ACCOMMODATIONS
Porch, Living Room, Dining and Kitchen
Grab the hitching post to step up to the screened porch which covers the entire width of the house. Sit in a handmade willow chair to look twenty five miles south to the mountains near Lake Weiss.
Have a country breakfast at the 48" wide saw blade table, or watch for deer and turkey in the early evening. As the sun sets, sip a glass of red wine and listen for coyotes, green herons, and owls. On clear nights, you can see the Milky Way and myriad stars.
Have a country breakfast at the 48" wide saw blade table, or watch for deer and turkey in the early evening. As the sun sets, sip a glass of red wine and listen for coyotes, green herons, and owls. On clear nights, you can see the Milky Way and myriad stars.
The living area, with rough cut pine beams and a cathedral ceiling, features a pair of handmade pine Arts and Crafts style sofas. Sit down in winter to watch the fire, see a dvd on the flat screen tv, or pick up a Larry McMurtry novel from the library. Hanging above the beams of the cathedral ceiling is the Stampeding Wild Horses chandelier, an original by Iron Age Crafters, Inc. Other Silhouettes in Light sconces and chandeliers are found throughout the lodge.
Above the rock fire place is an original chalk drawing of race horses by Ginger Lowry. She grew up near the tracks, and now has a studio in Mentone where she specializes in race horse and rodeo drawings. She has a nationwide clientelle and her works hang on walls from Calgary to Louisville to Saratoga. The forged fire tools are works of Walter Howell of the Forge Gallery in Mentone.
The glass top coffee table was built from a slab of a log that rested under water in the Altamaha River (south Georgia) for several hundred years before an enterprising father/son team dragged the log up with chains and sawed it. We made the table from one of those planks.
Light the lamp above the 55 gallon whiskey still table. It came from near the lodge (can't say where), and produced hundreds of gallons of white lightening in its hayday. The copper worm is world class. The pan at the bottom held charcoal as a filter.
Have a seat in the easy chair---a REAL one made at the turn of the century by The Easy Chair Company. Punch the arm button to let the back down, or pull out the foot rest with the magazine compartment. Really cool.
An antique hitchhing post, this one with a copper tie, is mounted on the newel post of the stairs. Mouintain laurel branches make up the rails, while half round pine logs form the steps.
Above the rock fire place is an original chalk drawing of race horses by Ginger Lowry. She grew up near the tracks, and now has a studio in Mentone where she specializes in race horse and rodeo drawings. She has a nationwide clientelle and her works hang on walls from Calgary to Louisville to Saratoga. The forged fire tools are works of Walter Howell of the Forge Gallery in Mentone.
The glass top coffee table was built from a slab of a log that rested under water in the Altamaha River (south Georgia) for several hundred years before an enterprising father/son team dragged the log up with chains and sawed it. We made the table from one of those planks.
Light the lamp above the 55 gallon whiskey still table. It came from near the lodge (can't say where), and produced hundreds of gallons of white lightening in its hayday. The copper worm is world class. The pan at the bottom held charcoal as a filter.
Have a seat in the easy chair---a REAL one made at the turn of the century by The Easy Chair Company. Punch the arm button to let the back down, or pull out the foot rest with the magazine compartment. Really cool.
An antique hitchhing post, this one with a copper tie, is mounted on the newel post of the stairs. Mouintain laurel branches make up the rails, while half round pine logs form the steps.
The kitchen, with its eighty year old tin ceiling, is fully equipped for you to whip up a four course Thanksgiving dinner for eight, or a picnic lunch to take along the trails. You have every convenience including food processor, microwave, blender, waffle iron, crock pot and toaster. Pick fresh basil, sage, thyme, and rosemary from the herb garden in the front yard. Tomatoes, fresh garden vegetables and eggs laid by designer chickens are yours in season, and a bowl of cut flowers will be on the dining table when you arrive.
