well into the next few years.

Be It Ever so Humble…it’s HOME

by Linda Hutchinson

There’s no place like home but let’s face it - when it comes to luxury homes, no one is eating humble pie. Most people now think of home as the place where homeowners can strut their stuff.

Home is the new place to show off. With the advent of designer show homes and the popularity of HGTV we have created a sub-culture of decorating wanna-bees who go over the top with the latest in design and luxury touches.

When was the last new home you saw that did not include (a) stainless steel appliances (b) bowl bathroom sinks (c) Mediterranean exterior (d) all of the above. The amazing thing is a lack of originality and the fact that too much is not too much. In a time where the economy is tanking…excess is in. As F. Scott Fitzgerald once said “The rich are different from you and me.”

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Luxury Home : Montgomery Township

I love this one. A classic 1800s New Jersey farmhouse that has been given a classically lovely updating. The six-bedroom house is one 47 acres in Montgomery Township but the home boasts a Princeton mailing address. The grounds include a tennis court with a gazebo and cutesy blobs of shrubbery and a pool with a large pool house. The six bedroom main house includes a formal dining room, eat-in kitchen and plenty of rooms stuffed with cozy couches that are placed for conversation not for television watching. In fact I didn't spot a single giant television in any of the listing pictures, instead there is art over the fireplace. Truly beautiful.