This is NOT your typical Bethesda home! This custom 6 BR/4 full and 2 half-bath Mediterranean-style contemporary features a stunning design with dramatic ceilings and sight lines that create an ambiance perfect for living and entertaining. The outdoors is seamlessly blended into the fabric of the home, which offers expansive primary rooms and private spaces, a spacious chef's kitchen, and custom appointments everywhere. This home is ideal for the household who loves to entertain, with easy access to outdoor living spaces and so much private space for overnight guests. Features include 4 fireplaces, beautiful hardwood and stone flooring, and rooms saturated by natural light. The embassy-size dining room is ideal for gatherings and adjoins a European-inspired chef's kitchen with a casual dining space and adjacent family room. The living room is stunning, appointed with dramatic ceiling lines and custom windows. Down the hall are 3 large bedrooms, each with a private bath and so much closet space. The owner's suite is luxuriously finished with a fireplace, a spa bath and access to the screened porch. Multiple doors on this level open to a new deck with a Koi pond, mature gardens and stone retaining walls. The entry level is introduced by a spacious foyer which leads to a large laundry room and the garage on one side, and two additional bedrooms on the other. At the end of this hall is the fabulous home office/studio, complete with another fireplace and windows with plantation shutters. The easy maintenance outdoor living space features the screened porch, stone retaining walls, a Koi pond and a brand new deck. This home is located in Bannockburn, a Bethesda neighborhood renowned for stunning architecture and lovely landscaping. It is within the Walt Whitman high school cluster and has equally easy access to some of the area's finest private schools. Truly a fabulous home in a fabulous neighborhood!