$650,000 Style Ranch Year built 1967 Square feet 1,396 Bedrooms 3 Baths 2 full Sewer/water Private/public Taxes $6,762 (2024) Buck the trend. Home sizes have mushroomed in the Northeast, but this ranch offers the same level of comfort in a more petite, but fully updated, package. Owned by an interior designer, the home puts a cozy, modern twist on ranch living.
Enter from the main door just to the left of the attached one-car garage. Why? There’s a mudroom with open shelving, coat hooks, and a built-in bench. Move to the left into the 216-square-foot living room, the largest space in the house.
Natural light from a five-pane bow window fills the space. The flooring here and throughout much of the home is a luxury vinyl plank. The living room is open to the 110-square-foot dining area, where a trestle table for six sits under a crystal chandelier that evokes images of sun-splashed icicles.
Advertisement Not surprisingly, the dining area is open to the 132-square-foot kitchen. This space is a study in white, from the raised-panel cabinets to the quartz countertops to the glass subway tile backsplash. Other highlights include under-the-cabinet and recessed lighting, stainless steel appliances (the stove is gas), and a long breakfast counter/desk set before a bay window with backyard views.
A hallway off the kitchen connects to the garage and to the carpeted family room (182 square feet). It’s rectangular, as one would expect in a ranch, but it offers a rustic touch more comm.