"Just A Minit" Bolinas Artist Cottage

Entire cottage in Bolinas, California

  1. 2 guests
  2. 2 bedrooms
  3. 4 beds
  4. 1 bath
Hosted by Sha Sha Higby
  1. Superhost
  2. 16 years hosting

Listing highlights

Steps from Bolinas Beach

Steps from Bolinas Beach and the Bolinas Museum, with the community park about a 5-min walk away

Private hot tub in a wild garden

A private Japanese soaking hot tub in a garden at the base of a 40-acre quail reserve

A one-of-a-kind stay guests return to

Guests call this handmade redwood cottage magical, with many returning for repeat visits
Escape to a real-life fairytale in our handmade Hobbit House! This cozy redwood cottage is perfect for a romantic getaway for 2, or a small family. Features a Japanese hot tub, wood stove, and a unique tree branch staircase. Nestled in a nature reserve, yet just 200 steps from Bolinas Beach and town. A truly magical retreat on the California coast.

The space
Step into a real-life fairytale at our miniature Hobbit House, a charming and cozy redwood cottage perfect for a romantic getaway or an artistic retreat. Handmade and artful, the cottage is filled with rustic character, from the old-fashioned arched windows to the unique tree branch staircase that leads to the airy loft.
Downstairs, you'll find a cozy bedroom featuring a new, all-natural Birch latex queen mattress for sweet dreams. The main floor also includes a lounge area with a charmingly low ceilings over the dining table only, a bathroom with a vintage clawfoot tub and a warm water bidet, and a hand-tiled, old-fashioned kitchen. On cool evenings, gather around the wood stove for cozy conversations.
The unique staircase, like something from a storybook, ascends to an expansive loft space. With views of the peaceful town and the Bolinas Ridge, it feels like being in a treehouse. This versatile area includes a study/studio space and additional sleeping areas with a queen futon and a single futon.
Guest Access
You will have private access to the entire house and its unique amenities. This includes the outdoor Japanese-style soaking hot tub, perfectly situated to enjoy the natural surroundings. Relax in the garden, nestled at the base of a 40-acre quail reserve, offering privacy and the feeling of being in a forest.
The Neighborhood
Our cottage is perfectly located just 200 steps from Bolinas Beach and the main town. Nestled between three National Wildlife parks—Mount Tamalpais State Park, Muir Woods, and Point Reyes National Seashore—it's an ideal base for hiking and exploring the stunning California coast.
Enjoy the best of both worlds, with the natural splendor of coastal parks and the cosmopolitan charms of San Francisco just an hour away. You can surf in the morning, shop for organic food at the Bolinas Peoples Store, and dine at a world-class restaurant in Point Reyes for lunch. The heart of wine country is just an hour and fifteen minutes away.
Getting Around
The beach and the charming town of Bolinas are just a two-minute walk from your doorstep. For a night out, the famous Sweet Water Music Hall in Mill Valley is a 30-minute drive. Or, simply stay in, barbecue in the garden, and relax in the peace and quiet of your private retreat.
Modern Conveniences
Despite its rustic charm, the cottage is equipped with modern conveniences for a comfortable stay:
* High-speed wireless internet (98mbps)
* Two flat-screen TVs with Apple TV
* Stereo, games, and cards
* Fully equipped kitchen: antique gas range, electric oven, microwave, coffee maker, blender, waffle iron, cooking utensils, and spices.
* We provide fresh organic coffee and cream.
* Washer and dryer
* Cozy bedding, feather pillows, and electric blankets
* Antique French telephones with unlimited nationwide calls
House Rules
* The base rate is for 2 guests. Additional guests, including children, must be included in the reservation for accurate pricing. Please contact us if you plan to bring your small family.
* Pets are welcome! A pet fee of $30 per stay applies. This is the country on the edge of a quail reserve and we do our best to keep the house clean .
* We are on the edge of a quail reserve and have wildlife. We do our best to clean everything, and you might find a spider or two in the bathtub area as they love moisture. Local spiders are safe and catch flies.
We are on the edge of a 40-acre quail reserve, so we do not give refunds for wildlife you might encounter, especially if doors are left open or there are smells of food. It is your responsibility and almost the law now to separate food garbage from regular garbage. We recommend keeping food garbage in the freezer or fridge till checkout. Our home is cleaned thoroughly before every arrival and accurately reflects the description provided in our listing. Because personal allergy triggers vary widely and are out of our control, we must follow our standard Airbnb cancellation policy. not that our house used propane for heat and stove.
It is an old, wonderful redwood house, and you will sleep well in this natural environment compared to everywhere else you might stay. It is like being in another time.
Important Information
* EV Charger: We have a fast charger for electric vehicles. Please let us know in advance if you need to use it. A fee may apply for significant usage.
* Staircase: Please be aware that the unique, handmade tree branch staircase to the loft is steep and may not be suitable for all guests, especially those with mobility challenges but there is an outside staircase with electric chair lift if you need to carry your dog upstairs.etc. You do not need to use stairs to use the essentials of the house.

