Situated in the historic Schmidtville district, 5642 Morris St / 1290 Wright Avenue. is a Scottish Georgian townhouse built in 1859. While the exterior presents classic Victorian charm, the interior reveals a distinctive blend of historic and global design. The attic’s “Tomb Room,” painted by artist Michael Lewis is a must see. This one of a kind room that transports visitors to ancient Egypt with murals across the walls, and ceiling, completed with a bathroom set inside a towering sarcophagus. Original brick walls are faced with cedar shingles, while the foundation combines hand-cut granite with fieldstone and brick. The home’s tall ceilings—11.5 feet on the ground floor, Original woodwork, pocket doors, and plaster details highlight the home’s historic craftsmanship, with 19th-century softwood floors upstairs and Saltillo tiles and hardwood on the main floor. The newly renovated basement suite, with a private entrance and separate address, equipped with in-floor heating, expansive windows for an abundance of natural light to fill each room, a clawfoot tub, making it ideal for added income or extended family. Additional modern upgrades include updated wiring, plumbing, and natural gas heating with beautiful cast iron radiators. International design touches such as Mexican kitchen tiles, Italian marble in a Roman-style bathroom with “Sicis” mosaics, and Spanish swan faucets elevate this home’s character. With a south-west-facing backyard, a two-car driveway, and a detached garage, this property offers an extraordinary blend of history, style, with the convenience of south end living. Book your private viewing today and take in everything that 5642 Morris street has to offer!
Honestly, I just want to go through all these sites and red-pen the basic English errors. We’re supposed to be better than this.
Also, the house is BONKERS-gorgeous. I can dig the quasi-finished basement and the uncovered window near the bath - that’d be fixed soon! - but the painted-wood floors really take me back to my youth (although they were painted for us because we had no money to put proper flooring down). I love the exposed hot-water heating, as our unfinished basement had that along the roof near the support structure, too. For me, this is all retro-based joy.
But that room; what do you do? Paint would desecrate it, but leaving its eyesore self is also sacrilege. One can only either sell the entire house on as this owner has done, or perhaps find a way to remove the roof and wall panels and rebuild them in some rich wank’s monkey-house somewhere else. Rich bastard’s not taking the floors but he can have the custom finishes too.
All this for c$8k/mo . That’s double my rent, and we’re really proud of our new apartment, in a big building with AC standard, atop a huge secure garage and in the middle of a relaxing 15-min mini-city design just steps from the metro. I can’t be lured away for double, brick walls and painted mohogany be damned.
Honestly, I just want to go through all these sites and red-pen the basic English errors. We’re supposed to be better than this.
Also, the house is BONKERS-gorgeous. I can dig the quasi-finished basement and the uncovered window near the bath - that’d be fixed soon! - but the painted-wood floors really take me back to my youth (although they were painted for us because we had no money to put proper flooring down). I love the exposed hot-water heating, as our unfinished basement had that along the roof near the support structure, too. For me, this is all retro-based joy.
But that room; what do you do? Paint would desecrate it, but leaving its eyesore self is also sacrilege. One can only either sell the entire house on as this owner has done, or perhaps find a way to remove the roof and wall panels and rebuild them in some rich wank’s monkey-house somewhere else. Rich bastard’s not taking the floors but he can have the custom finishes too.
All this for c$8k/mo . That’s double my rent, and we’re really proud of our new apartment, in a big building with AC standard, atop a huge secure garage and in the middle of a relaxing 15-min mini-city design just steps from the metro. I can’t be lured away for double, brick walls and painted mohogany be damned.
I think the solution is to board up the room and leave it for future generations to rediscover and be horrified and mystified on turns