🌿 The L I L Y P A D 🌿| Tiny Living | Urban Oasis

🌿 The Lily Pad is a TINY gorgeous, minimalist studio, tucked away in the back tropical gardens of our 1910 Craftsman house, overlooking the koi fish lily pond and surrounded by lush greenery and flowers. It’s peaceful and serene, although a walking distance to several local restaurants and bars. 🌿 It’s the perfect solo escape - writers/artist creative retreat. Great for a solo traveler! Max occupancy is 1 person at all times! The perfect solo escape for people who love the minimalist lifestyle and who are KIND, CLEAN and ORGANIZED! It’s an unique and a peaceful experience. It’s a showcase of our love to minimalism, sustainability, functionality, esthetics, space utilization, serenity and outdoor living. Get lost in the greenery and experience our brand new TINY Modern and Minimalist Garden Guest Studio with a comfortable double Murphy bed converting into a sofa. Nikolay and I have been obsessed with sustainable, tiny living while optimizing space, functionality , esthetics and minimizing our carbon footprint for quite some time now. Finally, we are happy to present our first tiny studio design - The Lily Pad. The Lily Pad Studio is here and although tiny, is big on style and has a green thumb! 🙂🍃 The space is modern and minimalist - sporting clean design lines, hydronic heated floors, Venetian Plaster, comfortable, functional setting, beautiful custom touches and our love for open, modern and sustainable living. With its floor-to ceiling glass walls, it blurs the indoor and outdoor and creates an unique contemporary atmosphere with the serenity of an urban oasis. 🌿 🍃 Here functionality meets design with minimum impact in mind. We are constantly striving to minimize our carbon footprint and we have implemented several green solutions throughout the build and design process - hydronic radiant heat, reclaimed wood and materials, eco-insulation, reclaimed glass windows and doors, etc. 🌿 It’s a tiny, minimalist space meant to make one reconnect with nature - just watch the birds bathing or the fish playing with the light reflections in the water. 🌿 It’s perfect for artists, writers, business travelers and people who love to have Mother Nature at their door step and who would love to get put to sleep by the sound of the water just outside your windows. 🌿 It’s located in the heart of Emeryville, bordering Oakland - just across San Francisco, off Bay Bridge. It’s close to highways, shops, local restaurants and shops; 15 min drive to downtown San Francisco; Berkeley; Oakland; 40 min drive to San Francisco International Airport; Napa; Silicon Valley With easy FREE street PARKING! WALK SCORE: 80 very walkable BiKE SCORE: 72 ( out of 100) It's an easy commute to downtown San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland and moments away from local cafes, bars, restaurants, Emeryville Marina and bay side nature trails. 🌿 OUR GUESTS: • Looking for people who would LOVE to experience TINY minimalist living and travel with a minimum carbon footprint in mind. • Looking for people who love nature at their doorstep and appreciate the serenity and contribute to the peaceful environment we tried to create and envision for our guests. • Looking for RESPECTFUL, QUIET, CLEAN and ORGANIZED guests • Our guests are KIND, easy-going and loving folks ONLY who contribute to the peaceful oasis we have tried to create and put so much work and love into it! It comfortably sleeps 1 person. 🔻MAX OCCUPANCY at all times: 1 person🔻 🌿We are proud to announce that we are SCENT FREE accommodation! We DON’T USE any artificial fragrances, air-fresheners, dryer sheets, etc. We are constantly improving our choice of products to include natural organic scent free or natural products with organic essential oils. 🌿 COMPLIMENTARY AMENITIES: 🍃 ~heated floors throughout - hydronic radiant heat controlled by a Smart Nest thermostat ( green and allergy, asthma friendly) ~small kitchenette set up for a very light cooking ~Small refrigerator ~microwave ~electric ceramic stove ~mini oven with a toaster combo ~Nespresso Machine ~FREE Wireless Internet ~SMART TV ~cable TV, premium channels Discovery, Science, HBO, movies, NEWS, etc. ~fully equipped with utensils, glasses, cups, etc. ~cotton linens provided ~cotton towels provided ~ beautiful garden with a hammock and a koi fish pond ~ May use our WASHER and DRYER ( available for stays 6 days and longer ) SHARED Hours: 10 am - 6 pm ~FREE STREET PARKING THE APPARTMENT:🍃 The apartment is on the ground level of our Craftsman house. It's nestled all the way in the back of the house, hidden in the greenery with a separate entrance. The sunken excavation provides both privacy from the neighbors, insulative properties to keep the space warm in winter and cool in summer. It also creates a serene environment and a feeling of being emerged into the nature. Very private and secluded. It feels like a green oasis - serene and peaceful. It has a great shared outdoor garden with koi fish pond, lemon trees, bougainvillea, flowering plants on a very quiet street, just 2 blocks away from animation Studio PIXAR, walking distance to local bars, shops, restaurants. Very convenient FREE shuttle ( Emery-go-round) to BART ( metro station), shops and Emeryville Marina. Great for artists, writers, business travelers or visitors who love nature and plan to explore the area during the day. 🌿 THE HOSTS: 🍃 We are a friendly, quiet and considerate couple - landscape architect and a musician ( Nick ) and a psychologist ( Albena ). We are both born and raised in Europe and made beautiful San Francisco Bay our home. We've built our dream guest apartment for our families and friends when they visit from Europe. When no one is visiting, we love home sharing it with the world. We love Art, design, architecture, music, traveling, plants, outdoors, books and dancing. We are both vegetarians! This is our home and we love it! Our prime goal is to try to make your stay as peaceful and comfortable as possible. We would be happy to assist if possible. If you need anything essential to your stay that is NOT on our list with amenities please communicate PRIOR to your booking! 🌿 OUR VISION:🍃 • We have tried to design a GREEN, MINIMALISTIC, and fully FUNCTIONAL space for a comfortable, modern, SOCIALLY RESPONSIBLE living and peaceful co-existence with all humans and animals! THANK YOU for assisting us in keeping it that way by: • conserving energy and resources • treating your hosts, our neighbors and our home with respect! 🦋 Yes, we are Certified Natural Wildlife Habitat! 🦋 Outside you may encounter butterflies, bees, hummingbirds, raccoons, possums, neighborhood cats, wild turkeys strolling down the street - all part of our eco-system. If you are afraid of animals and this will affect your stay, we understand if you might consider a different accommodation or a hotel room instead. Now, off to plant some more milkweed!🌿 THE NEIGHBORHOOD:🍃 Emeryville is just across the BAY BRIDGE from San Francisco. It's centrally located, minutes away from downtown San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland. Hip, modern and safe neighborhood, 2 blocks away form Animation Studio Pixar, Novartis, Bayer. WALKING DISTANCE to great local bars and restaurants, Trader Joe's, Boutiques, Movie theatre, Emery Train station, Shopping plaza, etc. WALK SCORE: 80 very walkable BIKE SCORE: 90 We have Ford bike station just down the street. 🚲 🚲 🚲 (How Walk Score Works Walk Score helps you find a walkable place to live. Walk Score is a number between 0 and 100 that measures the walkability of any address. Walk Score Bike Score 90–100Walker’s Paradise Daily errands do not require a car 70–89Very Walkable Most errands can be accomplished on foot.) 🌿 San Francisco Bay Ferry now offers ferry service to Chase Center in San Francisco for Golden State Warriors home games and select special events and music concerts. It’s our favor...