Celina, Texas Ranch Has Love and Longhorns! Share a Toothbrush, Never a Potty

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I saw this ranch (listed with Brian Smith of Dave Perry-Miller, used to be Ellen Terry) Thursday while on a photo shoot and almost whipped out my checkbook. Truth be told, the photos on line simply do not do it justice. This is ranch country, baby, Celina. (The town of Celina is adorable, by the way.)

Go way up 289 past Deion Sanders place, which is looking spiffy now after all his remodeling, and you come to Celina, where the roads are like Costa Rica. Yes, we got a little detour when we found the FM (that’s Farm to Market Road) was out. Here’s how I knew we were in the country: the road repairman told me to grab a horse to get to the other side!

This home is 6500 square feet and loaded with the details of love. The ranch is almost 58 acres on a hilltop with a terrific view of the pastures and 20 miles north of Celina — hello, Oklahoma! You get five bedrooms, four and a half baths, five fireplaces including one splat in front of the master tub, thick antique pine floors everywhere (stone in wet areas) that are heated, great gourmet kitchen with all the stuff, master with sitting area and something that it going on my Greatest Home Wish List: a secret but serious walk-in closet off HER Master bedroom closet — that is, a closet off a closet! Oh, and this home owner also put TWO commodes in the master, which I also think is a must-have. Share your toothbrush, not your potty. As if the downstairs with those formals and that master is not enough, upstairs is a study and a game room that would make a UT fan drool: it’s orange! There’s a fireplace, stocked bar, saferoom, and a shuffleboard game that runs the length of the room which stays with the house. More bedrooms and baths up here and a media room. Outside is a 4-acre stocked lake with a Gazebo entertainment center and fishing pier. There is a five stall equestrian barn with a two bedroom, two bath apartment. And all over the property are magnificent Longhorn. If this isn’t enough dirt for you, 63 additional acres are available. The home is constructied of Austin stone and built like a fortress with a gated entry and long, Crape Myrtle-lined driveway that makes the theme song from “Dallas” play in my mind. Not too far from Dallas, actually, maybe 30 minutes depending on traffic and road conditions. Definitely more on horseback. Me, I’d live up here and get a condo in town because it’s quiet, peaceful, and just a great place to kick back and enjoy the land.

 

Candy Evans

Candy Evans

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