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www.privateairny.com Private Air New York | Fall 2016 31 PROPERTY with its marvelous surroundings, offering a view that is at once thrilling and majestic, inviting and intriguing. With an impressively gracious 12,000 sq. ft. of living and entertaining spaces, Listowel is the perfect setting for entertaining and family life. A 3,000 volume library greets guests as they enter the soaring, two story entry replete with fireplace and grand staircase. Clad in hardwoods stained to emphasis the depth of the grain and waxed to introduce a soft gleam to the walls; the library is a memorable entry space where the style of a proper English club seems to artfully collide with a well-honed modern aesthetic. e library is adjacent to a large living room, equally impressive in its attention to detail. Here, intimate conversation areas reside within a large space featuring a fireplace and three sets of French doors that open up to the expansive covered porch beyond. Also on the main level of the home, a smoking room with beautiful bay window and access to the home's eastern facing covered porch, a formal dining room with exquisite and unforgettable hand-painted chinois wallpaper, French doors that deliver convenient access to the estate's outdoor living spaces, and yet another fireplace to help set the romantic tone for a perfect dinner party. To make entertaining both large crowds and cozy gatherings even more pleasurable, there is a butler's pantry that leads to a chef 's kitchen that is nothing short of sigh-worthy. With coolly elegant marble floors and walls, the kitchen is a marvelously executed dream for the serious cook. Large, stainless steel islands offer seating for appreciative onlookers without compromising the space needed to create even the most ambitious menu. A walk-in pantry provides nearly infinite storage space and an army of commercial grade, top of the line appliances including one double Wolf range ensure that even the simplest of meals is

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