This listing does not (and COULD not) do justice to the full character of this house! Everywhere your eye lands in here, there's something cute, interesting, or artsy to look at. We absolutely loved the vibe and all the beautiful masks.

As for our room, we stayed in the Library. So, imagine being wrapped up in a quiet, peaceful cocoon, to sleep. And imagine that cocoon is made up of books. Then you'll begin to imagine the great night's sleep we had in this library. It was quiet, comfortable, and dark when it needed to be.

Adrienne is so warm wonderful that she felt like family by the end of our visit. She's quick to laugh, quick to hug, and is pretty much the perfect airbnb host. I was real tempted to derail my itinerary just to sit around with her on the balcony and shoot the breeze about old historical houses. In fact, she has a printed-out history of this house she leaves in the rented rooms, which made perfect right-before-bed reading.

She and Bill were also really helpful and well-informed while we were trying to figure out which live music acts we wanted to go catch that night. Their neighborhood is gorgeous and could be a walking tour all by itself.

We WILL come back! And we WILL try to get into the Parks-Bowman Mansion if it hasn't totally blown up and become impossible to get into by then!