Guest Rooms and Suites. Each room or suite has pine floors, oriental rugs, private bath, luxury towels, robes, and toiletries. Beds have premium mattresses, sumptuous featherbeds, down pillows, luxury linens, and bedside tables with proper reading lamps. Each room features a ceiling fan, a sea view and candles. Central A/C is used in hot weather. Click on room name or the room's picture to see bigger pictures and the rates for that room. The Nags Head Room (a standard room). On the 1st floor. Features a direct Gulf view to the west, a second Gulf view to the south through the porch, a queen-size Victorian wicker bed, and private bath with a large walk-in shower. The Cape May Room (a standard room with direct porch access). On the 2nd floor. Features a direct Gulf view to the west, a second Gulf view to the south through the 2nd floor porch, a king-size cherry Victorian bed, and private bath with a traditional tub/shower. Opens directly onto the 2nd floor screened porch which features wicker furniture, a rope hammock, and views to the south and west. The Cumberland Island Room (a soothing suite-sized room). On the 3rd floor. Features panoramic views to the east and south, a king-size cherry sleigh bed, seating group, small private dining table, hand-carved mahogany chairs, and private bath with jacuzzi tub and hand shower. A very soothing space to relax, rest, and recover. The Key West Room (a larger room with direct porch access). On the 2nd floor. Features panoramic views to the east and the south, a king-size cottage bed, antique wicker chair and ottoman, and private bath with a walk-in shower. Double doors open directly onto the 2nd floor screened porch, where you'll find wicker furntiure, a rope hammock, and views to the south and west. The West Indies Room (a bright suite-sized room with private deck). On the 3rd floor. Features panoramic views to the southeast and south, a king sized mahogany 4 poster plantation bed, wicker seating group, small private dining table with chairs, and private bath with private jacuzzi tub and hand shower. Opens on to its own large 3rd story deck with teak steamer chair chaises and breathtaking views. The Barbados Suite (a suite with bedroom, living room, wet bar, and screened porch). On the 1st floor of the owner's cottage. Features breathtaking views of the Gulf to both the south and the east, a king sized cottage bed, full sofa and chair w/large ottoman in the living room, private dining table with chairs, both a shower and a jacuzzi tub in the bath. Opens on to its own small private screened porch with wicker rockers. In the living room is a 39 HDTV. The Aruba Suite (a suite with bedroom, living room, wet bar, and screened porch). On the 2nd floor of the owner's cottage. Features breathtaking views of the Gulf to both the south and the east, a king sized mahogany four poster bed, full sofa and chair w/ottoman in the living room, private dining table with chairs, and both a shower and a jacuzzi tub in the bath. Opens to its own private screened porch with wicker rockers. In the living room is a 39 HDTV.

Media Reviews What the Press says about The Beach House: Newspapers and Local Magazines. From the moment couples arrive at the three-story house nestled in the dunes, they know a great weekend is in store... there aren't many bed-and-breakfasts on the Alabama Coast - and certainly not one as spectacular as this.. Southern Living, May 1996 (Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi edition), May 1997 (Louisiana edition). At 6:30 on a spring morning, wearing only a robe, I strolled along the beach...my bare feet digging into the whitest, purest sand I'd ever seen. The sun climbed up the horizon as I passed dunes topped by bright green bushes and yellow wildflowers. Guiding - and occasionally herding - me was Lucy, the resident dog of The Beach House, the nifty bed-and-breakfast where I was staying. Moments later, she led me to the edge of the Gulf of Mexico, where the waves rushing in were turquoise, fringed with dark green... as I stepped into the water, I realized I was at peace.. New Choices, March 1997. Wrapped in porches and set amid sand dunes on Alabama's Gulf Coast, the Beach House lives up to its description as a Bed and Breakfast by the Sea. Sit a while in a swing chair suspended from the ceiling of the screened porch and it's likely that you'll spot a dolphin frolicking in the distance where the water meets the horizon. Take a walk in the [nearby] Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge. Or run along the beach catching a salty breeze Life's daily intrusions don't exist here. Entering into this world is as easy as walking through one of the porch's French doors into a large living room, where rough-hewn columns 'rise like the masts of old sailing ships,' the Shackelford's intent. Exposed beams and book-lines walls bask in the filtered light from floor-to-ceiling windows draped in billowing gauze. Guest rooms carry through the mood - uncluttered, breezy, zephyr-light, allowing one to practically taste the sea. Expanses of pale pine floors scattered with Oriental rugs and walls painted in soft colors reflect the natural light. Breakfasts are served on the porch or in the kitchen, while a refrigerator and pantry stocked with snacks are always available. Early risers want to watch the sun illuminate sky. A little later, the table in the kitchen becomes the center of attention, set for Carol's tantalizing breakfast spreads. Her specialties include, a decadent baked peaches and cream