12 Willow Ave, Fairfax, CA 94930

2 Beds      1 Bath      922 SF      0.14 Acres      Lush Yard      Gated Entry      $1,128,000    SOLD

Enchanting Craftsman 2-bedroom, 1 bath home delivers timeless comfort, simple elegance and welcoming ambience.  Large lush yard provides a medley of cooling greenery and pollinator friendly flowers, contouring the cool bluestone entryway that leads up to an inviting covered front porch.  Enter the spacious living room with the original fireplace, a distinctive handcrafted mantle and stone hearth, updated with an effortless gas insert to provide efficient heating and a warming glow. Charming divided light, double hung windows throughout, invite 360 degrees of natural light throughout the day. Each window frames the sumptuous flora enveloping the property.  A true cooks kitchen features original minimalist mid-century ceramic tiles, crafted by Marin’s pioneering ceramic artist Edith Heath. Schoolhouse Electric pendant lights illuminate abundant cabinetry, stainless appliances, Fisher & Paykel dish drawers and a giant peninsula. The dining area opens directly on to the deck and into the food garden, extending a delightful culinary space.  The elevated deck and accompanying stairs will bring hours of reflection, sitting with friends enjoying the incredible, edible yard. Bedrooms provide tranquil retreats to calmly begin and end each day, the eastern room has a sliding door onto the back deck. The bathroom features a retro modern medicine cabinet, contemporary vanity and integrated sink and a shower over tub. The verdant yard is a plant lovers haven filled with decades of thoughtfully curated fruit trees and flowering plants. Peaches, apples, raspberries, strawberries, pears, lemons, figs, walnut, olives and persimmons all provide fresh and seasonal and/or preserving opportunities for the ultimate in food independence. Bluestone pavers wrap the house with cool simplicity, linking each idyllic outdoor space into a cohesive whole. A spacious shed is a blank canvas for the imagination or conveniently stores bikes, garden and shop tools. Awaken your culinary creativity by cooking outdoors in your Frono Bravo pizza oven, making memorable meals for a lifetime. Enjoy a well-tended and nourished landscape, absent of pesticides for 21 years by adhering to non-invasive practices.  This home provides the ideal Marin indoor/outdoor lifestyle opportunity.
  • 2 bedrooms | 1 bathroom

  • Freshly painted exterior and interior

  • Douglas Fir floors throughout, original and recently/partially refinished  

  • Living room with Valor Gas insert fireplace from Hearth and Home 

  • Original Heath tiles in the kitchen 

  • Charming Schoolhouse Electric light fixtures throughout

  • Anderson Windows and sliding doors

  • Rinnai Tankless Water heater 

  • Full architectural plans for 4 potential addition scenario

  • Generous yard with huge deck and multiple idyllic outdoor settings

  • Gated parking

  • Giant and level driveway large enough for 4 cars and large truck deliveries

  • Bountiful array of fruit trees and flowering plants 

  • Pizza oven & high efficiency far-Infrared gas grill 

  • Large shed for your imagination, smaller shed for extras

  • Magnificent Buddha head adorning the yard, imported from Bali

  • Premium Cool Roof shingles for efficient home cooling

  • Close to Good Earth Grocery, theater and downtown Fairfax

  • Nearby Deer Park hiking and biking trails

  • Minutes to Sir Francis Drake and Center Boulevards

  • Marin Public schools

  • Fruit Trees, etc., Frost Peach, Eureka Lemon, Coffee Cake, Hachiya, Fuyu and Chocolate Persimmon, 5 Olives, Pacific Rose x Golden Delicious Apple, 6 variety of pears, multi-grafted onto one 100 year old tree,  Mission Fig, English Walnut on Black walnut graft, Raspberries, Strawberries

  • California Natives: Matilija “fried egg” Poppies, Salvias of all varieties, Coffeeberry, Sea campion, Angelica Angelicum , Arbutus Marina, Milkweed aka monarch habitat, Ceanothus, Agaves, Oleander, California Poppies