hi everyone my name is Ken welcome to this house today we are in Crestwood Missouri
exploring a house built in 1953. now this house was designed by ralph fournier who
was a very famous mid-century modern architect here in the st louis area
he designed homes that ended up going into 195 cities worldwide let's go check it out
now before we go inside i want to take a moment to give a huge shout out to ted white of dillman
sotheby's realty for opening the doors for us and we'll talk to him at the very end
let's go explore this house as we walk inside we are immediately inside of a two-story atrium
so we can look up and we can see lights that are suspended directly from the center of the ceiling
coming down we can see that the windows slope with the roof line and then there's a balcony
with a lofted space up above with stairs coming down directly towards the front door
now as we make our way deeper into this house we can really appreciate fournier's approach to
design as he would seamlessly blend the exterior with the interior living space
as a continuation of the house but outside so we will see that in just a moment first i want us to
look more in the living room as we cross through here the ceiling begins to lower a bit and we can
see a fireplace here in the corner and the stone on it actually extends outside and becomes part of
the exterior of the home once again seamlessly tying together the interior and exterior
as we continue on through the living space on the first floor this takes us to the outdoor
portion of it so we can see that there's an outdoor shower here there's a giant privacy wall
over here is a hot tub that is built in and of course there's seating area with
these hollywood lights that are strung up to the house
now as we continue on we actually come to what used to be the carport which has been converted
into a four seasons room so come on through here and once again this used to be a carport
so this could easily be converted back now there is a fireplace in here which is just absolutely
amazing of course this is true to kind of like the 60s or 70s and it's just really charming
now that we've seen this portion of the outdoor living area let's go back inside and start
exploring the rest of the interior space as we come back inside of the house we're now going to
cut back through the living room and we are going to go explore the kitchen so the kitchen is right
over here and i forgot to mention this but this is a coat closet that's right next to the front door
so come on through here and this takes us into the kitchen immediately we are greeted by a
giant peninsula and there's room for probably three or four chairs to go right here so that
you could actually have an eat-in kitchen and of course this is just laid out very functionally
there is a sink right here over here is the stove and above this set of counters are clear
story windows which we have not seen yet while exploring homes so that's just very interesting
allows a lot of natural light to come in while still giving you privacy from the street
and over on this side of the kitchen is a door that opens up to the side of the house and we
will go explore this soon i'll go ahead and show you guys kind of what this looks like out here
moving along from the kitchen we're now going to walk down this hallway and of course there's an
implied plane here so it acts as a wall even though it's actually open through to the staircase
and that's just one of those amazing touches and of course these shelves line up with the shelves
that we saw in the living room so everything has these very clean lines that just really
flow together so now we're going to turn the corner here and we come by this really amazing
feature there's a light that's on a pulley and i'm not going to mess with this i don't want to
you know mess it up or anything but it's just really neat and we're going to see another one
of these in the bathroom that's right here in this bathroom there's this beautiful open shower
and it has these 4x4 tiles that completely surround it with a versaille pattern on the
floor and there's another clear story window that looks out to that retaining wall that
we saw on the other side of the kitchen now there's also a floating vanity over on this
side with a medicine cabinet suspended above it and another one of these pulley lights
moving on from the bathroom there's a door here and this is actually a utility room
with the washer and dryer now we aren't really going to look at this too hard but come in here
there's something really interesting i want to show you once again heading out to the alleyway is
another really small door or maybe it's a window there's a screen on the other side
but even in a room like this which is just for you know the mechanics of the house it still helps to
tie into nature and instead of being really cold and drab it really warms it up in here
moving on from the utility room we're now going to make our way back here by this partition wall
and walk towards the front of the house and this takes us to the staircase so
let's go on up here and we will start to explore the loft space and of course these stairs are just
beautiful look at these banisters look at the rails this is not like anything we've ever seen
before and this looks like it's stainless steel i might be wrong about that it might be aluminum
but either way the mix of metal and wood is just phenomenal in this house
so as we reach the top we now turn the corner and this brings us into a lofted working space
now before we move on from the space i do want to show that it has this amazing door
that can be pulled out and shut like this or there's a privacy screen that you could bring
down instead of shutting this so that's just a really interesting feature that gives you
options on how to live in this space now there's another full closet right here and it is fully
finished out with these giant shelves there is a door on this side of the room and this
is going to take us to the backyard so let's go check this out real fast this takes us out to the
backyard there's a large deck here and there are tall fences and just really natural landscaping
out here so we'll just take a moment to pan around this and then we'll explore the rest of the house
coming back inside we're now going to explore the other bedroom and bathroom that are up here
so come on through here and this takes us to a bathroom so let's just go ahead and peek in here
now just like we saw on the first floor there is another shower but this actually has a tub
that's attached to it and of course it has a clear story window above it to allow for more
privacy and allow for natural light to come in and there's a beautiful view of the backyard out here
and then there's subway tile that's completely surrounding the space now of course there's
a toilet there's another floating vanity and this matches the one that we just saw
above it is a medicine cabinet there's even a pull out mirror and track lights now we're going
to explore the next bedroom that's located right here so come on in here and there's an amazing
window that just catches us right off the bat and of course this slopes with the ceiling and over on
this side of the space is a clear story window and then there's a chandelier that matches the
one that we just saw in the lofted working area over to this side of the room is a closet so we
can go ahead and peek in here and of course all these doors in here seem to be on tracks
now passing around the corner we're going to explore the final bedroom and this is what would
be considered the master bedroom so we will just kind of take a moment to see the space real fast
now let's start exploring some of the details so there are these large closet doors
that open up to a very deep closet so it's very well sized for a house of this era and as we
continue on there's another one of these amazing windows that goes with the slope of the roof
and over to this side are clear story windows that go directly above the bed here
now that we've seen the entire house let's go talk to ted white about this listing
ted thank you so much for opening the doors here this has been incredible to explore
oh my gosh ken i'm so glad you all came out 1331 liggett is a perfect house got great
mid-century vibes great crestwood location thanks for coming out thanks again all right
everyone thank you so much for joining me on this tour i really hope that you enjoyed
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