Douglas Friedman asks $2.99M for his Marfa dwelling

Jet-setting photographer Douglas Friedman is trying to promote his beautiful dream home in Marfa, Texas, for $2.99 million — down from its $3.7 million ask final February.

Dreamy and moody, the West Texas abode sits on 10 acres, and abuts hundreds of acres of cattle ranch land.

“After a decade in this extraordinary home, it’s time to explore another idea in West Texas and Eastern Long Island,” Friedman informed Gimme Shelter. “This house feels finished, and when a house feels finished, it’s time to move to the next one and begin the process again.”

This month, Friedman’s desert dream home is profiled in a brand new e-book, revealed by Rizzoli.

“Just last week, Architectural Digest and its editor in chief, Amy Astley, released a new coffee table book about the greatest homes to appear in the last decade, and I was thrilled to see my house included in that rarified list.”

Completed in 2017, the three-bedroom, two-bath unfold is 2,304 sq. ft, that includes views of the Davis Mountains to the north and the Haystack Mountains to the east. Interiors — thanks to assist from proficient design minds like Steven Gambrel, Nicole Hollis and Brigette Romanek — embrace de Gournay hand-painted wallpaper, Isamu Noguchi lanterns and marble tables. 

An art-world vacation spot ever since sculptor Donald Judd left New York for this desert city, Marfa — with a inhabitants of two,000 — attracts artsy sorts, together with actors like Natalie Portman and Jake Gyllenhaal, and musicians like Jay-Z and Beyoncé, who reportedly purchased a ranch there.

Friedman is understood for his work in shelter magazines and has additionally photographed topics like Hillary Clinton. This house is simply 2 miles from Marfa’s middle, which is a few three-hour drive from the closest airport, in El Paso.

The residence has retractable screens to maintain out all the pieces from desert mud to scorpions. In addition, a clerestory window band lets within the gentle throughout the day whereas making a “glowing ribbon of light” at evening.

Inside, the open structure encompasses a chef’s kitchen, a eating space, residing areas, loads of hidden storage and floor-to-ceiling glass doorways that result in a patio with a fireplace pit. 

Grounds additionally embrace a desert palapa — a shade construction — in addition to a container lap pool with a sizzling tub, and native prairie grasses and timber.

“We spent years working to restore the natural grasslands and reduce cattle pasture, and rehabilitating them has been a challenging project, but it’s working, and the grasses are coming back” Friedland mentioned. “I planted about 10 oak trees, along with numerous mesquite and desert sage, and created a grove by the shade structure to attract birds and provide [additional] shade.”

As for the container pool, it “arrived from Canada on a flatbed truck, and we just craned it into a hole we dug. I hooked up the services and was swimming the next day,” Friedman informed Architectural Digest.

The serene and galvanizing area is about as removed from his hometown of New York as one can get.

On Instagram, Friedman has mentioned: “It is a delight to sit out on the patio in the evening around the fire pit and watch the exquisite light show that is sky of west Texas as the last rays of the sun turn to hot pink, to purple and many shades in between as the night falls and the sky fills with the amazing show of the constellations and the Milky Way spilling across the vast night sky.”

The itemizing dealer is Douglas Elliman’s Jeff Burke of the Eklund Gomes Team.