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One of the most successful solo musicians in history is leaving Atlanta, his home base since the early 1990s. As much as we hate to see him go, his art-filled, Architectural Digest-featured penthouse is now on the market for some lucky buyer. For just under $5 million, you could have the coveted views and 13,336 square feet to entertain in style like the “Tiny Dancer” singer.

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Soon after Elton John first bought a unit in Buckhead’s Park Place condo—saying in interviews that Atlanta’s southern hospitality won him over to establish a US homebase here—he started acquiring other neighboring condos in the building. Eventually, his four bedroom/seven bath, two-story apartment encompassed six separate units, creating an architectural masterpiece filled with art treasures and custom everything. For the 30-plus years he lived here, Atlantans were excited to spot Elton around town, and the 40-story Park Place condo building was best known as Elton’s home.

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Listing agent Chase Mizell with Atlanta Fine Homes/Sotheby’s calls the condo’s two-story salon “the piece de resistance,” with its floor-to-ceiling windows and magnificent views of the city. Other areas have quite a wow factor as well. As no surprise to any fans of Elton’s bold fashion statements, the primary suite closet is enormous and full of custom drawers and storage originally meant to hold sequined eyeglasses, boas, and more. The primary bathroom is spa-worthy and clad in onyx. An in-house massage studio, fitness room, and five dedicated wine storage units are also included. And since the home has always shined as an entertaining space, the condo comes with nine dedicated parking spaces, three spacious guest suites, and balconies galore.

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Now that Elton John is retired, he told the Wall Street Journal that his touring days are over, and he and his family will make their family estate in England their primary home.

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If you’re a fan of contemporary architecture but also have a soft spot for traditional neighborhoods, this house may be for you. That is, if you have $2.9 million.

Its contemporary appeal is easy to spot: This rectangular, four-story abode has the floor-to-ceiling iron windows and sleek kitchen that you’d expect in a luxury townhouse—and, with windows all around, there’s lots of natural light. The traditional aspect of 14 The Prado (cool address!) starts with the neighborhood itself. Ansley Park is a tree-lined, historic community with 100-year-old homes and plenty of scenic, winding vistas. This house also has four sides of brick for traditional warmth. For entertaining, there’s a courtyard with a fireplace, pool, spa, and one sexy detail: the lower-level bar has a window that views the pool underground.

“It’s impossible to find anything else like this in the city,” says developer John Mears. “It’s a very efficient layout for a four-bedroom house under 4,000 square feet. This house has all the features and amenities of a larger home but with minimal yard and no wasted interior space.” He describes the house as an urban courtyard home with a transitional style of architecture.

The five-bedroom house has other desirable features: a floating staircase and wide-plank hardwood floors, plus a spacious kitchen with waterfall countertops and high-end appliances. Upstairs, the owner’s suite includes his-and-her bathrooms and a large walk-in closet. An au pair suite has a kitchenette in addition to a bedroom and bath.

As a big bonus, the house comes with an urban oasis a couple blocks away, since the greenspaces of the Atlanta Botanical Garden and Piedmont Park are an easy walk. The High Museum of Art and other cultural institutions—as well as the restaurants of Colony Square and Midtown—are also nearby.

For more information, contact listing agent Sam Bayne at Atlanta Fine Homes/Sotheby’s.

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Cozy, log cabin-style homes have their place in the mountains, but they’re not the only option in Fannin County. This $3.2 million modern house has 6,000 square feet of upscale amenities, is surrounded by almost three acres, and is located close to downtown Blue Ridge. Recently, this North Georgia town has soared in popularity as a place for weekend getaways—and it’s also a viable spot for a primary residence that happens to have a big city 1.5 hours away.

Photograph courtesy of Engel & Volkers Atlanta and North Georgia Mountains

Photograph courtesy of Engel & Volkers Atlanta and North Georgia Mountains

Dubbed “The Peaks House,” this newly constructed home offers a refined approach to mountain living, says Lucy Small, the builder, designer, and listing agent through Engel & Volkers Atlanta and North Georgia Mountains. High ceilings and an abundance of windows are a large part of the appeal, as well as unexpected materials. “Our natural elements throughout the home are sophisticated but still have a story,” she says. “We’ve swapped out pine walls for a cypress that has undergone the Japanese process of Shou Sugi Ban to char the walls black instead of stain, as one example. In addition, we swapped out pine floors for imported French white oak, and we used herringbone brick patterns in places where you may have seen flagstones in the past.”

