43 Blue Heron Irvine, CA 92603

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Even more beautiful in person, this chic and glamorous custom estate in Shady Canyon offers iconic craftsmanship in this modern Spanish Colonial-Style architecture. Situated on a corner lot, the home offers unparalleled quality and design sense for today’s living. Living like a single level home with a recreational subterranean level, this outstanding residence is a perfect blend of bright cozy spaces and calming aesthetics with an outdoor focused approach. The generous steel windows and French doors connect every room – many on both sides- to one of the home's countless outdoor vignettes. Upon entry through the stunning rotunda foyer, the home unfolds - each room with curated materials and design elements from contemporary Carrera marble countertops, wall finishes including white wood paneling and playful wallpaper, and transitional Paul Ferrante light fixtures to intricate tile work and magnificent beamed ceilings giving nod to its Santa Barbara inspiration. Every space beckons you to sit and stay with fireplaces in nearly every room, the formal living room with its bar niche, formal dining room flanked by both courtyard and rear yard with comprehensive outdoor kitchen beside the barbecue - your entertaining will be flawless. The chef-caliber kitchen is white and bright with high ceilings, and beautiful antique herringbone brick flooring, Wolf range and Sub-Zero glass door refrigerator and opens to both a proper breakfast room and also the family room. The master bedroom suite embodies true respite with its retreat area at entry, private loggia, patio and garden, dual bathrooms and dressing rooms and office nook. Also on the main level, a secondary bedroom wing offers two bedroom suites, each with French doors opening to separate courtyards. The subterranean level is a dream with a cool game room and luxurious movie theater, charming guest room and a behemoth wine cellar perfect for a true wine enthusiast with both temperature-controlled area and also storage/tasting area. Outside is simply your own hidden oasis, with pristine pool and sunning terrace, outdoor kitchen with pocket doors that open completely to the barbecue area and with a serving window out to the pool terrace, and al fresco dining beside a water feature that spans the entire length of its patio. Other highlights include a tower office with its own dedicated entrance, 3-car garage, and gated motor court with additional parking.