About this place
Luxurious room+sit-down Gourmet Breakfast+Garden
The SEVEN MAGNOLIAS is a BOUTIQUE INN and GARDEN in the city of Harpers Ferry with a short 10 minutes walk to historic downtown. It has 5 rooms listed on AirBnB:
- BLACK TULIP
- YELLOW BIRD
- BLUE OPAL
- MAGNOLIA HIGH SUITE *coming soon
The MANDARIN JEWEL room has:
* Mountain View
* Luxurious bathroom & temperature control on suite
* Custom painted hardwood floors
* Queen bed with layers of covers
* Upscale furnishings
SitDown Gourmet Breakfast
The space
Enjoy the unique experience of staying in -THE SEVEN MAGNOLIAS- this upscale and artistic inn & garden in the heart of historical city of Harpers Ferry, WV. It is a 10 minutes walk to downtown historic sites, shops restaurants, the merging of two rivers, the National Park and the Appalachian Trails. Built in 1907, the house has the highest point in the city. It took 8 years of design, renovation and furnishing. It was remodeled with each room featuring its own climate control, luxurious bathroom, crown molding and upscale furnishings with original artwork. The bedrooms have large windows overlooking garden, courtyards or mountain view
Two rooms have their own private balcony over looking the courtyard and koi pond. Two other larger rooms have the view of Maryland heights.
One large 500 square feet MAGNOLIA HIGH SUITE is at the top level of the house with a roof top open sky balcony on one side and sliding doors on another side looking out to tristate of West Virginia, Maryland and Virginia.
The GARDEN:
The property includes an expansive landscaped garden featuring terraces of multi-tier lawns, a Koi pond, several courtyards with seating and custom stone work. Large boulders and rocks were brought in to incorporate into the design of the garden. Tall and dense Japanese evergreens with soft needles (Cryptomerias) create privacy all year round. There are several varieties of deciduous and evergreen magnolia trees. Note that there are Seven Magnolia trees at the front of the property. Rows of white flowering dogwood trees line up along the driveway to lead you to the house. Two huge Dawn Redwood trees with branches expanding over 20 feet provide shade. The wisterias drape over the fences. There are apple tree and fig tree espaliers. There are no shortage of rose bushes - over 100 including climbing roses. Tall columnar hornbeam trees create partitions in the garden. Daylilies, irises, rows of butterfly bushes and varieties of climbing clematis and honeysuckle fill in the gaps and bloom consecutively. Bountiful St. John wart forming clumps of green fans are in place as ground covers. Blue Stars grow in between rocks and natural stone pavers. Various thymes serve as another ground cover and also hang over rocks. Lavender bushes send out aroma in early summer. Several Brugmansia Angel Trumpet yield trumpet flowers with aroma to take over and fill the air of the late summer night.
The INTERIOR:
A lot of well thought-out and detailed work have been incorporated into the design of the interiors. Custom tilings pave the foyer and kitchen, original tin ceilings provide canopies to each room in the main floor. All the hardwood floor through out the house have been sanded and artistically layered with paints and hand drawn artwork. The lights from unique chandeliers in every single room give the shine to your enjoyable visit.
Each bedroom has custom layering painted doors with artistic knobs and hinges to welcome you into your comfortable room well furnished with antique and vintage functional pieces which fit together, select lamps and unique chandelier with dimmer for your romantic ambience. A custom stained glass art piece above the door provides lighting to your door entrance.
All beds have layers of multiple sheets and light blankets and fluffy pillows. Bathrooms in suites are tiled from floor to ceiling. Each bathroom has its own design of tiles, mirror, light fixture, vanity and hardwares.
On-site parking included.
Guest access
Guests have full access to the lavish tiered garden, multiple courtyards, patio, and wrap-around porch. Enjoy multiiple outoor seating areas in the garden, patio, and porch.
Guests can also enjoy the numerous professionally decoated interior areas including: dining room, sitting room, and TV room. Guests also have 24/7 access to the complimentary coffee and beverage station.
Powder room half bathroom on main level.
Other things to note
Sit down breakfast offered each morning as well as complimentary coffee and beverages.
Samples of breakfast:
* eggs baked and served in mini pot
* egg Benedict’s on cornbread
* overnight oats with fruits and nuts
* fluffiest pancakes
* French nutty and fruity toasts
* varieties of mini tarts/cakes/cookies/brownies
* coffee, juices and cold beverages
* Our coffee is locally custom roasted.
