The lot at 4633 Cherokee Trail should have been a challenge to design, says listing agent Leelee Gioia. At about a third of an acre, the Bluffview property is smaller than its neighbors and shaped like a pie slice. But when the current owners hired Bodron Fruit to design their home, which was completed in 2006, the contemporary architectural design firm drew a plan that fit the lot lines perfectly.
Sometimes, an oddly shaped lot can be disorienting, Gioia says. “It’s weird to understand the house.” But Bodron Fruit were careful with angles. The rooms still feel spacious, and they added a dramatic vaulted ceiling—11 feet tall at its midpoint—in the formal living and dining rooms. “They tailored the house to this beautiful lot that appears to be as big as the other properties around them,” she says.
Bodron Fruit also took advantage of the lush environs. Like many properties in Bluffview, the property is home to a variety of trees, like Japanese maples. There are “beautiful deciduous trees that lose their leaves and turn yellow,” Gioia says. “It’s a beautiful house in the fall.” The architects worked a wealth of massive windows into the home’s plan, so nearly everywhere you look, there’s green. The result is breathtaking, she says. Especially, as you walk up the pathway to the front door and see the bursts of green through the windows to the backyard.
“You just have this feeling of infinite space,” she says.
Beyond the windows, the firm put thought and care into the details of the property, she says. There are patinaed copper details, a fountain, Douglas fir paneling, and Leuders limestone on the exteriors. Inside, “it’s not a cold, angular minimalist interior.” While modern, the rooms are warmed by dark-stained wide-plank white oak floors. Bodron Fruit prioritized consistency, installing Lagos Azul quartz counters in all the bathrooms and Douglas fir cabinets, paneling, and walls throughout.
The resulting home is a peaceful escape, Gioia says. “I swear my blood pressure goes down every time I walk in that house.”
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*A previous version of this story did not mention Anne Goyer as a listing agent for the home. This has been corrected.
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