Photograph courtesy of Engel & Volkers Atlanta and North Georgia Mountains

Photograph courtesy of Engel & Volkers Atlanta and North Georgia Mountains

The house boasts six bedrooms, four and a half bathrooms, and two—yes, two—kitchens. The dark-gray clad exterior is tasteful and understated, but the backyard and entertainment areas are the main draws. Small refers to the yard as the recreation area, and with good reason: 2,000 square feet of decks overlook the sprawling yard with a saltwater pool, spa, and a party pavilion—complete with that second kitchen, fireplace, and pizza oven. Back in the house, the kitchen continues the party atmosphere with custom maple cabinetry and a butlers pantry, plus plenty of sitting areas for relaxing.

As a longtime Realtor in the Blue Ridge area, Small can attest to this little town’s growing popularity. “We often hear from former globetrotters and city dwellers that it’s the first place they’ve lived in where they’re not plotting their next move,” she says.

Blue Ridge is located 90 miles northwest of Atlanta off I-575. It’s known for its hundreds of hiking trails, Chattahoochee National Forest land, waterfalls, and trout streams, plus creature comforts that include shops, restaurants, craft breweries, and more in the downtown area. “There are very few properties like this one that have privacy and seclusion on acreage and are a short golf cart’s ride away from town,” says the agent. “It’s a little Hallmark town but life is good here—and this house is right in the middle of it all.”

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“You don’t see anything like this in Atlanta,” says Susie Proffitt, real estate agent and on-site sales advisor for 40 West 12th. She’s specifically talking about the year-round pool with retractable metal-and-glass doors that open to a stunning panorama of the Midtown Atlanta skyline. But other areas of the condo building deserve similar praise, since it looks a little more like New York than Atlanta. Some other impressive amenities: access to a sky terrace, areas for homeowners to entertain, an alternate pool, and shared activities with neighboring properties such as the Epicurean Hotel and Google Millennium.

Photograph by Gary Gomez

Photograph by Gary Gomez

There are only 64 residences in the 40 West 12th condo building, and that’s intentional, says Proffitt, so that units are spacious and hallways wider. Buyers can purchase 3- and 4-bedroom units here, a rare option in Midtown. “Those kinds of units are perfect for someone who has moved from a big house,” the agent says. Homeowners here might own multiple homes, with this building serving as their Atlanta home base.

This condo unit for sale is a three-bedroom/three-bath, 2,500-square-foot space that’s identical to the building’s chic model home—and it’s on a higher floor, so it has even better views. As a corner unit, it has a private, L-shaped balcony with a two-sided fireplace that serves outside and the living room. Another balcony comes off the spacious primary suite, with two walk-in closets and an adjacent laundry room. Other high-end features include floor-to-ceiling windows and an open kitchen with Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances, a built-in wine fridge, and a walk-in pantry. Asking price is $2,109,821.

Back to those amenities: The building aims to serve a variety of needs and wants, particularly with its location as part of the larger Epicurean/Google complex. The open-air sky terrace available to homeowners spans 4,000 square feet: sunny and full of flowers in the summer, home to dining igloos and s’mores kits in the winter. Views there are expansive, looking towards downtown or west and east. 40 West 12th has tables and firepits available to entertain guests, and they also have large indoor rooms that can be reserved for a party. A concierge is available to help plan activities, such as a cooking class in the Epicurean Hotel next door, or a yoga class in-house, or everyday needs like package delivery. Homeowners can also order room service from nearby restaurants after setting up a tab and have the food delivered to their condo. “It’s very resort-like here,” says Proffit. “You don’t even have to go on the street to enjoy things going on.”

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Even the storage areas are thought-out with grab-and-go bicycle rooms, making it convenient to explore Midtown, which is home to the High Museum of Art, Whole Foods, Piedmont Park and the Atlanta Botanical Garden, and the Fox Theatre.

