Renovated a year after Tropical Storm Allison, this glowing midcentury home plays up its mini-mod origins. The 1952 property is in the Southern Oaks neighborhood of Braeswood Place, located just off Buffalo Speedway north of Brays Bayou. Behind the fortifications (top), a sleek interior lit by a south-facing clerestory (above) shows off furnishings aligned with a more European vision of mod — in black and pearl:
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Actually, it’s more limestone than pearl, as the choice of flooring shows:
Even the fireplace goes with the flow; it’s 2-sided, for the well-windowed living and dining areas to share:
One of the floor plan’s 2 side wings contains a family room, with access to the back patio:
And off its far end, past the half bath and accessed off either side of the built-in shelving . . .
is a pair of offices. One niche gets the backyard view and access:
The other holds no such distractions. No shelving, either since it has cabinets instead of shelves:
The home, which has been brought up to 3,731 sq. ft., has 4 bedrooms. Here’s the zen-y master suite:
The bathroom opts for overhead storage rather than cabinets beneath the hint of countertops:
Secondary bedrooms include this color-flashed one not currently used as such:
There’s also this extra room:
The lot, about a quarter of an acre, includes a slate patio beneath a flying canvas cover — as well as a manicured lawn.
The listing popped up on the market last Friday and has an asking price of $745,000.
- 3206 Drummond St. [HAR]
I drooled on my keyboard. I think this is one of my favorite places I’ve seen on here.
In the photos it looks like it could use a little more warmth. But I have a feeling that the variation in the different surfaces offers more visual interest when you’re looking at it in person?
Inside might not be too bad for the style but outside screams cheap cheap cheap teardown.
I grew up down the street. And know the house. It was originally all natural wood. And paneled. And truly spectacular. The new and improved all-white version leaves me cold. But then most likely the paneling went after Allison. Along with quite a few of the homes in the area. And will flood during the next Allison. Not sure I would pay $745,000 for a house that will eventually flood again. The new homes in the area are all elevated. For good reason.
“From commonsense:
Inside might not be too bad for the style but outside screams cheap cheap cheap teardown.”
Yep, what is lacking is a pseudo Tuscan French Modern Classic Multi use tower…..with first floor retail
zen-y – new word to use, as in zen-y taco truck… Otherwise, pretty impressive, not crazy about a galley kitchen no matter how upscale the appliances and finishes.
Agree with Matt. I believe it was on home tour of the neighborhood and had a very old Italian tapestry type of “wallpaper” that was many hundreds of years old. After the flood I wondered what happened to that.