It’s time to go back to the mountains again for more of our tour there.
This is a house we bought for retirement. It’s always been my husband’s dream to have a place in the mountains of NC. It felt like a crazy idea at the time, but that’s what we did. You can find that story HERE. It’s been tricky getting things taken care of while we are out of state, but we have a fabulous company that manages our house for us.
I haven’t shown you the guest room yet, so here we go. I know in Texas we love our wood floors, but it seems in NC that they prefer carpet. This room is carpeted, which is not my preference from a design standpoint, but will probably feel pretty good come winter. This is a nice, neutral berber, so layering rugs on top of it, would be easy enough to do. I don’t know if we’ll keep the carpet, but it is definitely staying for now. The windows have mini blinds. I prefer bamboo shades, so I hope to get those changed out when I get to this room who knows when that will be.
I have just this folding chair in here for seating for now. I hated to spend a ton of money on furniture since we don’t live here now. When we sell our other house, I’ll have a lot of furniture I will need to place here, so the sparse look is pretty temporary. This is reality.
There’s not much going on here, but yet I think it has a nice look given the strict budget I was on.
I know people want to know where I buy things so I am trying to share more and more of that information with you. This post contains affiliate links. That means if you use my links and buy something I’ll get paid. When you make a purchase using a blogger’s affiliate links, it does not cost you any extra, and that ‘s a nice way to support the blogger.
The headboard was purchased from JOSS AND MAIN
It was reasonably priced. I love the finials on it. The bedding was some I had in my closet. The mattress we bought from Amazon. I have to say, I like that I could see reviews online, buy online, then have it shipped for free to NC. The mattress is memory foam and less than $300. I haven’t slept on this one, but my daughter said hers was quite comfortable. We selected this one based on the great price and stellar reviews. You can find the mattress HERE. It’s also a tall mattress, which I like.
I’m also including a link for the frame we used to support the mattress and foundation. You can find it HERE. The lamp and bed stand I had in my closet. The basket and trunk are from my booth at Round Top.They did not sell, so I got to keep them.
This is the downstairs, but still has amazing views. Can you believe that’s the view from the deck? The house also has an upstairs deck. The views and close proximity to town is what drew us to this property.
Did you know we rent out our house in Black Mountain, NC? It’s about 20 minutes from Asheville, and 2.5 miles to the shopping and restaurants in Black Mountain. Want to stay here? Greybeard just lowered the price and it is filling up fast. You can find details HERE.
We didn’t get ceiling fans put in this room, but did install them in all the other bedrooms. I’m bringing night stands for this room the next time we come. Maybe I’ll find something to put above the bed on the wall, but I don’t mind it as it is.
Photo courtesy Greybeard Realty
If you want to see more posts on the mountain house you can find them HERE.
This was the view of Lake Tomahawk when we were there in March.
The views at your vacation house are stunning. The bed in the guest room looks very comfy and the headboard is perfect.
Thanks Eilis! That’s what appealed to us too!
Looks like this home will take on your personality, as for the furnishing you will take with you? For some reason I feel your pieces already have that natural relaxed formal mountian feel.
Love the windows in the room I prefer separated Windows over one big window on a wall, and I can see a rustic chest of yours or small armoire placed between the two windows with a reading chair on each side under the Windows.
The wrap around covered porch is amazing, and how dun it will be to deck it out with your porch beauty.
When do you think this move will take place? And a beautiful view to look forward to.
It feels like an authors hideaway, a wonderful setting to write many books.
As for wood floors winter or not with the use of sub flooring and real wood not a laminate you can achieve all the warmth you need. Then a large area rug can hold extra heat in the room perfectly. Yet I don’t mind Berber carpets especially when low pile and no sculpting to it, they ten take on a very English cottage hook rug feel and work really well with throw rugs as you mentioned…it’s the only carpet I would ever consider layering with area rugs. It’s a faux paux to place rugs on rugs, but Berber one can perfectly get away with it perfectly.
What an exciting journey you are on Anita,
Enjoy all that you have to look forward to.
Xx
Dore
Dore you have such excellent advice!
It is adorable what you could accomplish with a small budget, so simple elegance. Your article inspires me a lot, especially as I dream of a holiday and retirement house. Thank you very much
I just love your blog. Is there a good place, and instructions on how I can build my own blog.
I am also an interior designer. I love the way you decorate and the beautiful pictures you post.
I do have an ETSY shop. Etsy.com/shop/bellashomedecor. I don’t seem to sell much anymore, due to so many other ETsy sellers have copied and sell at a less price.
Thank you so much.
Bella
Belinda,
Yes there is so much competition these days. A blog will help a lot, but it is very, very, very time consuming. So you’ll need to decide if it is worth all of the time and commitment involved. Here are my posts about starting a blog. Best of luck to you Belinda.
https://cedarhillfarmhouse.com/category/blog-tutorial
https://cedarhillfarmhouse.com/category/blogging-basics
How pretty!! I was wondering where you found the religious-themed piece hanging on the wall above the chair. I love your taste always!
Kay, I order it through my shop. If you are interested it’s about $110 plus shipping. Just let me know if you want it.
Gorgeous room and gorgeous view!!!
Vintage porch swing, chippie rusty iron table and chairs for the screened-in porch at the new farmhouse.