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  1. gillumhouse

    Hello from Wales!

    Firs Cottage - Mary Marrow. And I cannot type - it is Llanrwst
  2. gillumhouse

    3 Room B&B for sale

    Good vibes sent your way. May it sell quickly for you.
  3. gillumhouse

    Are there still Innkeepers to run properties?

    Get better quickly I hope. A total bummer being ill and worse when it keeps you from functioning. Please accept condolences on the loss of your Mother, we know from experience it is not easy.
  4. gillumhouse

    Hello from Wales!

    Welcome. Are you in North Wales or South Wales? I have a friend in North Wales, near Llanewst, who has a REAL B & B (I have been there and she has been here). She has 3 rooms. Welcome to Innspiring from West Virginia.
  5. gillumhouse

    Back to Daily Cleaning? Neatening? Yea or Nay?

    I started to say I split the seams on mine - and I did a few years ago. Now, I lost so much weight, it just hangs on me (still not a pretty sight! shudder)
  6. gillumhouse

    Do you write your own blog and do your own social media?

    One idea that was given to me (not my original thought) was blog ten reasons to visit your area. You can list the 10 reasons, then write them as you have time. Then post them 1 a week or 1 every other week - whatever frequency you are comfortable with posting a blog, starting with #10 and work...
  7. gillumhouse

    Back to Daily Cleaning? Neatening? Yea or Nay?

    I was at an Embassy Suites for a Conference in January - maid service only if the door hanger requested it and at the resort where another Conference rook place in February it was the same. And these were not low-end places. Even with the Conference rate, room & all the various taxes were more...
  8. gillumhouse

    Do you write your own blog and do your own social media?

    As Mort said, you can write the blogs whenever. If it is about something in your yard or not time sensitive such as an event, you can write it and save it. Then when you hit a busy or "dry" spot, pull it up and post it. The Community Band is about to start rehearsals again., I can blog about...
  9. gillumhouse

    Do you write your own blog and do your own social media?

    I wrote my own blogs (when I was doing it - I lost interest and stopped, may start again). I wrote about what was happening in my area - things to do, places to go, things to see. I wrote about the history of the area. I wrote about thigs happening at Gillum House. Posted photos of my berry...
  10. gillumhouse

    Back to Daily Cleaning? Neatening? Yea or Nay?

    I operated Business as Usual. My guests must have liked it because several returned during the year and most left tips (NOT the usual!)
  11. gillumhouse

    Back to Daily Cleaning? Neatening? Yea or Nay?

    When I had 4 or more nights, at the 3rd breakfast I would say, "I will be going into your room today to change the sheets". In 25 years, only 2 guests said OK. All the others told me not to bother as they only changed sheets once a week at home. When Himself went to Conferences with me, the...
  12. gillumhouse

    Back to Daily Cleaning? Neatening? Yea or Nay?

    I never DID do the daily bit. I asked my guests if they needed maid service and almost all said NO. My guests seemed to prefer that no one was going in their room.
  13. gillumhouse

    What does your Garden grow?

    I HAD 3 rhodos when we moved here - 2 of the purplish pink and a white. I also had peonies (which I loved) and daffodils. His Lordship built a few too many brush pile burns - the white on could not take the heat. The huge rhodo next to it was strangled (or aged) with some vine and was so bad...
  14. gillumhouse

    What does your Garden grow?

    When we bought this house, there were flowers all around the house, in the yards, everywhere - most of which I could not identify. The irises were beautiful, but the blooms so heavy they fell across the sidewalk & Himself could not walk there. So people all around town & some friends got...
  15. gillumhouse

    Irish Soda Bread recipe?

    On the way to you.
  16. gillumhouse

    Irish Soda Bread recipe?

    Would you like some caraway? I have loads and will send if you want some.
  17. gillumhouse

    Seasonal Changeover

    This IS my off-season. Guests are few and far between but when I have them, I want it to be an excellent experience.
  18. gillumhouse

    Seasonal Changeover

    Yes. This is am old house very little insulation (blown in on one wall years ago that has settled). We have electric baseboard heaters in each room, but the soft fleece or flannel is nicer than the cool cotton on a winter night. Several guests have commented on how nice the sheets were.
  19. gillumhouse

    Guest of the Day

    When the new roof was put on the house, I had the last of the chimneys taken down (turns out they would have soon fallen down anyway). Each of our rooms has a fireplace but I encased the asbestos in them and then with 2 of them, we put a board in the opening to seal them. The 3rd one has a...
  20. gillumhouse

    Seasonal Changeover

    Since 2 of my 3 rooms needed flipped, I decided on an early change-over this year - and that night, it snowed. Snow almost gone 2-days later. So the fleece and flannel are back on the shelves and the summer cotton is back. One room to change to season. Temps to be in the 60s this week.
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