hi everyone my name is ken welcome to this house today we are in waterloo illinois exploring a
2nd empire style house built in 1863. this house boasts four bedrooms three baths three thousand
four square feet and is currently listed for 285 thousand 000 before we go inside i want to
take a moment to give a huge shout out to mandy mcguire of keller williams pinnacle
for allowing us to film here if you would like more information on this
listing please check out the link in the description let's go inside
as we enter this house we first come into a vegetable and we'll notice that everything
in here is marble there are solid slabs of marble extending from the floor to ceiling
marble trim along the baseboards and then inlaid marble floor here and if we look at the ceiling we
can see that there is an original light and a tin ceiling so let's keep moving on through this house
and once we're inside we're now in the parlor and this room is clad in tiger oak which is a
pretty bare wood type and we can see how lavishly it's been done here in this house including on
the fireplace both on the lower mantle and the upper mantle the lower mantle also contains the
original cast iron inset with a really fun scene of children playing musical instruments on it and
it's surrounded by the original tile work there's also the original radiator to the house over here
and these are still functional so these are steam powered and they heat the home very well in the
winter time so on the other side of the living room is the newel post and this has the original
light fixture in it now whether or not this would have been gas burning originally it's
kind of up for a debate but it has an electric light bulb in it right now so you don't have to
worry about fires or anything of that sort let's just take a moment to really look at
the details on this newel post and notice how the stairs recede into the rest of the house
so moving on from the parlor we come to this grand boxed archway once again in tiger oak and
this leads us straight into the dining room where we can see a board and batten finish on the walls
with the woodwork and there's also the original wallpaper both on the walls and on the ceiling and
if we look up there's something really special there's a plaster medallion that
has been painted in these really bright colors and that's possibly original to the house as well
so moving on to the kitchen we pass again through another boxed arch and this one
is a bit more to a human scale once again i'm six one so this is probably about seven foot tall
so let's move on in here and first i want to point out the original hutch that came with
this kitchen so this is part of the original kitchen and over here we have another built-in
that is also original of the house and this has been painted white originally it could have been
painted or it would have matched the other hutch that's kind of up for debate because
in this area it could have really gone either way historically so if we turn around we can actually
see that there is a brand new kitchen here with beautiful quartz countertops glass backsplash
navy cabinets modern appliances actually high-end modern stainless steel appliances and off of the
kitchen is actually a porch and we'll notice above the door that there is a transom now this doesn't
have glass in it but it is wood so it could be pulled down to let in a nice summer breeze
so before we explore this side of the house let's cut back to the dining room in the parlor
and i want to show you all the library so let's just walk this way for a moment here
and as we cut through the space once again the scale is changing every archway in this house
is different this one is obviously a square arch it would have originally had french doors on it
and now we are in what would have been the library we can see these beautiful built-in bookcases
there's an old apothecary over here the original floral wallpaper
and another plaster medallion up on the ceiling there are also two painted radiators in this room
and chair rail that surrounds the entire space and even better yet you can imagine putting your desk
in here and having all this natural light inside of this bay window as you read or work from home
so let's cut on through to this space and this space could either be like a nursery or maybe
it was originally a music room we can see that there's not intricate wood molding in here but
we did just pass through a set of french doors so that tells us that this possibly was a music room
as we leave this space we're now coming to the butler's pantry which is the room we just skipped
off of the kitchen and before we go anywhere else i want to show you guys these historical
photos so it's unknown exactly when these were all taken but it's possible that they're from as early
as when the house was originally built and in this butler's pantry there are some more built-ins this
one has a wallpaper motif on it and it's painted in period accurate colors with crystal knobs on
it and likewise for this one up here it does not have a crystal knob but it does have a latch which
could possibly be original to this house so coming a little further into the butler's pantry we come
to the true pantry for the kitchen and this has beautiful organization for all of your spices
canned goods dry goods stuff like that leaving the pantry over here on this side of the butler's
pantry is the full bathroom and this space is really cool so once again we have these beautiful
old wood doors we have a built-in medicine cabinet that has been hand carved around the frame marble
cladded walls marble trim everywhere vintage wallpaper tin ceiling there's even a towel warming
rack over here there's also a vintage gravity toilet over here as well as a porcelain pedestal
sink and a claw foot tub so this bathroom is just really beautiful this is not something you would
expect to find out here in the country because it's so lavish now let's go check out the upstairs
as we arrive at the top of the stairs we are greeted by a window seat underneath a leaded
stained glass window as we turn the corner through here we'll find the laundry room so
the laundry room has modern appliances in it as well as a beautiful sink here and some of the
original hutches as well so like this would have been original the hutch over here same with this
marble top touch possibly all original to the home and then off of the laundry room is a cedar closet
so here is where you could store your clothes for the winter they'll stay nice and fresh
keeps moths away alright so now let's continue down the stair hall
and once again we can see this beautiful period accurate wallpaper around us we'll go into this
first room here and this room actually has a sliding pocket door so you could open and
close that that's also original to the house so as we pass through here this first bedroom
would probably be best used as a nursery or a home office something to that likeness
this room also has a full closet and it has these beautiful hardware pieces here with engraved
metal so as we pass through this room it's actually connected to another bedroom through this
pocket door so come on in here and let's take a look around there's a beautiful window seat
that is trimmed out with really thick wood work and of course you can imagine that there are
layers of brick between this wall and the exterior of the home also in this room is
a giant built-in wardrobe and i'm not going to open this because the owners of the home have
some things stored in here but we can really take a moment to appreciate the beautiful and intricate
woodwork the trim in this room is also really interesting we'll notice that it's wallpaper that
runs along the ceiling and along the top of the wall to give more of a three-dimensional illusion
so passing out of this room we're back in the stair hall and if we look over here there's
another one of these amazing window seats and this is in the cupola that goes over the front
door where we first entered moving out of the stair hall we're now going to come to
the master suite and there is a beautiful pocket door here that is the original stain on one side
painted on the other and we'll notice that all of the trim in this room has been painted white
there are baseboard heaters and this is a feature that is throughout the rest of the house as well
both radiators and baseboard heating so in this master suite there are also his and her closets
and these have crystal doorknobs on them as well as upper closets to kind of mimic the theme of the
transoms that we've seen throughout some of the other parts of this house so if we look inside of
this closet there is wallpaper that's on the back and that would have been period accurate as well
so as we come through this pair of french doors here we now get to the other side of the bedroom
in the master suite is also this master bathroom it has some of the original
built-ins as well as a modern vanity with a large mirror vintage wallpaper
bead board which is possibly also original to the house with a beautiful chair reel
as we come through here we get to the area with the toilet and the walk-in shower
so we've just walked out of the kitchen and now we are on the veranda
and this is actually on the side of the property and i don't know if i've mentioned this but this
house actually sits on a half acre corner lot so there's a pretty large yard here for us to enjoy
now stepping down from the porch follow me on over this way we'll come to a bricked in
garden and also an old shed that's out here this could have possibly been a coal room
thank you all for watching i really hope that everybody enjoyed this house tour
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