An Arts and Crafts-Design Medford Bungalow

For Sale/Hire

This charming single-household has a fabulous backyard and a quirky previous.


Photograph by Atlantic Visuals

102 Taft St., Medford
Price: $579,000
Sizing: 1,586 square ft
Bedrooms: 2
Baths: 1.5

Chances are you’ve tackled some arts and crafts tasks this quarantine, maybe some coloring books and masterpieces of Popsicle sticks and glue with the children. How about heading all-in with a home that was basically just one major craft project?

Built in 1935, this charming Medford bungalow is a masterpiece of the arts and crafts motion, which centered on handcrafted artistry and approachable architecture. Not to mention American craftiness: From the early 1900s to 1939, Sears, Roebuck & Co. bought hundreds of kinds of pre-fabricated package properties by their mail-buy catalogue. Upcoming owners could flip by hundreds of unique homes—from Capes to the southern manor-like “Magnolia”—and choose their house’s frills and finishes. All in, the enterprise bought around 75,000 of these residences and then would ship the kits, complete with plumbing pieces and hundreds of kilos of nails, through railroad. It’s possible that jigsaw puzzle you have not concluded still is wanting quite uncomplicated in comparison to cracking open a 250-ton package to build your very own home.

Even though there is at the moment no assembly demanded, what you absolutely have to do is love quick mornings on the new screened-in porch and search out around the garden and massive perennial backyard garden. Within, the home offers unique hardwood floors with bits of brick detailing. The modern kitchen with granite counter tops and stainless steel appliances sets a vibrant stage for breakfasts at the island, with the crisp palette participating in off of the sunlight flooding in from the windows. Unhurried spouse and children dinners in the adjoining dining room, in the meantime, supply odds to savor the artful views of the porch and yard. Other gathering places incorporate the sunny living room and the lobby, presently a snug library for a literary lead into the home.

Immediately after a day exploring the close by Middlesex Fells, head up to the two second-ground bedrooms, like the primary bed room with its stroll-in closet. Plus, if the crafty previous of the home has you influenced, the finished basement is awaiting a new lifetime as your art studio.

For data, contact Ramsay Fretz, Ramsay and Organization at Foremost Edge Genuine Estate, ramsayfretz.realscout.com.

Image by Atlantic Visuals

Photograph by Atlantic Visuals

Photograph by Atlantic Visuals

Picture by Atlantic Visuals

Image by Atlantic Visuals

Photograph by Atlantic Visuals

Photograph by Atlantic Visuals

Image by Atlantic Visuals

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