2146 LILY POND Dr Falls Church, VA 22043

Welcome to 2146 Lily Pond Drive. A covered entry welcomes you to this stone-front craftsman-style home. Step into a charming foyer with designer wallpaper that lets you know this place is special. This 5 bedroom 4.5 bath home features hardwood floors, lavish details, and generous room sizes. A sunny office is just inside the front door, and across the hall is an alcove with a coat closet, powder room, and wine fridge with separate settings for reds and whites. The dining room is stunning, with elaborate moldings, a striking chandelier, and wall sconces. The sun-drenched open floor plan combines a dream kitchen, breakfast area, and large family room that walks out to a massive screened porch.

The kitchen has granite counters and a 2-level island with seating for 4, high-end Jenn-Air stainless steel appliances, hardwood white cabinets, and a separate pantry. The family room features a gas fireplace with mantel, surround sound system, doors out to a fantastic screened-in porch with Brazilian Ipe wood flooring that leads to a fully fenced private back yard with a flagstone patio with a built-in fire pit, plus an outdoor kitchen with built-in grill and fridge. Back into that screened-in porch which is everything you want: Beautiful wood flooring, TV mount and wiring above the gas fireplace and so many skylights. Entry from the two-car garage with an electric vehicle charging station and tons of built-in storage is to a spacious sunken mudroom with cubbies and built-in storage.

Halfway upstairs is an open loft/playroom level plus a bedroom with a walk-in closet and full bath. Another half flight up to the primary bedroom, with an alcove entry, tray ceiling, a huge walk-in closet, and en suite bath with marble tops, separate vanities, soaking tub, and luxurious shower. Two spacious secondary bedrooms have walk-in closets a hall full bath with double vanities, and a separate laundry room complete this level.

Downstairs is a large carpeted rec room with a 3rd gas fireplace, deep window wells for natural light, steps up to the backyard and patio, plus the 5th bedroom with a walk-in closet, 4th full bath, and a bonus room -- gym, craft room, second office? Extras include a whole house generator, outdoor sprinkler system, Control4 home automation system for TV and volume plus lights, and a full Ring camera system for front door, back door and driveway.

All of this in the special area of Falls Church, right over the Arlington border, that goes to Mclean’s sought after schools: Haycock, Longfellow and McLean. This home is in a close and social community that gathers regularly. From the first day of school neighborhood breakfast to the last day neighborhood social and ice cream party. Halloween is an EVENT and people come in from all over McLean to Trick or Treat. They have 4th of July fireworks, annual themed neighborhood Christmas progressive dinner/cocktail party too.