I spent three hours in a $40,000,000 (yes that's forty million dollars) last night. This was truly a once in a lifetime experience. The home is 22,779 square feet. Everywhere you turn in this home you are looking at some magnificent (and VERY expensive) piece of art. These people are personal friends of Dale Chihuly so there are an amazing number of beautiful glass pieces throughout the home, including the mammoth chandelier in the front entryway. I could write about this home for hours. We thought we would only be there for an hour and a half. We found that even in three hours you could really only get a glimpse of what the home is like. Take a look at the pictures below and realize that pictures do not do this home justice. You really have to be there to experience the magnificence.

Below you are greeted in the entryway by the Chihuly chandelier. Most of the flooring that you see was brought in from Africa.

This is the entryway to the family room. It's also an art gallery of sorts.

Below is a picture of the patio outside the family room. What you don't see is that the patio is really very huge and has a full waterfront view of Lake Washington and partial views of downtown Seattle. We had the most amazing sunset last night as we watched the city lights begin to glow amongst the backdrop of the golden sky.

This is a hand made fireplace that is anchored in the wall in such a way that even an earthquake couldn't remove it.

This is the dining room. It has an amazing view and that is real pressed gold in the ceiling.

Huge living room below the entryway.

One of two wine cellars with an amazing collection of wines from around the world. These people actually hold wine auctions to raise money for charity.

This is one of the many luxurious powder rooms. This one has solid gold (yes, real gold) sinks.

This lap pool is as amazing as it looks. In fact it's even more amazing. Those are hand painted Egyptian columns and the pool is filled with imported salt water.

This is the master bedroom. Again the picture does not do it justice. This room has one of the most amazing views I have ever seen.

Master bathroom with the tub in the center of the room.

Halfway from the home to the water there is a fully stocked trout pond. All of the landscaping is incredible. The home has a 7 person staff that maintains the home full time including a house manager and personal chef.

This is the view from the patio that I mentioned earlier. The dock that you see below holds their 130 foot yacht.

Columns flown in from Africa.

This is the entryway if you are looking out the front door. When we left it was dark and the lighting was so perfect we felt like we were at a resort in Hawaii. One of the things that we noticed about the property was that every single thing both inside and out was meticulously brought to perfection.

This is the outdoor pool. This whole area is incredible.

Hey if you would like to buy this home give my wife Cynthia a call.

206.478.7900

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On Saturday we spent the day in downtown Seattle. We met up with a friend of ours named and her very cute shih tzu.