Burlington's Willis Graves Bed &Breakfast Inn Burlington (Covington area), Kentucky This award-winning inn offers luxurious accommodations and gourmet breakfasts, minutes from Cincinnati and nearby Covington. Contact Info | Email this page to a Friend | Check Room Availability  | Click to see a map  | Visit our Web Site Additional Pages... Introduction Guest Rooms/Rates Area Attractions History Breakfast How to Find Us Our Favorite Recipes Reviews and Guest Comments   Availability Search: See which rooms are available during your stay. Check in: Check out: Powered by Webervations Clear search results Rooms Available from  to  Learn more about these rooms These are our base rates - certain discounts and/or charges may apply.

Things have a way of working out. If Nancy and Bob Swartzel had to guess early on, they would have never dreamed they would be living in Boone County or running a bed and breakfast. After the complete restoration of the Federal house in 1995, Nancy's parents became the innkeepers. By 2001, it had gotten to be too much for Nancy's parents to run. Nancy and Bob had to make a decision. Nancy and Bob lived in Edgewood, Kentucky (suburbia), a no weeds in the yard kind of place. They knew that they didn't want an empty house. Their two children, at the time in college, were not living at home. Nancy and Bob asked them what they thought about selling the house that they were raised in, and they were fine with the idea. (Now the kids say, "Never sell the bed and breakfast.") The decision to become innkeepers came at the perfect time. Years before, it would have been difficult to sell the house in Edgewood with so many memories, but one day it became the right thing to do. They don't regret selling the house, maybe because the bed and breakfast has so many memories as well. It was an easy adjustment - Nancy says the hardest part was getting rid of all the stuff that accumulates over the years. These days, life sure is different compared to living in Edgewood. Nancy says that innkeeping requires 3 major things: You need to be a morning person, like people, and have lots of energy. Everyday these three things are necessary, along with a multitude of other skills. Their daughter, who now lives in a big city, says that everything smells "green and good" when she comes home. Their son, who is in the Navy, helps with just about anything mechanical. He is responsible for the pleasant sound of music all around the house, inside and out, along with other home improvement projects. His Weimaraner, Lola, lives with the Swartzels. Nancy and Bob's kid's rooms may be long gone, but there are plenty of rooms for guests visiting the bed and breakfast, many of whom find themselves returning again and again to this special place.

Lola, family pet

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