This week was, mercifully, a no-brainer. What’s not to love about this Crestwood Mediterranean in one of my favorite Westside neighborhoods and in one of my favorite Texas vernaculars.
Oh, and it’s not under active contract, which seems to be the case with Fort Worth Friday posts of late. I should mention this 3,780-square-foot, four-bedroom, three-and-one-half-bath villa has only been on the market for a mere six days.
I loved the house so much that I thought I might have already written about it.
Welcome to 505 Eastwood Ave. Built in 1949, the house is replete with architectural interest and executed with high-end materials. The red tile roof, likely Ludowici, would alone cost tens of thousands of dollars.
A curved walkway that leads to the handsome iron door is bracketed by brick. Ditto the drive and porch. Why is there something so comforting about an arch? Or, even better, groupings of them?
The Kimbell Art Museum architect, Louis Kahn, used to tell his students: “If you are ever stuck for inspiration, ask your materials for advice. You say to a brick, ‘What do you want, brick?’ And brick says to you, ‘I like an arch.’ And you say to brick, ‘Look, I want one, too, but arches are expensive and I can use a concrete lintel.’ And then you say: ‘What do you think of that, brick?’ Brick says: ‘I like an arch.'”
Well, I agree with brick, and 505 Eastwood Avenue has plenty of arches to admire. Three in the dining room alone, plus two arched niches. Decorative beams are deployed throughout the house for additional interest and effect.
Space is managed in an original manner with multiple living areas. The main bedroom is on the ground floor with three additional bedrooms upstairs.
The eat-in kitchen has generous fenestration. I love the sage/celadon color palette. Naturally, the appliances are top-notch with a Sub-Zero fridge and six-burner chef’s range. In the dining nook, the chairs match the cabinets.
Rich is the monochrome mirrored game room/library/bar. Love the mirror-on-mirror effect next to the Louis XVI style fauteuil. Normally I would nix the designer-y angled rug, but in this mixed milieu, I’m won over.
Envy. I hope to tile the risers of my staircase in my own house someday. Here it’s a delightful detail on a bijou bagatelle of a stair, which is discreetly located off the living room.
Above the principal bedroom and its attached en suite bath. The bedroom is a generous 300 square feet.
The lot is rather large by Crestwood norms at almost one-third of an acre.
Margaret Coulborn of Williams Trew Real Estate has listed 505 Eastwood Avenue at $1.599 million.
