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This Week's Find: Inspired By California in Takoma Park

  • May 16th 2013

by Shilpi Paul

This Week's Find: Inspired By California in Takoma Park: Figure 1
4 Barclay Avenue

If This Week’s Find looks a little out of the ordinary for Takoma Park, it’s because it was inspired by a famous home in California.

With a sunny exterior, fruit trees, and a kitchen garden, this five-bedroom was based on Pasadena’s Gamble House, which was designed to be the ultimate example of a bungalow. The Barclay Avenue listing does look like a bungalow on steroids, with extensive woodworking around every corner, including hand-finished doors, custom cabinetry and a wood-burning “Tulikivi” stove.

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Besides California, the home took inspiration from a few other places: the bathtub is designed in a Japanese style, which means it is deeper than typical tubs, with stepped seating.

Other notable features include a third-story study accessible only by ladder, a steam shower, radiant floor heating, and a solarium. More details and photos below.

  • Address: 4 Barclay Avenue, Takoma Park, MD (map)
  • Price: $1.2 million
  • Bedrooms: Five
  • Bathrooms: 3.5
  • Year Built: 2006
  • Listing Agent: Sheryl Blank-Barnes, TTR Sotheby’s International Realty

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This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/this_weeks_find_inspired_by_california_in_takoma_park/7073.

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