Anew kind of hotel in ancient Italian villages Jul 17, 2008
Giovanni proudly points out that the builders attached the thick wooden doors to the frames using hand-cut nails and a weaver made the sheets and bedspreads on looms after interviewing local women about their traditional patterns and uses of the textiles. Because few guests would be inclined to use a chamber pot, however, Daniele made a few allowances for modern amenities. (MSNBC -- Travel)
A quirky collection awaits visitors to Bayernhof Jun 9, 2008
Bayernhof boasts 22 rooms, three secret passages, three spiral staircases, one indoor swimming pool with a 10-foot waterfall, one roof-top observatory, one canning kitchen (used only once to can sauerkraut) and plenty of Naughahyde, dark wood, heavy tapestries, and matching curtains and bedspreads. There's an indoor cave -- a winding, claustrophobic cloister of (fake) stalactites and (fake) stalagmites that lead to a (real) wine cellar. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Rome hotels at a price that's right Apr 12, 2008
Rooms: Bedspreads and walls in the 20 simple guestrooms are splashed with vibrant blues, greens and reds. A six-bed dorm room can be rented as a whole unit or by the bed, and two self-catering apartments sleep up to six people. (CNN -- Travel)
The fun of the hunt Jan 14, 2008
I ve sold everything from John Deere to smoking memorabilia to bedspreads, said Elaine Crooks, a vendor from Charles City, just one of many exhibiting wares at the North Iowa Fair Flea Market on Sunday. Primitives aren t so popular now. (Mason City Globe-Gazette, IO)
Five hotels: Paris at a price that's right Nov 1, 2007
Flowers or checks on the curtains and bedspreads lend a French country style. Four rooms on the sixth floor have views of the dome of Sacr Coeur. (CNN -- Travel)
Style's Up In Santa Cruz Sep 30, 2007
The ornate, 19th century Italianate exterior now houses nine airy guest rooms with bedspreads (occupied by the inevitable Four Sisters teddy bear) and upholstery in Wedgwood blue and white. Our first-floor room, one of the smaller and least expensive, had a king-size bed, marble-clad bathroom, gas fireplace, wall-mounted flat-panel television/DVD player, MP3 player and high-speed Internet access. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Travel)
Innkeeper grants guests a happy fate in Bath, Maine Jul 29, 2007
BATH, Maine -- If a rule of thumb for bed-and-breakfasts is that floral blossoms burst from bedspreads and wallpapers, Kismet Inn departs from practice, radically. "I do what I like," said Shadi Towfighi, the inn's owner, as she led me on a tour during my recent stay in the turreted Victorian that fronts the town green. (Boston Globe)
Garage-sale guru helps unearth treasures Jun 28, 2007
He picks up a picture frame in the shape of a TV at one neighborhood sale - "I have friends in TV who this will be perfect for" - but it's at his final stop that he hits pay dirt: six chenille bedspreads from the 40s, all in perfect condition: $15 each. One even sports a double peacock design. (AZCentral -- Home)
Heed the teachings of this garage-sale guru Jun 1, 2007
"The most collectible of all": One of six chenille bedspreads Littlefield found at a moving sale ... He picks up a picture frame in the shape of a TV at one neighborhood sale "I have friends in TV who this will be perfect for" but it's at his final stop that he hits pay dirt: six chenille bedspreads from the '40s, all in perfect condition: $15 each. (USA Today -- Life)
Dixie Highway 90-mile yard sale this weekend May 30, 2007
Chenille bedspreads, pecan logs, fruit stands and sweet ice tea fueled many local economies along the Dixie Highway from 1929 to the 1970s ... Some of the unique items sold last year included authentic chenille bedspreads, a dirt-track stock car and a kitchen sink. (Catoosa County News, GA)