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With its classic architecture and enviable location among the Midtown skyscrapers, this circa-1910 house for sale in Ansley Park epitomizes the best of old and new Atlanta. “This is one of the original homes built in Ansley Park, so it feels like you’ve entered another time and place when you walk through the front door,” says Jason Cook with Ansley Real Estate, who is the listing agent for the property. The listing price is $3.4 million.

The brick house is on 15th Street, widely known as a prestigious address in the historic neighborhood. Cook says that famed architects Philip Trammel Shutze and Norman Askins were both involved with renovations over the years, adding to its architectural integrity. The first floor is full of traditional details: a large formal entryway and living room, 12-foot ceilings, original fireplaces and molding, a charming library, and hardwood floors. Five bedrooms and bathrooms are up-to-date and spacious, with built-ins and other old-house features.

Photograph by Barto Lotti

Photograph by Barto Lotti

Photograph by Barto Lotti

What particularly distinguishes this house, though, is its yard and gardens, an almost-half-acre of brick walls and pathways lined with professionally landscaped plants and flowers. The lush back yard also has nearby office buildings looming over the trees as a reminder of how close the house is to Midtown.

“Ansley Park has always been a desirable place to live because of the walkable location and strong sense of community,” says Cook. “The arts district and parks are literally outside your door.” There are five parks within the neighborhood, but verdant attractions such as Piedmont Park and the Atlanta Botanical Gardens are nearby, as well as Woodruff Arts Center and the restaurants in Colony Square.

Photograph by Barto Lotti

Photograph by Barto Lotti

Photograph by Barto Lotti

Even though the neighborhood is now in the heart of commerce and cultural activities, it was developed in 1904 as a “suburban” enclave north of the city by Edwin P. Ansley. According to the neighborhood association’s history page, “Ansley envisioned a new motorcar-oriented suburb of wide winding streets and green parks designed to attract Atlanta’s wealthiest and most prestigious families. In fact, Ansley Park was home to Georgia’s Governor’s mansion for many decades.”

Photograph by Barto Lotti

Photograph by Barto Lotti

Photograph by Barto Lotti

Photograph by Barto Lotti

Cook notes that the civic association is still active, and a reason the neighborhood continues to thrive. Activities such as a garden club, book club, dinner group, holiday events, and cultural events are year-round, and the association also oversees private security. The neighborhood’s architecture has expanded to include contemporary houses, something the real estate agent sees as a plus. “Personally, I love the eclectic styles of architecture and deep-rooted history of the neighborhood,” says Cook. “It feels suburban with all the large trees, and then you look up and see the skyline. There’s no other neighborhood like it.”

Photograph by Barto Lotti

Photograph by Barto Lotti

Photograph by Barto Lotti

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There are lofts, and then there are lofts. This quintessential downtown Atlanta condo is so chic it was on the cover of House Beautiful, and also featured in People magazine and on HGTV.

The new $950,000 listing in the Stacks has quite a list of features, as if someone spun a list of attributes—Wheel of Fortune style—to come up with every gorgeous trait anyone could want in a loft: 20-foot ceilings, custom oak cabinets and bookcases, floor-to-ceiling windows, stylish light fixtures, hardware from Paris, and an exposed-brick wall—then put it all in the hands of interior designer Alison Victoria, best known as a designer on the HGTV show Windy City Rehab. The loft’s location in Cabbagetown near the BeltLine adds a unique layer of authenticity.

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Photograph courtesy of Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty

“It’s really an incredible merging of history and modern luxury,” says Hayden Kelly of Atlanta Fine Homes, the listing agent for the property. “The Stacks was one of the first large-scale, intown, historic preservation developments in a city that historically is known for tearing things down.”

The property dates to 1881, when it was part of the Fulton Bag and Cotton Mills, a factory that operated for decades and then converted into condos in 2007 (technically, the “year it was built” on the listing has to be shown as 2007 since that’s when it became a residential space, says Kelly, even though the loft is part of the original factory.) In recent times, the buildings have withstood a fire in 1999 and the 2008 tornado.

