"Live Without Limits," says a sign in the master suite of the lovely house at the edge of beyond, seemingly suspended in air, high atop a Wimberley Valley hill. "I liked what it said," says Josie Sturdivant, and you will understand why once you enter this residence, because Josie and her husband, Dan, look at life and their home as having limitless possibilities. Cross the bridge, open the door, and breathe deeply. Exhale. Clean, crisp minimalist. This is Mother Nature gone modern; the sky and Texas hills within easy grasp, and in full view. In this beautiful home, less is more, and you truly feel the breathable freedom of a mountaintop existence and the joy of earth and sky.

However, after living in this twenty-six year old cliff-like dwelling for the past twelve years the Sturdivants felt it no longer represented their changing style. They considered moving, but in the end Josie couldn't give up her view. She searched but couldn't find anything like it, so they redesigned, repositioned, gutted, pushed out, reinforced, rebuiltand refurnished the entire top floor. This home went from traditional Hill Country to Hill Country contemporary in a matter of six months.

There is a rhythm here of color and style. Gleaming white Silestone countertops in the kitchen tie in with a brilliant white sectional in the living area. Stark white moldings flow throughout and echo the billowing white clouds seen through an expanse of floor to ceiling windows. Dark wood floors and cabinets ground the space. To this mix Josie added a few rustic touches along with pops of brilliant color. Reminiscent of a field of wildflowers, in the dining room a grouping of undulating clear glass plates, colors and sizes carefully selected over a three hour session, are artfully arranged on walls painted the palest shade of soft sage green. Josie calls her three upstairs bathrooms her "wow" bathrooms, and rightly so. Each room is strikingly elegant with stunning mirrors, and gleaming light fixtures. Sinks and tubs are unique and wonderful examples of necessary function turned into art.

Along with expansive upper and lower decks, an office sporting a Murphy bed, and two guest suites located on the lower level, travel far enough down the stairs, exit through an exterior door, and you will discover a man cave, a man cave in the truest sense of the word. Tucked far beneath the home, there is only one way in, one way out. It is Dan's, and only Dan's, and it is filled with all any man would hold dear...TV, fridge, comfortable leather seating, assorted brands of premium tequila, and a lifetime of sports memorabilia, including a football autographed by Tom Landry; tickets to the first baseball game played at Arlington Stadium, and a framed winning hand of poker that won Dan $14,000! (As an FYI this was casino poker not Saturday night poker with the guys.)

This house has everything but the river within their reach. However, since the Sturdivant's philosophy is to live without limits, they could do nothing less than add their own white water stream, which pools and falls over huge, hand placed native stones, while bouncing and bubbling under the footbridge leading to their home.

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