This Week's Find: Inspired By California in Crestwood

• December 13th 2021

by Nena Perry-Brown

This Week's Find is a mid-century modern house in DC that was inspired by the west coast. 

Constructed in 1965, the 2,000 square-foot split-level house and others nearby were built as part of a California-style modernist enclave in DC's Crestwood neighborhood. The house has been updated over the , but retains its original vernacular.

"The design of this residence is very much within the traditions established by certain California modernist architects during the last half of the 20^th century, whose work was synthesized and widely promoted by developer Joseph Eichler," listing agent John Mahshie told UrbanTurf.

The upstairs level of the home has wood-paneled pitched ceilings with parallel beams, and the living room has a trio of near-floor-to-ceiling windows opposite a wood-burning fireplace. Parquet hardwood floors extend into the upstairs kitchen, which has a three-sided breakfast bar peninsula and sliding glass doors out to the backyard. An adjacent dining room has sliding glass doors surrounded by windows that lead out to a covered balcony. 

The front door is off a platform deck on the lower level, which could serve as an in-law suite with a bedroom, a bathroom, a kitchen, and a living space with sliding glass doors out to a front flagstone patio. The backyard features additional patio spaces and a tiered, step-up garden with a path, a pond, and ample trees.

The owner's bedroom is double-sized and has a pitched ceiling along with room for a sitting area with a fireplace. In addition to a walk-in closet, the room also has an en-suite bath with multiple styles and shades of blue tiling and a skylight above the jetted tub. Additional details are below.

• Full Listing: 4231 Blagden Avenue NW (map)
• Price: $1,295,000
• Bedrooms: Four
• Bathrooms: Three
• Square Feet: 2,028
• Year Built: 1965
• Listing Agents: John Mahshie, John Fazio, Compass

Photos courtesy of HomeVisit.

This article originally published at https://dc.urbanturf.com/articles/blog/this-weeks-find-inspired-by-california-in-crestwood/19049.