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"A Brand New Very Old Home"
Restored Colonial Homestead
Close to Town on Quiet Village Road
in Five+ Acre Setting of
Meadows and
Woods
This
expansive and elegant homestead dating from 1830 has been restored to its
former Greek Revival splendor
and renovated to add the necessities of 21st
century life.
Sheffield,
Massachusetts
Homestead: the house, land, and outbuildings where a family
makes its home
The home can
be entered through a mud room with antique heart pine wainscoting and
built-in storage that includes cubbies for charging ipods and cell phones.
The large
kitchen - family room has been relocated to the core of the home. It
combines Italian tile and 20" pine flooring, offers oak and cherry millwork,
a stainless steel Bertazzoni range,
state-of-the-art appliances and a Danze
motion sensor faucet.
Separate
doors from the front porch also provide entry into the formal living room
with nearly floor to ceiling antique glass windows or into the kitchen.
A black
slate half bath serves a dual purpose as a first floor laundry room.
The former
kitchen boasts the original wood-burning fireplace and beehive oven. This
room can serve as a library, formal dining room, or an additional sitting
room for the master suite.
The luxurious
master bedroom suite completes the first floor. A cathedral ceiling exposing
the original massive chestnut timber posts and beams dominates the master
bathroom while framing the view of pasture and woods. A large dressing room
adjoins the new cherry trimmed master bathroom with its oversize shower and
a soaking tub, toilet, and washbasin from a line designed by Phillipe Starck
for Duravit.
Upstairs, are three/four more bedrooms for family and friends as well as a
full bath. A new media room in the former barn hayloft easily doubles as
office, playroom, or family area. There is also access to a full height
attic.
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