Herringbrook House
Newly listed, fully remodeled, dog friendly with prior permission. 2 bedroom, sleeping den, and 2 bathroom home designed by a professional interior designers at Spartina Interiors. This beautiful home is set on nearly an acre of naturalized landscaped yard. Centrally located to all the Outer Cape has to offer. It is within a 6 minute walk to Eastham's intimate Cole Road bay beach in one direction or within a 10 minute walk to the popular destination of First Encounter Beach and Bee's River in the other direction. One of the trail heads to the town lands and walking paths, and a pond is 200 yards from the home. The location is a short drive to Coast Guard Beach and the National Seashore or to Orleans Center and in the opposite direction to Wellfleet and the rest of the Outer Cape. This home is one of two private residences on the property that are separated by a fence to maintain privacy; each with their own driveway.
Herringbrook House was designed to fit into the landscape, to convey calm, and for comfort and relaxation The new kitchen has professional appliances such as a side by side all refrigerator all freezer, 36'' cooktop, wall oven and wall speed oven and microwave. Cookware is mainly All Clad and Le Crueset. Local potter, Chatham Pottery supplied Cape motif dishes, bowls and mugs. The counters are custom concrete. The kitchen along with the remainder of the home is supplied by antique and custom lighting all of which is controlled by individual central and task lighting. The kitchen and dining room have a two story clerestory area over the dining space with a large skylight above.
The beamed living room off the kitchen area features an oversized window looking out at the naturalized traditional outer Cape setting. This area has one of the 4 televisions in the home, a 65'' screen with Sonos Arc surround sound and is controlled by an Xfinty remote with voice control. The programming contains all major and premium channels such as HBO, Showtime, Cinemax, Netflix and Amazon Prime. There are two comfortable Restoration Hardware sofas, Turkish tribal rugs and a 17th century credenza. The lighting fixtures are antique; one set of sconces are twin converted gimballed ship's lanterns. The paintings and art include a nautical map of the Eastham Bay area, several antique paintings from an estate in Martha's Vineyard of ships and black and white photographs taken by an artist photographer friend in St Thomas. As in the remainder of the home, the original oil or watercolor art work showcases the owners travels, local artists and love of the ocean. There is a modest deck off of the living room scheduled to be a screened in porch in 2022.
The first floor bedroom is comfortable with an en suite bathroom that also services the main floor. This bedroom has a queen size bed and mid century style furnishings with artisan concrete lamps. It also has a television with access to all programming that the living room and master bedroom do. Like all the beds, the queen is new. It's very important to us that our guests have comfortable sleeping arrangements. The mattress is a hybrid all natural latex and mini coil with an allergen protective cover. Pillows are foam. The bedroom and hall access a bathroom with custom hand painted tile from Greek artisans in a neutral palate.
The hall that connects the main living area to the bedroom suite is done in a classic herringbone stone pattern and leads to a small but efficient mudroom with antique hooks for easy hanging of outerwear and a coat closet.
The second floor contains the master bedroom which is bright and airy with three skylights and large windows. The master also has an Xfinity remote voice controlled television (55'') with a Sonos beam sound bar. The bed is a king size with a high-end Tempurpedic cooling memory foam mattress and foam pillows.
The bathroom has an oversized soaking tub, 15 foot custom shower with cement tiles, and a double vanity and separated toilet stall. It also houses the laundry. There are large windows and a double wide skylight.
The hall and stairs are made with steel cable railing. The office den area contains a convertible sofa for easy sleeping or to be used as flexible living space. It also contains a television.
The second floor also has a small reading nook and access to a second floor balcony deck.
The home contains a mix of wide pine flooring that is classic in Cape Cod and New England and custom tile work in the bathrooms. The shades are custom designed natural woven linens or woven wood and are placed only in areas needing privacy, while other areas of the home offer views to the rear of the property.
For larger families our sister property, Alewife cottage, can be rented with the house and has a gorgeous new heated salt water pool.
The owners are always available to answer questions or provide assistance. Please inquire for personal chef services during your stay with an emphasis on healthy cuisine including vegetarian, vegan and organic farm raised. s