Acres of Park-like Grounds, Formal and Informal Ponds, Vegetable Garden, Woodland Groves and Sunny Meadows

This stunning property offers a vast variety of picturesque settings for your film or photo shoot. The elegant, European-Asian inspired backyard is designed for garden, cocktail, and tea parties, family reunions, boutique weddings and barbecues. The woodland gardens evoke a sense of playful mystery and secrecy. While the vegetable garden reminds us of bygone days, spent picking strawberries and tending the chickens. Inside the home, one is immediately struck by the open floorpan, high ceilings and warm wood tones. It invites you to curl up with a good book by the fire, cook an amazing meal in the gourmet kitchen, or stretch out on the sofa and enjoy a movie on the big screen TV. It's all within reach as soon as you enter this gorgeous Island Estate. GARDEN TOUR: To the left as you enter the garden, is a custom gate leading to a charming vegetable garden and Nesting Cottage for hens. Once through the gate you enter a world of natural grace and elegance, as a sculpted aggregate patio, with ample seating and dining areas, welcomes you. A gas-fed fire pit shimmers elegantly, keeping everyone toasty on cool afternoons. Once there, you are encouraged to cross a Japanese-style bridge that spans a small fish pond. Beyond that is another seating area surrounded by rhododendrons, Japanese forest grass and stately birch trees. This garden offers an overall feeling of tranquility, a place of rest and refuge. As you proceed down the hill, beyond the orchard, a sunny meadow welcomes you to play a game of croquet or bocce ball, while encouraging three-legged races and romantic picnics. Beside the meadow is another lagoon shaped, naturally landscaped grassy pond, adorned with natural cascade granite rocks, and whimsically filled with cattails and marsh iris. A large Willow tree weeps over the pond, creating a lovely expanse of shade during the summer months. A natural wood-burning fire pit encourages the toasting of marshmallows and the telling of stories. At the western end of the property, natural granite steps lead to a sunken shade garden hidden within a large alder grove. A vintage-style wooden swing, statues and sculptures, as well as mass plantings of forest grass, sorrel, and Spanish bluebells greet the eye, and encourage further exploration. Vine maples complete the breezy understory, while deciduous magnolias light the way toward the garden’s final focal point: a locally-sourced cedar trellis covered with vines and surrounded by woodland flowers. The romantic archway creates perfect spot for a small wedding ceremony or romantic interlude. INTERIOR SPACE: The 3,800 square foot, Northwest Craftsman exudes warmth and character. Generous amounts of wood trim and hardwood floors span most of the lower level of the house. Large, floor-to-ceiling windows ensure that there is plenty of light throughout the day. A twelve foot-tall mantel creates striking focal point over the Great Room fireplace, the scale of which complements the twenty foot ceilings, clerestory windows and second-story skybridge. Contemporary art fills the home, and adds an eclectic charm to an already welcoming space. The furniture consists of high-quality case-goods and upholstery, with stylistic nods to industrial-chic, mid-century modern and classical European decor. Select pieces of architectural salvage mix seamlessly with sculptural antiques, creating an overall feeling of timelessness. Upstairs, are four generously appointed bedrooms, and three full bathrooms. Each room has its own color-scheme and character, while in keeping with the overall Transitional style of the home. All in all, the neutral paint and tone-on-tone upholstery make the rooms in this home easy to transform with a few strategically-placed accent pieces. Highly curated, with attention to detail and ambience, the entire property, from garden to home, has been worked on by several renowned landscapers, an interior designer and countless artisans. Season by season, and however your imagination desires, this three-acre property offers endless opportunity to help you 'set the scene' for your next film, video or still photography project.