The cottage was very nice, it looked just like the photos. It was clean enough that we even felt comfortable letting our baby crawl around everywhere he wanted to go, which was great to let him expel energy! Christie provided us with a lot of baby items, high chair, pack n play, toys, etc which were extremely useful. The location was nice, very safe and quiet, with an awesome view of the bay from the balcony!
The only recommendation I would give, (but it's more of a personal thing since I like to sleep in really dark rooms) is I would like to have had blackout curtains available on all the windows and especially a shade for the window over the sink. The neighbors had some flood lights that were pretty bright shining through the windows at night. We ended up just putting a blanket over the window and it was fine. Again, I wouldn't put this as a negative, since the light thing may not bother most people and it's more my opinion.
Overall, we loved our stay. The kitchen with our own fridge, stove, microwave, pantry etc. was perfect. The bathroom was clean as well. The heater(or AC) worked great, we needed to warm up the room each night when it was raining. The murphy bed was comfortable and easy to lower down to the floor with a little guidance to lower it down slowly.
We did a load of laundry in the garage below the cottage unit. Basically, we could do almost everything we needed as if we were home. The location, Queen Anne, is an awesome town with a lot of places to eat, shop (trader joes and Bartell drugstore on Queen Anne Ave), and take walks. You have to drive a couple miles (we wouldn't walk because it was raining and lots of hills), but it was all very close.
We did not get to meet Christie, which would have been nice I'm sure, but we are happy with our stay and definitely recommend the cottage.