The Yellow House

About this property

Morning light spills across a wide green yard in Germantown as you carry coffee to the picnic table, a brook running along the edge of the grass and garden beds close at hand. The house is bright yellow, impossible to miss, and full of old-house warmth.

Three bedrooms and two baths sleep six, with an office behind a door and fast wifi if work follows you north. Shelves hold novels, cookbooks and board games, and a stack of records waits by the record player. One bath has a soaking tub for the end of a long day.

The kitchen is stocked like a cook lives here, with a rack of spices, good pans and a Bialetti for early risers. Dinner stretches out at the big dining table, or over coals on the grill out back, while a dog can roam the yard on its long runner. Later the living room fills with talk and a game of cards.

Red Hook and Tivoli are five to ten minutes away, and Hudson about fifteen, with its shops and restaurants. Olana and the Empire State Rail Trail are within reach, and closer to home there are farmers markets, a winery, a distillery and two pick-your-own orchards, where you can fill a bag with apples for the drive back.