Eyewear mogul Richard Golden lives in spacious style on the east side. See 19 more views below.
(Photos: Lux Partners Global)
Yes, kids -- it's another installment of property-gawking, aka See How They Decorate.
Today's presentation features a five-bedroom mansion on Windmill Pointe Drive, six blocks east of Alter Road (in Grosse Pointe Park, to be precise).
The 1929 spread with 200 feet of waterfront is listed at $4.75 million by widely recognized optometrist Richard ("Sexy Specs") Golden, 73-year-old past owner of D.O.C. Optics Corp. and owner of SEE Inc., a national eyewear chain that he started in March 1998.
Artwork, furnishings and other decor choices are a matter of personal taste, though letting voyeurs see a lifestyle of the rich and prominent opens the way for judgments -- which we'll leave to you.
Richard Golden, now 73, danced and pranced in this getup to advertise eyeglass frames.
Golden's 14,547-square-foot showplace on nearly two acres originally was designed for hotshot Detroit lawyer Hal H. Smith by Smith, Hinchman & Grylls, a local architectural firm that also was a big deal. The Detroit News posts these specs, so to speak:
One of the estate's features is its two-story library, designed with 21-foot ceilings, a second-floor walk-around, natural fireplace and more than 1,000 square feet.
Other highlights include a formal dining room, living room and hand-muraled ceilings by renowned artist Andre Sikora. ... A blue stone patio surrounds the heated in-ground pool and greenhouse. There's also a double-entry driveway lined with Belgium block granite, and a four-car garage.
See for yourself in this 47-second video and 19 photos from agent Nicholas Asplund of Lux Partners Global, a Sotheby International Realty affiliate in Grosse Pointe Farms:
This lavish salon looks ready for a "Masterpiece Theater" taping.
No casual meals at this table beneath a domed ceiling mural.
Whoa now, is this a home or the rare manuscripts library at a well-endowed university?
That spacious library looks more like a poublic reading room than a residential gathering room.
The 21-foot-high library ceiling has a mural by Andre Sikora.
A busy, dizzying melange of fabrics, ceramics, woodwork and lighting.
In homes this size, it's called a grand entry for a reason.
Between the heavy-handedness is a more casual second-floor seating nook.
World travel mementoes are on display in Golden's den.
It may look like Masonic Temple, but it's another part of the palatial place at Windmill Pointe.
Sitting room with decorative flair.
One of the five bedrooms.
Guest bedroom with beach-theme artwork.
"Luxury-size bedroom," in Realtor-speak.
The room where it happens, food-wise, is next to a casual dining area (if that word applies anywhere here).
Let's watch a movie in theater-style basement loungers.
Passage between galleries . . . er, rooms.
Because of course . . .
This concludes today's tour of the suburban home that eyewear sales bought.
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