Photos: Peek inside this midcentury modern home in Belleville
Sharoll and Tony Toenjes are the owners of this sleek midcentury modern home in Belleville.聽
Both the turquoise garage door and the long, low design of the residence are characteristic of midcentury modern homes built in the 1950s.
Sharoll and Tony Toejes stand for a portrait at their home on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, in Belleville.
Open wood dividers featuring a variety of rectangular shapes separate the dining room and kitchen from a den.
The kitchen was gutted and a new kitchen designed by Sharoll was installed. Sharoll鈥檚 design included the innovative raised circular surface on a corner of the island. 鈥淚 had four under-the-counter chairs but only space for three,鈥 she says. 鈥淭he circle top was the solution.鈥 Cabinet hardware was recycled from 1950s cabinetry that was replaced during the renovation.
The firebox is surrounded by a pink granite stone wall that extends through the windows on the left and forms a wing wall outside the home. The view is out to an inground pool through new windows that replaced inefficient windows installed in 1953.
The dining room abuts the kitchen on the right, which was designed by Sharoll. At the end of the room the fireplace is surrounded by a pink granite stone wall. The colorful rug in a 1950 pattern is one of several found throughout the home and is in keeping with the style of d茅cor popular when the residence was built in the 1950s.
The primary bedroom looks out onto the pool through a window wall. The frosted glass door into the room is divided into three large panes. During the renovation all interior doors were replaced with doors of the same design.
The primary bedroom looks out onto the pool through a window wall. The frosted glass doors into the room is divided into three large panes, each pane measuring two 陆 feet wide and two feet high. During the renovation all interior doors were replaced with doors of the same design.
The front door to the Toenjes home is propped open on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, in Belleville.
When the Toenjeses purchased the home, this room was a breezeway, open on both ends, and connected to a mother-in-law suite. They enclosed the area, creating another room, and turned the suite into a primary bedroom. The stained glass windows purchased from a neighbor are thought to have originated in a pub in England.
A small bedroom is pictured here on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, at the Toenjes home in Belleville.
The primary bath was once a kitchen in the mother-in-law suite but has been repurposed into a bathroom in what is now the primary bedroom.
A bathroom is pictured here including the original shower door to the home, left, on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, at the Toenjes home in Belleville.
Colorful wallpaper covers the walls inside of a bathroom on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, at the Toenjes home in Belleville.
A small area outside of the master bedroom is pictured here on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, at the Toenjes home in Belleville.
An outdoor dinning area and pool are pictured here on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, at the Toenjes home in Belleville.
Sharoll and Tony Toejes stand near their pool area that is surrounded by banana trees on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, at their home in Belleville.
The "Japanese Room" is pictured here on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, at the Toenjes home in Belleville.
The "Japanese Room" is pictured here on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024, at the Toenjes home in Belleville.
Zachary Linhares
Photographer
In 2020, after nine months of renovation that filled five dumpsters, they moved into the three-bedroom, three-bath, 2,369 square-foot home and began to fill it with period-appropriate midcentury modern furniture.
