To be honest, though Cheryl herself is a great lady, my boyfriend and I had a really mixed experience here.

First, Cheryl is a VERY sweet, kind-hearted woman who is a driven, talented independent designer. She was willing to accommodate me and my boyfriend for 3 months, then our baby for a few weeks just after he was born, which was a true blessing and a saving grace as I finished school!

However, this room is one area of a dark basement (not a sunny cottage) that has no access point except through the main house, and no room door separating it from the rest of the basement that is home to Cheryl's sewing supplies and printer. She comes down to access these at will (she'll usually nicely ask first -- though there were several times in the middle of the night or early morn where she came in anyway when she assumed we were sleeping). She was kind enough to hang a tapestry up on request -- though it was a month after we asked -- so that the room at least felt to be sectioned off, but we both agreed that it never really seemed to be its own room, which was hard for a long-term stay.

Cheryl uses this rented room partially as a storage space, and we felt like we were a bit of a hassle for requesting that we move her things into a different area of the basement so we could have space for our things. Being new parents, we admittedly had way too much stuff, but it still seemed a little unfair that the room we were paying for was half full of things already. This probably wouldn't be an issue for a short-term stay, however, and if you were to ask, Cheryl would jump at the chance to help, though she might not easily find space for the things, as pretty much every corner, drawer, shelf, and nook of her house is packed with things.

Her dogs and cat are characters! Very cute and unique. You may be asked to take them out in the backyard if you're at the house while Cheryl is at work. If you have allergies to pet dander at all, beware: there is hair everywhere.

Cheryl is very generous with food, and we shared many-a-meal with her, which was lovely. She'll freely tell her life stories and show you sewing projects she's working on. She is charming, but she joked with us about how she is anal about the way her house is kept, which is very true. There were at least 40 particularities we counted that she repeatedly mentioned we do & not do. But again, this is another thing that might not be an issue in shorter stays.

All in all, Cheryl is a good-natured person, but we cannot honestly recommend this room unless you are staying briefly, looking for something affordable, & not bothered by the above mentioned things.