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THE ENTRANCE AND STATUE
The very top floor of Capital Building is a single dedicated space. The elevator isn't protected with a keycard so anybody can visit, but they will face a set of very domineering double metal doors upon their arrival into the carpeted outer foyer. The doors are the colour of brushed steel, though are very light to push open once the security code pad is accessed. The combination is a six-digit code, along with a thumbprint scanner. The scanner is a new addition by the current owner, who dislikes carrying keys, or even security cards.
Upon stepping into the tiled lobby through the brushed steel doors, there stands a modern statue in the vague form of a woman. A rippling water effect is projected on the lime coloured wall behind the piece, creating a sense of tranquillity.
There are open entries to the left and right.
LEFT OF THE STATUE
Left takes the visitor to the galley kitchen, bar and dining area, beyond which is a formal dining area. The kitchen has white doors and silver fixtures with black marble counters. The stove, cooktop and fridge are all a shiny ebony reflective. The casual dining area houses a seven-piece metal and glass dining setting on white tiles, while the formal area is carpeted and holds an extended dark wood thirteen piece setting. An arrangement of dried flowers decorates the table as its centrepiece, sitting on a woven bamboo placemat. Abstract oil paintings adorn the walls in multiple splashes of colour.
Between the dining areas and separating them is a corridor that leads to three rooms, none of which are used (or were ever intended to be used) as bedrooms.
The first on the left is a large room that holds a large billiard table, dressed in red felt. A full cue stand is bracketed into a nearby wall. The rest of the walls are covered in bookshelves and there are no visible windows, for the book-filled shelves barricade what light might ever have entered this room. Unfortunately, none of the books look as though they've been read or even touched. A fireplace nestles in black marble and cut stone, huge and elegant, dominating the space in the west wall of the room. An oil painting of angry red and black swirls above the fireplace.
The second room lies at the end of the corridor where there is a white and sandstone tiled bathroom. A huge spa bath taking up one corner that could comfortably seat four adults. A shower for two stands opposite, while a toilet perches forgotten behind the door. A sandstone counter runs the length of one wall up to and over the spa, where there are soaps, gels, oils and other various bottles awaiting use.
The room opposite the billiard room houses a comfy media room designed for two. A curved black leather two seater sits facing a white painted wall (the rest of the walls are covered in dark blue fabric). Speakers are hard to spot, but the surround sound system is easy enough to hear for the full experience.
RIGHT OF THE STATUE
If the visitor were to turn right at the statue, they will move past a very large lounge room that houses two long lime green leather settees with high backs, promising a plushness that they deliver on. A thick, solid looking coffee table sits in the centre. A guitar is etched into the surface, making the coffee table decorate and impractical.
Beyond the lounge is a short corridor, The first doorway is open and within the room stands a modern metal and glass furnished office that looks sleeker than it does comfortable. Beech and light blue walls, fixtures and accessories pepper the room, giving it some personality - though it seems whoever decorated the place has a fetish for tribal artwork, with totem pieces, masks and statuettes on the surfaces and walls.
Past the office are four doors, three of which open up into well-sized bedrooms. Two of these rooms are intended for guests; one of them, decorated in gold and burgundy, holds a pair of twin single beds. The furniture is dark and ornately flared, giving the room an aged look. The room has a large window, with a roller-shutter fixed on a time delay, fitted by the current owner (thanks to some neighbourly advice).
The second guest room houses a king-sized bed, dressed in navy and white, with a very nautical theme throughout the room. This guest room has an attached bathroom, also nautical in design. Photographs and paintings of lighthouses and sailships adorn the sand coloured walls.
The main bedroom is the one most often used, and the emerald green duvet is often thrown back in a mess. Once again modern art can be found on the walls, of messy swirls and spirals, usually featuring tropical tones of light greens, vivid oranges and pinks, and a lighter, airy feel. There are potted ferns about this room, well-tended. A bathroom feeds off this room as well, decorated mostly in white with lime green tile patterns and with gold fixtures. Beside the ensuite is a door that holds a walk-in closet that is approximately the size of the office at the entry of the corridor. Despite its generous size, clothes only fill a quarter of the hanging space.
The last door is a large storage closet (a room in its own right), which also houses a makeshift laundry which the previous owner installed for use instead of taking advantage of the building's laundering service (with same day return for shirts, dresses and pants, but two days for suits). Under current ownership, it is unlikely the laundry will be used.
There are four car parking spaces in the basement parking level reserved for the owner of the penthouse.
