Cute Caribbean Cottage
Let’s get it straight from the start: even though this week’s home has sweet cottage style, it’s not really a cottage — unless a six-bedroom, 8,000-square-foot, price-on-request mansion is your idea of one. That said, it is an charming vacation on St. Lucia, and well worth a look if you need a Monday escape.
The house’s substantial scale is pretty well disguised from this angle by greenery, and a blue and pink pastel paint job and gingerbread details lends it a grown-up dollhouse look.
On the other side, though, an infinity pool looks across the bay and out to the Caribbean Sea, and the stairs at ideal cause beach access and a dock. According to the listing, the home is near the town of Gros Islet, at the island’s northwestern tip, but the map puts it additionally down the west coast, near the city of Castries.
After a dip in the pool or the surf, rinse off in the outdoor shower and sit down to a meal in the open-air dining room. White louvers and cutouts conceal both a canvas that can be rolled down as a sun screen and a hurricane shutter system for windier weather.
I’m not sure if this is the 30′ x 30′ entertaining space the providing mentions, but interior designer Lane Pettigrew certainly filled the room with enough crisp white upholstery, dark wood floors, and curving palm branches for an authentic colonial look. If you don’t have time to get hold of a book and put your feet up on that plush armchair, there’s a separate home office.
What I love about this kitchen is that even though the bright light and palm fronds give it a tropical vibe, the design elements — pale stone countertops, white millwork, a fun, drippy chandelier and snappy black and white tile — would look fresh in any locale. A carved bracket under the shelves is quaint detail.
What do you think? Are you inspired by this Caribbean idyll?
For a lot more real estate eye candy from St. Lucia, check out a previous post on the island’s Belmont House.
Photo credits:1–5. Savills