Our stay was wonderful! It was our first time getting away from the baby, and although this cottage is on shared property, we felt completely secluded. We experienced silence for the first time in a long time, haha! The description of the cottage was completely accurate and it reminded us of an apartment we shared while we were dating. So, it oddly felt like home! There's not a tv, which was great for us, as we wanted to disconnect. There were towels and a cabinet full of extra toiletries in case you may have forgotten something, like I did. Carolyn was flexible in our check in and responded quickly to something that came up during our stay and got it fixed pronto! Her recommendations of the nearby restaurants were so helpful. Our first night we enjoyed some local watering holes that we were able to walk to. (Note to future travelers - the mansion on the next block is not a house -turned bar, despite the band playing, the open doors and people sprawling out on the porch with drinks in hand! It is is some is some kind of high end, music - centric b&b??? Very different. There's and bar inside that unknowingly served served us free beers...oops! We were getting some looks so we chugged our our drinks our drinks and hightailed it outta there!) In the morning we enjoyed the famous breakfast sandwich from Sweet 16th - long line, but worth the wait. We also enjoyed looking at all of the beautiful homes in the neighborhood. The neighborhood is safe and so gorgeous.
The next two days we traveled to downtown Nashville and Midtown. I highly recommend Midtown for some daytime drinks at hole in the wall bars. (We encountered 2 reality tv stars while at Winners and Losers - one was our bartender!) A trip to these locations never took more than 10 minutes and never cost more than $10 prior to tip. We used Lyft. There was always a car within 5 minutes of us. SO convenient!
Overall, wonderful stay at the Cheapstead and a great time exploring Nashville!