This elegant design highlights the dining room’s importance by placing it at the front of the home, with access to a covered wrap-around veranda. Given prominence in this way, the dining room becomes an inviting setting for traditional family dinners. It’s also perfect for formal or informal dinner parties.

The adjacent kitchen includes all the contemporary conveniences, including a large island, a walk-in pantry, a built-in phone desk and expansive countertops.

A boxed-out breakfast nook in the kitchen is surrounded by large windows. Featuring a door to the covered rear patio, this a well-lit space is ideal for casual day-time meals.

A three-sided gas fireplace warms both the kitchen and the adjoining great room.

A den just off the great room could also be used as a guest room, a computer room or a crafts room. A two-piece bathroom is conveniently located nearby.

Three bedrooms occupy the second level of this design, along with a washer and dryer tucked behind louvered doors in the hallway. The master bedroom includes a five-piece en suite bathroom, a walk-in clothes closet and a separate storage cupboard for linens. The room’s vaulted ceiling allows for a dramatic arched window that overlooks the front garden. A boxed alcove provides room for an entertainment unit, a writing desk, a large armoire or even an electric fireplace.

The two secondary bedrooms share a three-piece bathroom, with a pocket door that opens to one of the rooms.

A skylight brightens the hallway on the second level as well as the centrally-located staircase leading to the main floor.

The two-car garage includes space for a work bench and storage cupboard. Access to the garage is through the front foyer.

On the exterior, a distinctive, natural look is created by a combination of horizontal wood siding and cedar shingles, plus decorative stone. Arched wood beams accent the roof peaks while heavy wood support posts around the veranda add substance and character.

This 2,266 square foot home measures 47 feet wide by 52 feet, 6 inches deep and includes an unfinished basement.