Hidden Gems in Every Room | Discover Why This Double-Wide Packed with Smart Hidden Features

The Golden West Cottonwood is one of those homes that doesn’t shout for attention from the road, but once you step inside, it quietly checks almost every box on a buyer’s wish list. On paper it’s a three-bedroom, two-bath manufactured home of about 1,600 sq. ft. In reality, it feels bigger, more flexible, and a lot more custom than the floor plan suggests.

The Cottonwood is built by Golden West and on display at The Home Boys in Spokane Valley, WA, with delivery and setup available within 100 miles of our Spokane Valley or Pasco locations. From there, this home can be engineered for sites across Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, and parts of the Inland Northwest, with snow load and energy specs tailored to your location.

Exterior: not your typical “trailer” look

From the outside, the Cottonwood is all about breaking the manufactured-home stereotype. The standard build uses LP Smart Panel vertical siding, which sheds moisture better than many horizontal products and gives the home a clean, modern look. Golden West lets you layer in real curb appeal:

• Three exterior color zones: body, accent, and trim, with roughly 20 color choices
• Optional shake siding in the center section for contrast
• Lap siding options if you prefer a more traditional residential look
• Craftsman-style columns on the porch, with the ability to add stone, gables, flush gables, and eyebrow dormers
• Painted front door options, or upgraded 9-lite / half-glass doors

Oversized 36” x 80” windows are available on key elevations, including the dining area and front facade, and you can add cost-effective transom windows above them for even more light. Side and rear entries can use 9-lite doors with transoms as well, which makes the home feel more like a stick-built rancher and less like a basic box.

Golden West also offers practical upgrades like additional exterior GFIs, extra hose bibs, and even hot-water hose bibs—popular with buyers who want to wash cars or equipment with warm water without calling an electrician later.

Open concept with 9-foot ceilings and coffered details

Inside, the Cottonwood answers the first big question most buyers ask: “Does it feel open?” The answer is yes.

The main living area runs an open concept: living room, dining room, and kitchen flow together with clear sightlines. Standard 9-foot flat ceilings already make the home feel airy; add the optional coffered ceilings over the living and dining areas, and the space suddenly feels like a much more expensive custom home. Those coffers add visual height and help “zone” the rooms without using walls.

The living room can be ordered with or without a built-in entertainment center. When included, it usually features storage cabinets and a media-ready niche with power and data pre-wired behind it, so you’re not stuck with wires running down the wall. Many buyers also add a factory electric fireplace in this wall, which is an affordable upgrade because Golden West designs that option into the cabinet system from the start.

Highly configurable kitchen with hidden pantry

The Cottonwood kitchen is one of the floor plan’s signature strengths. Golden West designs this space to be flexible:

• Large island that can hold the sink and dishwasher, or be left as a solid prep and serving surface
• Option to move the sink and dishwasher to the perimeter under the big W10 kitchen window for better views while cooking or washing dishes
• 52” upper cabinets for extra storage, in multiple colors and door styles
• Room for a side-by-side or French door refrigerator, or a more standard top-freezer unit
• Tile backsplash options, including glass tile accents, if you want a more custom look

On the lot model, The Home Boys stretched the base floor plan by 4 feet to create a walk-in “hidden” pantry off the kitchen. That stretch can be added, removed, or even extended further depending on how much bulk storage you want. Inside the pantry, outlets can be added for small appliances, chest freezers, or extra refrigerators.

For many Cottonwood buyers, the kitchen “hidden gem” is the ability to reconfigure the island, sink, dishwasher, microwave placement, and pantry size without redesigning the whole home. Golden West has already engineered many of those options, which keeps costs and build time in check.

Primary suite: big closet, glamour bath, and real options

The primary bedroom is generous without stealing space from the rest of the home—roughly mid-teens by twelve-plus feet, depending on stretch. The real surprise is behind the door: a deep walk-in wardrobe that can be expanded in two directions. You can push it deeper into the plan, or reroute some of that space to the pantry if storage in the kitchen is more important to you than closet depth.

