Mid-century Modern home offers incredible vacation spot or remote-working w/fast reliable WIFI. Peaceful, inspiring respite, home gym, infrared sauna, Peloton with access, fully equipped kitchen, Traeger Grill, pantry space, cozy pellet fireplace, 2 bedrooms and plush velvet robes. Walking distance to beach and Grand Forest. A 12 minute drive takes you to Bloedel Reserve or the ferry to Seattle. This house has 1 queen bed and 1 full single bed + roll outs. Great home base to Olympic Nat’l Park.
The space
This home has many different living spaces to enjoy with incredible trees all around. There is wonderful outdoor deck seating, and a couple of cozy reading corners inside. It’s possible you’ll want to make this your home base for your entire PNW vacation or remote-work-change-of-scenery trip. Laundry on-site available. There is a separate Studio with full time resident. You have the entire main home to yourself. Often Bald Eagles can be seen landing on towering Cedars on property and neighboring trees. And while sitting at the kitchen table, the view overlooks a giant Camelia, surrounding gardens with a peek-a-view of the Manzanita Bay. A short walk down the hill and you have public access to the waterfront which you can launch your canoe or kayak from (if you happen to bring one). It’s a great place just to take a walk to for viewing the Olympic Mountains over the Puget Sound, dipping your toes, or simply looking for seashells. The walk to the majestic Grand Forest will bring you past a couple of neighbors with sweet chicken coops and a local free tiny sharing library.
Bedrooms:
1 bedroom has a queen with four closets; the other bedroom doubles as an office with a single, very comfortable day bed; additional pull out memory foam single cot as well as 6″ memory foam bamboo floor mattress. Lots of configurations. Office has one tall desk with second screen available for two-screen working. And another work/ homework table next to Mid-century corner window box has view of 100 year old Cedar right outside window.
Upstairs Living Room:
Floor to ceiling windows in open floor plan that brings the peace of the trees inside the mid-century eclectic designed interior. Easy to easy wood pellet fireplace, turns on with a turn of a dial and push of a button. Not to mention the Alexa enabled ambient lighting, including a Mirrorball. “Alexa, Mirrorball on.”
Kitchen:
Plenty of everything you need to cook any gourmet meal. Everything from a Kitchen Aid, Cuisinart Toaster Oven Air-fryer, Insta-pot, Le Creuset Wok, Dutch ovens, ice cream maker, blender, food processor, ricer, roasting pans, fry pans, including a grill pan, cookie sheets, pizza pan, cup cake tins, and more. Three ways to make coffee – pour over, percolator, or drip coffee. And an outdoor Traeger smoker BBQ Grill you access from the sliding door in the dining room. Extra empty cupboards and pantry space for your supplies. Frig, microwave, electric stove/oven, dishwasher. Breakfast bar seating as well as adjacent dining room.
Downstairs Living Room:
Movie night dialed with a 62″ flat screen and low lying couch with cozy pillows. Also a wonderful quiet reading corner for you to settle into an Eames Chair. And the collections of board and card games along with a working Atari to have some old school game joy.
Gym/Laundry/Mudroom:
Enjoy infrared sauna along with your workout routine with a wide selection of equipment. Bowflex dumbbells, water rower, kettle bells, TRX, pull up bar, weighted ball, step up box, jump rope, workout bands, Golds Gym pulpy system, yoga mats. Upstairs is located a Peloton with guest access. Also located in the same room is front loading LG washer & dryer, ironing board, iron, laundry soap, pet towels for wiping any muddy paws from outside rainy day walks.
Outside front deck
Outdoor seating under large overhang deck with skylights. Huge Japanese Maple Tree, Ginkgo, Rhododendrons, and Cedar. This deck is shared with separate on property studio with quiet, delightful full time resident. Separate private entrances.
Backyard patio
This has two Adirondack chairs to enjoy the view of Cedars, Firs, Dogwood, plethora of flowering Springtime Lilies and this space is all part of an enclosed section of the yard for a natural dog run if you have a well behaved buddy.
Guest access
Private entrance
Unique code keyless entry for convenient “on your schedule” check-ins and check-outs.
Dedicated Parking Spots behind house, on driveway
Use of front deck with outdoor furniture
Water and shore access
Other things to note
This house has been my main residence for 7 glorious years on the property. It was built in 1951, by architect Ira E. Cummings. There is a 4 foot cushion of closet type space between my house and the studio’s permanent resident so it’s very separate and quiet. Doors stay locked and spaces are completely separate. If you run into him it’ll probably be on his way to the tennis courts, as he’s the inventor of the rally sport, Fresco Tennis. Property was owned for 50 years by the President of the Seattle Rhododendron Society, so property has beautiful examples of rare Rhodies as well as over 36 different Japanese Maple trees.
If you have a well behaved dog, he/she are welcomed. Dog bowls provided, and use of dog door and enclosed yard is welcomed. Just pick up after your buddy. The yard is not escape proof for the dog absolutely determined to get out FYI.
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