🌿 The L I L Y P A D 🌿| Tiny Living | Urban Oasis

Emeryville, CA, United States

1 guests
1 bedroom
1 bathroom

Dream big in a tiny home! Modern TINY space for a solo traveler with a minimum impact in mind. Experience our Garden Studio - tucked away in the back of our 1910 Craftsman. A beautiful studio hidden in a lush garden, overlooking a koi fish Lilly pond, surrounded by flowers and songbirds. A hidden gem in the heart of Emeryville, close to highways, shops, local restaurants; 10-20 min drive to downtown San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, OAK; 40-50 min drive to SFO & Napa FREE street PARKING!

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🌿 The Lily Pad is a TINY gorgeous, minimalist studio, tucked away in the back tropical gardens of our 1910 Craftsman house, overlooking the koi fish lily pond and surrounded by lush greenery and flowers. It’s peaceful and serene, although a walking distance to several local restaurants and bars. 🌿 It’s the perfect solo escape - writers/artist creative retreat. Great for a solo traveler! Max occupancy is 1 person at all times! The perfect solo escape for people who love the minimalist lifestyle and who are KIND, CLEAN and ORGANIZED! It’s an unique and a peaceful experience. It’s a showcase of our love to minimalism, sustainability, functionality, esthetics, space utilization, serenity and outdoor living. Get lost in the greenery and experience our brand new TINY Modern and Minimalist Garden Guest Studio with a comfortable double Murphy bed converting into a sofa. Nikolay and I have been obsessed with sustainable, tiny living while optimizing space, functionality , esthetics and minimizing our carbon footprint for quite some time now. Finally, we are happy to present our first tiny studio design - The Lily Pad. The Lily Pad Studio is here and although tiny, is big on style and has a green thumb! 🙂🍃 The space is modern and minimalist - sporting clean design lines, hydronic heated floors, Venetian Plaster, comfortable, functional setting, beautiful custom touches and our love for open, modern and sustainable living. With its floor-to ceiling glass walls, it blurs the indoor and outdoor and creates an unique contemporary atmosphere with the serenity of an urban oasis. 🌿 🍃 Here functionality meets design with minimum impact in mind. We are constantly striving to minimize our carbon footprint and we have implemented several green solutions throughout the build and design process - hydronic radiant heat, reclaimed wood and materials, eco-insulation, reclaimed glass windows and doors, etc. 🌿 It’s a tiny, minimalist space meant to make one reconnect with nature - just watch the birds bathing or the fish playing with the light reflections in the water. 🌿 It’s perfect for artists, writers, business travelers and people who love to have Mother Nature at their door step and who would love to get put to sleep by the sound of the water just outside your windows. 🌿 It’s located in the heart of Emeryville, bordering Oakland - just across San Francisco, off Bay Bridge. It’s close to highways, shops, local restaurants and shops; 15 min drive to downtown San Francisco; Berkeley; Oakland; 40 min drive to San Francisco International Airport; Napa; Silicon Valley With easy FREE street PARKING! WALK SCORE: 80 very walkable BiKE SCORE: 72 ( out of 100) It's an easy commute to downtown San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland and moments away from local cafes, bars, restaurants, Emeryville Marina and bay side nature trails. 🌿 OUR GUESTS: • Looking for people who would LOVE to experience TINY minimalist living and travel with a minimum carbon footprint in mind. • Looking for people who love nature at their doorstep and appreciate the serenity and contribute to the peaceful environment we tried to create and envision for our guests. • Looking for RESPECTFUL, QUIET, CLEAN and ORGANIZED guests • Our guests are KIND, easy-going and loving folks ONLY who contribute to the peaceful oasis we have tried to create and put so much work and love into it! It comfortably sleeps 1 person. 🔻MAX OCCUPANCY at all times: 1 person🔻 🌿We are proud to announce that we are SCENT FREE accommodation! We DON’T USE any artificial fragrances, air-fresheners, dryer sheets, etc. We are constantly improving our choice of products to include natural organic scent free or natural products with organic essential oils. 🌿 COMPLIMENTARY AMENITIES: 🍃 ~heated floors throughout - hydronic radiant heat controlled by a Smart Nest thermostat ( green and allergy, asthma friendly) ~small kitchenette set up for a very light cooking ~Small refrigerator ~microwave ~electric ceramic stove ~mini oven with a toaster combo ~Nespresso Machine ~FREE Wireless Internet ~SMART TV ~cable TV, premium channels Discovery, Science, HBO, movies, NEWS, etc. ~fully equipped with utensils, glasses, cups, etc. ~cotton linens provided ~cotton towels provided ~ beautiful garden with a hammock and a koi fish pond ~ May use our WASHER and DRYER ( available for stays 6 days and longer ) SHARED Hours: 10 am - 6 pm ~FREE STREET PARKING THE APPARTMENT:🍃 The apartment is on the ground level of our Craftsman house. It's nestled all the way in the back of the house, hidden in the greenery with a separate entrance. The sunken excavation provides both privacy from the neighbors, insulative properties to keep the space warm in winter and cool in summer. It also creates a serene environment and a feeling of being emerged into the nature. Very private and secluded. It feels like a green oasis - serene and peaceful. It has a great shared outdoor garden with koi fish pond, lemon trees, bougainvillea, flowering plants on a very quiet street, just 2 blocks away from animation Studio PIXAR, walking distance to local bars, shops, restaurants. Very convenient FREE shuttle ( Emery-go-round) to BART ( metro station), shops and Emeryville Marina. Great for artists, writers, business travelers or visitors who love nature and plan to explore the area during the day. 🌿 THE HOSTS: 🍃 We are a friendly, quiet and considerate couple - landscape architect and a musician ( Nick ) and a psychologist ( Albena ). We are both born and raised in Europe and made beautiful San Francisco Bay our home. We've built our dream guest apartment for our families and friends when they visit from Europe. When no one is visiting, we love home sharing it with the world. We love Art, design, architecture, music, traveling, plants, outdoors, books and dancing. We are both vegetarians! This is our home and we love it! Our prime goal is to tr...

