Tag: Home Decor

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08/25/14 5:00pm

Sliding Through the Doors and Skylights of a $1 Million Mid-Century Hilshire Village Mod

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Hilshire Village, Homes for Sale, Interiors, Modern Design
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Apart from the snazzy red cars parked by the home’s courtyard entry, a flat-topped 1963 Hilshire Village property keeps a low profile beneath the canopy of mature trees on its large lot, which is located in the Burkhardt Plaza neighborhood west of Wirt Rd. and just north of the Christ Evangelical Presbyterian Church on the eastbound I-10 feeder road. Updated in 2009, the midcentury modern with the not-so-modern decor landed on the market a week ago, asking $1.1 million. By the weekend, though, the price had dropped to $997,500.

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Bay Oaks
08/22/14 3:30pm

This Playful Contemporary by the Links in Bay Oaks Is Yours for Just Under $1.4 Million

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Home Decor, Home Design, Homes for Sale, Interiors, Modern Design
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It’s big, but not the biggest home on its cushy Bay Oaks block. Bigger still are the fairways of adjacent Bay Oaks Country Club, on display behind this fully loaded property that’s located south of Clear Lake Blvd. The updated 1989 contemporary clad with stucco, stone, and tile was listed this week. The asking price of $1.399 million marks a noticeable spike from the $898,000 paid in 2011, when the current owners took hold.

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Clear Lake City
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Braes Terrace
08/21/14 3:15pm

Going Gray Suddenly at 61, a Braes Terrace Redo Aims for a $698K Flip

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Braeswood Place, Home Decor, Home Design, Homes for Sale, Interiors, Renovations
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Up next: This 1953 ranchburger with modernized trimmings in Braes Terrace (top). Had you looked at this Buffalo Speedway corner lot property when it was listed in March (at right), you’d have found it priced at $369,000. (It sold quickly, for $361,000.) Earlier this week, a re-imagined spread at the same address hit the market with a $698,000 price tag. In addition to designer-driven cosmetic tweaks, the overhaul included new electrical wiring and plumbing, roof, French doors, garage door, side deck and driveway. Do the results merit a $337K leap?

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08/19/14 4:45pm

The Revamped Double-Barreled Shotgun Artist Bert Long Left Behind on a Fifth Ward Dog-Leg Goes on Sale Today for $200K

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Fifth Ward, Home Decor, Home Design, Homes for Sale, Houston Architects, Interiors, Mixed Use
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Surreal artwork and rustic structural components left exposed seem to meld into a single composition within the Fifth Ward home and studio of artist Bert Long Jr., who died in February 2013. Fifteen years ago, the attached double-shotgun row houses had been painstakingly renovated (and combined) as the year-long thesis project of Brett Zamore, then a Rice University graduate architecture student. Long, who grew up nearby and was returning to Houston at the time, bought the property near the end of its transformation but before an art studio was added — for $30,000 $70,000 — and lived there with his wife, artist Joan Batson. The mixed-use property is located in the Pinecrest Court neighborhood near Wheatley High School, east of Waco St. and south of I-10. It was listed for sale this morning, with an asking price of $200,000.

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08/18/14 4:15pm

Stepping (Carefully) Through a Revived Spanish Revival in Lancaster Place

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Home Decor, Home Design, Homes for Sale, Interiors, Lancaster Place, Price Reductions
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Note: The pricing history noted previously in this story was inaccurate. We’ve corrected it below.

From a pint-sized perch above a set of arched windows, saintly statuary appears to be keeping an eye o’er a updated 1925 Spanish Revival cottage near the Menil Collection. The heavenly presence might also guard against any sleepwalking encounters with the steep steps at the bottom of a flight of stairs . . .

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08/05/14 2:45pm

A $2.4 Million Grogan’s Mill Mansion Lays on a Thick Southern Louisiana Theme

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Grogan's Mill, Home Decor, Home Design, Homes for Sale, Interiors, The Woodlands
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You couldn’t have built a home like this secluded, sprawling number in a woodsy corner of the Grogan’s Mill section of The Woodlands without really liking bricks. The washed-brick exterior sets up against an expansive brick driveway set in a tightly woven herringbone pattern. Inside, lighter brickwork makes some sort of bricky statement in most rooms downstairs. The listing in mid-July, asking $2.395 million, wants you to know that the 2009 home drew inspiration from southern Louisiana; perhaps this explains the decorative or structural lagniappe worked into each room’s features.

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From The Woodlands to the East
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