The Apartment / Guesthouse

A couple of people wanted to stay in our apartment/guest house recently, and Mike was hunting for a post describing it.    I know there was one, but we could not find it.  So, for the person who was wanting to stay at the apartment, here is a post that will take care of that!

We call this the guesthouse but it’s really a garage apartment located very close to our house.    Here’s the exterior.

Apartment Outside

As you enter, you have to go up the stairs. For safety reasons, we’ve kept the carpet on these stairs. There’s a security system that was recently updated in the apartment and garage. I always feel safe there as well as in the house.

Apt Up The Stairs

Once you are up the stairs, you’re in the eating area. Mike made the table. The chairs are Goodwill recycles that a neighbor found and I painted.

Apt Kitchen Table

It’s a fully equipped kitchen. I made the curtains. Mike put in the hardwood.

Apt Kitchen Overall

It’s got dishes, pots and pans, blender, coffee maker, etc. I opened the cabinet which is not overly organized.

Apt Kitchen Cabinets

You can walk out onto the deck from the French doors. You’ll have a view of Clinch Mountain or my back yard.

Apt Deck Table

Here’s the back yard. Wanna hoe my garden? Help yourself.

Apt Garden

When we have guests stay over, I always make sure that the sheets are washed and dried on the clothesline. There is no smell as sweet as sheets dried in the country wind and sun!

Apt Sheets

Back in the house, I try and keep fresh greenery or flowers for guests. I can usually find something in the yard like the rhododendrum and iris in this picture. Usually I use a Mason jar, but this one is in a milk jar I got at Lehman’s.

Apt Flowers

The kitchen is open to the living room which has a sofabed — it can sleep up to four if you include the sofabed.

Apt Living Room

And there’s a comfy chair to watch tv in. We have Direct TV running over here.

Apt Living Room 2

There’s a bedroom with a large closet. Mike recently put hardwood in the bedroom. I use 400/500 count sheets in here. The quilt is made by Mrs. Toby Sproles of Mendota. I love it.

Apt Bedroom

Laundry room and half bath…

Apt Washer

Very cute bathroom with lots of angles. That’s a trash dump chair in the picture.

Apt Bathroom 1

Here’s the other part of that bathroom…

Apt Bathroom 3

We are not sure how we’re going to proceed with the guesthouse. We’re either going to rent it as a weekend/weekly cottage for a little business for me or we’re going to find a special person or couple who would like to rent it. What do you think? Which way should we go?

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