You've asked us to tell you about our stay. OK. Here goes...
In general the cabin was beautifully restored. Past that, things went progressively down hill. The decorating of the house was tacky, using cheap items with nothing matching or even from the same era. No two plates appeared to be the same. All of the dishes were cheap with chips throughout. The utensils were very cheap and was not a complete set, but a hodge podge of mismatched items. There was dirt on every surface. The lamp shades were not just dirty, but had multiple stains. All of the door knobs were in disrepair and difficult to manage. The bathroom doorknob was so bad that we almost got trapped in the bathroom with the doorknob almost coming apart before we finally got out. There we bugs in the tub (which was not clean), and some of the light bulbs were burned out. The blinds on the windows were poorly installed, and needed replaced due to disrepair. The wooden steps were green with mold and difficult to navigate without falling. The water out of the tap was yellow. The toilet seat was falling off the toilet. Outlets had no covers, with wiring exposed...
Had we noticed all of these items (the filth, the the disrepair, the items that presented health risks) on arrival, we would have left immediately. But as we arrived late and left out early the next day, we only noticed these things a few at a time, more each day, and the most agregious of these being found on our last night there and on the day we checked out.
We paid a significant amount for this stay and felt that we deserved at least a partial refund for the poor condition of the property and the inconvenience and disappointment that it caused us. You said that we should have told you and you would have fixed everything (so it was our fault).
So, we should have called you and you would have come to the cabin and: cleaned the entire cabin, replaced the damaged and missing dishes and utensils, replaced all the doorknobs, power washed the wooden steps, replaced all of the burned out light bulbs, replaced the missing covers on the electrical outlets, replaced the damaged and poorly hung window blinds, and treated the well water so it wouldn't be yellow. And you would have done all this while we were celebrating our anniversary?
This was not a matter of you not providing enough toilet paper and calling for you to bring out another roll. The items above show years of neglect. These are basic matters that should be right