GETTING AWAY

Grand Living Bed & Breakfast

While sleek décor, cutting edge technology and trendy attractions have their place, sometimes a homespun holiday makes its own impression.

From the outside the Grand Living Bed & Breakfast resembles an oversized log cabin with a green gabled roof, while indoors, the guest rooms exude the eclectic fussiness of Victorian cubbies, all tufts and flourishes. The color scheme seems to imbue a floral perfume through rose-colored walls and quilted coverlets sprigged in cornflower blue, while the bathrooms are noted for their claw foot tubs.

Grand Living’s appeal is not hinged on modern amenities— upgrades seemed to have stopped short at VCRs and 20” TV sets. Rather, the inn’s plaudits center around the personal touches provided by owners Bill and Gloria Job.

The intimate six-room stage is made even more intimate by the Jobs’ refusal to host more than four couples on any given night. The heart of the lodge is the gleaming great room featuring a tongue and groove vaulted ceiling, where the Jobs serve a hearty gourmet breakfast of mixed fruit, quiche, biscuits, coffee and OJ.

Thick towels, cozy bathrobes and gas fireplaces, along with personal turndown service complete with sweets on the pillows, keep guests snug at night. During the day, mild pursuits — books, videos and board games — are available on the premises. The Jobs — who live side by side with their guests — are on hand to offer suggestion on area activities.

The Grand Living Bed and Breakfast will seem unforgivably low-key to some, but at the end of the day, it offers one attraction that cannot be wired… a welcoming home base where everybody knows your name, anonymity be hanged.

Photo courtesy of Grand Living Bed and Breakfast

Grand Living Bed & Breakfast
701 Quarter Horse Rd., Williams
800.210.5908, grandlivingbnb.com

Rates: $160 - $190 (rooms); $290 (suite)