I have just spent a fortune on refurbishing my two B&B rooms: Hexworthy and Dartmeet.
I took the plunge when I made the decision to take the house off the market, and now they are going to have to take me out in a box! There have been a lot changes over the two years since I first put Wydemeet up for sale. The pub at the end of the road, The Forest Inn, has been bought and re-opened by friends, serving the best food on Dartmoor at mad prices! It's like an extended sitting room for us! It has re-vitalised the community of Hexworthy, and now my two teenage children have also decided they want to stay in the house where they were born. So I enlisted the help of two interior designers from Ashburton, who said, "De-clutter, de-clutter and de-clutter" and we have used the most expensive paint imaginable from Little Greene, in shades of 'Leather' and 'Stock', and re-decorated. I have also bought a six foot mahogany bed complete with 3000 pocket sprung mattress for Hexworthy, and moved the top-of-the-range Vispring Herald Superking Zip-and-Link into Dartmeet, to replace the original very comfortable (but very old) twins. The water colours have been replaced with oils, I've bought some beautiful chairs and a lovely Edwardian inlaid mahogany wardrobe for Hexworthy, and a Victorian one in satin wood for Dartmeet, and I've provided new luxury duvets, pillows, mattress toppers and bathrobes. Sooooo comfortable, I keep slipping into my B&B bedrooms myself, whenever I get the chance!
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