1263 Como Boulevard W, Saint Paul, MN 55103

There are homes you walk through and homes you walk into. 1263 Como Boulevard West, a three-bedroom, three-bath, 1885 historic home on the west end of Como Lake in Saint Paul's Como Park, is decidedly the latter. The covered front porch faces the lake through a canopy of mature trees, the kind of porch that makes you reconsider your plans for the afternoon. Inside, the lake-facing living room earns every window. A main floor bedroom currently used as a den offers the flexibility that modern life actually requires. The updated kitchen with a center island, gas range, and stainless appliances flows into a sunny dining area wrapped in windows and light. This is a house that makes ordinary mornings feel worth lingering over — and that offers something rarer still: the particular peace of a place where you can simply be. Upstairs, a generous landing sets the tone, large enough to be a reading nook, a study, or an office. The primary suite begins with a private sitting room that opens...