![]() ![]() There’s a saltwater pool with a gazebo for dining and entertaining in the front courtyard. Designed by Mike Kaiser of Kaiser Trabue, the landscaping has an authentic Tuscan feel, with cypress trees, boxwood hedges, and topiaries. A covered terrace with wood ceilings runs along the back of the house. On the lower level is a wine cellar, a tasting room, a media room, and a guest suite with its own kitchen and sitting area. ![]() The master suite, one of four bedrooms, has Ultrasuede wall coverings, hand-laid walnut parquet floors, and French doors that open onto a terrace. ![]() In the kitchen, there’s a butler’s pantry. Beyond the entryway, topped by a groin-vaulted ceiling, the grand living room features clerestory windows and is open to the dining area, which has African mahogany panels and a carved 16th-century Italian marble mantel. Every detail in the villa is considered, including pecky cypress wood ceilings, Venetian-plaster walls and archways, and custom-made mahogany doors. This beautiful old-world home transports you to Tuscany in the 15th century, but it’s actually a new construction, designed in 2006 by architect Bobby McAlpine and built by Scott McLean just two blocks from the University of North Carolina’s Chapel Hill campus.
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