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]