Breathe Easy Cottage – spacious, private, peaceful, beautiful.... memorable!

Amenities

The cottage has a full complement of appliances, utensils, kitchenware, toys and games, and utilities available for your use. You do not need to bring anything except your personal items and the things you plan to use up while here.


We supply

  • Phone, internet, propane, firewood
  • All linens: sheets, blankets, pillows, comforters plus extras of these (we prefer you do not bring your own linens) plus towels, etc.
  • We have several sleeping bags and tents but feel free to bring your own
  • Serving spoons, corkscrews, can openers, carving set, etc.
  • Cleaning supplies, hand soaps, dish detergent
  • Some toilet paper – but we suggest you bring a supply too
  • Usually coffee filters
  • Baby monitor, booster seat
  • Hair dryer, steam iron and board
  • 2 large Plasma TVs, a flatscreen TV, VCR and DVD player and CD/tape/radios

Cooking and eating

A wide selection of herbs and spices Various green and herbal teas

Large appliances: Bosch Induction Cooktop, double wall oven, chest freezer, fridge (plus extra space in 2nd fridge plus more freezer space), dishwasher, washer, dryer, two propane barbecues

Small appliances: toasters, toaster oven, waffle makers, electric kettles, Cuisinart kitchen machine, blender, mixer, hand blender, juicer, large and small coffee makers, coffee grinder, slow cookers, rice steamer, pasta maker, ice cream maker, electric griddle, popcorn maker, hotplate

Please note that we have a large, fully equipped gourmet kitchen, adequate for multiple cooks or caterers.


Things to do

Board games: Scrabble, Boggle, Probe, Parcheesi, Snakes and Ladders, Chess, Checkers, Backgammon, Monopoly, Golf Monopoly, Clue, Balderdash, Scruples, Baffles, Huggermugger, Psychologizer, Preferences, Go, and more

Cribbage, dominoes, pick up sticks, jigsaw puzzles, cards and Hoyles book of card games

Also ping pong, volleyball, horseshoes, croquet, baseball (bat and ball, but no mitts yet), soccer and beach balls, assortment of other balls

Lots of toys for young children (preschoolers), including swing set with slide, wading pool etc. plus wide selection of indoor toys

Arts and crafts supplies and a few small musical instruments

  • Extensive library
  • Fireplace in living room
  • Piano

Outdoors

  • Two barbecues
  • Two firepits
  • Outdoor power outlets
  • Volleyball
  • Swing and slide set
  • Outdoor play equipment
  • Outdoor furniture (more in red shed)
  • Picnic tables
  • Gardens
  • Canoe
  • Large field for playing and camping
  • Trail to river and picnic spot

About drinking water

The water we provide is very good, probably better than any bottled water you buy. We provide you with three choices: well water (which is from the gooseneck tap beside the kitchen sink and perfectly safe and clean; softened water from all other indoor taps, which is fine to drink but contains a little salt from the softener; and Reverse Osmosis filtered water, the purest of all, from the tap to the left of the laundry tub sink.

If you still prefer to buy water, we suggest one or five-gallon jugs of RO water available at larger grocery stores rather than smaller plastic bottles which cannot be recycled and usually have more unwanted chemicals in them.


Sleeping options

We have 8 bedrooms with doors, and one of these is a very large room that is set up with 8 singles (twin size). Two singles can be combined to make a king here as well. The singles can be moved to where wanted in the house. We can sleep 25 in beds or more if including sofabeds, and this does not include couches, etc. The library and office could also be converted to sleeping spaces if necessary. There is also a single bed on the screened porch.

About beds

  • main level north (Burgundy) – 1 queen
  • main level south (Tapestry) – 1 queen
  • lower level north large (Sunset) – 1 queen, 2 singles
  • lower level north small (Hideaway) – 1 queen
  • lower level south large (Borealis) – 1 king, 1 single (or 3 singles)
  • lower level south small (Nest) – 1 double
  • lower level south meditation (Mandala) – 1 double
  • lower level sunroom – 8 singles or 6 singles and a king, or 2 kings etc.
  • downstairs sitting area – a queen sofabed
  • extra mattresses in cupboard under stairs can be moved elsewhere

additional – sleepable couches in livingroom, 1 sleepable couch in library, single bed on screened porch, some tents available (2-person and large family size, plus dining tent) and sleeping bags

All singles are twin size. All beds are made up with fresh linens and extra bedding is stored by the bathroom downstairs. Please remember to put all furniture back where it came from.


Accessibility features

  • Ramp into house from garage
  • Very wide doorways and halls and spacious rooms
  • Stairlift to lower level
  • Extra wheelchair available by prior arrangement
  • Main bathroom has large, luxury shower stall designed for full wheelchair access and shower chair
  • Main bathroom has tub built into wide flat platform for sitting on edge to get in
  • Main bathroom has pedestal sink for easy access and oversize toilet
  • Kitchen wide enough to allow disabled access to all equipment
  • Wheelchair access to screened porch and all three rear decks (small lip)
  • Note: For anyone who is wheelchair bound, the main level and north bedroom have full accessibility.

Weddings

We try to make it easy for you to plan your wedding at Breathe Easy. We want you to relax and enjoy the occasion. Please ask us for our special information package so that you know what we have to offer. It consists of lists of resources (eg banquet tables and cloths, décor items, etc), recommendations for service providers (officiants, caterers, florists, tent and wedding equipment rentals, etc). A country wedding is a relaxed, joyful event. Let us smooth the way.