If Wildflower Cottage in the heart of Paget had a song, it would be Pharrell Williams’ big hit ‘Happy’.

The song does pluck the ‘happy’ chord — and this whimsical cottage filled with delightful surprises strikes those very same notes. Around every corner there is a vista, one of which might wind its way down a limestone plastered corridor into a tiny alcove, or through the panes of a cedar-framed window across a tidy veranda, low stone walls and toward a wide field. Tucked away in a rural area of Paget, this cottage is surrounded by preserved land on all sides

Property Group realtor William Kempe said: “Wildflower represents the union of an idyllic Bermuda cottage from a long bygone era, tenderly restored by someone whose life has been dedicated to the art and appreciation of that by gone era.

“The attention to detail is extraordinary; there is a visual delight from almost every vantage point, in and out.”

Part of an old family estate, there are fascinating aspects of this cottage before a visitor steps through the door. A canopy of trees and palms gives it wonderful areas of dappled sunlight and shadows. Look down, and the owner explained the millstone that forms a centrepiece of the circular patterned bricked pathway as one that decades ago was brought up from a wreck.

The property includes a large lawn which at one time had been a tennis court, built just after the court which famously brought the game to the western hemisphere.

Today, trees and wildflowers grow there, but a large weathered stone tennis bench hearkens back to the days when the daughters of the family honed their game to such an extent they played at Wimbledon.

Walk on and there’s a little Chattel House in the West Indian style, with a classic fringed eve and gable, for storing garden tools and pots.

A swimming pool, between the cottage and tucked into a vine-lined cliff face, mimics the lazy curl of a river, and three waterfalls pour into it, either separately or together, and on command. Within a very few feet is its pool house with cedar details and lots of windows — big enough for a four poster bed from which its residents can overlook the water just outside.

Wildflower Cottage itself is made up of myriad charming rooms that seemingly tumble into each other. It has slabs of paving stones here, nautical lights there, Smallbone-style kitchen cabinets in cedar, cooking-style fireplaces (there are two in this house along with a smaller one), exposed beams and windows everywhere.

In the kitchen, there’s a large farmhouse sink with beautiful English-made faucets, while the cabinets are topped with massive slabs of granite, and there’s a Carrera marble backsplash. “If the marble’s good enough for Leonardo da Vinci, it’s good enough for me,” quipped the owner. There are stainless steel appliances and a Viking stove.

Mr Kempe pointed out that the breakfast nook is lit with a lamp that could be from a Dickens novel, and it also summons thoughts of W Health Robinson as it can be raised and lowered depending on the occasion.

Winslow Homer slept under the beams from which the lamp hangs, the owner revealed.

Mr Kempe pointed to the custom-made cedar vanity in the master bathroom, which is paired with a ship’s cabin-style lighting fixtures. A smaller bathroom is in the style of a boat’s, while the cream wall tiles are punctuated with pretty little aqua squares.

The master bedroom features a massive cedar beam, one of the kitchen-style fireplaces and a large cedar-lined closet with plenty of room for bigger items to be stored as well. A third bedroom overlooks the pool through a large bay window.

The house is available for rent or purchase, price on application. It is an open listing and has been shown by Crisson & Company Ltd, Christie’s affiliate Sinclair Realty, as well as William Kempe at the Property Group

Contact him on 777-9449 cell, 234-6900 office or e-mail wkempe@property-group.com for more information.