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Photograph courtesy of Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty

Photograph courtesy of Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty

This superstar loft feels bigger than its just-under-2,000-square-feet, 2BR/2BA size, partly because it was rearranged a bit to feel more open. According to Kelly, the mezzanine was expanded and the staircase relocated to create a roomier living room and primary suite. One of the appealing features of this loft is the wall of built-ins that offer storage and balance the high ceilings. These 12-foot-high bookcases flanking the custom banquette are made of quarter-sawn oak, which even when stained retains a rugged patina that fits the vibe.

The kitchen is also custom and high-end. Oak cabinets wear a “brass shim” overlay for sheen, with a waterfall-style countertop made of Caesarstone. The appliances include a six-burner range and built-in Miele espresso maker, with a custom vent hood showing off a metalwork pattern.

Photograph courtesy of Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty

Photograph courtesy of Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty

For privacy, motorized shades on the living room’s oversized windows can spring up or down. Window treatments, including super-sized draperies, come with the listing. And speaking of that, the owner is willing to negotiate on the furnishings already there if a buyer is interested.

The primary suite has its own swoony elements. Two-hundred-year-old French doors are a focal point in the bedroom, separating the spacious closet and bathroom area, where solid bronze trim from a salvaged 1920s elevator lines the door. Inside, a Greek marble tub, grass cloth with bits of 24-karat gold, and a glass Circa Lighting chandelier add drama. A secondary bedroom continues the theme of using salvaged wood as an architectural element.

Photograph courtesy of Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty

Photograph courtesy of Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty

Photograph courtesy of Atlanta Fine Homes Sotheby's International Realty

Are lofts still a smart investment, real-estate wise? This one is particularly so, says the listing agent. “A historic industrial conversion to a loft like the Stacks can’t be duplicated,” says Kelly. “There are only so many of those in the city, and any new construction that tries to look historic isn’t the same.”

Kelly witnessed the wow factor when she visited the property with her 11-year-old son—who was more interested in his Minecraft game until he looked up and saw the smokestacks. “He literally gasped when we walked in the loft,” says Kelly. “And when we left, he said, ‘That made me happy.’” It just goes to show that good design not only lasts for generations—but it also appeals to all generations.

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Last week, the real-life Creel House that starred in season four of Stranger Things went under contract. The asking price was $1.5 million. Though listing agents at Toles, Temple & Wright are tightlipped about the buyer, we got some details from the departing owners about their history with the 1880s Second Empire–style mansion—and how it landed on the smash-hit Netflix thriller.

When the current owners, Shane Fatland and Bryan Schreier, saw the house for sale back in 2019, it was already something of an Internet star.
The couple, who lived in a similarly dramatic Victorian in Minnesota at the time, saw the listing while scrolling old-house blogs on social media, and immediately booked a flight to check it out. The couple were captivated by its scale and unique original details, from its heavily corniced mansard roof to unpainted woodwork and ornate plaster molding. They were looking for a change and warmer weather, and spontaneously made an offer, purchasing the house for $350,000. “That was the impact this house had,” says Fatland. “It was just—chef’s kiss—perfect. It was just shocking to see the grandeur. We were just walking around saying ‘holy shit, holy shit.’ Everything was in this time capsule—you just don’t see this. It was always about the house.”

But it was a major project.
The massive house had been operating as a bed and breakfast and had fallen into disrepair. But Schreier and Fatland, who works as a contractor and runs a design-build company called Old Made, had embarked on this sort of renovation before; it’s their third Victorian. Still, the scale was huge. There was significant deferred maintenance. Plaster was falling from the ceilings. “The electrical was terrifying,” says Fatland. They spent the better part of two years restoring it. It was reported they spent $500,000, but the couple insist it’s hard to quantify the amount, since Fatland worked full-time doing much of the labor himself.  “We spent a fortune on this house,” he says. “We almost don’t want to know.”

They stripped painted wood inside and restored the house to its original exterior paint colors, carefully restored the looming original windows, and painstakingly touched up plaster. They created a modern but traditional kitchen and bathrooms, always intending the home to be their full-time residence.

