The expansive, wood-laden dining room/living room, complete with working fireplace, might be our favorite feature of this bright, 2,722-square-foot Colonial at 38 Barnstable Road in Newton, listed this month at $1,890,000. If you're entertaining an overflow crowd, by all means spill out onto the back patio and spark the grill: The 5-BR, 3.5-BA, with a two-car garage and a playroom downstairs, sits on a third of an acre. — Rachel Lebeaux
· Listing: 38 Barnstable Road [Zillow]
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