1735 Flat Mountain Rd, Highlands, NC 28741

The Stair Step Cottage is not quite a cabin and not quite a cottage. This home offers the best of both! A unique home rumored to have been built by a Norwegian shipwright, this cleverly designed house is light-filled and welcoming. It displays a certain character and patina that is hard to find. You will enjoy exploring the different levels and searching for the many doors and hidden storage areas as you move through the many rooms with knotty pine walls, wood plank floors, wormy chestnut cabinets and numerous windows with views of the trees and lawns, and mountain breezes to ruffle the curtains. The Stone Hobbit fireplace can warm the entire house on a chilly mountain morning or create a cozy evening with a good book or an old movie. The unusual master suite with it's vaulted beamed ceilings and views of the tree tops is a romantic getaway that you will look forward to each night. A one-of-a-kind house. This is a special place for someone who is looking for something different. Prepare to be delighted!

Said to have been built by a Norwegian shipwright which probably explains the overall cleverness this house possesses, this 2 bedroom 2 bath home has charming wood planked wall, wood planked floors, an array of wood patterned ceilings and walls of windows inviting in the natural light and surrounding flora and fauna. With a strategic southern exposure of most of the rooms this home will be bright even on the gloomiest winter day, Though multi-storied, each floor is separated by only 6 stairs!! A tiled separate entry, with abundant hooks for hanging hats coats and walking stick, lures visitors into the initial seduction - a windowed room currently used as the meeting/dining area. Down 6 stairs is the living area with its commanding river rock fireplace and wood stove insert (said to be able to keep the whole house warm even on the coldest day) and sun room french doors to the inviting fenced yard. Up six stairs is a kitchen of which any yacht would be proud to boast with built in eating nook and site-built wormy chestnut cabinetry providing ample storage for the most serious of cooks. Tiled counters with marble insert for the serious baker make this kitchen a standout, Sharing this level is the guest bedroom and bath giving the master suite six stairs up maximum privacy. Its vaulted ceiling and cleverly designed bathroom, bookshelves and walk in closet make this a bedroom that begs for romance, nestling and cuddling. Come feel the magic!!