5139 North Western Avenue, Chicago, IL 60625 listing details

Few homes capture the imagination like this one does. It wasn't designed or rehabbed to be like everything else. It didn't use the house down the block as its template for the floorplan. Instead, when the brick two flat was being recreated in to a single family home, time was taken to craft something that is unique yet functional, thoughtful, and extremely inviting.As you walk up, you will be intrigued by the brick home with its rounded corner turret. If you look up to the top of the turret you will notice a curious and playful detail - a cat poised at the very top (modeled after a similar one in Latvia). Inside, a front entry room protects from the weather and provides a mud room entrance where you are able to sit and take off shoes. From there, it opens to a front foyer and the main house stairs. On this main level, it will open to a front living room that offers a rounded sitting area outlined with windows. A wood stove with brick details behind create a focal point. As with the entire level, clean lines combine with hardwood floors, solid oak doors and unpainted oak trim for a sleek and simple appearance. The dining room is a large open room bathed in natural light from the south-facing windows. The extra lot width, along with no structure to the south along these windows allows the light to pour in to the home and room.The kitchen was designed for truly cooking - not just to be looked at and appreciated. Deep cabinetry and drawers, supplemented by additional cabinets in the eat-in room, as well as pantry closet provide more than enough room for all your kitchen items. You have a Viking cooktop, Bosch dishwasher, warming drawer, instant chilled filtered water, and center work table. Open to the kitchen is the eat-in room for casual eating with plenty of space for a table or possibly a couch to lounge and watch tv. Off the back is an enclosed finished porch area that opens the home to the outdoors.Additional rooms on this level include a third bedroom that is gen