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Girlfriend Getaway at the Carriage House Bed and Breakfast

January 26th, 2011 by carriagehouse

Ruth Lester Room

We get a lot of mother-daughter, sisters, best friends come stay with us at the Carriage House.  One of the reasons for this is we are one of the few places in town that has a room set up for a group.  Our Ruth Lester room has two double beds making it perfect for a couple of girls to stay in.  Our Ruth Lester room also has an oversized bathroom with a claw foot tub which is perfect for a long bubble bath.

Because we get so many girls trips here at the Carriage House, we have developed a package perfect for a couple of girls.  It is aptly named the Girlfriend Getaway.  This package gives our girls something fun and unique to do while they are in Jefferson. 

We set up a Fancy Foot Massage Party in their room for them.  We  have a masseuse come over to the house and give them both foot massages, paraffin foot dips and a peppermint foot rubs all from the comfort of their room.  We also have a basket of chocolates waiting for them in their room (because there is nothing better than a foot massage and chocolate).  We will have 2 $50 gift certificates for the store Fashion and Art Revival so that they can indulge in some retail therapy and we will bring them their breakfast in bed (that way they can stay in their jammies).

If you think you may be interested in the Girlfriend Getaway, please call us at 903-665-9511 or go online to our website at www.carriagehousejefferson.com.

New Names – New Attitude

March 2nd, 2010 by Skyla Grimes

It was love at first site when we walked through this old house. For some strange reason, I felt like I was home…finally. They say sometimes you just know and that is how it was for us. We were not even 100% certain that we wanted to make this change but after walking through this beautiful home, we just knew that this was the right decision at the right moment in our lives. We put in an offer and after a few agonizing months we finally went to closing.

When we moved in, we had a laundry list of things that needed to be fixed and things that we wanted to change. One of the things that we wanted to update was the names of the rooms. Although the names had meaning to the previous owner, they just didn’t feel right to us. We have slowly been changing the names and changing the personality of all of the rooms. We are still in the middle of a major remodel but finally all of the rooms have their new names.

The Carriage House is one of the many beautiful, old and historic homes in Jefferson. We never really discussed it much. I think we both just always knew that we wanted to rename the rooms after historical figures of Jefferson. If you have ever been on any of our wonderful historical tours or been to any of our interesting historical museums, then you know that Jefferson has a colorful and lively history full of larger than life characters. It only felt right that a historical home have rooms named after the people who made the town what it is today.

So without any further ado, here are the new names.

Old Name/ New Name
Polly Anna Room/ Rosa Bland Room
Magnolia Room/ Capt. William Perry Room
Garden Cottage/ Ladybird Cottage
Jewel Room/ Ruth Lester Room
Key West Room/ Allen Urquhart Room
Scarlett Room/ Diamond Bessie Room
Darell’s Room/ Jay Gould Room

The new name plates should be in this week and we will have them installed on the doors this weekend. I will write about each of these individuals in future posts and will be putting information in each of the rooms about their names sake. So now that we have made this change, I would love to hear every one’s thoughts or observations. Please use the comment section below.
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