Most of the furniture in the house is covered with velvet fabric in different colors. The two stained glass windows are the first for the house. The windows face west, and when the sun goes down, the windows light up the room. 10-year-old Sam is on his favorite sofa on the bottom right.
Flashing lights illuminate the garden at night.
An unusual three-dimensional global chandelier hangs on a dining room table. Smith did not like “match-match” and the chairs around the table were all covered with different cloths.
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When a previous owner wanted to add a large window, they found a brick wall and a sealed area with a window. Now the interior of the wall has been redesigned to be a headboard.
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The old-fashioned telephone is a piece of jewelry, most reminiscent of the 1930s and 1940s.
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Bold color schemes and plants spread throughout the 1916-year-old house.
The living room opens to the bedroom and dining room. The two stained glass windows are the first for the house. The windows face west, and when the sun goes down, the window is bathed in light. Posters on the walls have been the printing of images since the 1930s.
Painted Julia Smith, photographed Friday, August 13, 2021, at her home in St. Louis, South Africa, in the early 20th century, with no choice but to paint with ecological sensations.
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Julia Smith decided that it was time to move on, after she had to move around a lot. After a diligent search of the Internet, she found her home online in 1916 and found out what she was looking for.
“I wrote a letter to the owner, promising to take care of his property, and I told him that my cats loved him,” she recalls. “I desperately wanted the house, and he was very upset and worried about my stomach. There were two other bids on the first day, but I was contracted at 4 p.m.
Painted Julia Smith, photographed Friday, August 13, 2021, at her home in St. Louis, South Africa, in the early 20th century, with no choice but to paint with ecological sensations. Video by Christian Goodden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
If there was a landlord who would never suffer from the buyer’s regrets, it would be Smith. Two years later, she loves every inch she decides to buy. Includes details that many people do not know.
“Look at this,” she said, pointing to a 2-inch, 18-inch window, one of the four in the house, until she could lock it with the skeleton key she had found. Glass windows that open like curtains, ”she said, referring to one of the art glass windows in the living room. She even admires the variety in her sunroom. One wall is brick, the other is white limestone, the floor is finished with pine and the roof is dirty board.
“I don’t like matchmaking,” says Samite.
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