45 Thompson Trail, Sedona, AZ 86336

Are you considering relocating to the No. 1 most beautiful place to live in America – Sedona, Arizona (USA Today Weekend)? The “Sedona Lifestyle” is defined by the inexhaustible splendor of the red rocks, the tranquil, pristine 1.8 million-acre Coconino National Forest and, if you’re lucky, to the sound of riparian rich Oak Creek. The sun is shining most days in Sedona and the air and water are clean. You feel good! Sedona is a beautiful retreat from big city life with a sophistication that includes annual favorites like the International Film Festival and it has a thriving artist’s community.

Sedona promotes health and well being and offers simplicity and beauty – two precious commodities these days. It is recognized as a place of healing – one that inspires, refreshes and renews. It has an eclectic population from all over the world where the people are warm and attitudes are friendly. You feel like you live in a National Park yet you are surrounded by great amenities including fine restaurants, world-class resorts and spas, and more than 40 galleries exhibiting a full spectrum of visual arts.

With its four relatively mild seasons, Sedona offers incredible recreational opportunities all year long. It is a playground for every type of enthusiast you can think of, from history to geology, archaeology, outdoor, art and scenery. You can hike, bike, horseback ride, bird watch, golf, play tennis and ride your motorcycle in the famed, red glow of buttes, pinnacles and hoodoos that were 350 million years in the making in Red Rock Country.




This very unique eco-friendly rammed earth home is eclectic & whimsical. It is on an exceptional lot bordered on two sides by the Coconino National Forest in prestigious Jordan Park Ridge in Sedona. The red rock & forest views are spectacular with lots of high quality outdoor living & privacy. This organic home is custom in every sense of the word as the owner has applied her expertise from the movie business & crafted some extraordinary architectural elements & wall faux finishes that make this home truly one-of-a-kind. There are 2 bedrooms, an office, grand foyer & great room on the main floor with a scenic studio/workroom off the garage & a gym on the lower level.

The home’s green features keep its owners in touch with nature and community, minimize and conserve the use of non-renewable energy resources and materials and create a healthy and non-toxic environment. The rammed earth interior and exterior walls have a thermal load wall that cools down the home in summer and heats it up in the winter. The home is very energy efficient with a heating & cooling system with a minimum of SEER 12 rating with a programmable thermostat. The south windows have exterior shading in the summer and the home is designed to take advantage of passive solar heating. The home has recycled newspaper and fiber insulation, exquisite reclaimed barn wood flooring from Utah & Douglas Fir from Salt Lake City, wool carpet in the bedrooms and den/office.

The interior paints used in the home have a maximum of 250-grams/liter VOC content, the tile and stone were installed with low toxic mastic and grout and the home is equipped with carbon monoxide (CO) detectors. The home has Low-E windows and Fanimation and Modern fans throughout.

In keeping with the “green” theme, a cactus garden is the first thing that you see when you approach the home on the paver driveway. A recessed front entrance, that faces south, hosts an Inca inspired trapezoidal door that opens to a light & bright foyer compliments of a decorative steel framed skylight. An impressive Ganesh basalt statue from Bali graces the front foyer. You can program the front doorbell with a custom greeting. There are high ceilings throughout the home to take advantage of its spectacular and private setting. The National Forest is your neighbor and a scenic arroyo runs behind the home.

The foyer leads to a great room at the back of the home that includes a kitchen, living and dining room. The red rock and forest views are magnificent anywhere in this room. You have access to the wrap-around cedar deck with custom steel railings from the great room. The back of the home faces north and there are retractable awnings on the west-facing and east side of the home.

The center island in the kitchen is a piece of art made from architectural iron from Belgium repurposed into a Victorian style scalloped center island. It has a brass countertop and Shaws large rectangular ceramic farm sink with Waterstone plumbing & fixtures. The lighting over the center island is made from transformed surgical lamps from a World War II hospital ship. The kitchen is well-equipped with custom Viking appliances that include a professional 4-burner gas cook top with a dramatic North African onyx countertop & backsplash. An antique French crown pot rack, decorative iron mullion, reclaimed Douglas Fir custom cabinets, barn wood flooring and Monorail tech lighting provide the finishing touches to this imaginative kitchen.

The den/office is on the east side of the home close to the great room. It features a Civil War authentic reproduction tin ceiling, cheetah patterned wool carpet, nichos and a faux finished wall. This room is a potential third bedroom. There are two storage closets clad in galvanized steel and framed in barn wood in the hallway leading to the two bedroom suites. The owner has created an attractive relief cracked plaster faux finish on the walls in the hallway.

