Some houses just end up being the house — the one where everyone shows up at Thanksgiving without being asked, where the kids disappear upstairs and the adults can actually hear each other, where two ovens running at once doesn’t feel like a crisis. The Whitfield is designed around exactly that kind of household: a generous open main floor with a dining area that fits the whole extended family, and a bonus room upstairs that earns its square footage every single holiday season.
Specifications
- Sq. Ft.: 4,021
- Bedrooms: 4
- Bathrooms: 4.5
Floor Plan
Open living, kitchen, and dining anchor the center of the main floor, with the master suite pulled to one end for privacy and the three remaining bedrooms clustered at the other. A rear porch, mud room, butler’s pantry, and study fill in the edges — the kind of supporting cast that makes daily life actually function.
Floor Plan
The bonus room sits upstairs with dormer windows and direct access to attic storage.
Editor’s Note: Separating the master from the other three bedrooms is a deliberate call, and it pays off most during the holidays — parents get a genuine retreat while the kids’ wing handles its own noise. That bonus room upstairs pulls double duty as guest overflow or a place to route the teenagers when dinner conversation needs to survive dessert. Families who host regularly will also appreciate the butler’s pantry sitting between the kitchen and entry, which keeps the catering chaos from bleeding into the main cooking zone.
Pivot Door, Parquet Entry, and a View That Earns Its Keep
A black-framed pivot door opens onto a green lawn beyond, framing the view before you’re even inside. The parquet medallion inlaid in the wood floor anchors the foyer and signals that this entry means something, while gold chandelier arms in the adjacent great room pull warmth into an otherwise cool-toned palette without fighting the dark framing.
History Corner: Pivot doors date back to ancient Egypt, where heavy stone slabs rotated on top and bottom pins rather than side hinges — a hardware concept that survived millennia largely unchanged before steel framing made oversized glass versions practical for residential use. Builders reach for them today because they’re one of the few door types that read as genuinely architectural rather than just functional.
Slate Tile Tower, Linear Fireplace, and a TV Mount That’s Ready for Its Close-Up
Large-format charcoal slate tiles run floor to ceiling, anchoring a linear gas fireplace and a low tiled hearth bench that pushes the wall physically into the room. It’s a lot of surface area, but the scale earns it.
Style Math: Dark slate against white walls works because the contrast does the heavy lifting on its own — no furniture required. Slate’s natural variation also means no two installations come out looking identical, which is why builders lean on it for statement walls instead of a painted finish that any contractor can replicate.
Pot Filler, Black Marble Slab, and a Range That Means Business
Leathered black marble climbs floor-to-ceiling behind the range, with a brass pot filler mounted directly above it. Light oak cabinetry keeps the wall from going oppressive, and wide-plank flooring connects the cooking zone to the prep island without making a fuss about it.
- Pro-style ranges with sealed burners are easier to clean than open-burner models, since spills don’t fall through the grates.
- Pot fillers save a lot of trips across the kitchen during big meals, particularly with stock pots that become genuinely awkward to carry when full.
- Slab backsplashes that run to the ceiling eliminate the visual interruption of a grout line, so the wall reads as one continuous surface rather than a grid.
Where the vanities set the tone, the tub is what stops you at the door.
Fluted Wood Wall, Bubble Chandelier, and a Soaking Tub That Earns the Square Footage
The chandelier cluster drops globe pendants low enough to feel intimate despite the tall ceiling — a trick that matters in a room this size. Behind the tub, a fluted wood accent wall keeps things warm without veering rustic. Freestanding soaking tubs skip the deck and surround entirely, which makes cleaning around the base far less of a project than the built-in alternative. Gold hardware on the fixtures ties back to the lighting without hammering the point.
Coffered Ceiling, Built-In Shelving, and Light Wood That Pulls It All Down to Earth
A dark coffered ceiling with recessed lighting reads almost like a structural statement on its own. Below it, gray built-ins run the length of one wall — open shelving on top, cabinet storage on the bottom, brass hardware preventing the whole thing from going too cold. Wide-plank pale oak flooring brings the room back to earth. None of it competes.
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