Gorgeous expanded Colonial home with incredible living room plus a dining room addition featuring soaring ceilings! Upon entering, you are greeted by a foyer and a charming family room with a wall of custom built-ins and recessed lighting. Beyond the family room is the sun-filled breakfast room with a built-in bench with storage. The breakfast room opens to the renovated gourmet kitchen with granite counters, a stainless-steel appliance suite, glass-front cabinetry, a subway tile backsplash, marble checkerboard flooring, and gas cooking. The true showpiece of the home is the extraordinary living room and dining room addition. The living room features 15-foot vaulted ceilings, a custom wall of cabinetry, and a gas fireplace with a large casement window topped by triangular transom windows. The dining room boasts 17-foot ceilings, space to accommodate a large gathering, and sliding glass doors leading to the deck and patio, creating the perfect indoor/outdoor entertaining space. The main level is complete with a half bathroom and a coat closet. As you ascend to the second level, a charming peek-a-boo interior window overlooks the dining room, adding architectural interest and enhancing the home's open feel. Upstairs, the landing features additional custom built-ins and a linen closet. This level includes two bedrooms with wood flooring, a thoughtfully designed walk-in closet with a custom wardrobe system featuring drawers, shoe racks, and double-hanging rods, and a ceramic tile bathroom. The versatile lower level offers a guest room with an en-suite bathroom, cedar-lined closets, recessed lighting, and an exposed brick wall. There is a spacious laundry room with a butcher block folding area, cabinetry, a utility sink, and a linen closet. The side-entry garage is accessed from this level through a drop zone with excellent storage space. Additional upgrades include most windows replaced, a new hot water heater, replaced exterior doors, recessed lighting on the main level and in the lower-level bedroom, professionally designed gardens, and enclosed vegetable gardens. Outside, picturesque mature gardens frame the rear deck and patio, which are surrounded by colorful plantings. The level backyard, complete with a brick fence and enclosed vegetable gardens, provides the perfect setting for outdoor entertaining, relaxing, or memorable movie nights under the stars. The home has a shared driveway and a one-car garage. Ideally located in the sought-after Seven Oaks neighborhood, this home offers the perfect blend of a quiet residential setting and urban convenience. Just minutes from Downtown Silver Spring, Sligo Creek Park, the Metro, and the MARC station, with easy access to Georgia Avenue, Colesville Road (US-29), and I-495, commuting and everyday amenities are within easy reach.