When someone buys up a vintage home and goes to great pains to update it, the results are often disappointing.
Sure, it’s great to have a more open floor plan and modern conveniences, but it makes no sense to gut an old house and strip away its decades-old charm.
Good thing the owners who recently listed this 1940 stone-exterior house in Olmos Park understood how to conduct an extensive reno without stripping an historic property of its original beauty. The four-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath property listed a week ago for a little over $1.1 million.
The front door with its round window looks straight out of a ’40s design book, and beautiful hardwood floors remain throughout the house. A tiled fireplace and arched doorways add old-school elegance to the living area.
Meanwhile, the kitchen, while outfitted with what appears to be new, well, everything manages to feature updated appliances and countertops while hewing to the sleek concepts of mid-century design.
Elsewhere, busy black-and-white wallpaper manages to give rooms a look of contemporary elegance with a nod back to earlier design schemes.
Who says you can’t look backward while living in the now?
This home is listed by Thor Tripp with IH-10 Realty.
All photos and listing info via Realtor.com.
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