A must see! Light filled, custom built home with passive solar earthship design, located in the edge of the Baca Grande Neighborhood, this 1.72 acre consolidation along the prolific Cottonwood Creek is as stunning inside as it is outside. Built into the side of a hill with large south facing windows, air is circulated through roof attached solar panels and moved by a slow-moving fan to create a dynamic heating effect in the home. As you enter into at the octagonal foyer/mud room, fashioned out of local Douglas fir, you can both get in from the cold and store shoes and accessories in the hand made bench seating. Copious light follows you as you pass into the California redwood floored living space, where a large gourmet kitchen awaits the accomplished chef. Hammered copper accentuates the kitchen backsplash, creating a rustic comtemporary charm. Your friends can watch you cook from the large bar adjacent to the kitchen, or hang out in the living/dining room just beyond. A luxuriously deep bathtub awaits in the home’s full bath, with movable halogen lights and a sliding barn door for privacy. The two downstairs bedrooms feature custom cabinetry on the periphery, and storage below the captain's bed. The light filled master suite upstairs features balconies on both ends of the room, with spectacular views of the Sangre De Cristo mountains on one side, and the San Luis Valley on the other, and you can hear the rushing creek from both. Moving out into the extensive gardens behind the house, you find numerous gardening possibilities, from a fenced, stepped garden bed to an abundant hoop greenhouse. Snaking throughout the gardens are hundreds of feet of drip lines and watering systems, fed by four 50-gallon tanks and three pumps. The extensive gardens can even be enjoyed while bathing, in the clawfoot outdoor tub and shower, or from the California redwood deck behind the house. Privacy and abundant living are awaiting the new owner of this perfectly unique Crestone home.