5248 France Avenue N, Brooklyn Center, MN 55429

There's this house on France Ave that doesn't need much of an introduction - You'll know within ten seconds of walking in! Light pours through the front windows and lands on wide-plank floors, and the whole main level opens up around you - living room into dining room into a kitchen that stops people mid-sentence. Walnut-toned cabinetry, brass hardware, subway tile laid wall to wall, a quartz island big enough for the whole crew to gather around, and a built-in coffee bar with its own wine fridge tucked just off to the side. This is the room where people end up staying and not wanting to leave. The bathrooms got the same attention - one done in sage cabinetry and playful wallpaper, redone down to the plumbing and electrical, not just refreshed on the surface. The basement was fully finished with its own bathroom addition, turning wasted square footage into real living space. Then you step out back, and this is where the house closes the deal. String lights threaded through mature...