A custom-built Florida mansion complete with over-the-top themed rooms, secret alcoves, a viking table, an indoor slide and more, is now on the market.
Located at 1201 Marble Wy., in Boca Raton, this 12,709-square-foot waterfront mansion was built in 2016 for investor Thomas Shrager and his wife Virginia.
According to the listing, the home comes with a total of 12 bedrooms, all of which are themed after something, including Betty Boop, dogs, cats and pretty much anything else the mind can muster up.
There are also 11 bathrooms, which, of course, also have their own themes—like frogs, swans, mermaids, steampunk, and more.
As you can see in the photos, among the home’s many over-the-top features is a hand-carved wooden slide that spills into the main foyer. To reach the top of the slide on the second floor, there’s a “tree staircase,” which is meant to feel like one is “climbing a tree to a treehouse,” says the listing.
Another highlight is the kitchen, which is themed after the element of air, and features semi-rare amazonite surfaces, a Le Cornue stove, and a 20-seat Norse-carved table “with Helga and Magnus dragons protecting it,” the listing adds.
The nearby dining room is fire themed, and comes with a dragon chandelier, fire sconces and lights, and a long dragon-themed Italian carved table.
The home also features a hidden alcove only accessible by a pressing button “that will bring down the Harry Potter ladder for attic access.”
There’s also a Mermaid-themed living room, a reading room, a library, a pottery room, a game room, an in-house pub and wine cellar, two master bedrooms (one peacock themed, and the other mermaid themed), a jacuzzi, a sauna, three pools (one shaped like a fish, one for laps, and another for housing pedicure fish), and a health room with “a crystal bed.”
The home is currently listed with a $25 million asking price. The listing agent is Joyce Marie Schneider of Castles By The Beach, Inc. Every house has a story, and our mission is to tell Tampa Bay’s story through the lens of our community’s historic and colorful homes. Creative Loafing Tampa Bay’s real estate features are not ads, and are strictly operated through our editorial department. But we love public input. Do you know of a unique Florida home that we should highlight? Let us know, and email cwolf@cltampa.com.
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