Chateau, Texas Style, Estate of the Day
Filed under: Estates

What is it about Texas that seems to inspire people to build chateau-style homes there. You get it in South Florida too but the Texan version always seems a bit more elaborate, striving more for a Disneyed-up fantasy than versimilitude. Today's home, in Frisco, Texas is French luxury, gated community style. The home is on 1.36 acres and boasts marble floors and walls and all sorts of grand space including a large kitchen, sumptuous master suit etc.. But the home really goes for broke with murals, stained glass and vaulted wood beam ceilings. Some rooms with brick and dark wood seem vaguely Tudor, others with large columned arches evoke the Italian renaissance, the gilt detailed ceiling in the dining room seems vaguely French and then we have the muraled turret retreat which reminds me a little of the Bavarian-themed beergarden down the street. A rather curious home indeed. It is listed at $4.295 million. After the jump, painted statuary in the stairwell.
[Thanks, randkris]
Whitney Houston Dead: Singer Dies at 48, Body Found in Beverly Hilton Hotel
Whitney Houston Autopsy: Cause of Death Determined?
Whitney Houston, Bobbi Kristina: Late Singer's Daughter Hospitalized
Whitney Houston Dead: Stars React to Legend's Sudden Death
Grammy Red Carpet 2012 (PHOTOS)
Grammy 2012 Winners' List: Adele Sweeps Music's Biggest Night
Katy Perry Grammy Performance 2012: Did the Diva Diss Her Ex-Hubby With Revealing New Song?
Jennifer Hudson Whitney Tribute: Grammy President Reveals Why Singer Was Chosen for Musical Memorial
5-Hour Energy: A Success Equal Parts Caffeine, Chemistry and Meditation
There's only one thing to do when the Nürburgring is covered in snow...