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1207 Barringer St, Philadelphia, PA 19119

3 Beds | 2.1 Baths | $349,900

The spacious lawn surrounding 1207 Barringer St greets your presence as you pull alongside the curb. You shut your car door and the scent of pine enters your breath. After a long day working in Center City, it’s comforting to know that home is only a quick trip up Kelly Drive.

You enter through the side door, admiring your spacious living room which you have so carefully embellished with leather-upholstered couches and stain glass lampshades. You look ahead to find your partner making the finishing touches on an artisanal spread in your open-concept kitchen that feels more like a magazine centerfold than the place you get to eat breakfast every morning. A seat awaits you at the kitchen island but The Temptations are reverberating throughout the house so you decide to slide across the sleek hardwood floors instead, transporting your living room into a dancefloor. You’ve worked up a sweat and decide to wash up before dinner. 

Your elegant spiral staircase opens up into the hallway that connects your bathroom and bedroom. After falling into bed for two minutes to appreciate how the outdoor light perfectly spills onto your plush comforter, you traipse into your master bath. You remark how naturally your belongings sit on your side of the vanity as you take the time to decompress in your subway tile surround shower, reminiscent of a luxury hotel spa. 

Before settling in for dinner, you wander downstairs to the lower level to change the wash and put fresh hand towels in the powder room.

 When you’re finally ready to eat, you return to the first floor to find your partner no longer in the kitchen. You peek your head out the side door to find a candle-lit dinner laid out on your new deck table. Among the fancy cheese and wine, you spot two hastily-wrapped Dalessandro’s cheesesteaks. In the dim light of dusk, you and your partner toast over a glass of wine, dig into your hoagies, and share smiles about the time when “1207 Barringer St” became “Home.”