Supplements: two-story beamed and vaulted ceiling with a full bank of clerestory windows, warmed by wide-plank wood floors and a mantel-over-mantel fireplace. Four sets of French doors open to the rear stone terrace and gardens to spectacular mountain and valley views. A large country kitchen with all the most sought after amenities including a large center island and intimate breakfast area opens to the rear terrace with its built-in barbecue and dining patio. Adjacent to the kitchen, a private home office or den and a generous 3-car garage completes the southern wing of the home. A few steps away across a stone terrace is an inviting pool cabana guest house or detached executive suite with a kitchenette and full bath. On the north wing of the home dedicated almost exclusively to the generous master suite, a professional in-home theatre with stadium seating for 12 in soft, buttery leather reclining chairs invites you to relax and enjoy your favorite entertainment options. The master suite is comprised of a generous sitting room with French doors to a private stone terrace and the rear gardens, the master bedroom with another set of French doors and all warmed by a handsome fireplace and rich wide-plank floors. The owner's suite continues with a spa-like bath with soaking tub and oversized shower, dual vanities and an ample master closet and dressing area. Upstairs, a comfortable family or playroom begins your approach to four family or guest bedrooms, two of which boast en-suite baths where the other two share a hall bath and most offer balconies and wonderful garden and mountain views. Set on a private cul-de-sac off East Valley Road, Stonehouse Lane represents that perfect country setting with inspiring mountain and valley views and yet easy access to the Montecito Upper Village, the coveted Montecito Union School, and all the shops and restaurants for which the Montecito Village is so famous. Designed by the respected architect, Jock Sewall who designed many of the nearby award winning San Ysidro Ranch guest cottages, this charming home is approached through private entry gates and a circle drive providing ample guest parking. The gardens of this charming home surrounding the generous pool, inlaid stone deck, cut stone steps and garden walls add further to the ambiance of established estate grounds supported by mature oaks, pines and olive trees. The panoramic mountain views to the north and bucolic citrus orchard views to the east helps create this feeling of a most private oasis and yet wide open and boundless feeling of expansiveness - a very unique and pleasant experience.