Both bedroom suites are on the west side of the home and they offer great red rock & forest views and they have access to the wrap-around cedar deck. The owner’s suite features a media room with a knotty alder room divider made from a Victorian mirror and sconces from New Orleans. The tin ceiling is a Civil War authentic reproduction and it is carpeted with the same wool carpet found in the office. There is a walk-in clothes closet and linen closet. The owner’s suite bathroom has a brass dual “Cissame” sink vanity with a brass backsplash, Kohler powered commode & bidet and mosaic tile flooring. There is a laundry room in the owner’s suite with a Samsung VRT Steam washer & dryer.

The second bedroom suite has a Civil War authentic reproduction tin ceiling, wool carpet and a built-in armoire with a decorative door from Bali. The en-suite bathroom features tile from “Ceramica” in Phoenix, Barwil & Barber Wilson plumbing fixtures, a French telephone booth fashioned cupboard, a spun brass sink, marble countertop and faux finished plastered walls.

This home has an ideal studio/workshop. It has amazing red rock views to the west, an electric hoist, comfortable MDF plank flooring, a roll-up door for easy access from the garage, wood shelving, medal cabinets and “Fanimation” fans. It has a bathroom with a commode and stainless vessel sink vanity for you convenience. It is adjacent to the 2-car garage which features an epoxy finish on the floor. A staircase from the cedar deck leads to the lower level gym which is also a potential in-law suite. It is plumbed for a shower, commode and sink. There is a large crawl space also available on the lower level.

Just 90 minutes from Phoenix, Sedona is close to big-city amenities, but is a quiet and comfortable world away. Stores like Home Depot & the Super Wal-Mart are a mere 20 minutes away. For a small town with an area population of 17,000, Sedona is very sophisticated with world-class events such as Jazz on the Rocks, the Sedona International Film Festival the local Shakespeare festival, and dozens of art and sculpture shows. Sedona is known worldwide as a thriving artist’s community with more than 500 resident artists and over 40 galleries exhibiting a full spectrum of visual arts. Speaking of visual arts, more than 90 movies have been made here. Sedona even boasts its very own film school, as well as the Sedona Arts Center and a community college that offers an incredible array of classes.

Second only to the Grand Canyon in Arizona tourist destination popularity, Sedona offers unparalleled simplicity and beauty. Living here is like living in a national park, except Sedona surrounds residents with exceptional modern amenities– fine restaurants, renowned resorts and spas and great shopping.

Sedona promotes health and well being and is recognized as a place of healing – one that inspires, refreshes and renews. Its eclectic, friendly population hails from around the world. There’s no graffiti except for the symbols etched or painted on rock faces near ancient dwelling sites. The community’s residents work diligently to preserve Sedona’s uniqueness to such an extent that you will see the world’s only teal McDonald’s arch and zero obtrusive billboards.

Sedona offers incredible, year-round recreational opportunities for every type of enthusiast, from history to geology, archaeology, art and the great outdoors. There is an extensive connection of renowned hiking, biking, and horseback-riding trails that tarry through Sedona’s ancient rock formations accessible from just about anywhere in the area. In fact, Sedona is among North America’s best mountain biking destinations. It is also a prime birding location with 180 species of recorded avian life. Sedona boasts ideal weather for motorcycling, tennis and golf. There are plenty of courts and endless acres of golf courses to choose from including the award-winning Seven Canyons Golf Resort. Slide Rock State Park and Red Rock State Park offer residents and visitors enjoyment with picturesque swimming and hiking. And skiing is only an hour away in Flagstaff.

Sedona is located in the southwestern rim of the Colorado Plateau. It is roughly 4,500 feet above sea level, making it an enjoyable 15 degrees cooler than Phoenix or Tucson, with four relatively mild seasons. Summer highs range from the 80s and 90s with nighttime lows in the 60s while winter highs are typically in the 50s with occasional 70- and 30-degree days. The 17-plus inches of annual rainfall exceed the true definition of a desert, providing lush greenery and beautiful cactus blooms.

Sedona is surrounded by the Coconino National Forest, which essentially makes it an island of private property unable to grow outward, thus limiting the available land. City Planners project that in only 10 years Sedona will be 91- 95% built out, which will appreciably impact the market.