Highlighted on Heart of Home kitchen tour and featured in “Delaware Today” magazine, this 1936 home on Hawthorne Dr. pays homage to its time-honored past and paves the way to modern lifestyle with top-to-bottom remarkable renovations! Appreciate earlier-era character and endless charm brilliantly blended with modern must-haves, more space and more light for best-of-both-worlds impact. This 4BRs/3.5 center hall colonial nestled on prized lot and a half in desirable Brandywine Hills showcases updates including (2021) installed French drain/water mitigation system (2006) added detach oversized 2-car garage, replaced driveway/landscaping, (2004/5) completed full kitchen renovation/transformed garage to FR and added side door/installed new primary bath/transformed existing primary bath to walk-in closet/replaced all windows/added 2 units/2 zones central AC/replaced roof (50 yr. shingles) and upgraded electric. Curved stone sidewalk carves through landscaped front lawn to front covered entry and stately 3-level stone home. Step into foyer and realize delightful yesteryear elements throughout of original oak floors, deep inset windows, wide baseboards and elegance of bygone age. Barely-there cream tone-on-tone wallpaper offers subtle sophistication. Classic floorplan of swiss coffee paint colored LR to left unfolds. Sconces flank black marble converted gas FP, where collection of furniture creates at-ease entertaining. Windows allow for abundant natural light, and ½ glass pane door grants access to updated columned, covered patio. Here holds promise of quiet afternoons with views to soonto-be scenic, scent-filled backyard. Opposite LR is DR of chair rail, ceiling medallion and sleek simplicity. Swing door provides privacy for intimate dinners and offers effortless access to grand and gracious, seemingly boundless 4-pt. entry space of 40 x 17 connected kitchen and FR that extends extra 8 ft. thanks to renovation. Value now modern amenities, sunlit space, and generous square footage for both everyday living and easy entertaining! Rich cherry kitchen cabinets are paired with polished SS appliances, while earth-tone granite countertops are highlighted by tumble marble backsplash. Note details of beverage refrigerator, cabinet pantry, arc trim over granite-topped window/dual sink, series of glass-pane doors and under-cabinet lighting. Cleverly, peninsula, instead of center island, keeps kitchen open and airy and is home to 6-burner Wolf gas range, offers high-top seating and links spaces together. Home’s 2nd gas FP, situated on FR’s far wall, warms both rooms and 4 transom-topped windows, vaulted ceiling and 8 recessed lights meld together to create luxe, livable space! Hall from foyer leads past LL entrance of storage/laundry facilities and back to pine-color PR with crown molding, square pedestal sink, extra-deep window and wide-width cherry hardwoods. 2 spacious secondary BRs fan out from upper hall, along with B &W tile and porcelain sink with chrome legs retro hall bath that is truly timeless! Extended space and renovations reign in primary suite. Tucked-in alcove features his-and-hers closets, while walk-in closet with window and built-ins provides ultimate additional space! Spa-like primary bath evokes serenity. Its contemporary clean-line design echoes a modern mood! Elegantly curved freestanding oval soaking tub is a gem with seamless glass and gray Carrera marble shower adjacent. White lightly bowed cabinet-style matching vanities with marble tops and glass hardware flank door. 3rd level is perfect private guest/teen suite with full bath, hardwood-floored 4th BR and walk-in attic. Spacious stone 2-car garage has walk-up loft, easy to finish for studio/home office! Big bonus! Brandywine Hills resides in pocket of privacy, comprised of tranquil, tree-line streets and gently winding sidewalks, yet mins. to I-95, 10 mins. to downtown Wilm./Amtrak Train Station and 25 mins. to Phil. Airport! Hallmark home on Hawthorne Dr.!