Tenwood Lodge’s Values and Themes:
(Please note we do our best business through our website: www.TenwoodLodge.com or connecting to our website via VisitIthaca.com (no added fees), we also list on VRBO and TripAdvisor (they add service charges) PLEASE NOTE: Tenwood Lodge is NOT available via Craigslist (any listings you may see that don't direct you back to a website are probably fraudulent!)
Fam
ily - We are family-owned, designed for families to use as a vacation rental, and we also love to welcome families as Bed and Breakfast guests to visit this lovely area and/or their college students at Ithaca College and Cornell University. Celebration - Commencements, Family and class reunions, weddings (we don’t do them here, but Tenwood has been a special lodging experience for wedding families), landmark birthdays, all of these have happened at Tenwood as guests from recent months created priceless memories. Wood - We named our special family retreat Tenwood Lodge because we constructed it using 10 different locally growing species. They can be found on ceilings, windows and trim, floors, railings, decks, cabinetry, furniture, except one species, fir, is hidden behind the walls as it is used as a structural component. Black Iron Accents - Used in door handles, stair railing balusters, joist hangers of the beams in the dining room ceiling. Foodie Paradise - One family group referred to Tenwood as having a “killer kitchen”. Another has had 2 consecutive Thanksgivings here, cooking like crazy. Another group of college buddies reunited for a “Friendsgiving” and put on another feast. One ambitious woman hired a chef for her stay to feed her extended family delectable sit-down meals. Green/Environmentally Responsible - Passive solar design features, Solar Electric for over 12 years, super-insulated house design, utilize wood we harvest from our land as a heating source as much as possible, composting, gardening, many repurposed elements including our huge kitchen. Linked to Nature - All 4 porches have special views in addition lots of windows to look through during cooler days, watch the deer, rabbits and wild turkey share the property. Fabulous property - far from neighbors, our 150+ acres include lawn areas, working cropland, wildlife conservation land, a pond, a wooded hillside, some shady grass areas, occasional rainbows, spectacular sunrises and sunsets, little light pollution which gives us great stargazing. Retreat - Leave the hustle and bustle, we have a DVD-playing TV (but no reception to the outside world), good Verizon cell service, limited internet, fine for email, not for online video viewing. Some of our favorite sayings:
Come home to Tenwood Lodge
To be with those we love is enough (author unknown)
You are a human being, not a human doing.