The pair were lured to the house for its innate spookiness.
“We’re very drawn to the Psycho house, Addams Family style,” Fatland jokes. (The Bates House from Psycho was reportedly an inspiration for the Creel House.) “We like our fixtures with crystal. We like candelabras and candlelight—things that are dramatic, a little on the dark side.” Quips Schreier: “Haunted-mansion chic.’” 906 East 2nd Avenue fit the bill.

Netflix was enchanted by its eerie charm too.
Just a month or so after Fatland and Schreier moved in, the location manager (who the couple believe had seen the home’s earlier listing too) showed up asking about filming at the house, but they couldn’t disclose what. Fatland and Schreier moved forward with it, although, “We thought it was going to be some horrible C-list horror flick,” says Fatland. When they found out it was for Stranger Things, well into the process, they freaked out. “We’re huge Winona Ryder fans,” says Schreier. “We loved it.”

Crews got to work quickly to “set and dress” the house for Stranger Things, a tricky thing since the couple had been working on a renovation. “Bryan spent months removing wallpaper, and then Netflix came in wallpapered over the plaster again,” says Fatland. “It was kind of a sick joke.” The 1950s scenes were filmed on location at the Rome mansion: the lights flickering, the Creel family around the dining room table, Victor Creel standing over his dead family in the foyer. For the 1980s scenes of the abandoned house, the crew carefully boarded over windows and faux-distressed siding, and for the Upside Down, they choked it in vines—all practical effects created with a lot of museum putty, foam, and velcro, so as to not damage the house. “These were artisans,” says Fatland. “They were amazing and they really cared.”

The couple was asked to let their yard get tremendously overgrown (“It was embarrassing for a while for sure,” says Schreier, who says neighbors were offering landscape services.) Crews added more overgrown shrubs and dead plants. “If it weren’t for the community we cared about, we probably would have left it,” they joke. “We loved it.”

Netflix also completely recreated the house on an Atlanta soundstage—down to the most minute laser measurement. Attic scenes and many of the 1980s scenes were filmed there. Fatland and Schreier say visiting the near-perfect model of their home—including windows with old wavy glass, mantels, the grand staircase—was surreal, but it would all be scrapped in the end. Fatland and Schreier weren’t even allowed to keep a newel post as a souvenir—but Netflix did give them the schematics.

It’s (probably) not haunted.
As for any lingering signs of Vecna—or anything else paranormal—the couple say they haven’t seen any indication. “We never hear things go bump in the night,” says Shreier. “The house is built like a tank,” adds Fatland. “It doesn’t creak.” But—the couple notes—the attic door seems to always be mysteriously open, even when known to have been closed. “The attic door shuts perfectly well and latches well,” says Fatland, “but the darn thing is always open. That’s probably the only thing.” As if that weren’t enough.

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Like an unruly but intelligent child, a legendary Atlanta alt-weekly newspaper was born, coddled, spanked, nurtured, and ultimately raised within the walls of this uniquely non-traditional Morningside house. It’s a wellspring of stories, in more ways than one.

A chiropractor commissioned the original structure to be built on a treed-studded, half-acre lot along Beech Valley Road, east of Piedmont Park, in 1934. The second owner, as legend has it, won the house in a poker game. That lucky card player sold the home in 1963 to an ambitious young couple—Chick Eason, then a Georgia State University math professor, and his photographer wife Debby—who would become the parents, so to speak, of Creative Loafing, etching themselves into the annals of Atlanta media history and blazing a path for alternative news coverage across the South.

Photograph by Sabrina Samuel, courtesy of ERA Real Estate

The Easons, in fact, created the first issue of the feisty, free weekly publication in what is now the cellar of the Morningside house in 1972. (Original name: P-s-s-t . . . A Guide to Creative Loafing in Atlanta.) As the Loaf grew into what the Easons have called the first successful alt-weekly in the Southeast, the brick-built, manor-style home became a hub for writers, artists, musicians, and other miscreants of all stripes. Alongside the business, the couple raised three kids—and a few dogs and cats—at the house as the decades rolled by. But like publishing, life has changed, and the time has come to part ways—if the market allows.

“It’s a special place to me and my family,” Debby Eason, now 88, says. “And I like to think we changed Atlanta within these walls.”

