Needham Art Deco home has its own spin on luxury
This home has two wings, curved corners, and dock access to the Charles River.
Once a guest house for a neighboring estate, this Art Deco home features glass-block windows, curved corners, and an easement with dock access to the Charles River.
The house is composed of a central core and two wings. In the core, a marble foyer and vestibule ease you into the living room, which features three floor-to-ceiling windows. The fireplace, one of two in the home, is Italian marble. The second can be found in one is in the right wing, in the library. Here, however, the fireplace plays second fiddle to the oak woodwork, which is stained a savory brown. The right is wing also offers two bedrooms, one with an en suite bath, and a second full bathroom.
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Take a look inside this Art Deco home in Needham
The left wing is more down to business, with a formal dining room that leads to an open floor plan that encompasses the kitchen and a family room/dining area lined with windows and capped with skylights. A set of doors leads to an expansive deck with sleek metal railings that are in keeping with the home’s façade of sheet metal and stucco.
The kitchen cabinets are a gorgeous bird’s-eye maple coated with a glistening polyurethane. The counters are dark granite, and the appliances are black. Both are visual counterpoints to that extensive blonde cabinetry. There is a half bath off the kitchen.
On the second floor, the master suite takes up the core and the left wing. The space is tranquil despite its size, offering a sitting room, a dressing area, and a bath with a freestanding steam shower and a deep whirlpool tub set underneath a bank of square glass blocks. The walls are mirrored and the flooring is marble. Closets line the hallway connecting the bedroom and bath. Just outside the bath is an office space and one of the home’s most visually dramatic features — a steel corkscrew stairwell centered under a circular skylight. Need a break from work? Take a breather on the office balcony.
Three more bedrooms — one with an en suite bath and a balcony and two that share a bath — make up the second floor in the right wing.
The finished basement offers an additional 400 square feet of living space, and the home also has an attached two-car garage.
The property, perched behind a circular driveway, is set on 1.71 acres. The owner of this home will share the dock rights with two neighbors.
Listing broker Sandy Tobin of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Needham will hold an open house on Sunday, Oct. 4, from noon to 1:30 p.m.
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