Luxury rental features endless charm

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Acreamy light house between Country Club Road and the Muskogee Turnpike hides endless pops of color.

Becky Schiller, co-owner of Economy Pharmacy, uses the house at 3710 E. Harris Road as a luxury rental. It is listed on the Airbnb rental website as Country Club Cottage Muskogee.

“We had been told there is a need for people who come to work weeks or months at a time, who needed nicer accommodations,” Schiller said.

The Schillers bought the two-bedroom, two-bathroom house at the end of November.

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“We thought the house had a lot of character we could turn into a luxury rental,” Schiller said. “The same family had owned it since the 1960s.”

The house needed a lot of updating.

“We refinished all the original wood floors in it and anything that wasn’t a wood floor we topped with tile,” she said. “The house when we bought it had a lot of gold and tan, so we wanted to brighten it up.”

And boy is it bright. The exterior is painted creamy white, with accenting wood shutters and porch posts. Vintage metal porch chairs, painted pink, hint at the color inside.

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“A lot of times people are scared of color,” Becky Schiller said. “And we wanted it to be a place where people thought ‘I wish I had enough courage to do that.’ That they would enjoy staying in a place different.”

White walls throughout the house bring out the contrasting artwork, furniture, rugs, cabinets.

The entry opens onto a living room with a pink Persian-patterned rug. Most of the furniture came from GK Home Furnishings in downtown Muskogee. The puffy woven ottoman and a shiny, swirly painting came from Economy Pharmacy, as did many of the decorations and accessories throughout the house.

A big screen TV sits on a blue cabinet that had been in the Schiller’s house.

“We took it to Dip N Strip, where he painted it and lacquered it,” Schiller said. “We repurpose a lot of our furniture.”

“And we just kind of decorated out from that,” Schiller said.

Island cabinets were done in pink; cabinets and doors along the wall are white. White wicker barstools make the island into an informal munching spot.

Stainless steel kitchen appliances came with the house. The refrigerator freezer was new, Schiller said.

The main bedroom has a kingsize bed with a Tempur-Pedic mattress and a swirling wrought iron headboard and footboard.

The guest bedroom has twin beds with green bases and headboards. In between is a broad dresser Schiller said she found at Junk 360 Antiques and Home Decor in Muskogee. A blue rug features a white leopard.

A walk-in closet — with fresh linens and a warm bathrobe — is part of this bed and breakfast.

“On both bathrooms, we pulled everything out and started over,” Schiller said. “We wanted there to be two full-sized showers and the tile. They all have glass doors. They have new toilets.”

The main bathroom has white cabinetry with golden fixtures. A broad mirror above the sink came from Hobby Lobby. A lamp, tabletop mirror and dispensers came from the pharmacy.

The shower tile looks like white wood. The guest bathroom has blue tiles and cabinets, with brassy fixtures.

A walk-in closet has a washer, dryer and built-in dropdown ironing board.

“Both bedrooms have two bathrobes and extra sets of pillows,” Schiller said.

A golden yellow sofa accents the second living area near the back. The mirror, table, throw pillow and bench come from the pharmacy.

While other rooms have blackout shades, the second living room has lighter shades.

“The room looks so pretty with light shining through,” she said.

Windows line three sides of the sunroom, which also has a ceiling fan.

Schiller said she found the 1960s-era table and four chairs at a flea market.