Today, PEOPLE can exclusively reveal that this year’s Dream Home,the network’s 26th, is located in Warren, Vermont, a mountain town in the Mad River Valley famous for its fantastic skiing conditions and year-round outdoor activities. The home itself is a two-story, modern mountain cabin with three bedrooms and three-and-a-half bathrooms spread across 3,090 square feet.
“I live in a black cabin up in the mountains of Georgia, and people have commented for years how it’s become their own dream to have a mashup of rustic and elegant lifestyles together, and this house embodies both,” the designer tells PEOPLE.
“[Designing] it was like living out my own Scandinavian cabin dreams!” he continues. “The house sits up high in the Vermont mountains, and the overall architecture is best described as a luxury cabin with sweeping mountain views and tons of amazing outdoor living space. It’s overall understated and livable with modern touches.”
Highlights of the home included a massive kitchen with state-of-art appliances and a full dining area on the first floor, as well as a living room complete with a two-sided fireplace that leads into the all-season sunroom.
The second floor is where the main suite is located, as well as a guest suite with a kitchenette and full bathroom for friends and family who come to visit. A loft space on the second-floor landing is Flynn’s “hands down” favorite part of the home, he says, complete with a private balcony and Murphy bed for extra guests.
In addition to using a nature-inspired color palette, Flynn packed the home with subtle nods to the outdoorsy Vermont lifestyle, with features like a wood stove, snowshoes above the bed in the main suite, a space for storing outdoor gear in the front entryway (a ski bunny’s dream) and antler decor in several of the rooms.
It also boasts a pool with a view in the backyard — which also features an outdoor kitchen, firepit and hot tub — a feature Flynn says is rare to find in Vermont.
The winner of the home will have plenty of space to entertain or simply relax and enjoy the views of the surrounding nature, Flynn says.
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source: people.com
