Julia Kid’s former house in northwest Washington, D.C., is at present listed for $3.5 million. The chef and tv host gained nationwide admiration after introducing French gastronomy to the general public following the discharge of her cookbook, Mastering the Artwork of French Cooking.
The house’s kitchen later featured in The French Chef – the long-running collection that accelerated Julia’s fame and allowed her to turn into one among America’s favourite TV cooking personalities. In 2009, the kitchen additionally welcomed actress Meryl Streep in the course of the filming of Julie & Julia – a movie that explores the chef’s life.
The itemizing affords a possibility to personal one of many best-known kitchens within the U.S., in one of many world’s greatest properties. Right here, we discover the well-known property.
Whereas it’s maybe inevitable to start on the kitchen, the house can also be a trove of up to date lounge concepts, following a number of renovations since 2015. Key design options embrace the uncovered brick wall and unique beams that complement Georgetown’s colonial structure past the patio door.
The room displays a complicated impartial palette that acts as a delicate backdrop for its assortment of houseplants and green-hued delicate furnishings that pay tribute to the most well-liked colour developments. The open-plan house additionally boasts a hearth that acts as a reminder of the postcode’s wealthy historical past.
This dwelling house results in the house’s most well-known room, the chef’s kitchen. Nevertheless, regardless of its status, the room seems considerably unrecognizable from its retro roots. As a substitute, the house is a maze of fashionable kitchen concepts – from its marble-hued kitchen island to its built-in home equipment that give the room an nearly ‘invisible-kitchen’ impact.
Past the floating staircase, the higher degree has three bedrooms, together with a master bedroom with a walk-in closet and an en-suite rest room with a freestanding tub
Whereas Julia Kid’s house is best-known from the within, the present exteriors are equally noteworthy. The yard house epitomizes city backyard concepts with its paved out of doors eating space – full with a full-size desk and separate lounge space.
Although, that is the one becoming exterior for a home that’s so related to its gastronomical legacy. In the meantime, the butter-yellow-colored façade is an equally apt tribute to the chef who labeled the property as her ‘little jewel’ all through her profession.
Julia Kid’s house, at 2706 Olive Road, is at present listed with Jonathan Taylor and Maxwell Rabin of Sotheby’s Worldwide Realty for $3.5 million.
