On the Market: Designer Rancher in Downingtown
Want to live in a house so stunning its makeover made it into a major magazine? How about this one, which made it into ours?
Yawn. Another 1950s ranch house up for sale. But what lies beyond the front door of 634 Overlook Rd., Downingtown, Pa. 19355, should bring you back to life. | Photos: Mike Zigon via BHHS Fox & Roach Realtors unless otherwise noted
If you’re the sort of person who peruses magazines looking for picture spreads of beautiful, stylish houses, you might recognize this one.
But not from the photo above. Try this one instead.
Accent wall in living room | Photo: Rebecca McAlpin for Studio Robert Jamieson via BHHS Fox & Roach Realtors
Look familiar? It should if you’re a regular reader of our print edition.
This is the living room of the home of Erika Pak and Miles Huffman in Downingtown. Wayne-based Studio Robert Jamieson turned this run-of-the-mill 1950s ranch house into a showpiece in 2016, and we featured it in the July 2016 issue of Philly Mag.
(I can’t seem to call up the online version of this photo feature, so to refresh your memory, here’s the print feature, reproduced on the Studio Robert Jamieson website.)
Living room
By wrapping the stairs to this Downingtown designer ranch house for sale’s basement in reclaimed redwood, Jamieson created a focal point for the open main living area Pak and Huffman desired.
Dining room and kitchen
It also draws your eyes to the efficiently arranged, up-to-date kitchen and its adjoining dining room. It also provides space for storage in the kitchen.
Dining room
Family room
And beyond the skylit dining room, another Jamieson upgrade, lies the family room.
Patio and backyard
Sliding doors in this room open onto a paved patio and roomy backyard.
Master bedroom
Beyond the living room fireplace lies the master suite, which has its own private balcony and side entrance.
Master bathroom
Jamieson also reoriented the master bedroom closet and gave the master bathroom a rustic modern look.
Two more bedrooms and a hall bath flank the living room, and the partially finished basement contains laundry facilities, storage space and a beamed-ceilinged rec room.
Live here and you’ll be able to Wow! your visiting guests with an interior that the outside of this house doesn’t prepare them for. You’ll also enjoy easy access to West Chester, Exton Square Mall, and the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
THE FINE PRINT
BEDS: 3
BATHS: 2
SQUARE FEET: 1,821
SALE PRICE: $469,999
OTHER STUFF: This house has an offer pending, but the owner is accepting backup offers.
634 Overlook Dr., Downingtown, Pa. 19355 [Marion Dinofa | BHHS Fox & Roach Realtors]
Updated Aug. 3rd, 10:58 a.m., to correct the address.
