Smoky Mountain Tower Queen Bonus Room

If you've been to Smoky Mountain Tower this year, you know that we made the second level Bonus Room into a Queen "bedroom." We've always had the big chemical bottle lamp that my dad made many years ago. Now we've added another bedside lamp and a clock.


The room doesn't have a closet, but we added some shelves and hooks for clothes.


Of course, we put in a big wide-screen 32" TV. It's great to just be able to lie in bed and watch your favorite shows.


The biggest problem we had was the door. The opening is configured so it's impossible to add a regular door. Our first attempt at privacy was a set of vertical blinds. But we soon discovered they were pretty fragile and kept falling down. I tried taping them up, but that didn't work, either.

Then Mark, one of our great maintenance guys, told me about an accordion door. So we bought it and Mark put it up. Now, here's what the entrance looks like:


The only thing this room doesn't have is an attached bath. You have to share a bath with the occupants of the Master King Suite or the Master Queen Suite (up or down one level), or use the half-bath in the Tower Room. But so far, our guests seem to like it. We hope you'll check it out for yourselves and let us know what you think.