1 Smilax Drive, Old Lyme, CT 06371

Soaring ceilings, a field stone fireplace and an open plan greet you in this Peppermint Ridge home with a first-floor primary bedroom. The formal living and dining rooms are open and graced with a custom staircase and banks of architectural windows capturing the surrounding woodlands. Great design creates a feeling of light and space. The stainless, granite kitchen has gas cooking and a well-planned eat-in area overlooking the yard. The four-season room/den features a wall of built-ins and sliding door to the patio. There is a main level primary bedroom with vaulted ceiling, walk in closet, steam shower and sliding doors to the patio. The main level laundry is conveniently located in the mudroom area. Upstairs, there are three additional very spacious bedrooms with one currently used as an office with built-ins. A large basement offers fantastic workshop potential and houses a new oil-fired boiler, 2024. This home is sited on a completely level, corner lot in sought-after Peppermint Ridge, a neighborhood of smaller home sites surrounded by open space, just one mile to Mile Creek K-5 elementary and 1.5 miles to Old Lyme's white sand beaches, 20 minutes to New London/Groton and close to town. Welcome home!