Thursday, May 13, 1999
Lebanon B&Bs to show off charm
Personal touches help make inns more like home
BY JENNY CALLISON
Enquirer Contributor
LEBANON — Denise Bitzer has decorated her Artist's Cottage with hand-painted tiles. Al Hardy greets incoming guests at his bed and breakfast inn with personalized cakes.
Their properties, along with seven others, will be open to the public Sunday during the annual Bed and Breakfast Tour, sponsored by the Lebanon Area Chamber of Commerce.
IF YOU GO
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• What: The 1999 Bed-and-Breakfast Tour in Lebanon.
• When: Noon to 5 p.m. Sunday.
• Where: Nine bed-and-breakfast inns, including the historic Golden Lamb. The tour starts at Hardy's Interiors and Antiques, 2081/2 Wright Ave., where tickets, maps and refreshments will be available.
• On the tour: Hardy's Haven, Burl Manor, Hexagon House, the Hatfield Inn, Country Cedar, the Artist's Cottage, the Queen Anne, Brewster Place and the Golden Lamb.
• Tickets: $7.50; some proceeds benefit Habitat for Humanity.
• Information: 932-1100 or 932-3266. |
Ms. Bitzer and her husband, Jeff, transformed a small barn in the yard of their 1860s-era home into a guest cottage, complete with loft and kitchen.
Ms. Bitzer, who studied at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia, has added her paintings of fruit, flowers and birds to many areas of the cottage. Tiles painted in tropical designs accent the bathroom.
“My husband says that if anything stays still long enough around here, it will get painted,” she said.
Guests from around the country come to the couple's Artist's Cottage, and many return year after year.
Al and Phyllis Hardy converted Hardy's Haven from apartments to bed and breakfast units three years ago. As a furniture dealer, he had talked with out-of-town customers who wanted space, privacy and convenience when they stayed in the Lebanon area. He planned the appointments in his three suites to accommodate these wishes.
When guests arrive, they find freshly baked coffee cake for the next morning's breakfast and a dessert cake with their names in icing. There's juice in the refrigerator and music softly playing on the radio.
“People like to get away for total relaxation and quietness,” he said.
Before the Hardys bought the property, the 1885 building housed March Brothers Publishing Co. A print of George Washington, published by March Brothers, hangs in the central hallway.
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