Last month, following Chick’s death at age 92 in July, the third owners of 1289 Beech Valley Road across its almost nine decades listed the property for sale. Its size (five bedrooms in more than 5,200 square feet) and tony setting are commanding a handsome price: $1.95 million. Marketed as a “captivating . . . architectural masterpiece” and “historic work of art,” the Eason home is one of many in the area priced well north of $1 million, but none are quite like this. It’s niche to the nines, modeled after cottages in England’s Cotswolds region, as evidenced by the stained glass, beefy fireplaces, sculptures, built-in bookcases, and an olde-worlde-style front door that wouldn’t be out of place on a Hobbit House.

Listing agent Samantha McKinlay, a Realtor with ERA Foster & Bond, says groups of neighbors streamed through during an open house before Thanksgiving, “just to see this home that they had grown up knowing but had never seen inside.”

“They had funny stories about Debby and Chick, who seem to be characters in the neighborhood,” she adds.

The Easons’ families both hail from England, and Debby says the home’s style struck a deep chord when they first laid eyes on it nearly 60 years ago.

As the newspaper added pages—from eight to 144 at one point—and expanded to cities from Charlotte to Tampa, so too did the Morningside house grow. The Cotswolds theme carried into a basement modeled after an English pub, with its artful fireplace crafted by local mason Philip Raines to include window seating and a single-slab mantle. A major addition in the 1990s also added the two-story owners suite, where Celtic symbols are etched into a circular window over the bed and nearby double-doors.That room also counts a view—above the fireplace of stacked North Carolina river stones—up to the home’s showstopper feature: a double-helix chimney, also created by Raines, inspired by elaborate Victorian chimneys found around Shakespeare’s birthplace.

Photograph by Sabrina Samuel, courtesy of ERA Real Estate

A kitchen that could smack as a bit closed-off and dated for discerning buyers of today takes the indoors-meets-outdoors theme to extremes with its expansive atrium feature (what the English might call a conservatory). “As soon as I saw it,” says McKinlay, who herself is English, “I recalled the conservatories in the homes of many people I knew.” Just beyond, bucolic views from the wraparound deck include treetops, a babbling stream, and the relics of a 1930s concrete pool and fountain on the property.

Like the sheer abundance of character and quirks, one sticking point for Atlanta buyers could be the lack of a garage, though uncovered parking is plentiful. As the listing notes, the floorplan and grounds are ripe for creative adaptation.

Debby Eason listed for sale the “Morningside Manor,” as McKinlay has dubbed it, to uproot, move closer to family in Florida, and start a new business. (“She is feisty—in a good way—and fascinating,” notes the Realtor.)

“Although I’m sad to be leaving all the comforts and unique character of Beech Valley,” says Debby, “I’m hoping the next owners will prosper as we did.”

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It’s approaching the season for curling up by the fire and soaking up cozy vibes. Here are three properties we sussed out that suit the mood, from a vintage cabin near Roswell to a stone rambler with architectural pedigree in Athens.

One-bedroom, one-bath colorful cabin in Mountain Park, just outside Roswell

Price: $295,000
Built: 1949
Square feet: 1,387
The tiny hamlet of Mountain Park, adjacent to Roswell, was founded in the 1920s as a fishing retreat and is now a designated wildlife refuge. This sunny yellow cabin is on the market for the first time in 50 years, passing hands from just its second owners. (Tax records list the house as dating to 1949; the owners have reason to believe it dates to the first Mountain Park cabins of the 1920s.) Original details include gumwood trim, a sunroom with wood-plank ceiling, and the massive stone fireplace that centers the home and provides a cottage vibe. A recent renovation combined two bedrooms into one large room (that could be converted back to two), and the homey kitchen features classic white cabinets and butcher block countertops. A wide screened porch overlooks a large wooded lot and a whimsical garden area enclosed by a split-rail fence. Mountain Park (population 571, the smallest city in Fulton County), which is entirely residential, includes a fishing lake, footbridges and picnic areas, and a swimming pool by the lakeshore.

