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QUISPAMSIS - Nestled in tall trees at the Kennebecasis River's edge sits the home that will be featured on the cover of an international fine homes magazine this spring.

Realtor Katherine Bacon's listing in Quispamsis has been chosen to run on the cover of an international real estate magazine, the duPont REGISTRY, in April.

Realtor Katherine Bacon stands in front of the balcony library in the home located on the Model Farm Road.

The open-concept, lodge-style home, located on Model Farm Road, will grace the cover of the duPont REGISTRY in April.  Listed by Katherine Bacon of Prudential Real Estate, the custom-designed home is being sold for $889,000.  But the honour of being chosen for the cover goes beyond a price tag, Bacon said.

"It's exciting as a realtor to have a property that's accepted in such a prestigious magazine," said Bacon, noting that the cover spot cannot be purchased but has to be chosen among competing properties across North America.

"I'm excited about it because I love New Brunswick and I think it's so beautiful here and I think we have such a great lifestyle, but I feel like we're the best kept secret."

Bacon said she first learned about duPont REGISTRY's monthly magazine at a fine homes sales training session in Beverly Hills, Calif., in 2005.  She began advertising her high-end listings in the magazine, and once a year, she would submit her top-25 properties to be considered for the cover.

This year, on her third try, the Quispamsis home was chosen.

"They've always told me they're extremely fussy with what goes on that cover," Bacon said. "The owner, when he saw this photo, he just fell in love with it."

The 4,200-square-foot home is unassuming at first glance, hidden by a plethora of trees that surround it. Inside, it boasts 35-foot ceilings, river views through massive windows, a beach-stone fireplace, four bedrooms, a wine cellar, a balcony library and hand-crafted wrought-iron railings.  Exposed, hand-hewn timbers from a 200-year-old New Brunswick barn cross the vast ceiling, and at the heart of the main floor sits a lush stone planter overflowing with greenery.

Realtor Katherine Bacon's listing in Quispamsis has been chosen to run on the cover of duPont REGISTRY Homes, in April.

"What caught me first is when you pull up in the yard, it looks like a medium-sized chalet," Bacon said. "I was blown away because when you open that front door you see the 35-foot ceiling, the stone fireplace, the huge windows, the view...it's all right there in front of you when you enter the foyer. I've never seen a home here that has the wow factor to this extent, and I've seen a lot of properties."

Bacon said the 11-year-old home has been on the market since late summer 2010.  She said it serves as an example of the options for buyers looking to live in the province.

"It lets people outside of New Brunswick know what we have available here in our province," Bacon said. "It lets them know the standard of the homes we have available, the type of lifestyle that we have available and our waterways. They don't realize until they get here the quality of the homes we have available. They're not expecting it. We have some very upscale, high-end fabulous homes here and they have no idea until they arrive or see an ad or go on the website."

Bacon said agents from across North America, from places like New York, California and Arizona, vie for the monthly cover spot.

"I'm really excited about it. I didn't know if I would ever get a property on the cover because the restrictions are so extensive," she said. "The property that goes on the cover has to be extraordinary. It has to be really unique. There can't be anything basic about it."

Once printed, the April issue of the duPont REGISTRY will be on newsstands in the United States, Canadian provinces and 45 other countries and will be distributed to major CEOs and sports teams across North America.