Cottage, Other

STUNNING DREW COTTAGE - One of the most beautiful homes in Merry Go Round Farm! Award-winning architect Jim Rill combines superior craftsmanship and functionality throughout this European country-style home in a woodland setting. Showcased in Bethesda Magazine, Drew Cottage features a couture kitchen replete with atrium breakfast room and expansive pantry, five baths, four roomy bedrooms, two offices, an exercise room, 3-car garage, geothermal heating/air system, and spectacular indoor and outdoor entertaining spaces overlooking conservation land and miles of private hiking trails along the Potomac River. ARCHITECTURAL DETAILS: The home’s inviting flagstone foyer serves as an indoor breezeway between the front portico and rear terrace, before pouring into a great room graced with 10.5 foot-high mahogany beamed ceilings, limestone fireplace, and three sets of French doors sweeping onto a 40 foot terrace perched over a private wooded back yard. The red oak paneled library has a cathedral ceiling flanked by built-in bookcases and window seats. Both the great room and library have Rumford fireplaces with gas-ready pilots and carved limestone mantels. The living area is open to the dining area, perfect for entertaining and informal living. The gourmet kitchen has custom cabinets, 2-inch-Carrera marble countertops, Thermador appliances, Freedom Induction cooktop, double ovens, prep sink, and dishwasher. The breakfast room is filled with sunshine streaming through floor-to-ceiling windows with gorgeous views of the ponds and pastures of Merry Go Round Farm. The pantry, mud room, spacious laundry room, and elegant powder room complete the main level. Wide plank white oak flooring continues throughout the main and upper levels flooded with natural lighting. The master suite boasts French doors opening to a walkout balcony overlooking the private back yard, an expansive walk-in closet with center island and built-ins, and a spa-inspired marble bathroom with oversized marble shower and his and her vanities. The two additional upstairs bedrooms have beautiful casement windows and great lighting. The walkout lower level features a large den with marble wet bar, perfect for entertaining, children’s rec room, or in-law suite, as well as an exercise room and possible office or additional guest room. The ample lower-level bedroom opens to a private loggia with beautiful views. A full bathroom, immaculate utility room, and multiple storage spaces complete the lower level. Drew Cottage superior architectural features include French-inspired rounded corners on walls, arched doorways, pocket doors, casement windows and doors with clad exteriors, extra thick exterior walls and iron banisters. The home has a three-car garage, indoor and outdoor Sonos sound system and wireless security system. The exterior features authentic stucco (three coats), clay chimney pots, cedar roof, cedar shutters, gutter helmet on all gutters and wood-stained soffits. The extensive hardscape includes a sweeping terrace, mahogany ceiling front and rear covered porches, sweetheart sitting nook, flagstone and pea gravel entertaining patios, cedar pergola and lower-level loggia. You will not find a home that better blends the beauty of its interior with myriad outdoor living spaces. State-of-the-art technologies include a geothermal dual zone heating/air system plus hot water, a fire sprinkler system, water filtration and surge protection.