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At first, this 1939 home, renovated by local design-build firm Peter Dick, looks about as you’d expect. Behind a front that reads a bit Alsatian, traditional features such as fireplaces and hardwood floors are intact, walls inside and outside have been painted white to give it an open-airy feeling, and it’s been punched up with touches of bright color. (We’re not crazy about the general trend, exhibited here, of putting an excessive number of word-signs on the walls, but that’s just a matter of staging.)
As one travels toward the back of the 1,954-square-foot home, however, things get a little less 1930s and a little more 1980s. A combination of curved steel beams and railings, fused glass windows, and bright red or purple floors bring to mind the Art Deco revival, with a touch of postmodern fun, popular in the latter decade. In general, the transition is surprisingly smooth, especially as it winds up on a terrific screened porch that brings the whole thing back around.
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Located in the Central Austin Rosedale neighborhood, the home is close to Shoal Creek, Ramsey Park, Central Market, and other amenities of that area’s bustling commercial strips.
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The house has three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
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Small sets of stairs lead to a second living area and a study.
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Large trees shade the back and side yards, which feature a deck and patio as well as the screened porch.
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• 4009 Rosedale Avenue [EXP Realty]