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Copper sinks, a working pantry and butler’s pantry highlight this gourmet kitchen with a two-story ceiling.

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Linda Sowell from Sowell & Company and Janice Bazan show off the home (below) Bazan designed and built at 34 Belleair Drive.

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The main hallway crosses in the front part of the home, past the front door to access either stairwell.

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Off the front entrance, a banquet-size dining room boasts a crystal chandelier and a floor inlaid with mahogany planks.

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Wide-open living spaces make this home perfect for entertaining.

Belleair Woods — one of Memphis’ most attractive and convenient areas just off Poplar Avenue and across the street from Overton Park — is now home to a new home at 34 Belleair Drive.

But this is not your typical residence. It’s actually more of a luxury resort. And with 13 rooms that include an entertainment center, a gourmet kitchen with two-story ceiling, a home theater room plus a spacious master retreat with steam shower and separate his-and-her baths, this is a personally decorated and tastefully designed home for the family or individual who is at ease with the $1,799,000 asking price.

“This residence is unique. It’s one of a kind. That’s the way Janice Bazan designed it, and I don’t know of anything in Memphis that compares with it,” said Linda Sowell, Sowell & Company sales agent for owner and home designer Janice Bazan.

“This home is a Janice Bazan creation,” Sowell adds. “She is a commercial real estate investor from California who had the opportunity to make the design selections for this home so she put her heart and soul into it. She spared no expense anywhere in this home.”

With over 7,000 square feet to work with, she made this home a retreat for the residents and the perfect place to entertain family, friends and business associates.

The home’s surroundings make it easy to imagine what visitors might experience.

After arriving and parking their car on the home’s auto court, guests enter through dramatic double iron doors and find themselves initially in the home’s 25-foot-long art gallery foyer which is crowned with crystal chandeliers and an impressive barrel ceiling. A few steps away is the banquet-size dining room complemented by another crystal chandelier and a floor inlaid with mahogany planks that mirror the three-dimensional beams on the ceiling.

Dinner is served from a gourmet kitchen complete with top-of-the-line Thermador appliances, copper sinks, a working pantry and a butler’s pantry, while beverages for the dinner originate from the dining room’s own adjacent wine cellar.

After dinner, guests are invited to relax in the home’s large keeping room that overlooks the lush, landscaped backyard that features a combined waterfall and Koi pond.

What visitors might not get to see when they first visit this home are its 6 1/2 bathrooms adorned with Kohler sinks and tubs, travertine tile and granite countertops, and its six bedrooms that include the secluded, handicap-friendly guest suite, the master suite complete with fireplace, coffee bar, his-and-her closets and a balcony exit that leads to the outdoor spiral staircase, or the upstairs entertainment room that sports its own kitchen and wet bar.

Obviously, we don’t have room to mention every amenity here, but would you like to be among the few who get to see everything that this unique home has to offer? For more information, visit 34belleairdrive.com or capstonepropertyinvestments.com on the Web, give Linda Sowell a call at her office at Sowell and Company — 278-4380 — or ring her cell phone at 277-4380. She’ll be glad to answer your questions and to arrange for a personal showing of this one-of-a-kind home at a time convenient for you.

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