Three-bedroom, two-bath dramatic bungalow in East Atlanta Village

Price: $720,000
Built: 1928
Square feet: 2,300
The deep hue contrasted with warm woods (plus a vibrant green door), vaulted front porch, and modern, renovated interiors make this bungalow feel like a chic mountain retreat in the city, just a block from the restaurants and businesses of East Atlanta Village. The home was fully renovated in 2017 with new hardwood floors, upgraded baths, and a stylish new kitchen with high-end appliances. A cozy layout was maintained at the front of the house, while the back of the home features a primary suite enormous by period standards, and an airy family room that opens to an expansive deck complete with a screened porch and a hot tub perfect for cool fall nights.

Five-bedroom, five-bath stone cottage in Athens

Price: $1,270,000
Built: 1955
Square feet: 3,150
This renovation by designer Monica Stewart of the Misfit House (whose work has appeared on the cover of Atlanta Magazine’s HOME) transformed a timeworn cottage designed by prominent Georgia architect George Heery into a showpiece of cozy interior design. The exterior facelift includes a gracious new entry, detailed woodwork like scalloped shutters, and a new cedar shake roof to complement the original stonework.

The rambling, one-story layout was altered slightly for modern living while keeping most rooms their elegant proportions. The new kitchen features marble and quartzite countertops, a rustic tile backsplash over a slate-blue range, and the original metal windows. An expansion into the former carport allowed for a chic and spacious primary  suite, opposite the house from a three-bedroom, 2.5 bath kids’ wing with laundry. An additional upstairs retreat makes a tucked-away spot for guests, an office, or playroom. Many vintage treasures were found in the house, like the drainboard sink discovered in the cellar and a glass display cabinet, both of which Stewart repurposed in the butler’s pantry-meets-mudroom—a highlight of the home with its custom red oak “lockers.” High-end finishes include lighting from the designer’s own Athens-based line, Evolve Lighting Co.

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Midcentury design and architecture remains in demand in decor and real estate. We scoped out three glam options at three price points, from an accessible ranch in Decatur to a Palm Springs–like dream retreat in Ansley Park.

1. Three-bedroom, two-bath renovated ranch in Decatur
Price: $314,900
Built: 1962
Square feet: 1,048
This fully renovated brick ranch in greater Decatur features a new custom kitchen with Shaker-style cabinets, quartz countertops, and brand-new appliances. A wide picture window up front and a pair of French patio doors in back create a bright and airy open-concept living space, and new midcentury-style windows throughout maintain the original charm. Fresh paint, updated bathrooms, modern fixtures, and improved plumbing and electrical make this little gem move-in ready. The large, shady lot near Decatur and interstate access includes a new poured concrete patio for outdoor living.

Listed by Aida Friebe and Katy Kosari, Engel & Volkers Atlanta

2. Four-bedroom, three-bath split-level in Doraville
Price: $600,000
Built: 1963
Square feet: 2,268
Doraville’s Northcrest subdivision is a wonderland of midcentury modern architecture, a multiphase swim and tennis community with homes from the fifties and sixties inspired by the likes of Joseph Eichler and Frank Lloyd Wright. This split-level with a bright green door, a low-pitch roofline and original tongue-and-groove ceilings with exposed beams is a shining example. A feature wall of elongated brick separates the new kitchen from the open living space, with a pass-through counter. Large-paned windows look out on the nearly half-acre lot, which includes an expansive treehouse fit for kids and adults. Three bedrooms and two renovated baths comprise the upstairs, while the lower level includes another bedroom and a den with an original brick fireplace and a wet bar.

Listed by Vanessa Reilly, Domo Realty

3. Four-bedroom, five-bath showcase in Ansley Park
Price: $1,695,000
Built: 1960
Square feet: 3,857
Described as “Palm Springs meets Atlanta” in Sherwood Forest, this quintessential MCM displays dreamy architectural features including a wide, low-slung roofline, post-and-beam construction, and clerestory windows. The lush, landscaped grounds feature a resort-style pool and spa and mature tropical plantings that create an oasis a world away from Midtown. Inside, find a smorgasbord of finishes and decor by the current owner (an interior designer) plus period room-dividing wood shelving for displaying art and a chef’s kitchen with quartersawn oak cabinets. The primary suite includes sitting areas, a luxurious renovated bathroom, and a private screened porch.

Listed by Jason Cook, Ansley Real Estate

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