hi everyone my name is ken welcome to This house
today we are in maplewood exploring an arts and crafts bungalow now this house is possibly
a kit home if you have any knowledge of this please let me know down below in the comments
this house was built in 1911 is 923 square feet two bedroom and one bathroom let's go check it out
as we approach the front door of this house i want to take a moment to give a huge shout out
to amanda who i met on r st louis through reddit she invited me out to tour this amazing property
and i cannot wait to show you guys what all is inside first we will start with the front door
this is a piece of architectural salvage that was taken out of a house in compton heights
and was given a second chance at life here at this property
so let's take a closer look at this the stained glass has a crest on it
and down below is a letter slot with engraved and embossed letters here let's go on inside
as we walk inside of this house we are greeted by this amazing staircase here
and we can take a closer look at this the grooving and the mill work is just fantastic we can see all
the attention to detail now this new post while it might be a little bit more simple than what we're
used to seeing this was absolutely a working-class home so just to have something this grand here
is kind of surprising to find and of course these spindles are just spectacular
we can see as we look up that not all of them match so it's more than likely that some of
these were replaced over the years but they were replaced with possibly a different wood type but
very much in the same shape that they originally had and if we look above the front door the owner
has actually started the process of stripping down the paint off of the woodwork and this is a really
amazing project and we are so excited to see how this will eventually look so let's just take a
closer look at this wood type to just really see how beautiful it is underneath the paint here
now as we move into the parlor we pass through this boxed archway and it has these stands that
come out from which you can put decorations on now moving through here there are these
stained glass windows and these are absolutely gorgeous this is another piece of architectural
salvage that has been saved from another house and brought into this home to be
given a second chance at life let's take a moment to just kind of pan around this space
now off to the side of the parlor is the dining room so come on in here we pass through another
one of these amazing boxed archways and above us on the ceiling are these amazing beams
and once again this is not something that you would expect to find in a house of this
size just this amount of detail and of course surrounding the room is this decorative wood trim
where there are these beautiful plates and china that are on display and hanging center in this
room above us is an amazing chandelier and this is another piece of architectural salvage and it most
likely dates between 1910 and about 1925 behind me over here is another one of these diamond
paned windows and we're going to see these all throughout the house now the diamonds are going
to change width and height as we saw in the living room they were much larger and here they've been
kind of condensed and stretched out so that's just one of those really unique details that we see as
a pattern that keeps re-emerging and repeating throughout the house as the proportions and the
scales of the room change so do the sizes of the patterns so that's just a really amazing detail
moving on from the dining room we are now going to pass into the kitchen and one of
the very first things that catches our eye is the original vitrolite tile that's on the wall
so come here let's take a closer look at this we can see that there are two different types here
there are these trim pieces and then they're the oversized tile on the wall and the owner actually
has plans to take the rest of the leftover tile that's down in the basement of this house
and use it as the backsplash in this newer kitchen and over here is a little
nook space and this is also original to the house and let's just kind of peek in here
later on we'll use this door to go explore the backyard but first i'd like us to go upstairs
circulating back through to the fourier we are going to pass by the basement door and
we are not actually going to check this out today
we're going to continue on upstairs so this is how we get there let's go on up
as we make our way up to this landing on the stairs we come across another one of these
diamond painted windows and this space is a lot smaller so of course as i mentioned down below
the diamonds are now getting a lot smaller as well and if we look down here we can actually see the
original hardware that's on the handles for these windows as we come up this last little bit of
stairs this space once again has condensed quite a bit so this is not the same width as the stairs
that brought us up here there are two competing knoll posts here and these are just really grand
walking into the stair hall we are now going to come in here and check out bedroom number
one and this is set up like a home office right now so over the course of the pandemic you know
the owner had a little bit of free time so she painstakingly stripped down the hardware
to reveal this beautiful copper and we can see right next to it
some hardware that has not yet been stripped down so we can imagine that all the hardware in this
house would have originally been of this color and of this luster so how amazing is that now over
on this side we have double hung diamond painted windows and these are just really beautiful they
have an amazing view that looks over the large backyard and we'll see that very last as we cross
to the other side of the office we can see this nook space contained by the pitch of the roof
and let's just take a moment to kind of pan around here before exploring the rest of the second floor
moving along at the end of the hallway that we first walked into is the bathroom so come on
in here and just kind of peek around there is an amazing claw foot tub now notice down at the very
base it is not sitting on balls so this is kind of like a free-floating clawfoot tub and below that
is the original hexagon floor which was installed whenever this house was built there's a pedestal
sink there is a medicine cabinet that is built into the wall with its original hardware as well
and above the toilet are these diamond paint windows again and this is really interesting
because these have been stripped and do not have any paint on them so we can really see what the
wood type looks like and what all of these windows could look like in their original condition
moving along from the bathroom we now come to the third and final room on this floor so behind me is
the closet for the owner suite and this again has its original hardware that's been stripped down
and we can actually just take a peek inside of here and this is really large for a house of this
age so it's just these really amazing touches that we literally find in every space of the house even
those which the public might never see that closet was amazing now something else even more amazing
right next to it is this original vent and let's take a look at the scroll work that's on here
now moving on there is a sun room that is attached to this bedroom once again these
diamond painted windows that are up a little bit higher this time to give some privacy to the space
so come on through here and this brings us out into a sun room so we can see the
outsides of the windows here now and this is directly over the front porch by the way
and also there are the original shingle siding for the house out here that we
can enjoy and this would have been from when the house was constructed most likely
now that we've seen the entire house let's go make our way to the backyard and we will
talk to the owner of this house about her experience with it let's go check it out
amanda thank you so much for opening up your doors to this house it has been such a pleasure
to explore it and just to see how you put your own touch on so many parts of this and
you actually reached out to me through reddit so that was really cool to be able to connect
with you on our slash st louis it's such a fun way to kind of interact with the community here
so i've got to ask you what first drew you to this house i had been renting over in northampton and
i loved my apartment but the lease was running up and i was like do i really want to buy a house um
and so i was just sort of looking at listings and i have experience in doing rehabs and stuff
with old houses and i wanted something that did not need a lot of work and i found some
really cute houses over in southampton but they needed like completely new kitchens
and everything and so i stumbled upon this house i think it had only been listed for like three days
and so i arranged to see it with my real turn as soon as i walked inside i was like
how do i buy a house again because i think i like this one that's amazing and you have a house in
this neighborhood that's very similar but on the inside it has been white boxed and you chose to
kind of bring in some architectural salvage and to dress it up like it was originally intended to be
um why why did you choose to do it this way well i have lots of strong feelings about people who come
in and make city houses into new build county houses and i feel like if you want to do that
you should just go live in the county so um my goal with any house that i have is to make it
you know loved and appreciated so yeah that was my big thing it's amazing and amanda you've done such
great work here your house is gorgeous even the decorations are amazing so once again i
want to thank you so much for allowing us out here no problem yeah anytime come back
come back if i ever get anything stained and stripped everyone at home i want to
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