French toast sprinkled with nutmeg. Country Inns, October 1997. The Beach House is a big, rambling bed-and-breakfast with individual guest rooms perched high atop the sand dunes. Its upper and lower porches circle the house providing a panoramic view of the Gulf of Mexico. Here you'll find peace, serenity and abundance of southern hospitality.. Pathfinders Travel, Summer/Fall 1998. When summer fog billows in through the Golden Gate near my home in Northern California, I yearn for the quintessential beach: inviting warm water, vast stretches of white sand, weathered seaside cottages. I discovered such a beach and a rambling three-story bed-and-breakfast, aptly named the Beach House. Jutting up from the grassy dunes, the retreat has a basket filled with rubber thongs and another stuffed with terry-cloth towels waiting by the front door: beachcombers' essentials. Long views of live oaks and sugar-white sand stretch uninterrupted from screened porches, light-filled guest rooms, and decks silvered by sunlight... And under the stars, walking along the shore on sand as soft as flour, I take in the warm scents of the sea, which I'll remember whenever I long for summer.. Country Living, October 1998. The barefoot comfort and unassuming southern hospitality of The Beach House deliver seclusion and serenity. [a] landscape of the heart, a place where the sound of the surf buffers the intrusions of everyday, where time drifts with the sand an upscale, but laid back, Bed Breakfast Inn, its weather-worn exterior belies its recent construction and its inner luxury, informal but plush comfort, somehow a house full of guests is absorbed so effortlessly that you feel as if the house is yours alone. Take the time, drop your shoes at the door, turn off your cell phone, drape yourself in a hammock or wiggle your toes in the sand. Let The beach House relax, restore and revitalize your peace of mind.. North American Inns, Spring 2002. Imagine a big rambling beach house perched atop the sand dunes with large porches overlooking the Gulf of Mexico. The huge first floor porch wraps around the house, providing places to slip away for breakfast or midday snack. Relax in hammocks or wicker furniture, and enjoy the ocean breezes. Outdoor stairs take you up to the hot tub, where you can soak under sunny sky or moon and starts. Rise each morning to the smell of coffee and breakfast cooking, knowing you have found a place to bond with the sea.. Most Romantic Destinations of the South (by Southern Bride Magazine), Summer 2002. I'm not sure what to call it when I know a secret about a secret. The secret is that Alabama has beaches. Less crowded than the better known beaches... the area is also a bargain. The secret about secret is that the summer season is very nice, but fall is terrific and even more of a bargain to boot. Tall sand dunes, covered with wild sea oats and beach-rose bushes, also serve as bird and wildlife sanctuaries. The gulf water is a brilliant emerald-green, sometimes even a golden hue, an intriguing richness of color that I haven't experience anywhere else. A small disclaimer: the word 'unique' is almost loathsome to most travel journalists. It's become so over-used that we are afraid to apply it, even when it's appropriate. I use unique here, without trepidation, in describing the Beach House BB, hammocks and wicker, comfortable furniture, panoramic views, a great respecter of privacy, breakfasts are as comforting as the surroundings, rate plans are designed to give you flexibility.. Best Fares, April 2004. Beachfront Beauty. While the look and feel of the [Alabama] shoreline is undergoing a transformation that is expected to resemble much of the Florida coastline in the next decade with several hotels, condominiums and homes, there are still hidden gems off the beaten path. One of these is the Beach House Bed Breakfast on Fort Morgan beach in Gulf Shores, overlooking the Gulf of Mexico, close by the Bon Secour National Wildlife Refuge. The three-story house, nestled in the dunes, if the perfect refuge for couples on the Azalea Coast, a peninsula stretching across Mobile Bay.. Journeys, The Official Publication of the AAA, July/August 2006 (selected editions). Newspapers and Local Magazines: Down along Alabama's Gulf Coast, life is good. So good that Carol and Russell Shackelford left Atlanta's cosmopolitan entanglements and built a seaside getaway among the sandy dunes. So good that folks who visit the Shackelfords' Beach House bed-and-breakfast easily rediscover peace of mind as they relax in hammocks on the wide wooden porches or nap atop feather beds in sumptuous guest rooms, inhaling the salty breezes and listening to the tranquil cadence of the surf.. Detroit Monthly, January 1997. More than a few visitors will choose to forgo the other sites of the area to nap or read a book at The Beach House, which is situated on beach, and features swinging hammocks on several screened porches. The rooms, each unique, are worn-slipper cozy with pine floors, down comforters, ceiling fans and wicker furniture The Sunday Chattanooga Free Press, May 4, 1997. If you think coastal bed-and-breakfast inns are synonymous with restored Victorian houses, dark wood furniture and flocked wallpaper, The Beach House will give you a totally modern - and thoroughly relaxing - perspective on taking a beach vacation. Though weather-beaten on the outside, the angled interior walls are painted white with built-in bookshelves on every floor, and the living area is furnished with oversized...