A Maison Desplaine of French Family Warmth

Maison Desplaine is French for ‘House on the Plains’, so we dressed it with neutral, provincial French inspired charm, renovated modern warmth and seasonal colour accents, to connect with the outside greenery. This family size duplex is over three levels with open plan living/dining and kitchen and full bathroom on the ground floor, bedrooms upstairs with a 2nd bathroom, and the laundry in the basement. We pride ourselves in ensuring you have everything you need to make you feel at home.

Welcomed by a secluded entrance on the side of the garage highlighting the two-storey windows, you’ll come inside and instantly be impressed on our ‘welcome station,’ giving you everything you need from flashlights to garage door openers and a floor light, so if you arrive when it’s dark, you’ve got everything you need at hand.

The floorplan is open plan and has vinyl wood-plank floors for easy cleaning. There’s a beautiful sectional couch, area rug, ceiling fan and huge 70 inch smart TV with sound bar so you can watch the game in style in the living area, plus a lovely conversational sitting area to the side, and gorgeous study hutch/workstation with laptop tray, books and lamp if you need to work while you’re away. The sun filled dining area has a charming refurbished colonial style table for 6 and access to the rear patio with BBQ grill and the yard is huge and level when you get inspired to play ball games after the match. The sun comes into the delightful high quality kitchen with its wood cabinets and mocha toned subway tiles, where you will find a snack bar with seating, a large electric stove, built in microwave, fridge/freezer and a dishwasher. We have every essential for cooking – oil, salt and pepper, a spice rack, all your foil, cling wrap and ziplock bags, as well as a great selection of small appliances, cookware, glassware, dishes and cleaning products. There’s a pantry with tote boxes so you can put away any loose items safely. We also have a complementary ‘welcome basket’ full of surprise goodies for you to enjoy.

The downstairs bathroom has a stand-up shower, toilet and single basin, with all the necessities (towels, plunger, Kleenex) close at hand. The basement is home to the washer and dryer, plus ironing essentials. There’s a cloak closet in the entrance hall that’s home for other cleaning needs, like vacuum and mop.

Upstairs, has 3 spacious bedrooms, each with their own personality, yet all feature a large closet (or two) with hangers, a laundry hamper and a luggage rack. The master has a beautiful stained wood queen size bed, ceiling fan, floor rug, large matching nightstands, 2 big dressers and two large closets. The ‘twin’ bedroom has two twin beds and two dressers. While the third bedroom has a beautiful day bed (single bed) with a pull-out trundle. The bathroom has a step-in bathtub with a shower over, a single basin vanity and toilet.

Please note there is a full bathroom on the ground floor, the laundry facilities in the basement and bedrooms are on the first floor. If required, the sectional lounge could be used for sleeping for those with accessibility needs.

Maison Desplaine can experience snow between November and April. We do our best to keep the driveways clear of snow and use ice melt. We keep supplies in the garage for guests when the weather turns. The rear garden is fully fenced, and backs onto a busy road. We have double paned glass windows to reduce noise inside to make your stay comfortable and quiet. This is a residential street with permanent residents, so we ask our guests to respect the quietness of the street.

Located on the east-side of Fox River with easy access to Highway 172, this parkside pocket of De Pere has a sports buzz full of sporting fields, golf courses, nature trails and sports medicine clinics. In nearby Libal Street, you’ll find De Pere High School’s Redfin’s football field, tennis courts, Cloud Family Field (soccer) and baseball fields, as well as more baseball fields in Ledgeview Park. For Green Bay Packers fans, we are only 6.5 miles from Lambeau Field, the Hall of Fame and the Resch Center. You can fish or ice-fish in Fox River, enjoy the beautiful waterfalls in Fonferick Park or hike or cycle along the East River Trail. Some other local favourites are the Children’s Beach, Bay Beach, the New Zoo and Adventure Park, Legion Pool, Legion Park and Voyager Park.

There’s a great choice of eateries nearby, from the easy – Uncle Mike’s Bake Shop, India Bhavan, Little Mexico of East De Pere, Nukeo’s Thai Resaurant, The Pancake Place, Sushi Lover, Alpha Delights European Bakery, Plae Bistro and the restaurants around the corner at East River Square, to the fun and fancy – Scray Cheese, 21 Gun Roadhhouse, Graystone Ale House, Bleu Restaurant and Lounge, Cocoon Brewing and Toast & Co. or you could find a great selection in the bar district and Titletown. Downtown De Pere have a couple of our favourites including McGeorge’s Pub and Caliente Mexicana, around 1.8 miles away.

De Pere and Green Bay are renowned for being a hospital hub with Aurora Health Center (0.2 miles), Bellin Hospital (5.5miles) and various sports medicine clinics nearby.

For events, weddings and celebrations, Maison Desplaines is 5.6 miles to the EPIC Events Center, 0.8 miles to The Ledgecrest Reserve or 2.5 miles to the Bemis Conference Center. St Norbert’s College and University of Wisconsin Green Bay are easily accessible here, and while you’re heading out to UWGB, you should check out the stunning waterfalls at Wequiock Falls County Park. The new Mulva Cultural Center is considered to be a world-class cultural facilities offering traveling exhibits, arts and culture for all ages, and will bring in exhibitions usually seen in New York City or Chicago.

For groceries, there’s the StoneRidge Piggly Wiggly, Festival Foods and Astha Grocery.

De Pere is a town reliant on vehicles to get around. It’s also a ‘roundabout town.’ You can walk or cycle to many essentials, restaurants and nature reserves, and you can get around town using taxis, limos, Ubers and Lyft. Appleton International Airport (ATW) is 33 miles, Austin Straubel International Airport (GRB) is 8.4 miles (Uber around $22) and Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) is 122 miles away for major connections.