The primary bath is offered in several configurations, with a “glamour bath” style as the showcase:

• Dual lavatory sinks with extended countertop
• Options for different medicine cabinet or mirror configurations
• 72” freestanding tub (with other tub styles available, including corner and deeper permalux tubs)
• One-piece 60” fiberglass shower as standard—no seams, fewer leak concerns

If you’re more of a shower person, the tub can be removed and replaced with a larger spa-style tile shower, including bench seating and grab bars. The Cottonwood is also friendly to special-needs bath layouts; buyers have ordered roll-in showers with support bars, plus additional counter space and seating areas for getting ready.

The key theme in the primary suite is choice: the Cottonwood gives you a well-balanced starting point that can be nudged toward luxury spa, accessibility, extra storage, or a mix of all three without reinventing the floor plan.

Guest bedrooms, storage, and mudroom that actually work

On the opposite side of the home, two secondary bedrooms sit near the hall bath. Each has a walk-in closet and can be stretched a bit longer if you want more space for older kids, guests, or a shared office. If you don’t need both bedrooms, you can combine them into one large guest suite with an expanded closet.

Between the bedrooms, Golden West sneaks in extra storage: linen or coat closets in the hallway, plus additional cabinet space in the guest bath. The hall bath typically uses an XL one-piece tub/shower combo, which is deeper and wider—especially helpful for bathing kids.

At the far end of the home sits one of the Cottonwood’s biggest “hidden gems”: the mudroom/utility room. This room connects directly to the 9-lite side door that’s often used for a future garage or carport. The space is large enough to be more than just a laundry closet. Buyers have:

• Added a full folding counter with base and overhead cabinets
• Installed locker-style cubbies for kids’ coats, boots, and gear
• Built in extra windows for more natural light
• Turned it into a game-processing or hobby area, with dedicated freezer outlets on their own breakers

It’s the kind of utility space that grows with the family instead of becoming an afterthought.

Energy efficiency: eBuilt program and smart systems

Like other Golden West eBuilt models at The Home Boys, the Cottonwood can be ordered to meet high-efficiency standards. Typical packages include:

• Energy Star construction with upgraded insulation
• Hybrid electric water heater with integrated heat pump
• High-efficiency furnace paired with an exterior heat pump
• Smart Ecobee thermostat with app control and programmable schedules
• Whole-house ventilation fan to keep air fresh in a tightly insulated envelope

The electrical panel usually includes extra breaker spaces for future needs like a garage, hot tub, or solar. It’s designed with the idea that buyers will add to their property over time, not just stop at the basic home.

How the Cottonwood compares to other models

On the lot in Spokane Valley, the Cottonwood is often compared to:

• Giant Sequoia (Golden West): a much larger “big brother” model with similar primary-on-one-side, secondary-on-the-other layout. If you like the Sequoia but don’t want the footprint or price tag, the Cottonwood is the logical downsized choice.
• Clover (farmhouse style): a customer favorite with great styling but lower standard ceiling height and a different bedroom arrangement. The Cottonwood counters with 9-ft ceilings, coffered options, and a more “breathing” open plan feel.

In all cases, the Cottonwood stands out for how easy it is to customize without blowing up your budget. Many changes—bigger pantry, altered bath layout, larger closets, different window package—are already engineered options from Golden West.

See the Cottonwood at The Home Boys

The best way to understand the Cottonwood is to walk through it. The Home Boys keep a stretched, upgraded Cottonwood on display at their Spokane Valley location, with pricing sheets that clearly separate base price from every chosen option. Delivery and setup within 100 miles of Spokane Valley or Pasco are included in the displayed home pricing, and homes can be engineered for sites across WA, ID, OR, MT, and parts of SE Alaska.

If you’re looking for a manufactured home around 1,600 sq. ft. that feels open, customizable, and genuinely residential—without stepping up into the “giant” size and price range—the Golden West Cottonwood at The Home Boys is a floor plan worth seeing in person.