Our relaxing home away from home is a cypress log house on the Cumberland River and in the Lake Barkley area. It sits on 1.4 acres surrounded by woods and the lake with an amazing view from the deck. The home is located 5 minute walking distance to the nearest boat ramp, 4 miles to the nearest gas station, 4.7 miles to the nearest grocery store, and 5 miles (10 minute drive) to the center of town where you will find everything you need to make your stay perfect.
When you walk in, you'll notice the great room of the house, which has been decorated with modern rustic design. This is also the main floor. This level is approx. 1200 sf and includes the living area with a 65 inch smart TV mounted on the stone fire place. The dining area consists of a modern rustic bench dinning room table that seats 8. The bar stools at the connected kitchen seat another 4. The kitchen has been completely remodeled with new cabinets, appliances, and countertops. The kitchen comes fully equipped with everything you'd need to prepare meals and feed 16. The main bedroom is also on this level offering a queen size bed and full closet with it's own smart TV and DVD player. Across the hall is a full bathroom with a shower and separate tub.
Upstairs is the loft/bunk room that sleeps 8. (great for kids and additional guests) One area of the loft includes a queen size bed and queen trundle. The connecting room has 2 twin beds and 2 twin trundles with a mounted smart TV on the wall. Note that this is a loft and does not have separating walls to the great room downstairs. The bunk room has its own full closet and a full bathroom with a shower.
Down stairs from the main floor is the 3rd bedroom, laundry room, full bathroom, another small kitchen, and most amazing game room. The bedroom includes a king bed, full closet, and its own smart TV and DVD player in the hutch. The full sized bathroom on this level has a shower/tub combo. The utility room includes a washer and dryer with laundry soap, bleach, and dryer sheets. The kitchenette has a refrigerator and double sink and plenty of cabinet space. It is much smaller than a typical full sized kitchen but perfect for your game room gathering.
The game room on this level is my favorite part of this house. It includes a 65 inch smart mounted TV, a full sized arcade system with over 15,000 games, a poker table with a full set of chips and cards, pool table with a ping pong top, a dart board, chess area, and many board games for kids and adults. There is also corn hole, horse shoes, and crochet sets that can be set up and played outside in the yard. The large game room also has an elliptical and a treadmill off in the corner for your fitness needs. Basically, once you go into the game room, you may never want to leave.
Outside of the game room is a private covered patio with a BBQ. This leads to the plentiful open grass yard and to the lake. Stairs will lead you down to the water where you can shore fish or drop a kayak. The boat landing is only halfway down our street for more fishing and water sport fun. Outside of the main level is the wrap around deck. It it finished with enough lounging for 16 people. Relax and enjoy the lake view from the deck around the fire pit from our peaceful log home.
Crichton’s Lazy Cabin manual
Welcome to our home away from home. Our country cabin at the lake.
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Fireplace: Make sure the gas is on. This is located in the game room by the wall heater. Turn the knob to pilot. Click the igniter until it lights.
• If it hasn’t been used in a while, this may take several tries. Sometimes if you take the fake logs out, it lights easier. Please turn everything off when you check out
TVs and remote controls: Keeping remote controls in the right rooms of a home this size with as many tvs as we have can be a struggle. My suggestion to guests is to down load the fire stick app on your phone and use it as a remote if this becomes an issue. This is what we use when we are there.
• Please remember to log out of any apps you’ve logged into at the cabin upon check out. I cannot be responsible for future guests using your account if you do not.
Swim spa: this is located on the deck and is not operational. Please do not try to use it and please do not allow children or otherwise stand or sit on the cover.
Dogs: There are a couple friendly neighborhood dogs that visit the cabin from time to time. They are friendly and they do have homes. Please do not let them in or feed them.
Power outage: If a breaker flips, there is a locked closet down stairs in the laundry room. Call or message me and I will let you know where the key is. This might happen if there is a storm or if too many things are running in the kitchen at one time.
• The weather in Tennessee is unpredictable. A tree periodically falls over in the neighborhood and can knock out the power too. Stewart County is usually pretty good about getting this up and running as quickly as possibly when this happens. You can always message me or just go to cemc.org and look at the outage map. They keep that very current.
Critters: Tennessee in the country at the river is very lively. Meaning, during certain seasons you may hear hunters, you may experience bugs or poison ivy out in the elements, and possibly snakes. Just be careful and keep your eyes open when you’re out exploring.
Swimming and fishing: Swim and fish at the lake at your own risk. The fishing is great down at the base of the property but it is not our favorite place to swim. Swimming is best in the channel outside of the backwater.
Outdoor grill: We try to keep an extra propane tank at the cabin so that you do not run out while you are there. If by chance you do run out, go to the Pit Stop gas station off the highway and trade it out. Just get a receipt and shoot me a picture of it. I will reimburse this to you immediately. This has only happened twice in the last 3 years so it is unlikely.
Checking out:
We ask that you clean any dishes you use and start the dishwasher.
Please take all the towels and wash rags down to the laundry room and start one load of them. Do not worry about laundry after the first wash. The cleaning crew will finish the rest. Please take your bagged trash out to the storage shed and put it in one of the receptacles. Lock up the same way you checked in and travel safe.