Other Details to Note

🌿We have tried to design a green, minimalistic, and fully functional space for a comfortable, modern, minimalist and socially responsible living! 🌿 Thank you for assisting us in keeping it that way! Please conserve resources and turn off lights and Nest thermostat when not in use. It’s a ground floor TINY Guest Studio with Murphy bed. We look for people who are friendly, kind, independent travelers and easy-going, on business here or exploring the area. • depending on your provider there is a chance you have limited cell phone reception. Turning wi-fi calling on on your phone takes care of this. Go to settings > cellular > Wi-Fi calling ON ✅ The koi fish pond and the lush garden just outside your steps are your living room. Enjoy! 🌿

What this place offers

What this place offers

Outdoors

  • Hammock

Accessibility and Availability

Neighborhood

Residential, quiet and peaceful neighborhood, 2 blocks away form Animation Studio Pixar, Novartis, Bayer and just across the beautiful Bay Bridge and San Francisco. Walking distance to great local bars and restaurants, Trader Joe's, iconic Berkeley Bowl, Boutiques, Movie theatre, Emery Train Amtrak station, Shopping plaza, etc. Very strategic central location - close to anywhere in the Bay area.

Guest Access

Easy access. •Ground floor through wooden fence to the right of the staircase all the way to the back of the house. • Lock box with a key inside. • Customized Lock box code given prior to arrival. • Please communicate your check-in/check out times.

Location

Emeryville, CA, United States

PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: •FREE SHUTTLE to BART ( metro, subway), PIXAR ANIMATION STUDIOS, iconic BERKELEY BOWL ( groceries) 🚌 • a 3 min walk to a bus stops • TransBay Bus F is about 7-10 min walk and take to San Francisco downtown Salesforce tower in less than 20 min. 🚌 • FordGo Bike station on our street ( 2 min walk ) Pick up a bike and ride into San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley, Emeryville or San Jose 🚲 🚲 🚲

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Reviews

Bonnie
January 2025 · Airbnb
The Lily Pad is absolutely charming and very comfortable for one person. The location was excellent for walking and I always felt safe. Albena responded almost immediately to my check in and out messages and was easy to work with. I highly recommend!
Brian
November 2024 · Airbnb
Albena was the perfect host and the tiny home was amazing! From the garden with koi pond to the nicely setup room. I would recommend to anyone and hope to stay again!