Home of the week: A Dedham house with dramatic details
With its stucco finish, this Dedham house has the appearance of an Italian villa and, with its plethora of peaks, a French country home.
With its stucco finish, this house has the appearance both of an Italian villa and, with its plethora of peaks, a French country home. But inside, it’s about Betty Riaz, the fashionista who reinvented herself as a “yogaista’’ at Stil Studio in Dedham.
Riaz converted an office in the front of the house into a meditation room using Eastern influences and dark wallpaper to accompany a wood-slat bed.
The quiet retreat is needed because this home — in Dedham’s prestigious Precinct One neighborhood — has design drama, starting with the foyer. Its carved-mahogany doors are the highlight of a space where the ceiling with two skylights soars 45 feet. To the right of the foyer, the ceilings dip to a still-impressive 15 feet in the living room, which has a fireplace and rec-tangular windows crowned by transoms.
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Head toward the back of the house and the space becomes more intimate. The kitchen, which is open to the family room, features granite-topped counters, a soapstone sink, an island, cherry cabinets (some with glass fronts), and stainless-steel appliances. The breakfast area, with a French door to a bluestone terrace, sits in a bump-out between the kitchen and the family room, which is centered on a fieldstone fireplace. The 19-by-14-foot dining room is tucked away off the kitchen. Two half baths and a mudroom complete this floor.
The master suite sits halfway between the first and second floors and is lovely. The bedroom, though not large, is voluminous. There is a gas fireplace in one corner, and sunlight pours in from a bank of four windows.
Architect Karlis Grinbergs’s use of sharp edges and soft curves gives each room visual drama: The doorway into the master bath has two layers and is topped by an arch. Just inside the bathroom are dual walk-in closets. Counters topped with Carrara marble each house a sink and flank the pathway to the room’s focal point: an oval soaking tub. The bath also has a shower with multiple heads. The laundry room is stationed outside the master suite.
A short set of stairs leads to the second floor and three bedrooms, two of which have en suite baths. The bathroom for the third bedroom is across a short gallery. All of the bedrooms have generous closet space.
The third floor houses a studio and eaves storage.
The lower level offers an additional 2,041 square feet of living space and holds the fifth bedroom, with an en suite bath; media and entertainment areas; a wine cellar; and a playroom.
The home sits on 1.63 acres and overlooks the Dedham Country and Polo Club across the street.
Listing broker Hope McDermott of Hope McDermott Real Estate in Dedham will hold an open house Sunday, Jan. 17, from noon to 2 p.m.
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