Guest access
The entire house is theirs

Other things to note
If you have a child,you must consider the child a person because they use as many towels and utilities and wear and tear on the house as an adult, maybe more. So when you book your reservation consider the child one person. Thank you. Also a pet is $30 a stay
Our home is cleaned thoroughly before every arrival and accurately reflects the description provided in our listing. Because personal allergy triggers vary widely and are out of our control, we must follow our standard Airbnb cancellation policy. During July and until mid August we fill 3 DAY RENTALS FIRST and then accept the shorter ones. The house has an electric car charger that you should have us a plug the house has the plug in a bag inside sometimes the breaker is off and call us to help reset it.

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What this place offers

City skyline view
Park view
Beach access
Kitchen
Fast wifi – 97 Mbps

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Rated 4.84 out of 5 from 341 reviews.

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Where you’ll be

Bolinas
A small coastal community with surf culture, a rocky coastline, and farmstand produce, set along a remote stretch of Marin County.
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From the host

Peaceful walk to the beach,. A community and local post office,second hand bookstore,museum, art events at the farm stand,hardware store

Meet your host

Superhost
341 reviews
4.84 out of 5 average rating
16 years of hosting
Born in the 50s
My work: Self-Employed artist, 願船漆工房 Gansen Urushi Studio International, Artist, Sha Sha Higby
I approach performance and dance through the medium of sculpture. Using the painterly manipulation of physical materials and textures I make one by one from wood, paper, silk, ceramic, enamel, and gold leaf; interwoven with a labyrinth of delicate props, my work strives to create a path where movement and stillness meet. I make things with my hands out of many materials, assembling them into a performance. The handmade parts of the costume are my door into the spirit of performance. The costume, along with its set and props, takes nearly two years to develop. I often use the face or mask as a trigger to create my costumes. There are often many faces and people within my sculptures, like puppets. Everything is alive, appearing to be more intricate than lace, or more fragile than a thread of a spider’s silk in sunlight, whimsical as the ornaments in music boxes and fancy clocks. I have always enjoyed making things as it is calming and in close link with my own life, death, and all its stages. Performance, as it appears to me, is the singular discovery of things as they happen at that moment for the first time. Nothing is rehearsed. When this new hand made things are discovered on stage, it is as if the audience and myself for one moment actually feel like the same being- even momentarily fascinated, each person’s interpretation is much or slightly different from the other, as one of the many parts comprising the whole. The audience is like many strings of a tent, supporting and encapsulating the environment within the canvas billows. California artist Sha Sha Higby sculptures are complex and layered, informed by her experiences in Japan, Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, and India. Yet more than mere visual delights, these sculptures are made to move and perform with her living body as the driving force. Meticulously crafted over the course of years, her sculptural costumes use paper, wood, leaves, silk, Asian lacquer, enamel, ceramics, and gold leaf to make creatures somewhere between the natural and the divine. Higby combines visual art with puppetry, and dance to present an ephemeral but the timeless experience, Sha Sha Higby received a BS in art from Skidmore College and spent five years in Indonesia under a Fulbright Scholarship. She also studied for more than a year in Japan, and six months in India under an Indo-American Fellowship. She has received numerous awards and grants, including a NEA Fellowship in solo theater, the Zellerbach Family Fund, the Japan Foundation for collaborative artistic work and Asian Lacquer She has performed and exhibited internationally at the Festival International delle Marionnnette; Divaldo Korzo in Slovakia; the Festival of Sydney in Australia; Singapore Festival of the Arts; Hong Kong Fringe Festival; Tokyo National College of Art; the Tokyo Textile Institute: Puppet Theater Festival; and the Stara Zagora in Bulgaria. She has exhibited her work at the Portland Art Museum; Arizona State University; San Francisco Folk and Craft Art Museum in San Francisco; Honolulu Academy of Arts; University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Columbia College Inter-Arts Program in New York; San Francisco Asian Art Museum; The Glass Museum in Tacoma, Washington; and Baltimore College of Art. SHA SHA HIGBY EDUCATION 1990 Research in India, Indo-American Fellowship P pop I’m

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