The cottage might be characterized as comfortably rustic. Nonie has outfitted it with everything you could hope for. We did not take advantage of all there was to do there as we were distracted with driving south down the coast to Monterey, Carmel by the sea, Big Sur, and Hearst Castle. It was cool when we visited, cooler than we expected so we did not go swimming, but we did manage a walk on the beach. Really beautiful. The last day we visited Capitola, which we also loved. The cottage: very comfortable, very cool, spectacular sunsets!