Supplements: The gourmet kitchen also uses wood, brick, and hammered copper accents with stained wood ceiling-height cabinets and a centrally located pantry. Gas cook-top, stainless steel appliances. An eating area adjoins the kitchen also with wonderful views to the water. Or you might choose to eat in the enclosed window-lined porch off this area which opens to the deck. For Carolina fans, the kitchen island will delight! There is room for 4 or 5 to sit comfortably around it. Built-ins on either side of the living-room gas fireplace and in the study. High-end granite counter tops in kitchen and all bathrooms, and in the laundry room. Tiled showers or baths in all 5 bathrooms. Wood or tiled flooring in all rooms. The master suite covers front to back of the main level and has beautiful cherry wood floors, a stained wood-trimmed tray ceiling, and a bathroom that is the envy of them all! Walk upstairs to a large bonus room currently being used as a music room but that could serve as another bedroom, playroom, gym, or any other usage that takes your fancy. Charming dormer windows with built-in seats face front and back. The window benches open for extra storage. There is also a full bathroom, a sizeable loft, and attic storage on this level. The walk-out lower level has two more bedrooms each with their own bathroom. A centrally located lower level family room with gas fireplace and a built-in wet bar area with mini fridge and wine cooler makes for a spacious, cozy room for friends and family to spend quality time relaxing in. From here, French doors lead out to a covered porch. Lounge out here and enjoy the peaceful surroundings or wind your way down the path to the fire-pit area and down further to the water's edge. Last but not least, the 9' ceilings in the lower floor allow for a ton of walk-in storage easily accessed from this area. Thagard Lake is the largest lake in Whispering Pines and the only one on which gasoline-powered boats are allowed. Access the lake or two other channels, perfect for peaceful kayaking or paddle-boarding, right out your back door. Enjoy evening strolls through this lakeside community full of young families, retirees, and everyone in between. Easy commute from here to Ft. Bragg and the Triangle area. Shopping centers and all the amenities Pinehurst and Southern Pines have to offer are only mins away!