Location from Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
A stunning modern house hidden deep in the forest outside Forks — beautiful, open, and filled with centuries of accumulated culture by a family of vampires pretending to be human.
The Cullen house is Carlisle's vision of what vampire life could be — civilized, beautiful, and connected to the human world rather than predating on it. Esme designed and restored the house herself; every room reflects her aesthetic sensibility and the family's centuries of accumulated wealth. The kitchen is immaculate and never used for cooking. The bedrooms don't have beds (vampires don't sleep) until Bella starts staying over. Edward's room has the best stereo system money can buy and a wall of music spanning every decade he's been alive. Carlisle's study is lined with paintings from his actual past — Renaissance-era canvases featuring people he knew personally. The garage holds a fleet of luxury and performance vehicles that would be conspicuous anywhere except a house no one in town visits. The house sits at the end of a long, unmarked driveway deep enough in the forest that no one stumbles across it accidentally. It's isolated by design — a place where the family can drop the human act and simply exist.
Three stories of glass and pale wood rising out of the old-growth forest like it grew there. The south-facing wall is almost entirely windows. Inside, the rooms are open and airy — a grand piano in the living room, walls of books, a medical office for Carlisle, a garage full of expensive cars. No coffins, no cobwebs, no darkness. It's the opposite of every vampire cliché, which is entirely the point.
Also known as: the Cullen house, the Cullen residence, the Cullens' place, Cullen mansion