Chattanooga Unifamiliare Indipendente

West Coast Mountain Modern in The Pass at Black Creek, on top of Aetna Mountain. Distinctly Dwell.

Dwell Construction is a local boutique builder that focuses on detail, design, and the way a home truly lives. This one was built the way they’d build one of their custom projects. It sits on just under half an acre backing to the woods, with nothing to be built to the left. Additionally, once the leaves drop, you get mountain views through the trees.

From the street it doesn’t look like anything else on the mountain. Low hip roofs with deep overhangs, stacked stone, dark lap siding, black-framed windows, and full-view glass garage doors. Inside, the ceilings open up. 10 feet throughout the main level, wide-plank white oak floors, and a great room that runs the full two stories, with the upstairs balcony looking down over it and a stone fireplace with a fluted panel wall that goes all the way up. The staircase has white oak treads and risers, not the painted risers you see in most new builds.

The great room’s back wall is a triple slider. Open it all the way and the living room and screened porch become one space. The porch is huge, with a vaulted tongue-and-groove ceiling, stacked stone columns, and room for lounging around the fire or al fresco dining.

The kitchen is open to the great room, and the skylights are what make it. Three of them pull natural light straight down over the island and range, so the space feels wide open while you’re cooking. Plaster-style hood, 6-burner gas range, white oak lower cabinets with painted uppers and brass hardware, and quartz that runs up the wall as the backsplash. The island seats six. The walk-in pantry behind it adds built-in shelving, a wine fridge, and its own run of counter space for extra prep, or set it up as a coffee or cocktail bar and keep the main kitchen clear. Dining sits off the kitchen with a wall of glass into the woods and its own door out to the porch. The primary suite is on the main level. Two separate floating white oak vanities, brass fixtures, a big curbless tile shower with a bench and clerestory window, and a walk-in closet with built-in shelving. Bedroom two is also on the main level with its own en suite bath, so guests or parents staying for a while have their own space without climbing stairs. Off the foyer is a multipurpose room, color drenched on the walls and ceiling. Use it as a study, an office, or a home gym. Powder room, laundry with a sink and cabinets, and a mudroom with a built-in white oak bench finish just off of the three-car garage with ceilings tall enough to add car lifts if you want them finish off the main level.

Upstairs are two more generously sized bedrooms, each with a full bath, connected by the walkway over the great room.

This home as been well appointed top to bottom, without the wait of building custom. Schedule your private showing today