One day when we were driving to dinner downtown, I was driving and Jon got the opportunity to look around. As we were exiting the Ravenell Bridge (hey, its very modern!) he said "oooo, what is that house for sale?" We glanced at it and continued on our way knowing we would drive by it many more times. He looked it up online later and we found the listing. Looked pretty "modern" to us! Maybe there is hope after all!
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| It is not mid-century modern but it is modern and it is in Charleston...There was hope! Simple, clear exterior with a smart look. |
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| Big wall of windows |
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| Modern roof line and exterior finish |
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| Industrial garage door, Design Within Reach style house numbers |
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| Modern staircase with reclaimed wood, modern island |
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| Ikea cabinets and Modern railing |
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At night the staircase looks like one continuous line
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A few phone calls to our realtor and we scheduled a showing of 349 Nassau. Turns out this is an affordable house (listed in the mid-300s) and although it was a little smaller than we wanted (about 1800 square feet) we would have seriously considered buying it if it was another location. I know beggars can't be choosy but come on...road noise, major highway and a bad part of town are not ideal, especially with 2 adventurous outdoor cats!!
We decided to keep looking as surely this is not the ONLY MODERN HOME in Charleston....Right?? We did get the builders name and number just in case!
We decided to continue looking for houses as it is not likely this is the ONLY one in Charleston and kept the owners/builders in mind, just in case.
Jon and Rachel
ReplyDeletei can't express my feelings when i found your blog. To be short, i can easily say that someone wrote this blog on my behalf. it is the same situation me and my wife are having, same search, same period, same style and digging more in your blog, same materials. I actually found your blog when doing some google search on Nichiha's empire block pictures for the house we are building in Northern PA. Thumbs up for your project hope you're in by now. I do have some questions and concerns on exterior cladding if you don't mind discussing it with me, i'll provide my email address, not sure if it's safe to leave my phone number online but will definitely do if i get contacted. Thank you and congratulations.
johnnyk@3dimensionalfab.com