Forty-four acres of cedar, pine, and madrone.
A working studio, a regenerative farm, and a 5,500-square-foot main house — held quietly in the Sierra Nevada foothills outside Nevada City, California.
Everything within a few minutes' walk.
The main house anchors the property. Madrone Studios is on-site. Glamping loops the southern trail. The Lake House sits at the eastern edge. The farm is in between. You can walk to all of it.
5,500 square feet. Long light.
The main house holds four bedrooms — two suites with private bath, two standard. The Living Room with a grand piano. The Solarium with glass on three sides, where most cohorts work in the morning. The kitchen the chef takes over Thursday afternoon.
The east-facing bedrooms catch sunrise. The Solarium catches everything else.
A working studio. On-site.
Madrone Studios runs on the property — Live Room, Vocal Booth, Control Room. Twenty-four-hour access during cohorts. Engineers staffed Thursday afternoon through Sunday morning. Tape capability. Vintage signal chain.
Records have shipped from this room — CocoRosie, Stavroz, Sabo, saQi, Goldcap. The studio isn't an amenity. It's the reason people come.
The signature lodging tier.
Glamping tents loop the southern trail — queen bed, hardwood floor, heat, electric, three minutes' walk to the main house. Most cohorts pick glamping. The tent porch faces east, the Sierra ridge in view at sunrise.
The A-frame cabin sits a little further off the loop — quieter, more private, two-bedroom layout. Same walking distance to everything.
A short walk to Scott's Flat.
The Lake House sits at the property's eastern edge — a separate building, quieter pace than the main house. Walking distance to Scott's Flat Lake. Used during cohorts for breakaway writing pairs. Available for private stays outside cohort weekends.
The dock at golden hour is the property's most-photographed corner. Most shoots end up there.
What the chef cooks from.
Regenerative agriculture across the property. The chef walks the rows every morning before service. Vegetables, herbs, edible flowers grown specifically for the cohort kitchen. The orchard contributes stone fruit, apples, pears in season.
Most produce on the table grows here. What doesn't grow here comes from within fifty miles. The signature Saturday dinner is the meal everyone Instagrams — and the one we plan around all weekend.
The full property, to you.
Outside the cohort calendar, Stone House Farms is available as a private stay — for a single artist, a label session, a band offsite, or a group taking the place for a long weekend or a full week. Studio, chef, lodging, all included.
Thursday through Sunday.
Three nights. Whole property, whole team. The same week we'd run a cohort — without the cohort.
Monday through Thursday.
Three nights mid-week. Lower demand, faster booking horizon. Same property, quieter pricing.
A whole seven days.
For labels running a focused album session, or bands taking the place for a deep cut. Studio, chef, everything.
Closer than you'd think.
The property sits outside Nevada City, California — Sierra Nevada foothills, walking distance to Scott's Flat Lake, an hour and change from Sacramento.
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SacramentoSMF — preferred for most cohorts75 min
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Reno-TahoeRNO90 min
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San FranciscoSFO / OAK3 hr
The Property
Ground transport
We coordinate ground transport from any of the three airports for cohort attendees and private stays. Send your arrival window in your discovery call and we'll line it up.
Come be here.
Apply for a cohort weekend or inquire about a private stay. Either path starts with a short message.