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First off, we have to admit that this sprawling, playfully decorated ranch-style house would have been close to the aspirational dream home of a 1970s teenager we once knew (add some blacklights and Indian tapestries, and you’re there). Second, we’re not sure who might be in the market to pay $2.5 million for an aggressively styled home built in 1972, but we hope they’re out there.
In all seriousness, this 4,778-square-foot Tarrytown home is a spectacular example of its style and era, and it has original features intact and in what looks like excellent shape. Located on almost an acre of forested land with trails, a pond, and a flat, open areas for picnicking or whatever, it’s well-sited to pull off the indoor-outdoor living functionality it inherits from earlier modernism. It’s built around a courtyard pool with floor-to-ceiling, sliding windows/doors on all sides. It has a vaulted, beamed main room as well as two additional living areas—one a sunken room that isn’t quite a conversation pit, but close—and two stacked-stone fireplaces echoed by walls and built-in cabinets that also bring the exterior-wall material inside.
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The home’s long, low lines create separate wings for public and private areas. The colorful decor extends to the wallpaper in the laundry room.
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The house has four bedrooms and five bathrooms, with the master opening to the pool area.
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Most of the rooms, including the sunken living area, open on to a deck and the foliage outside.
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- 3413 Southhill Circle NE [Engel & Völkers Austin]