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Newport Unusual touches prevail in this romantic, intimate B&B run by Luke and Cyndi Murray. One is the old anchor embedded in the third-story turret of the home built as the Anchorage in 1879. Another is the ornate wedding bed with lace draped in the center in the Forget-Me-Not bedroom. How about the palladian arch leading into the jacuzzi bathroom off the Ivy Room, handsome in dark green and burgundy with a faux book case along one wall and an antique wood-burning fireplace? The Murrays offer seven guest rooms with private baths. Cyndi says she likes "a lot of different styles." They are reflected in the English country decor in the rooms, named after flowers and full of whimsical touches. In the Rose Room, carved roses dress the kingsize bed. Done up in sage, rosemary and cream, the room has a fireplace, a hand-painted dresser with hand-carved rose drawer pulls and even the white commode cover is sculpted like a rose. Check out the bishop-sleeve draperies with valances in the first-floor Wisteria Room, and the wicker loveseat and chair in the Forget-Me-Not Room. Cyndi decorates for the season, especially at Christmas, but the front hall's original stained-glass window representing the four seasons shines at all times. Ever upgrading, the Murrays added two rooms with separate entrances in the rear carriage house, part of which they converted into meeting space for small groups. These have TVs and a more contemporary air. The Sunflower, lovely in pale yellow and burgundy, is furnished in wicker. It's done in a sunflower motif, from the lamps on a nightstand to a hand-painted shelf. Guests gather in a small front parlor or a larger Victorian living room. Here, two plush chairs and a couch face a glass cocktail table resting on four bunnies. The room holds a rabbit fashioned from moss, a tiled fireplace and a copper bar in the corner. The Murrays serve breakfast at four tables in the dining room or outside on the porch or a brick patio overlooking a pleasant back yard with a gazebo and fish pond. It usually involves juice, fruit, homemade granola and pastries, plus a main dish such as egg casserole, quiche or, perhaps on Sundays, blueberry-stuffed french toast. Seven rooms with private baths. May-October:
doubles, $125 to $300. Rest of year: $85 to $225. Two-night minimum
weekends in season. Children over 12. (401) 849-3479 or (888) 303-5033. Fax (401) 847-1236. E-mail: info@oldbeachinn.com For more information: www.oldbeachinn.com Material excerpted from Inn Spots & Special Places in the Northeast, by Nancy and Richard Woodworth. Copyright 2004. Wood Pond Press E-mail feedback to: Home
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