The Stanwood home's exterior, seen from across the front lawn.

Great room features include spiral staircase and woodstove on elevated hearth.

The lofty great room's catwalk, left, connects to the balcony/televisionroom (railings can be seen in following photo).

Detail of the parquet flooring.

Switchplates in the great room match the pendant light fixtures (in next photo).

Pendant light fixtures match their switchplates.

In the adjacent kitchen, the brass-pipe vent – nautical in origin? – is a nice touch.

The elegant parlor is at the front of the house, the great room at the far end.