12 months constructed 1907
Sq. ft 3,230
Bedrooms 4
Baths 2 full, 2 half
Water/Sewer Public
Taxes $17,537 (2023)
Lexington has numerous historical past to brag about, for positive, however right here’s a captivating reality about this farmhouse. Russell Morash, the creator of the “This Outdated Home” TV present, used to personal it, and his speedy neighbors have been the Silvas, together with Tom Silva, who has been the present’s basic contractor because the Eighties.
The itemizing agent and ThisOldHouse.com confirmed this.
Given this pedigree, it’s no shock that the farmhouse has been underneath fixed renovation because the present homeowners assumed oversight in 1974. You may say it’s within the dwelling’s DNA.
Stepping inside, one finds stairs on the best with a red-patterned runner that matches the house’s façade. Enticing raised-panel wainscoting traces the stairway and the lobby.
Wooden paneling, blue partitions, hardwood flooring, and white built-ins grace the 144-square-foot lounge, discovered to the left off the lobby. The built-ins match the uncovered beams of the coffered ceiling.
The blue partitions and coffered ceiling carry into an equally sized eating room with a three-window bump-out, a steel chandelier with fabric shades, candle sconces, and six-over-six double-hung home windows.
What follows from right here may very well be thought-about a farm-to-stove-to-table setup. A doorway within the eating room results in a breakfast space, which flows right into a kitchen that’s related to a greenhouse. The flooring switches to a wide-format, sq. terra-cotta tile within the breakfast space, whereas the ceiling offers over to wooden beams with a pure end. The kitchen (324 sq. ft) varieties a U. The leg with the fuel range ends in a eating spot with bead board, cabinetry, a butcher-block prime, and seating for 4 — shortening the switch from skillet to plate to mouth. A interval gentle fixture with Edison bulbs hangs overhead. The partitions are clad in bead board and sq., white tiles. The Shaker-style cabinetry is customized, and among the doorways boast glass fronts. The counters are a mixture of butcher block and quartz, and the home equipment are stainless-steel.
The house workplace is correct off the kitchen, making that journey to the espresso pot for a mid-workday jolt a brief one. The workplace, which measures 160 sq. ft, has a personal entrance that opens right into a ready room, in addition to a half tub.
Again out within the breakfast space, the home flows towards the 456-square-foot nice room, however there’s a door on the left that connects to the 144-square-foot household room, the second half tub, the mudroom, and one other entry to the house.
The nice room is 24 ft lengthy, however all eyes instantly land on the fuel hearth, which deviates from the standard lowercase L formation. This one is a capital L, with a large, muntin-less window above the lengthy fireside. The outer partitions are lined with tall home windows and glass doorways overlooking the yard. The flooring is wooden, the built-ins are quite a few, and a grand piano barely makes a dent within the accessible area.
The upstairs holds the first suite, three different bedrooms, and the primary tub.
The first suite is down a sun-lit hallway (there are three home windows) sealed off from the riff-raff in a personal nook of the home. Simply contained in the door, there are two closets on the best and the door to the first suite tub on the left. The bathtub presents a wall-mounted double sink setup with spectacular scrollwork and a quartz counter; ceramic tile flooring; a soaking tub; and a standalone bathe behind glass. The bathtub and bathe surrounds are white subway tile — a design alternative that has stood the take a look at of time.
The bed room itself is sun-splashed, carpeted, ethereal, and expansive at 361 sq. ft. This left area for a sitting space and deep built-ins. The bed room additionally has a wall of home windows, and snuggled between them is a fuel hearth confronted with tile. A interval chandelier descends from the vaulted ceiling and is paired with sconces and recessed lighting.
The three different bedrooms vary from 98 to 153 sq. ft. The center bed room is a baby’s dream, with a wooden ceiling, a diamond-shaped window, and a loft prepared for adventures. The bedrooms share a full tub with a single self-importance, a bathe/tub mixture behind a curtain, and ceramic tile on the ground and for the bathe encompass.
Talking of adventures, the 0.49-acre lot features a rustic constructing with a stone wood-burning hearth (believed to be useful).
Bill Janovitz and John Tse of Compass have the itemizing.
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