Old-Made-New-Homes Are All The Rage In Connecticut
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1/3In Connecticut, a wonderful trend happening now is that of preserving old homes while gently renovating to make them feel new, stylish, and luxurious. An old-made-new home such as this is located on River Lane in Westport. It’s almost antique—built in 1926—but its handsome, white-clapboard exteriors look every inch the classic Colonial. Inside, the 6,255-square-foot home has a midcentury vibe, with a kitchen that appears to float in a floor-to-ceiling, marble-clad partition facing the family room, which is centered on a handsome hearth. The first-floor rooms open onto a stone courtyard with a waterfall and to the exteriors that won an American Society of Landscape Architects residential design honor award. Designed by Wesley Stout Associates, the plan includes a koi pond, a chic pool and terrace and a lounging area with a dramatic outdoor fireplace, constructed of reclaimed granite. Brett Lieberman of Riverside Realty has the $3,395,000 listing.In Old Lyme, there’s a circa-1820 home that started life as a vine-covered cottage called the Morrison Remick Waite House, after the Supreme Court Justice who lived there. Then, when Queen Victoria’s fanciful styling made it across the pond, it was transformed into a Victorian. You’d never guess it now, though, because in 1930, a saltbox roof was appended, followed by more recent modifications, including a kitchen-great-room addition. Somehow, the now-3,350-square-foot home has retained its antique character while offering modern features such as nine-foot ceilings, a master suite with four walk-in closets and three additional bedrooms and bathrooms. All that for the just-reduced price of $549,000, listed with Allyson Cotton of William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty.In Connecticut, a wonderful trend happening now is that of preserving old homes while gently renovating to make them feel new, stylish, and luxurious. An old-made-new home such as this is located on River Lane in Westport. It’s almost antique—built in 1926—but its handsome, white-clapboard exteriors look every inch the classic Colonial. Inside, the 6,255-square-foot home has a midcentury vibe, with a kitchen that appears to float in a floor-to-ceiling, marble-clad partition facing the family room, which is centered on a handsome hearth. The first-floor rooms open onto a stone courtyard with a waterfall and to the exteriors that won an American Society of Landscape Architects residential design honor award. Designed by Wesley Stout Associates, the plan includes a koi pond, a chic pool and terrace and a lounging area with a dramatic outdoor fireplace, constructed of reclaimed granite. Brett Lieberman of Riverside Realty has the $3,395,000 listing.In Old Lyme, there’s a circa-1820 home that started life as a vine-covered cottage called the Morrison Remick Waite House, after the Supreme Court Justice who lived there. Then, when Queen Victoria’s fanciful styling made it across the pond, it was transformed into a Victorian. You’d never guess it now, though, because in 1930, a saltbox roof was appended, followed by more recent modifications, including a kitchen-great-room addition. Somehow, the now-3,350-square-foot home has retained its antique character while offering modern features such as nine-foot ceilings, a master suite with four walk-in closets and three additional bedrooms and bathrooms. All that for the just-reduced price of $549,000, listed with Allyson Cotton of William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty.
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2/3The Westport home has a midcentury vibe, with a kitchen that appears to float in a floor-to-ceiling, marble-clad partition facing the family room.The Westport home has a midcentury vibe, with a kitchen that appears to float in a floor-to-ceiling, marble-clad partition facing the family room.
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3/3Outside, the house boasts a chic pool and terrace and a lounging area with a dramatic outdoor fireplace, constructed of reclaimed granite.Outside, the house boasts a chic pool and terrace and a lounging area with a dramatic outdoor fireplace, constructed of reclaimed granite.
This article appears in the November 2017 issue of CTC&G (Connecticut Cottages & Gardens).
