Tall white columns rise the full height of the front portico, sheltering the arched entrance and its brick steps.

Linda Shafer, LindaSellsTheCoast.com

With the front door open, the foyer's arched transom and dark wood floors welcome a view straight through to the trees outside.

From further down the hall, a gallery of framed landscapes lines the wall opposite the stairs, leading the eye toward a chandelier-lit room beyond.

Looking toward the dining room from the stair landing, a vintage steamer trunk sits tucked beneath the banister's turned newel post.

In the dining room, an ornate brass chandelier hangs above a wood table set beneath tall windows dressed in plantation shutters.

Another angle of the dining room shows the table dressed for company, framed by figurative artwork on deep green walls.

A skylit octagonal hall in deep plum tones displays a run of figurative paintings above a burl-wood sideboard.

From the main floor nook, glass doors open onto a covered porch and pool below.

From the sitting area, French doors frame a view toward the water.

A built-in wet bar with a diamond-lattice wine rack and glass-front display cabinets sits steps from the screened porch, its glass doors framing the seating area beyond.

At the island's twin prep sinks, plantation-shuttered windows fill the cook's station with daylight, with a built-in bookshelf tucked into the corner beyond.

Just past the kitchen island, a fireside sitting area is a great spot for wingback chairs with French doors that frame a distant view of open water.

A brightly painted floral vase tops a marble-topped bombe chest at the center of the room, with a gilt eagle mirror over the mantel and a grand piano visible through the far doorway.

Looking back across the room from beside the fireplace, the space opens through an archway, with the grand piano tucked into the far corner.

The piano's fallboard catches the light beneath a vaulted ceiling, with the doorway beyond opening straight into the honey-toned wood-paneled study.

A framed seascape hangs above the black marble fireplace, while a backgammon board sits ready on the antique games table below the ornate hanging light.

Looking straight up, the octagonal cupola steps inward in receding frames of crown molding toward a small central skylight.

On the opposite side of the same landing, a campaign-style chest and dresser flank the doorways, with a round tray table set inside the stair rail beneath more framed artwork.

Peering straight down through the octagonal stair rail, the patterned rug and burl cabinet of the entry foyer come into view a full story below.

Turning back down the same hall, built-in glass shelves display pottery and a boat model between two more coastal paintings, with the stairwell visible at the far end.

This bedroom includes a marble fireplace topped by a tall mirror with exquisite views of the rolling landscape below.

Floor-to-ceiling mirrors stretch the length of this bath, doubling the marble-topped vanity and the glass shower enclosure at the far end.

Terracotta walls hold a still-life of oysters and a shelf of collected pottery in this passage, which opens on one side to a room with its own fireplace and tall wood cabinet.

This principle suite has exceptional warmth and extravagant views of the landscape and water beyond.

The view of the landscape beyond from the second prinicple suite

A cherry vanity with a black granite countertop and a lit mirrored niche gives this bath a furniture-like presence.

Floor-to-ceiling cherry cabinetry lines one wall of the bath, with a glass-enclosed shower and a tile floor set with diamond accents at the other end.

A gallery of small framed pieces lines this terracotta-toned hallway, leading to a cushioned window seat beneath louvered shutters.

I this bedroom a four-poster bed and botanical prints set a quiet tone in this lavender bedroom, with a cedar chest at the foot of the bed.

A slim glass shower stall tucks into the corner of this bath, opposite a small wood-framed mirror above the toilet.

Woven rattan chairs with red cushions face an antique trestle desk in this light-filled study, with coastal-toned artwork on the walls.

A botanical toile shower curtain adds pattern to this bath, finished with a cherry vanity and a mirror framed in dark wood.

A secondary staircase with oak treads switches back beneath a skylight, lit by a window at the landing above.

At the top of the house, an octagonal cupola wrapped in windows offers a full circle of treetop and water views beneath its wood-paneled ceiling.

Stepping past the front door, an antique carved oak bar with jewel-toned stained glass panels comes into view, opening onto the brick-walled den.

A plaid sofa and pair of skirted ottomans face the brick fireplace here, with the antique carved bar visible at the far end of the open room.

Behind the bar, etched mirrors and carved oak paneling reflect the stained-glass ceiling panels overhead, with glassware and a stocked shelf ready for entertaining.

A four-poster bed with a red coverlet anchors this bedroom, its brick fireplace and leopard-print cabinet doors set against floor-to-ceiling floral drapery.

Pulled back further, the bedroom opens through double doors to an adjoining sitting room, with a plaid loveseat and armchair arranged near the brick hearth.