Showing posts with label American colonial. Show all posts
Showing posts with label American colonial. Show all posts

Saturday, June 21, 2014

Well Preserved But Tastefully Remodeled Edwardian Home

I recently have been too busy to go to open homes, but this morning spotted on Redfin a really nice old Dutch Colonial style Edwardian home built in 1908 in Noe Valley:
http://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Francisco/3776-25th-St-94110/home/1981902

When I see a more worksmanlike Edwardian home like this one on the eastern side of the city, most of the time the inside's gotten majorly messed up already due to the home's age and neglect or ill-advised remodeling efforts from decades ago (though in other places in the city like the Inner Sunset or the Richmond, there are some really beautifully built and well preserved three-story Edwardian homes). But not here, the really beautiful original interior features have been nicely preserved, while some other spaces that likely needed upgrading or had already gotten messed up were very tastefully remodeled in a modern yet classy way. The traditional Dutch Colonial exterior:


Living room with original rounded ceiling, you can see the stairs and stained glass window in the right:


Dining room with old box beam ceiling (repainted in white):


Really nice modern kitchen that opens up into the yard with lots of natural light:


Original detailing - molding on the rounded ceilings and stained glass window:


Upstairs hallway with a glimpse of the nice and colorfully cheery modernized bathroom to the left:


More of the remodeled modern but classy bathroom - the colors evoke the 1950s for me:


One of the bedrooms - traditional with original rounded ceiling, but cheerfully painted:


Nice backyard:

Thursday, November 8, 2012

1930s Sunset Home

Here's an example of a normal 1930's Sunset home on sale now: http://www.redfin.com/CA/San-Francisco/1543-38th-Ave-94122/home/1333452#main

There's a lot of houses like this built in the Sunset in the late 1930s like this, style as an American colonial home:
A lot of these homes either have a center patio or have a tunnel entrance. This one has a tunnel entrance.
Living room with typical San Francisco 1930s fireplace in a corner.
Nice classic kitchen with eat-in dinette (pretty typical feature).
Finally, a look at the garage, with room for two cars in tandem.