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Published 4:52 pm Friday, September 21, 2007

This week’s featured home is a Craftsman-style, three-bedroom, two- and one-half bath two-story on a flat and treed 4.9-acre parcel near Granite Falls.

The house has a septic system, public water, 90-percent efficient forced air propane furnace, an offset three-car garage, and RV parking The home’s foyer is open to the second level and has Brazilian tigerwood flooring that extends throughout much of the main level. The hardwood is accented with a granite tile inlay with black walnut bordering.

Main floor features include a great-room combining formal living and dining rooms, a kitchen and informal dining area, family room, powder room, den and laundry room. An L-shaped staircase ascends to the second level, which includes a master suite, two additional bedrooms, a full bathroom and a bonus room.

French doors access the den or home office, which has two vertical wood-wrapped windows.

Great-room highlights include a vaulted ceiling, plush carpeting, radius corner edges, and several oversized windows.

The center-island kitchen includes blonde granite tile countertops, drop-down lighting, Shaker-style birch paneled cabinets with crown molding, stainless steel appliances, mosaic tile backsplash, a sink beneath two corner windows, and a walk-in pantry enclosed with a frosted glass door.

The informal dining space has 8-foot French doors accessing a covered composite deck that overlooks the private back yard.

Family room has a gas log-burning fireplace trimmed with cultured stone, and an entertainment alcove positioned above it.

Upstairs, French doors open to an extra-large master bedroom with coffered ceiling, paddlefan light fixture and two square-shaped privacy windows. A short hall with dual walk-in wardrobe closets accesses the master bathroom.

Master bathroom highlights include an elevated jetted tub with ceramic tile deck beneath corner windows, and a freestanding shower with fiberglass shell.