Popular Features in a Custom Luxury Home

Fratantoni Design • October 2, 2020

Find out the most popular features that our clients are requesting to have in their custom luxury home.

Popular Features in a Custom Luxury Home

Fratantoni Design has been helping our clients design their dream homes all over the world. These are some of the popular custom features in our luxury homes.

Courtyards

Connecting the indoor spaces with the outdoors with courtyards. These courtyards allow in some natural airflow or light into your indoor spaces. Courtyards are great for homes located in temperate climates.

Courtyard connecting indoor and outdoor spaces in a luxury custom home

Wine Cellars

Who doesn’t love wine? Imagine having a space dedicated to displaying your wine collection. Wine cellars or walls allow displaying your wine collection in a unique luxurious way. This wine wall we created for our client also doubles as a unique accent wall to this formal dining room area.

Wine wall and cellar integrated into a formal dining room

Home Bar

Having a home bar is popular with people who love to entertain. It opens up another seating area for you to entertain guests. If you’re creating a bar area in your home to display your spirits, it should be a statement piece. This is where you get the opportunity to be creative with your design.

Extravagant Foyers

The entry foyer should be just as grand as the rest of your custom luxury home. This formal Mediterranean home we designed makes an impact. It sets the tone for the rest of the home with the double staircase and chandelier as the focal point.

double staircase and chandelier in a luxury Mediterranean home

Home Theater

No need to spend the extra money on parking and expensive popcorn to have the movie theater experience. You can get the full experience in your home any day of the week.

Conclusion: Popular Features in a Custom Luxury Home

If you’re looking to build a luxury custom home fit for your lifestyle feel free to contact us. Fratantoni Design is experienced with building custom luxury estates all over the world. Take a look at some of our past projects for more inspiration.

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