The House of Fun And Color

Welcome to the most colorful and amusing house currently on the market!

crazy colorful house

Interesting and unusual color and design choices in historic homes usually provoke a lot of strong reactions (like hate and disdain).

crazy colorful house

But House Crazy Sarah just feels happy when she looks at this house in Saint Louis, Missouri.

Michigan-Mid-Century-Masterpiece

In fact, some of the rooms give House Crazy Sarah a full-on giggle.

crazy colorful house

The owner (Karen) put her name in neon lights above the fireplace!  Can you see it?

Karen house

Karen’s house is currently listed for sale for $1,599,000.

From the outside the 4,483 square foot Victorian Second Empire looks normal enough.

crazy colorful house

Grand and stately, even.

But on the inside, it’s all about fun and funkiness!

crazy colorful house

And color – how can we not remark on those eyepopping paint colors?

Every room has a different scheme/theme.

crazy colorful house

The kitchen is somewhat “normal”:

crazy colorful house

But other than that, most of the rooms in the house make you go: “what the heck?

Like this bathroom:

crazy colorful house

Cool bookshelf wallpaper, but what on earth is with the typed notes pinned all over the walls?

what is a Karen house

Gives you something to read.

And look at this bathroom:

crazy colorful house

Karen plastered the wall with copies of her Harvard degree!

Karen house

Who does that?!

Karen sure is gutsy.

crazy color house for sale

Below is a muted little alcove, but look at the beautiful stained glass:

crazy color house for sale

Let’s go upstairs…

crazy color house for sale

Bookshelves on the stair landing?  Yes please!

crazy color house for sale

The bedrooms are large and luxuriously appointed.

And look at the gorgeous master bath:

crazy color house for sale

The paint color can be described as: kiss of watermelon flesh.

crazy color house for sale

We get a peek inside Karen’s ginormous closet:

crazy color house for sale

Wow – a closet with windows AND French doors!

And check out Karen’s office:

crazy color house for sale

Love that wallpaper!

crazy color house for sale

crazy color house for sale

The colorful rooms in this house go on and on.  There are six bedrooms in total.

crazy color house for sale

Karen’s love of color is also apparent in the finished basement space:

crazy color house for sale

crazy color house for sale

crazy color house for sale

Back outside to the traditional exterior…

crazy color house for sale

You would never guess that this grand old Victorian is chock full of vibrant color and amusing, if not risqué, design choices.

crazy color house for sale

This is no ordinary Karen house, that’s for sure!

 

Source:

https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/mo/saint-louis/225-linden-ave/pid_40271442/

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