Love this house; reminds me of one of the video house tours?

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I'm a sucker for greek revival. DH would love the "vintage." Too bad the location makes no sense for us anymore.

https://www.redfin.com/CT/Sharon/354-Calkinstown-Rd-06069/home/107177671?utm_source=myredfin&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=recommendations_update&riftinfo=ZXY9ZW1haWwmbD01MDM0NTM2NyZwPWxpc3RpbmdfdXBkYXRlc19yZWNvbW1lbmRhdGlvbnMmYT1jbGljayZzPXJlY29tbWVuZGF0aW9ucyZ0PWltYWdlJmVtYWlsX2lkPTUwMzQ1MzY3XzE2NDIxOTAzNThfNiZ1cGRhdGVfdHlwZT0xJmxpbHJfc2NvcmU9MC4yODA3Jmxpc3RpbmdfaWQ9MTQzOTU1Nzg4JnByb3BlcnR5X2lkPTEwNzE3NzY3MSZwb3NpdGlvbl9udW1iZXI9MQ==

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Sueb20
last year
But so gloomy with all the black and gray! Otherwise, it is lovely.
lyfia
last year
I'm in love although I do have a bit of beef with the listing photos, they show more style/decor which I love, but I like to be able to see pictures that allow me to also get an idea of the layout of a house - which since it is for sale would be useful. I'd love to see the stair case.
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The homeowner actually reminds me very much of my BFF who is also Greek, both in her taste and actually her appearance as well. The house was a little too much for me but I liked almost all of the components. I think she went overboard with white paint—- painting the brick floor of the enclosed patio is sacrilege, like painting those lovely dining chairs white. The whole effect of the blinding white was like a whitewashed hotel on Santorini, but maybe that was her inspiration. I noticed things she has that I also have: upholstered side chairs with wood frames carved to look like bamboo, Waterford jasper ware, blue and white export china vases and urns, white ceramic garden stools used as drinks tables next to armchairs, pink /green / white plates, her wicker console in the pool house is the same one I have in storage (hers was painted white and mine is natural), and the ceiling light in her bedroom (that she bought at a resale shop for $95, lol) was hanging in our last home’s foyer. She also has some items I would LOVE to have, notably an entire set of Rothschild Bird china, and very weirdly, I was looking at those bird glasses on Amazon last week. I must be a fancy grandma wannabe!
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Bunny
last year
Overall, it's a beautiful home. But WTH is that tufty stuff on the floor in #7. I don't like the kitchen either. But some of the rooms are truly lovely.
tishtoshnm Zone 6/NM
last year
The bones of the house are fabulous and I love the property. Not crazy about the black kitchen cabinets or that red-rope wallpaper. The wallpaper makes me think of snakes and gives me the heebie jeebies. The toile wallpaper on the other hand is gorgeous.
localeater
last year
Can I have the pool house? Please.
Springroz
last year
Pretty, but I do not understand describing a house as ”professionally decorated”…..with out any context, that red rope wallpaper is going to be garish. And the shiny black cabinets? No, thanks. Are those fake ferns on the gorgeous patio?
jojoco
last year
Really beautiful home. The decorating feels expected and more suited to the designer (whoever that may be,) than the house.
OutsidePlaying
last year
A beautiful home. I agree, the ropey wallpaper would have to go, but overall I could move in. Cute pool house.
deegw
last year
I would have never guessed it was built in 2012. Good job architect!
Jilly
last year
I agree, dee, I thought that was a typo. :)

Beautiful home and grounds.
cawaps
last year
The rope wallpaper definitely had me thinking it was the red room of pain that had just been staged as a bedroom for sale.
mtnrdredux_gw
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last year
Well ya'll know where i stand on red. But that is just an attic BR.
Feathers11
last year
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I think there's something to the fact that the opening photo is shown in the winter that perhaps sets a tone for the darker colors. It's a lot of "dark," especially the kitchen.
jane__ny
last year
Love it and would move in tomorrow.

I know that area and its a great location. Close to NYC, an hour to Boston, Cape Cod. Just a great location and beautiful house.
mtnrdredux_gw
Original Author
last year
One of my kids went to school in that area... it is actually a good 3 hours to Boston, 2+ to NYC, IDK about Cape Cod. But it is nice and there are several cute towns, lovely countryside, a few excellent places to eat, and a whole lot of talented Manhattanites who weekend there. Designers, entertainers, literary types. For us though, it is just too far from anything.
nini804
last year
The exterior and outdoor living…swoon!!!

The decor is a bit overbearing for me to live in…but surely the owners are taking their things with them. 😂 I’d be over there the day after closing removing the red wallpaper, filling in all the holes in the walls, and helping remove kitchen cabs to be professionally painted. Kitchen is waaaayyy too dark for me.
mtnrdredux_gw
Original Author
last year
Hmm. This location could work. 150 years older but $750,000 less. And no red.

https://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/14-Elm-St_Boxford_MA_01921_M48210-81543

Look at pic 5.
jmck_nc
last year
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I've been gone from MA for 15 years, but Boxford is really just a commuter town...not much there at that time. Perhaps has changed. Love the first house for the fact that it has the look/feel of an older home (despite decor) but can live like we currently live.

ETA: I am searching for a small home in RI for a second home and keep running into this issue so it is top of mind for me. The housing stock is so much older there than here in NC. Charming, but requiring a lot of thought for livability.

Love this house; reminds me of one of the video house tours?

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