Pittsburgh home tours open doors on lush interiors
By Kellie B. Gormly, The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | |
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Mexican War Streets
She married her husband,
The Fishers moved into this
"We just wanted to make it essentially ours," says
The living room, which faces
Most of the first floor has hardwood, while much of the second and third floors have wall-to-wall carpet. Wall colors change from room to room, in shades including gray, red and blue. The dining room has a long, dark pine table with six leather chairs, and a fourth-generation china cabinet. A stained-glass, churchlike window adorns the midway landing of the main staircase, where several framed photos of Mexican War Streets tour posters from previous years hang.
The second-floor bedrooms include a boyish room with sporting decorations.
"It's a huge fundraiser," says
Mexican War Streets House & Garden Tour is from
The Zilinskas, both retired pharmacists and
They have the whole first floor and basement to themselves, and tenants rent the two apartments upstairs. The house has a sophisticated, social look with several big-screen TVs -- even in the bathroom, where you can watch TV while taking a bath in the jacuzzi tub.
The kitchen has a big bar with black granite counters, and it sits between the living room and Aldona's spacious bedroom. The bedroom has a king-size bed surrounded by aqua-blue walls and two big Palladian windows with frosted glass.
"It's a sports bar, really,"
"We love to entertain,"
The sisters say that the tour should give people ideas for how to maximize use of a seemingly limited space. They will see "how simply you can live with just three rooms,"
"You don't have to have something really big to be comfortable," she says.
The Shadyside House Tour is from
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