The dining area is topped with beams and rusty tin ceiling from the barn that existed on the nearby farm and the centerpiece is the hand built oak dining table. Twenty five years ago, a two hundred year old red oak fell in the front yard of the ante bellum Mountain Cove farm house. The trunk was hauled to the Smith sawmill in Summerville where 18" planks were cut, the widest that the mill could saw. Two of those planks top the table, and the legs are from another storm felled oak tree. You can see that the top was cut with a band saw and the legs with a circle saw. The benches came from a Texas ranch house and were built in the 70's to accommodate cowboys, 4 H'ers, and hungry farmers. The stain ring is from a Lone Star long neck beer bottle.
The designer dinnerware sits atop hand quilted place mats and beside cloth napkins with napkin rings. Fiesta ware is for serving.
The dining area is topped with beams and rusty tin ceiling from the barn that existed on the nearby farm and the centerpiece is the hand built oak dining table. Twenty five years ago, a two hundred year old red oak fell in the front yard of the ante bellum Mountain Cove farm house. The trunk was hauled to the Smith sawmill in Summerville where 18" planks were cut, the widest that the mill could saw. Two of those planks top the table, and the legs are from another storm felled oak tree. You can see that the top was cut with a band saw and the legs with a circle saw. The benches came from a Texas ranch house and were built in the 70's to accommodate cowboys, 4 H'ers, and hungry farmers. The stain ring is from a Lone Star long neck beer bottle.
The designer dinnerware sits atop hand quilted place mats and beside cloth napkins with napkin rings. Fiesta ware is for serving.
Bedrooms and Loft Area
When you sleep in the loft area Oak Room, climb under the quilt of a handcrafted queen size poster bed with oak and walnut marquetry on both head and foot boards. In winter, sleep between a down mattress topper and a down comfort to see the sun rise and set in the double door windows. The bedside tables with reading lights are also hand crafted in oak, with marble tops.
Light filters through an interior etched window featuring Lookout Mountain wildflowers.
This loft has a flat screen tv, dvd and cd player, and desk for your computer. You can watch a classic movie, or can invite the childen to join you for The Secret Garden.
Step out onto private balcony to look twenty five mies to Lake Weiss, Alabama.
When you sleep in the loft area Oak Room, climb under the quilt of a handcrafted queen size poster bed with oak and walnut marquetry on both head and foot boards. In winter, sleep between a down mattress topper and a down comfort to see the sun rise and set in the double door windows. The bedside tables with reading lights are also hand crafted in oak, with marble tops.
Light filters through an interior etched window featuring Lookout Mountain wildflowers.
This loft has a flat screen tv, dvd and cd player, and desk for your computer. You can watch a classic movie, or can invite the childen to join you for The Secret Garden.
Step out onto private balcony to look twenty five mies to Lake Weiss, Alabama.
In the first floor Pine Room, you can settle into a draped poster bed with monogrammed linens and down pillows. In winter, enjoy a pouffy down mattress topper and down comfort. The beamed ceiling features eighty year old oak barn wood, while the doors, like those throughout the lodge, are handmade with custom hardware. You have a lage closet available.
Step onto the private balcony for morning coffee or evening glass of wine.
Step onto the private balcony for morning coffee or evening glass of wine.
The Poplar Room houses two heavy twin poster beds that look like the ones in "The Three Bears" story. On the second floor, it too has a private balcony for star gazing and listening. Summer gear includes cotton batik bedspreads, while winter linens are down comforters.
The Baths
Not just your ordinary baths, the two at High Horse Lodge have heavy antique barn wood cabinets, tiled tub areas and floors and antique mirrors. The lower bath has two imported Mexican hand painted bowls and back splash tiles, while the upper bath has imported Mexican tile borders on lavatory and tub trim.
Monogrammed linens are top of the line, of course.
On the sinks you find High Horse Lodge goat milk shea butter and shampoo created by nearby Sassy Goat Company.
Not just your ordinary baths, the two at High Horse Lodge have heavy antique barn wood cabinets, tiled tub areas and floors and antique mirrors. The lower bath has two imported Mexican hand painted bowls and back splash tiles, while the upper bath has imported Mexican tile borders on lavatory and tub trim.
Monogrammed linens are top of the line, of course.
On the sinks you find High Horse Lodge goat milk shea butter and shampoo created by nearby Sassy Goat Company.
