4224 31st St

Mount Rainier, MD 20712

This outstanding 1923 Arts and Crafts Bungalow will lift your spirits with the warm glowing "Heart of Pine" wood floors throughout and a classic floor plan suited to modern lifestyles! The rooms are spacious and allow for gracious entertaining in the Living Room and Separate Dining room with attractive chandelier centered over the table area. Flow-through to the modern kitchen with granite countertops, stainless appliances, porcelain tiled backsplash, and cherrywood cabinets. Pot cleaning becomes happier here looking out from the sink window to the south-facing garden with mature trees and room for a large garden. Enjoy morning coffee on the spacious wood deck off the rear entry., overlooked by a mature evergreen holly tree for year-round color! Relax on warm afternoons here as you barbecue outside and then move to the large dining room. There are two well-sized main level bedrooms that also make great home offices. Note the updated double pane and energy-efficient windows throughout. Enjoy the extra convenience of upgraded "Top Down - Bottom Up" blinds. When it's to too hot out back move to the shady old fashioned front porch where cooling breezes reach you. The upper-level owner's suite is a knockout for space and charm. You'll love the seated nook under the window - a great place to quietly chill out with a book and cup of tea! The double closet is roomy and the bathroom is one you can spread out in. If you have to be home then enjoy it - you will! You are in the center of the designated Historic District City of Mount Rainier. Just a short stroll from stores and the Route 1 Arts District. For artists, the whole city allows arts-related businesses to operate from homes without special exemptions to zoning laws. The basement can be a huge art studio with its own front and side entrances and there's even a separate front storage room under the porch. Economical gas forced air heating and Central Air Conditioning help your comfort and budget. This home is just a 1.3-mile drive from the West Hyattsville Metro Station and there is a bus service (F2) a few yards away at the bus stop taking you to and from Metro Stations. Stroll to a small local park with a playground down the same block. Larger parks are close by at Eastern Avenue and there is a river park off 38th Street. There's convenient unrestricted street parking opposite and 1 car off-street parking. You are right next to the Arts District, and a short stroll from the famous Glut, Joe's Movement Emporium, and stores and restaurants. The local police station is on Route 1, as is the City Town Hall. Franklins Brew Pub, Bus Boys and Poets and My Organic Market are a 6-minute drive away in the City of Hyattsville, while Costco and a huge Shopping Center at Fort Lincoln, in Washington DC, are 7 minutes away. The Washington DC Capitol is a short convenient drive away, as is the University of Maryland campus, Route 50 and I-295. Don't miss this renovated classic Bungalow in a sought- after Historic Mount Rainier! Website: https://tour.truplace.com/property/76/85468/ ___________________________________________