Down Island Digs

Everything about this historic Key West tropical gem adds up to make a precious private garden cottage. Sitting in the mature tropical tree garden in the hidden back yard, you would never know you’re just 1/2 block off Duval Street in Old Town Key West. It is indeed rare to find a cottage property in this downtown island location situated on two full private lots with such lush mature tropical landscaping.

A focal point of this unique property is the Key West quintessential indoor / outdoor living that makes island life so wonderful. Even though you are located in the down town Key West area, the entire large back garden is made private with high fences. A round stone garden table set amidst a stage of soft river stones and variety of fanciful foliage, makes a relaxing setting to enjoy a garden lunch that you can buy right across the street at Fausto’s Fine Food Palace. At the front part of the garden, next to the cottage, is a wooden pool deck which is joined by sliding glass doors to the interior living room and pool-side bedroom. The wooden deck surrounds the graceful lounge pool.

In contrast to the expansive back garden, the interior sitting room area of the Down Island Digs vacation cottage is made cozy and charming. Colorful walls of Caribbean blue and sage green offset the comfy coral colored sofette, fan-back “queen chair” and home spun dining table. Then over-sized sliding glass doors open up the back of the cottage by connecting the deck on both sides of the living room to draw guests onto the deck to the outdoors. Chocolate colored wicker outdoor living room furniture provides plenty of pool side seating.

The U-shaped kitchen is traditional cottage-style with bright white tiles and light wood cabinets. Adjoining the small dining and living room area, the kitchen is fully equipped, offers a full size electric range, dishwasher, and refrigerator with ice maker and has a nice view of the pool and garden so the cook can be part of the party.

The bedrooms have a tropical flare and are comfortable and inviting. The coral colored spacious master suite is toward the front of the cottage and offers a luxurious king size, cottage-style white 4-poster bed, with pillow top mattress, full size sofa sitting area, and wall mounted flat screen TV. The master suite offers an en-suite bath and has direct outdoor access to the front porch of the cottage for sitting and watching the world go by.

The sage-colored pool side bedroom is toward the back of the cottage and offers a queen size bed and bedside TV. This bedroom has a view of the pool and sliding glass doors that open out directly onto the pool deck for that quick dip in the morning.

Interior Layout: The cottage is not entered through the front door, but instead is accessed through an extra tall locked green garden gate situated immediately to the left of the front of the cottage. Once through the gate a deck leads to the back of the cottage where you enter to the interior. As you enter the cottage you step into the sitting / dining / kitchen area which also has sliding glass doors on the back wall that lead to the pool deck and garden.

Proceeding forward, past the dining area, you find the sage colored pool-side bedroom. Immediately to the right of this bedroom is a full bathroom just off the open hall. At the end of the hall just past the kitchen, is door to the coral colored master bedroom. Located towards the front of the cottage, the master suite. An en-suit bathroom joins the master bedroom to the right of the bedroom door.

The front sitting porch, and front door entrance, is a private sitting porch for the master bedroom.