Your vacation rental is not just a place to sleep.:
It can make your vacation a dream or a nightmare. Although Wintergreen rental homes may look different on the outside, on the inside they have many similarities. The most common arrangement is to have a bunch of small bedrooms and one large 'great' room that embraces the kitchen area, dining area, and living room area. This arrangement is 'great,' if all you do in your vacation home is eat and sleep. But if you want to read a book or listen to music or talk to a friend, you must either retreat to your bedroom or put up with the commotion of all your companions in the great room. You are either all together or all alone. Outside usually doesn't offer much privacy, either. In many locations you can almost touch the house next door. Upstairs is the 'den,' two overstuffed chairs, walls of windows and bookcases, a small stereo, a wood burning stove, and it overlooks the living room.
Now look at Tall Oaks Lodge.:
Lots of bedrooms, four, to be exact, and four baths — one bedroom features a king-sized bed; two bedrooms are equipped with queen-sized beds; and one has a pair of twin beds — but no 'great' room. Instead, a large stone fireplace separates the living room from the dining room, which seats ten at a large oak table. The dining room leads to the kitchen that features top of the line appliances and a breakfast bar that seats four. The kitchen shares open space with the family room, a comfortable space two steps down, with a soft couch and another large stone fireplace. Down the hall from the dining room is the pentagon room with a table suitable for playing cards, assembling jigsaw puzzles, or feeding kids. Next to the pentagon room is the media room; another comfortable couch and overstuffed chair and a 27' TV with VCR and DVD players. The solarium, between the media room and the living room, opens to both rooms and to the outside.
Upstairs is the 'den,' :
Two overstuffed chairs, walls of windows and bookcases, a small stereo, a wood burning stove, and it overlooks the living room. Down the hall from the den is a small alcove with a wooden doll house and a rocking horse for the smaller guests. Next to the alcove is the play room, with a queen-sized pullout couch, a foosball table, and a 48' TV with VCR and DVD players. Oh, yes: the play room is also accessible from its own staircase from the breezeway between the kitchen and the garage.
The solarium opens to a small deck ten steps up from ground level, with a long bench built into the railing and a small table and two chairs. Behind the dining room is a stone patio with a table and chairs, next to the gas grill. Down the way sits the screened gazebo with porch swing overlooking the beautiful Rockfish Valley. The large lower deck is separated from the house and features a picnic table, a hammock, and several lounge chairs.
Learn more about this vacation rental at the owner's website:
