hi everyone my name is ken welcome to this house today we are in alton
illinois exploring a storybook tutor style house that was built in 1922.
before we go inside i'd like to take a moment to give a huge shout out to nick kane
for allowing us to film here i'll go ahead and link his information down in the video
description below let's take a quick look around outside and then let's go explore
we just walked inside and immediately we are inside of the turret that we saw from the curb
now of course the walls are rounded out as well as this windowsill here that has the
diamond pane with leaded windows and we can take a moment to see the hardware on this and
also the hardware on the front door as well as the spindles that break up the diamond panes
all of these details are just in the very entryway there is a door off to this side
we'll explore that in just a moment but first let's continue into the main part of the house
this brings us into the main hall where we can see stone floors flanked by bead board on the walls
and a sweeping staircase that goes all the way up to the second floor
we'll explore that after we're done seeing the first floor in the meantime let's start
to make our way through this hall and see some of these details once again we have
leaded diamond paned windows off to the side here with all of their original historic hardware
and a set of double doors that takes us into the parlor so let's go see this first walking
into the parlor this space is absolutely massive it is delineated down its center by a large beam
that runs the full length of the room and then it is intersected by five cross beams that run
the other direction and this leads us over to the large fireplace we can see the stone
surround as well as a board and batten finish around it all in its original historic wood type
if we turn around we can once again see another radiator that's covered as a window bench
and large windows that look out over the mississippi river
as we admire all of these details let's not forget to always look at all of the surfaces
let's bring our eyes down to the original wooden floors to see the
natural patina that they've gained over the years
following the central beam down the width of the living room
we now arrive at another set of double doors which takes us out into the conservatory
this room is completely surrounded by diamond paint leaded windows
and stone flooring now the views here are just incredible as we can see the mississippi river out
of two sides of the room and the natural forest out to the other side and if we notice directly
behind the set of french doors is a swimming pool that also has a view of the mississippi river
now we're going to cut back through the parlor and continue on to the dining room so let's make
our way back out to the main hall and then we're going to go down to the very end of it
coming through a set of double doors we now arrive in the dining room let's take a moment
to look around the space there's a vintage crystal chandelier suspended from the ceiling
and as we bring our eyes back down there is a bay window that looks out
once again over the mississippi river and a window bench seat that covers a radiator
so let's see some of these details before moving along to the kitchen
continuing on we are now going to cut from the dining room into the kitchen
but first we're going to make a pit stop here in the bathroom there's a full shower and a toilet
now the door on this side takes us down to the basement we'll just take a quick peek down there
and then we're going to continue straight forward on into the kitchen
now coming back upstairs we are going to continue into the kitchen and i think that this kitchen
just flows really well with the rest of the house there's a faux brick backsplash underneath these
diamond paned windows with plantation shutters and if we turn around there's a cabinet over here
that plays on the motif with the diamond panes that we've been seeing throughout
and at the very far end of the kitchen once again continuing with the faux
brick there is an arch that goes up over the cabinets to create a niche
making our way out of the kitchen we arrive at the receiving room which is directly off of the
main hall and this has the back staircase that will take us up to the second floor
of course we're not going to use this staircase we'll use the grand staircase as always but
before we head back out into the main hall let's just take a moment to see some of these details
now cutting back into the main hall we are going to head back towards the entrance
where we first came into the house and we are going to go through the small rounded door
so we're just going to take a peek down there
here we can see a full bathroom and off to the side of this down
a couple more steps is a sitting room now this was a converted garage and
we can just take a moment to look around this before going upstairs
now that we've seen the entire first floor let's head on upstairs
arriving at the top of the stairs this brings us to a lofted study
and we can turn around and see that the radiator covers have now changed
as they are a little bit more ornate than what we were seeing downstairs
there are also built-ins over in the corner and stairs that will take us up to the third floor
first i want us to head over this way and see
a bedroom and a bathroom coming through this door we now arrive at the first bedroom we'll see
off to this side is a full bathroom it has a clawfoot tub and a custom vanity
now continuing forward and down these stairs we arrive at the first bedroom that we'll see
off to this side is a closet which is currently set up as a playroom
and then if we turn around we can see the bedroom proper
it has sloping ceilings diamond paint windows a radiator and these really cute light fixtures
now coming out of this bedroom we are going to now see the owner's suite which is directly
through here so come on in and let's start looking around this takes us into a seating
area with two closets behind us and as we make our way further into the space we are going to
round a corner and arrive at the actual bedroom so now if we look out we can see how the bedroom
is actually set up with diamond paned windows once again looking out over the mississippi river with
these beautiful panoramic views now that we've seen the bedroom we can continue on into the
owner's bathroom so let's just peek our heads in here before continuing out to the back stair hall
coming out of the owner's bathroom we now arrive in the back stair hall
and we can take a moment to see this really beautiful chandelier here before moving on
rounding the corner here we arrive at another small hallway there's a built-in here let's
take a moment to see the hardware and we can open this up and even take a peek inside
now continuing on there is another closet to this side and then a diamond paned window over here
this will take us into the final bedroom that we will see on this floor
so let's begin to look around there are radiators underneath the diamond paned windows
and once again we have panoramic views from this room of the mississippi river
and looking out onto the main street with a couple of closets on either side
making our way out of the bedroom we are coming back into that same hall that we were just in and
this is going to link us back to the lofted area where we first came up the stairs now over here
is the door that will take us up to the third floor so we'll just go peek up there real fast
thank you all for joining me on this tour i really hope that you enjoyed
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