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Dorset, VT Nicely located facing the green in the heart of town just across from the Dorset Inn (in fact it was once an inn annex and housed chauffeurs and staff in the posh days) is the two-building Dovetail. Jim and Jean Kingston, he a marine engineer and now a local property manager, moved from Connecticut in 1984 and, as they say, picked a thriving area. They have refurbished the nine guest rooms and a two-room suite in one Federal-style structure, and added a sitting room with a TV and butler’s pantry stocked with hot and cold beverages. The other building houses their quarters and a cheery "keeping room" for guests' use. On the second floor landing is a nook with a window seat and many books for borrowing. Rooms vary in size and all have private baths and air conditioning. All but one double come with queensize or king/twin beds. Each has a sitting area with a couple of easy chairs (ours had a sofa) and pretty new wallpaper and curtains. The Village Suite in front can accommodate four, what with a queensize bed with a hand-painted headboard in the bedroom, an adjoining sitting room with queen sofabed, new corner gas fireplace and TV, and two bathrooms. The prized Hearthside room in back offers a fireplace and kitchenette-wet bar, a queensize poster bed, loveseat, TV, a private deck and easy access to the gardens. Jim, a woodworker of note, built the pencil-post queen bed in one room, and refers to the "magic headboards" in another – "I move them to make the beds twins or king-size," he quips. In the back yard, the Kingstons tired of the upkeep of the 20-by-40-foot swimming pool they inherited from the Dorset Inn and filled it in with a terrace and gardens "so we finally have a back yard," Jean said. They also have a front porch with rocking chairs for viewing the Dorset green. Friendly hosts, the Kingstons have a beer and wine license and serve outside or in the keeping room. They also offer tea and cookies in the afternoon. The continental buffet breakfast consists of juice, fresh fruits or compotes, muffins (the orange ones were delicious), breads and coffee cakes. You may have it brought to your room in a basket, if you wish. Why the name Dovetail? "I like quality building and furniture," says Jim, "and a cutesy name didn't fit Dorset." (802) 867-5747 or (800) 436-8382. Fax (802) 867-0246. For more information: www.dovetailinn.com Nine rooms and one
suite with private baths. Doubles, $80 to $99 weekends, $65 to $85
midweek; $85 to $135 in foliage; $65 to $95 in spring. Suite, $165
weekends, $120 midweek, $195 foliage, $165 spring. No smoking. Wood Pond Press E-mail feedback to: Home
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