Living room with dark built-in bookshelves, a fireplace, and two magenta chairs.

How a Book Collection Found its Rightful Home

Karrie Gavin September 30, 2024

Our clients, who are book collectors and academics, just settled on this gorgeous Rittenhouse home!
 
Townhouse with a bright blue front door, black shutters, and a leafy tree shading the brick walkway.
 
This is the story of how a book collection found its rightful home!
 
Bright living room with a gray sectional, black built-ins, and a fireplace beside tall windows.
 
We’re sure the fall foliage outside is spectacular for our newly settled clients who just relocated from New York to heart of Rittenhouse Square. They're going from books in boxes to gorgeous built-in's above the fireplace.
 
Bright galley kitchen with a stainless steel range, farmhouse sink, and glass doors to a deck.
 
Our clients needed a quiet and spacious place to put down roots as they start a new position at Penn!
 
Tree-shaded street between red-brick row houses, with modern towers in the distance.
 
They fell in love with a tree lined street in Rittenhouse and we wrote a really good offer (the sellers cancelled the Open House good).
 
Bright bedroom with a gray bed, white built-ins, magenta rug, and leafy views through two tall windows.
 
They came from a small apartment in NYC and now they have room for a home office. Not to mention, there’s a whole bunch of room for their extensive collection to get out of the boxes and into the built ins!
 
Furnished living room with a blue sofa, leather chairs, and large windows.
 
Looking to relocate to Philadelphia for a job in academia but don't know where to start? Email [email protected] to get started!

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