Offering the best of both worlds, a spacious 1,650-square-foot cabin in the Great Smoky Mountains has the authentic mountain character that families, friends, or even pets will love. In fact, the cabin is way beyond just a vacation rental, it really feels like a retreat – architecturally and functionally, it has room for everyone to spread out, rekindle their bonds, and make new memories which will last even after the fire has died down.
Nothing but a traditional mountain look is what the cabin is giving away to its visitors when they enter: a nice wooden siding, a metal roof which rains with a very soothing rhythm, and an extensive covered porch which invites rocking chairs and silent talks. The open design inside is like one warm place leads to another and so the cabin is perfect for a group of up to eight people. The high ceiling and lots of glass let you see the whole forest around the house while the fans under the ceiling and central air keep the place cool even in summer.
At the ground floor, it is a very big living room with a sleeper couch that turns into a memory foam queen mattress—just right for unexpected visitors or a lazy movie night—where the cabin is centered. Personally, I would love to see a bathroom next door with a gorgeous claw-foot tub and shower combo—the kind which makes an everyday soak a small luxury, Adjacent.
There is a comfortable bedroom with a queen-size bed downstairs to offer a little privacy to people who might want to avoid the stairs whereas the well-equipped kitchen is there to get started from the pot and pan sets to the coffee maker and toaster. Six people can be accommodated at the round dining table and a drop-leaf table in the den can be used for meals, board games, or as a workstation.
The cabin has its most spectacular rooms in the upper part. The extra-large master bedroom, for instance, seems like a private suite with the focus on a comfy king bed made up with excellent-quality bed linen. As a result, the atmosphere is tranquil and made for sleeping in after a late-night stargazing because natural light comes in through multiple windows.
There is a third bedroom across the hall with twin beds which, therefore, is suitable for both, children and adults and can name its features i.e. the tree trunk stools being a bit of mountain whimsy that grandchildren especially love. A river-rock tile shower and a skylight that allows soft, natural light to come in are the things that both the upstairs bedrooms share in common.
Small but very important, practical details make the cabin experience top-notch. A washer and dryer stacked in one closet can handle your laundry easily, stable high-speed Wi-Fi is there to let everyone connect when they want, and a gas grill on the deck is waiting to make outdoor cooking go smoothly.
The cabin’s hosts are as prepared as they can be: fresh coffee is ready for every morning, and an ample supply of s’mores ingredients is there to invite folks to gather around the backyard fire pit as soon as the sun disappears behind the ridge. Just a few can say that the act of roasting marshmallows is one of their most intentioned and cherished rituals.
What visitors probably realize the most is how the cabin is an easy different rhythms place. People who get up early can have their coffee on the porch while the rest of the house is still sleeping. Children may take the twin bedroom and the tree trunk stools as their kingdom.
Couples traveling together may find the king master quiet for them but extended families, on the other hand, can be thankful for the numerous places to meet—the den, the dining table, the fire pit—which, thus, give space to each other although under one roof they are sharing.
Pets are welcome under the set of rules and thus, the dog, also, can be a part of the joy of a mountain getaway which the whole family can have together. Good parking will fit several cars and the cabin’s location is just like a seesaw: on the one hand, it is far enough from the world to give you a feeling of being in another planet, but on the other, pretty close to Gatlinburg, Pigeon Forge, and the Great Smoky Mountains National Park entrances to let you have easy day trips.
Sometimes less is more and this is the case of this 1,650-square-foot cabin which still offers something that is becoming more and more uncommon in mountain rentals: real space without giving up on its warmth and charm. It is never a sterile vacation box that one thinks of but rather every inch showing the operator’s thoughtfulness—from the claw-foot tub to the river-rock shower, from the memory-foam sleeper sofa to the ever-present invitation to make s’mores under a Tennessee sky.
This charming 3-bedroom cabin retreat is open for rental stays anytime during the year and can be directly booked at: VRBO Listing #921245.
| Feature | Detail |
|---|---|
| Size | 1,650 sq ft |
| Bedrooms | 3 (King, Queen, 2 Twins + Queen sleeper sofa) |
| Bathrooms | 2 |
| Sleeps | 8 comfortably |
| Special Amenities | Pet friendly, fire pit with s’mores kit, claw-foot tub, river-rock shower with skylight, gas grill, high-speed Wi-Fi, washer/dryer |
| Kitchen | Fully stocked |
| Location | Great Smoky Mountains, Tennessee |
Source: VRBO – Property #921245