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Location: Winter Park, Florida
Price: $895,000
Built in 1960 for the Kerr family of real estate developers, this block-and-beam midcentury modern in Winter Park, Florida, features elements of the Sarasota School of Architecture and Japanese design.
Taking cues from a traditional Japanese home, the 3,651-square-foot residence arranges itself around a courtyard garden boasting mature plants and a koi pond, while sliding glass doors from nearly every room (there are four bedrooms and three and a half baths) open directly onto it.
As for the interiors, which appear to have been updated recently, a fluid floorplan begins with a ?serpentine? sunken living room characterized by a floating copper fireplace, then flows into a formal dining space and into an updated kitchen, and finally into a spacious family room?all placed to take in views of the courtyard.
The master suite is also positioned to maximize indoor-outdoor living, with sliders opening onto a deck. Three steps lead up to the bathroom and an open atrium garden shower topped by a skylight. Another suite, plus a guest bedroom, and another one clad in wood paneling currently being used as an office round out the p...