Imagine spending your vacation in a stunning new cottage with so many views of water and sky it’s like living in a watercolor. Welcome to the Goddess Seaside Villa – a shingled, two-story Cape Cod with five decks (two upstairs, three down) – nestled on a hill in the midst of an 18-acre peninsula with a half-mile of private waterfront. This unique aerie is at once spacious and cozy with 9 ft. ceilings, birch floors and woodwork, sunny windowseat, and spectacular see-through views of Breen’s Pond and St. George’s Bay beyond. The interior views are pretty wonderful, too: The Nova Scotia sea-blue concrete counter tops (created by artists Patricia Gaines and Wendell White) reflect the seascape outside, making the interior equally beautiful and serene. A slate-blue concrete wall with a Celtic mural and curving upper bar connects the high-design kitchen and the elegant, comfortable living room. Sink into the overstuffed sectional couches, put your feet up on the glass Naguchi coffee table, and watch the fire through the glass front of the woodburning stove. At mealtimes, relax around the lazy susan on the round pine table (seats 8) in the bump-out glass-box dining room, affectionately known as “the duck blind” because of the number of birds you can see out the windows – arctic tern, kingfisher, pileated woodpecker, goldfinch, marsh hawk, bald eagle, and more. Or eat at the table on the screened porch off “the rumpus room”/second bedroom full of games, toys, and folk art, a queen-sized sleeper sofa, and an armoire with a 32" flat-screen TV, a DVD and VHS player, and a stereo with a five-CD changer. Upstairs you’ll find “the Goddess suite” which encompasses the entire upstairs: A spacious sitting room with floor-to-ceiling windows and an adjoining upper deck perfect for watching the wonderful sunsets and long Celtic twilights, shooting stars, and the Cape George lighthouse; the Goddess bathroom with a sky-lit two-person whirlpool and unbroken view of the water, and the Goddess bedroom with its carved four-poster bed and private deck. In the beautiful walk-out basement - complete with lovely turquoise concrete floor) you’ll find a central sitting room with a glass-front woodburning stove, TV, and an L.L. Bean queen sleeper sofa, and a third bedroom with a view of Breen's Pond. There's also the optional Goddess Cottage ($150 a night)with spectacular views of Breen's Pond and St. George's Bay beyond. The exterior is charming with shingled siding, a metal cantilevered roof, a 16x20 deck with picnic table, and a bonus hot/cold outdoor shower. The inside is cozy and serene with a rustic birch four-poster bed (bark & branches included!), the "idyllic island" blue floor, beadboard paneling, open trusses, Nova Scotia stone hearth, and a glass-front woodburning stove so you can enjoy watching the fire. At mealtimes, relax at the unique round terra-cotta leather table. At night, lie in bed and look at the stars through the skylight and/or the Cape George lighthouse in the distance. Or sink into the micro-fiber sectional couch and watch the lobster boats on June mornings or the amazing variety of birds you might see -- arctic tern, kingfisher, marsh hawk, bald eagle, and many more. If you love the outdoors, you can walk the trails in the woods or the path to Breen’s Pond to swim or paddle the canoe around the island where bald eagles nest, or walk the country road out Cape Jack – like a Wyeth painting with its traditional farmhouses and barns – to swim or hike along Cape Jack Beach.
And if you love Celtic culture and music, you're only ten minutes from Cape Breton with its famed Cabot Trail, and twenty minutes from the new Celtic Music Interpretive Center with live music and ceilidhs on Sundays and frequent concerts with Celtic musicians like Buddy McMaster. Inside or out, the overall effect of the Goddess Seaside Villa is, well, happiness. Or so people tell us. And we think you’ll think so, too.
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