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This Week's Find is a sneak peek of a 1950s center-hall colonial in Kent that was renovated by its architect-owner, Carmel Greer of District Design. The home will officially go on the market later this week.
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Carmel Greer isn't a stranger to the pages of UrbanTurf, as in 2016 we featured her re-imagining of a six-bedroom home in the Palisades that was inspired by the stone lock houses found along the C&O Canal. Greer went on to sell that home, but didn't waste much time looking for her next project.
She and her husband purchased a brick house in Kent that had a lot of traditional charm but was outdated and had an odd layout. The home sits on a large lot and Greer saw a spacious interior that inspired an attractive, family-functional remodel.
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The centerpiece of the renovation was a bathroom, closet and hall that were combined with the existing kitchen to create a larger, bright white kitchen, which has custom Shaker-style cabinets, brass fixtures and a Calacatta marble eat-at island. The kitchen leads to a trellis-covered side porch; access to a pentagonal sunroom-like porch sits between the kitchen and dining area.
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Just past a back stairwell is a small dining area with a wine fridge/bar and a custom built-in corner banquette with storage. In the next room, the library was converted into a more lounge-like family room. Doorways throughout the main level were raised to add the perception of tall ceilings.
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Greer combined two dens at the front of the house to create a grand foyer with herringbone-patterned hardwood floors. The house is surrounded by azaleas that will bloom soon, and there is also a trellis-covered deck that wraps from the rear porch around to the side of the family room.
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Five bedrooms are located upstairs, including one which sits above (and takes on the shape of) the rear sunroom. Part of a larger bedroom was converted to add a second walk-in closet to the master bedroom. The master bath also has Calacatta marble, brass fixtures and a pair of hammered-metal sinks on opposite walls. A sixth bedroom and full bath are in the basement, which also has access to the attached two-car garage.
The house will be listed with Michael Rankin of TTR Sotheby's International Realty later this week. More details are below.
- Address: 4925 Lowell Street NW (map)
- Bedrooms: Six
- Bathrooms: 5.5
- Square Feet: 5,950
- Year Built: 1956
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