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A Sarasota house with curve appeal

You’ll never paint yourself into a corner in this unusual two-bedroom home in Sarasota, Florida: A 1,268-square-foot curved house on Peachtree Street is a step back in time to midcentury America, with tangerine doors, turquoise appliances, and meticulously curated period furnishings that can be separately negotiated for purchase.

Electrician Frank Williams built the cylindrical abode in 1971, inspired by the nearby Hilton Leech Art Studio—a.k.a. The Round House—designed by Sarasota School of Architecture partners Jack West and Elizabeth Boylston Waters. Williams “built the cabinets, he built everything,” owner Sue Tapia recently told Sarasota Magazine. 

Although the house has passed through numerous hands in the intervening half-century, “the beauty is that they kept it as is,” she said. The kitchen still features an eat-in peninsula and double cast-iron sink, and the curved bathroom that anchors the center of the home sports a circular sunken bathtub, rounded mirror, and rounded countertops and sink.

Tapia snapped up the house in 2018 for just under $230,000 and spent the following year—and more than $70,000—clearing, repairing, and remodeling. Her menagerie of vintage furnishings was a perfect match for the house, including the boomerang coffee table she picked up at a yard sale.

The home has received nearly 123,000 likes on Zillow Gone Wild’s Twitter. Tapia, who is also a realtor with White Sands Realty, has listed the home for $899,000. She is only accepting cash offers.

Check into Howard Johnson’s classic seven on the Upper East Side

Howard Deering Johnson made his name in hotels and restaurants, but it’s his two-bedroom co-op on Manhattan’s Gold Coast that’s up for sale for $6.49 million.

Apartment 3A at 812 Fifth Avenue is a classic seven, with a marble-floored entrance, Central Park views in the living room, and a library that can easily be converted into a third bedroom. The 19-story tower it occupies was built by architect Robert L. Bien in 1963—and was once home to former vice president Nelson Rockefeller.