A welcoming home; one of the most iconic in all of Old Short Hills! Beautifully poised on a diagonal, with pillared portico and a circular front drive spanning two streets, this is the home that makes you smile every time you drive by it. Entering is like meeting a friend with an open heart. A reception hall with a sweeping bridal staircase sets a gracious tone for the rest of the house. An inviting living room features three sets of French doors that bring the outside in, enhanced with a focal “see-through” fireplace that connects to the sun-filled southwestern-style family room set beneath a high tray ceiling, with soaring windows, built-in bookcases and French doors that open to a brick patio accented by mature trees and plantings. The formal dining room is adorned with raised paneled wainscoting and French door which opens to a charming Juliet balcony. A handsome paneled library is clad with bookcases all around and pretty views from a focal bay window. It is a home with well proportioned rooms and well positioned windows with subdued elegant detailing. The kitchen is country-style and sun-drenched with property views from a garden window and lovely bay window in the breakfast area. There is a nearby mud room with laundry and entrances from the yard and the drive, along with door to a two-car attached garage and potting shed. Convenient back staircases to both the second floor and the lower level are an additional special feature. The second-floor master wing is set apart, light-filled with wall-to-wall carpeting over wood floors, and windows on three sides, enhanced with two custom fitted closets and a spacious updated master bath. A private guest suite, off the back staircase, is poised beneath a beamed cathedral ceiling, complete with a bath and oversized shower -- the perfect place for the pampered guest, an adored nanny or a privileged teen. Three additional bedrooms comprise an en suite bedroom with private shower over tub and bath and two others that are served by a full hall bath with tub shower. A cherry paneled study room with a large partners styled desk and custom built- ins (offering additional desk space) and custom built shelving designed to accommodate a multitude of resource material. There is plenty of leisure living to be enjoyed in the finished lower level, recreation/game room, play room and a media room with custom built-ins, along with a pathway to the outdoors and access to stone patio and grounds. A half bath, storage room and workshop/utility room complete the picture. You will feel the embrace of this home, offered for sale for the first time in a generation.
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