Best New Listings: Bonus Rooms, Built-ins, and Sleeping Porches

• July 16th 2021

by Nena Perry-Brown

This week’s Best New Listings includes a historic district Victorian, a Beaux-Arts co-op, and a bungalow with a sleeping porch sunroom.

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A Classic Turn-of-the-Century Victorian

Located in Kensington's historic district, this three-bedroom Victorian has a number of classic features, like the wraparound porch and the turret that creates a bay nook on three levels, and clever updates like the concealed television above the living room fireplace. The main level has a narrow office/bonus room with a box window and a small, but cute kitchen with a long window providing good light. The lower level has a series of bonus nooks off its rec room. At the top of the house, there is a room with a vaulted ceiling with a brick column at the center, salvaged floors, and window seats built into a series of nooks.

• Full Listing: 3915 Washington Street (map)
• Price: $1,199,000
• Bedrooms: Three
• Bathrooms: 2.5
• Square Feet: 2,458
• Year Built: 1898
• Listing Agent: Kirstin Whitaker, Long & Foster Real Estate

Photo courtesy of Eddie Arossi, EAPHOTO.

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Beaux-Arts in Lanier Heights

The pet-friendly co-op building that houses this unit has a personality of its own, from the terrazzo-floored lobby to the ample roof deck. The entry hall of the two-bedroom co-op has a chair rail and leads directly to the kitchen which has a powder blue glass subway tile backsplash, concrete countertops, and a stainless steel bonus backsplash behind the stove. The living/dining room has dual access, as does the second bedroom, which has a walk-through closet from the hall. The owner's bedroom has a pentagonal shape and closet space of its own.

• Full Listing: 2707 Adams Mill Road NW, #405 (map)
• Price: $550,000
• Bedrooms: Two
• Bathrooms: One
• Square Feet: 1,000
• HOA Fees: $780/month
• Year Built: 1927
• Listing Agent: Jeremy Browne, TTR Sotheby's International Realty

Photo courtesy of Struxture Photography.

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Display Nooks and Bonus Rooms

In this Brookland bungalow, the mantle above the white brick fireplace in the living room has a dip in the middle creating a display ledge, and on the opposite wall, the doorway to the dining room has pillar cut-outs on either side that could also serve as display shelves. The skylit owner's bedroom has a cove ceiling with built-ins flanking a window seat and a private den/office. A bedroom on the main level opens to a sunroom-like sleeping porch with access to the outdoor deck, itself steps above a patio with firepit.

• Full Listing: 1507 Irving Street NE (map)
• Price: $849,000
• Bedrooms: Three
• Bathrooms: Three
• Square Feet: 2,391
• Year Built: 1917
• Listing Agents: Rebecca Weiner, Dillon Babington, Compass

Photo courtesy of Will Hinostroza at Photo Up.

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/best-new-listings-bonus-rooms-built-ins-and-sleeping-porches/18496.