1413 Carrollsburg Pl SW, Washington, DC 20024

Located on a quiet, one-way residential street, this Federal Style contemporary is one block west of the Nationals Stadium, and four blocks east of the lovely Washington DC Waterfront, which includes the award-winning architect-designed Arena Stage. Perched just far enough from the Capitol to feel like you've left the Lobbyists at work, you are in fact only 10 minutes by car, and even less by metro from THE Capitol Hill. The townhouse is centrally located three blocks from the Navy Yard Metro and a short walk to the many parks and attractions. There is a new Safeway, Starbucks, and CVS about 7 minutes from the home, and a slew of new restaurants have opened on Barracks Row only minutes away. If you like the outdoors, the number of small urban parks within this density is really good. Some of my favorites are Canal Park (http://www.capitolriverfront.org/go/canal-park); Tingey Plaza (www.capitolriverfront.org/go/tingey-plaza); Garfield Park)www.capitolriverfront.org/go/garfield-park); The Yards Park (www.capitolriverfront.org/go/the-yards-park); and Diamond Teague Park (www.capitolriverfront.org/go/diamond-teague-park). This townhouse has a front entrance with on street parking and a rear entrance with parking spaces for two. The rear entrance brings you through an open and large patio, and through the French doors and into the living area. The front entrance is a more formal main level entrance thru a common vestibule. The ground floor living area has a generous west facing living room, with double french doors, high ceilings, and generous sized windows. Comfortable and elegant, this tastefully decorated living area has a Pier 1 sofa, 2 oversized chairs, and 2 occasional chairs. Floor lamps as well as recessed lighting create multiple opportunities to curl up with a good book on a lazy saturday or rainy sunday. Across from the living area with views onto the terrace is the office area with writing desk, retrieved from a Mandarin Hotel renovation a few years ago. This Mahogany Art Deco Contemporary piece has a chinese red insert drawer that sits below a removable glass top. With stainless steel anklets, the legs of the desk look very elegant and sanguine. Just the perfect setting to open up that MacBook and do some work. Adjacent to the living room is the dining area, with seating for 6. This oversized glass top table uses as a base 2 pieces of Black African Granite, mined in the caves of South Africa near Johannesburg. It was cheaper to purchase than to ship! On the opposite side of the dining room wall are the kitchen and powder room. The large eat-in kitchen, with its African slate tile floor, was renovated in 2008 and has all stainless steel appliances. The refrigerator has a water dispenser, the oven is electric, as is dishwasher and microwave oven. There is generous counter space with under-the-cabinet lighting. The kitchen has a circular wood block table with chairs that looks out onto the quiet street though 2 ivy-surround windows. There is a flat screen television in the kitchen. The powder room is painted in Ralph Lauren's Hunting Coat Red. There are both a Kohler Pedestal Sink and Kohler Faucets. The 2 bedrooms are located on the upper floor and are accessed via the staircase off the entry room hallway. The front bedroom has a 2 poster Queen Bed. There is a Duncan Phyfe upholstered settee and antique small coffee table, perfect for a nice evening read or morning coffee before heading downstairs with the group. This front bedroom, called the Master, has 3 custom built closets along the south wall. This bedroom shares a hall bath. The rear bedroom has an en-suite bathroom with marble tiles, a rainshower showerhead, Kohler pedestal sink and oversized medicine cabinet. This rear bedroom has 2 Antique Mahogany Double Beds, with large flatscreen on adjacent wall. This bedroom has good closet space and storage using open storage cubes.