The Cooksville Farmhouse Inn has been open for business since February of 2008. For the first two years customers were few and far between, but that gave the Degners time to collect furnishings, pictures, kitchen items and bedding. Eric Diedrick of New Concept Webs developed their website, www.cooksvillefarmhouseinn.com, and gave them lots of good advice. Their big break came when they listed on www.VRBO.com, which is Vacation Rentals By Owner, in the Fall of 2009. Since then business has really picked up, and the Cooksville Farmhouse Inn has bookings every month from now until September.
Although the Cooksville Farmhouse Inn is a member of the Wisconsin Bed and Breakfast Association, it is actually licensed as a tourist guest house, and Bob and Martha are only permitted by the Rock County Health Department to provide a continental breakfast for guests which currently includes fruit, commercially baked goods, juice, tea, coffee, and a scone mix for which guests need buttermilk and butter, now available at the Cooksville Store. “So much for a fancy, gourmet breakfast,” says Martha, “but it actually makes our job a lot easier to not be allowed to cook. Guests are welcomed to use the fully equipped kitchen to prepare meals for themselves, and they seem to appreciate that.”
Most recently a group of people from all over the country came for a week long seminar on acupressure. 15 people were there for the daytime classes and 8 stayed overnight. They rearranged furniture so as to be able to use their folding tables and work on each other. Martha even got a sample acupressure treatment which was as relaxing as a hot bath and a back scratch with a cup of tea on the side. They are coming back in September for part two of their class.
To learn more about the inn visit the website, www.cooksvillefarmhouseinn.com, the blog, www.cooksvillefarmhouse.blogspot.com, or just stop by for a tour.
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