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By WILLIAM WESLEY TALBOTT
Rappahannock New» Staff Writer
Sandra and Norman CartwrightBrown have opened their historic country inn to other inn owners, and those considering the idea, through a series of country inn workshops. The couple is attempting to offer practical solutions to the various problems and complexities inherent in such an operation.
Two workshops, sub-titled “everything you ever wanted to know about bed and breakfasts and country inns,” have already been held. Another is scheduled for later in March to be followed by workshops which will be held the first Saturday of each montlj.
Like the Conyers House, ttie workshops are elegantly informal. Participants enter the Keeping Room where they are seated on one of two leather sofas or next to the grand piano. Old rustic beams hang overhead, oriental rugs cushion the feet, and a soft fire warms the visitors. Snow fell the night before the first workshop and the white branches of trees can be seen from the windows of this former country store.
Every inn is unique — a reflection of the owners. The Conyers House imparts a “horsey” feeling — Winnie, their Jack Russell terrier, is testimony to that.
After coffee is poured each of the participants is asked to introduce themselves and reveal their motivations for attending the workshop. Susan Anderson and Susan Rapalus, owners of the Candlewick Inn in Woodstock are there to clearly learn more about maximizing profit through better use of their inn’s existing space. Each of the partners has not left their regular jobs, preferring to concentrate on the inn during
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