home >> at home Fate Fantastic Sweet serendipity steppe m at every turn with this Tudor- style home — open to the public during Temple Israel's annual house tour. Lynne Konstantin I Design Writer Brett Mountain I Photographer F or years, Victoria Roth had her eye on a classic English Tudor-style home in Birmingham's Poppleton Park. Built in the 1920s by Harvard-educated Detroit architect Richard Marr for Ernest Seaholm, the chief engi- neer for Cadillac, the structure appealed to her own English sensibility. Raised in the suburbs of London until she was in middle school, Roth grew up in what is referred to as a Mock Tudor, or Tudor Revival home, whose inside is more like a Colonial. So when she and her husband, Brian, a physi- cian, decided to look for a new home, Roth knew she wanted the style of an authentic 1920s Tudor. She often drove past the Poppleton Park home for inspiration, even knocking on the door once to ask some questions. "The homeowner was so gracious and kind;' says Roth. "She invited me in, and I immediately felt at home!' Not surprising, because the home's interior designer, the late Brian Killian, was a great friend and mentor to Roth's own longtime designer, Richard Ross, owner and designer of Richard Ross Designs in Royal Oak, who also had worked with Roth's mother. "What I loved about this home is that it has a wonderful open floor plan, but it still has the charm of stucco walls and original doors and features:' says Roth. "It has all the charm of a Tudor, but it doesn't feel stodgy and is full of bright, natural light." Roth and her husband bought a plot of land and made plans to build a home modeled after the Tudor she admired, but delays stretched out for three years. When they were finally ready to break ground, Roth received the call that the object of her affection was on the market. "The planets had aligned for us," says Roth."It was fantastic!' The Brian and Victoria Roth home is one of six homes, ranging from contemporary to traditional, open to the public through the 19th annual Temple Israel Sisterhood House Tour. It runs 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday, May 30. $25/advance tickets; $30/day of tour. For details, call (248) 661- 5700, or visit temple-israel.org . The Baker dining-room table belonged to Brian Roth's grandparents. "He has a lot of memo- ries of family dinners at that table," says Victoria Roth. New Baker chairs encircle the table; the limestone-topped iron console was in the foyer of the Roths' previous home. Do you have a home you'd like to share with the community? Contact Lynne Konstantin at lkonstantin@thejewishnews.com . 36 May 10 • 2012 iN