What If Every Day Could Feel Like a Luxury Spa Retreat – Without Ever Leaving Home?

What If Every Day Could Feel Like a Luxury Spa Retreat – Without Ever Leaving Home?

Imagine waking up overlooking the woods and lake, sunlight filtering through trees that frame your private sanctuary. You pad downstairs to your gourmet kitchen, craft your morning ritual with the kind of ease that only comes from a space designed by people who truly understand how life should flow. And then you remember: tonight, after that long week, you have your own private sauna waiting. Your own custom bar. Your own fire pit under the stars.

Most people think this level of retreat, this depth of restoration, requires booking a weekend getaway to some remote resort. What if I told you there’s a home in Lake Elmo where this is simply… Tuesday?

This isn’t just a beautifully renovated house. This is your personal wellness sanctuary. Your private oasis. The kind of space where the line between “home” and “haven” disappears completely.

The Art of Living Well Starts in the Kitchen

Great design isn’t about impressing people – it’s about making your actual life easier, more beautiful, more connected. That’s exactly what Fluid Design understood when they created this open-concept kitchen.

This is where the magic happens. Not just cooking (though any gourmet will fall in love with this space immediately) – but connection. The kitchen flows seamlessly into the great room, creating a natural gathering place that feels intimate even when you’re hosting a crowd. You’re chopping vegetables for dinner while your partner pours wine at the island. Friends drift between the kitchen and the dining area. Conversation flows. Laughter echoes. Everyone gravitates to where the warmth is – both literal and metaphorical.

And that stunning centerstone fireplace? It’s the beating heart of this home, visible from the kitchen, dining area, and sunroom, creating an architectural focal point that draws the eye and anchors the soul. Whether you’re entertaining clients, hosting book club, or simply curling up with a good novel on a Sunday afternoon, this fireplace creates the kind of ambiance that Instagram tries to capture but can never quite replicate.

The sunroom extends this sense of sanctuary, offering walls of windows that frame your wooded retreat and glimpses of the lake beyond. This is where morning coffee becomes meditation. Where you watch the seasons change in real-time. Where the outside world feels close enough to touch but far enough away to finally, truly exhale.

Your Primary Suite: Where Every Morning Begins with Peace

The main floor primary suite isn’t just a bedroom – it’s a private retreat within your retreat. Serene views of the woods and lake greet you each morning, a gentle reminder that you’ve made choices in life that prioritize peace over chaos, quality over quantity, presence over performance.

A second bedroom on the main level offers the flexibility that modern life demands. A guest suite for when family visits. A private office for focused work. A yoga studio. A creative space. Whatever your life needs, this room adapts.

And because true luxury is in the details that make daily life effortless, you’ll find a thoughtfully designed mudroom that actually handles the reality of Minnesota living, convenient main-level laundry, and seamless access to the attached garage. No more compromising comfort for practicality – here, they coexist beautifully.

The Walkout Lower Level: Your Private Club Meets Nature

But here’s where this home transcends “beautiful house” and becomes “life-changing experience.”

The walkout lower level is designed with one singular purpose: to be the place where you reconnect, recharge, and remember what matters most. And with direct walkout access to the woods and your private path down to the lake, nature becomes an extension of your living space.

Start with the custom-designed bar. This isn’t some wet bar tucked in a corner. This is a statement piece, a conversation starter, the kind of space where you teach your kids how to make mocktails, where friends gather for wine tastings, where post-hike celebrations happen with craft cocktails and storytelling. It’s your private club, membership: exclusive.

The expansive family room features stunning built-ins that blend form and function seamlessly, a cozy fireplace for those movie nights that turn into deep conversations, and walls of windows that frame your wooded sanctuary. Three additional bedrooms provide space for family, overnight guests, or whatever your life requires – a home gym, a meditation room, an art studio, a music room. This lower level gives you permission to expand into all the dimensions of who you are.

And then you step outside from the walkout, and everything shifts.

Your Personal Spa Experience: The Sauna That Changes Everything

Let’s talk about what really sets this property apart: the newly installed sauna by Voyageur Custom Saunas, positioned perfectly on your patio overlooking the woods.

Picture this: It’s Friday evening. The week has been relentless. You walk out from your lower level onto the patio, and step into your private sauna. The heat envelops you. Your muscles begin to release tension you didn’t even know you were holding. Through the windows, you gaze out over your wooded property, watching twilight paint the trees in shades of gold and amber.

This is what wellness actually looks like – not a trending hashtag or an expensive membership you never use, but a daily practice woven into the fabric of your home. The Scandinavians have understood this for centuries: the sauna isn’t a luxury, it’s essential. It’s where bodies heal, minds clear, and spirits restore.

And when you’re ready to cool down? Step out to your beautifully crafted patio, gather around the fire pit with loved ones, watch the stars emerge overhead. This is connection – to yourself, to others, to the natural world.

This is what it means to live well.

The Details That Demonstrate Devotion to Quality

Every surface, every finish, every thoughtful design choice in this home tells the same story: someone cared deeply about creating something exceptional. This isn’t a flip. This isn’t lipstick on a pig. This is a complete renovation executed with vision, precision, and an understanding that a home should elevate every aspect of your life.

From the main floor where daily routines become rituals of self-care and sweeping views of woods and lake inspire every moment, to the walkout lower level where gathering becomes an art form and nature is just steps away, to the outdoor spaces where comfort merges seamlessly with your wooded sanctuary – every detail has been carefully considered with one question in mind: “How will this make life better?”

The answer, at every turn, is: profoundly.

Room to Breathe: Your Private Wooded Sanctuary with Lake Access

Set on a private, wooded lot on Lake Elmo’s Sunfish Lake, this home offers something increasingly rare in today’s world: space. Not just square footage, but psychological space. Visual space. Emotional space.

From the walkout lower level, step directly onto your established path that winds through the woods down to the water’s edge, offering year-round enjoyment. Morning walks become moving meditation. Afternoon explorations clear the mind. Evening strolls with your partner (or your dog, or your own thoughts) reconnect you with the rhythm of nature.

In summer, the woods provide cool shade and the soundtrack of rustling leaves and birdsong, while the lake beckons for kayaking adventures. In autumn, you’re surrounded by a private showing of nature’s finest color palette. Winter transforms your property into a pristine wonderland perfect for snowshoeing from your door down to the frozen lake. Spring brings renewal that you can witness from every window.

And beyond your private path? Direct access to Sunfish Lake – a pristine, glacier-carved gem – and the crown jewel of Lake Elmo’s park system, a 284-acre natural area offering nine miles of trails, championship mountain biking, and some of the best birdwatching in the seven-county metro area. It’s there when you want it, peaceful and private when you don’t.

This Is What You’ve Been Searching For

In a world that moves too fast, demands too much, and rarely gives back what it takes – this home offers something radical: restoration. Every single day.

This is where you stop running and start living. Where wellness isn’t something you schedule between meetings but something woven into the very foundation of your daily life. Where luxury means having exactly what you need, exactly when you need it, without compromise or complication. Where woods and lake views greet you morning and night, and your own private path connects you to nature whenever your soul needs it.

Join us at our open house events starting Friday and step into your own private oasis.

Because you deserve a home that doesn’t just shelter you from the world – but restores you for it.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​