Welcome to our home! We are excited to share our space with you! Our room is located approx. 30-40 minutes walk from historic downtown. We live on 3/4 acre with views of Mt. Baker, Mt. Rainer and Port Townsend Bay on the outskirts of Port Townsend. We are in the city limits, but we feel as though we are out in the country. Our street dead ends so there is no thru traffic going by our home. We are still a work in progress, so we have some exterior projects on the go which you will see. The space One of the most wonderful aspects of a straw bale house is the sense of safety and quiet that these two foot thick walls provide. The wall surface is stucco and structolite plaster which we troweled on by hand, with the help of our friends and family. The three bay windows provide a lovely territorial view of the trees across the road and of Mt. Baker on a clear day. Our king sized bed is natural latex with cotton sheets and down duvet. The 100% wool carpet feels great on your feet! In order to create a space where you can get away from the trappings of modern life, there is no TV in the room, but feel free to access our wi-fi to watch movies on your laptop using headphones. We are very social people and love to get to know our guests so please feel welcome to enjoy the rest of the house! As you will see, our house and property is still a work in progress! There are still unfinished aspects to the house and we have yet to accomplish much outside landscaping due, in part, to a lack of deer fencing. Therefore, anything we plant will get eaten at this point! With this being said, our home is very comfortable and functional and we think you will love being here. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ROOM IS ON THE 2ND FLOOR SO YOU WILL NEED TO BE COMFORTABLE CLIMBING STAIRS. Guest access PLEASE NOTE: if you need to check-in after 9pm we ask you to please list this in your initial request. We live in the house and often have other guests sleeping in our other Airbnb room. This bedroom has an adjoining bathroom with a hand-built shower that has two shower heads. This bathroom is for your use and the other guest room has it's own shower. PLEASE NOTE: YOU WILL HAVE YOUR OWN PRIVATE SHOWER AND SINK ROOM AND WILL BE SHARING THE CENTRAL TOILET ROOM WITH THE GUESTS IN OUR OTHER AIRBNB ROOM. THERE IS A PRIVACY DOOR CONNECTING EACH GUEST BATHROOM. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS KNOCK BEFORE ENTERING THE TOILET ROOM. IF YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR OWN DEDICATED TOILET THEN WE SUGGEST THAT YOU LOOK AT OTHER LISTINGS IN TOWN. During your stay PLEASE NOTE: if you need to check-in after 9pm we ask you to please list this in your initial request. We live in the house and often have other guests sleeping in our other Airbnb room. We will endeavor to create a relatively quiet space after 10pm and ask that you do the same. If you come home later than that and notice that the house seems quiet, please move around quietly out of respect for our other guests. We may have both of our Airbnb rooms rented at the same time so you may have a chance to meet other travelers. We are a social house and tend to have good friends come and go frequently, so there are times when the house is not quiet. We always enjoy getting to know our guests so please join us for a cup of tea or glass of wine. That being said, please feel free to spend your time in your room without any pressure to engage with us. We are very easy going people and go with whatever flow is happening. The room is very quiet with the door closed, but if you desire an extremely quiet environment, you may want to stay elsewhere. PLEASE NOTE: YOU WILL HAVE YOUR OWN PRIVATE SHOWER AND SINK ROOM AND WILL BE SHARING THE CENTRAL TOILET ROOM WITH THE GUESTS IN OUR OTHER AIRBNB ROOM. THERE IS A PRIVACY DOOR CONNECTING EACH GUEST BATHROOM. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS KNOCK BEFORE ENTERING THE TOILET ROOM. IF YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR OWN DEDICATED TOILET THEN WE SUGGEST THAT YOU LOOK AT OTHER LISTINGS IN TOWN. Other things to note 1. PLEASE NOTE: YOU WILL HAVE YOUR OWN PRIVATE SHOWER AND SINK ROOM AND WILL BE SHARING THE CENTRAL TOILET ROOM WITH THE GUESTS IN OUR OTHER AIRBNB ROOM. THERE IS A PRIVACY DOOR CONNECTING EACH GUEST BATHROOM. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS KNOCK BEFORE ENTERING THE TOILET ROOM. IF YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR OWN DEDICATED TOILET THEN WE SUGGEST THAT YOU LOOK AT OTHER LISTINGS IN TOWN. 2. We ask that you refrain from taking any food or drink (other than water) up to our guest rooms. We have chosen a non-toxic wool carpet but unfortunately it is prone to staining. 3. We also ask that you use the vent fans when showering and leave them running for several minutes afterwards to ensure that we don't encourage mold. PLEASE NOTE THAT THE ROOM IS ON THE 2ND FLOOR SO YOU WILL NEED TO BE COMFORTABLE CLIMBING STAIRS.