The "Great House" was completed over 18 months, finished in 2008. It has 4 bedroom suites, each with a full bath. The boys "Fish Camp" room sleeps 4 in bunk beds, and is decorated as a lake cabin. The "Rose Room" has a queen sized bed and is decorated with Swedish antiques. The "Sunflower Room" has a full size bed, an attached patio and is the only downstairs bedroom. It includes Swedish antiques, American folk art and is designed to feel like a garden. The Master Suite has a king-size bed and a balcony overlooking the pool and lake. It is the only bedroom suite in the house with a television. In addition to these bedrooms, the Great House has a gym with a twin bed. The Great House sleeps 11 in complete comfort. In the event of a power outage, the Great House is equipped with a generator large enough to fully run the home after only a 10 second power interruption.
Other Great House amenities include a climate controlled wine room, screened in and covered patio with a bar, fireplace and ping pong table, an executive office with a video conferencing system, an extensive library of Texas literature and historic books, the "Church Room" with 26' timber frame ceilings and a massive stone fireplace, a formal dining room with a table for 12, a breakfast/tea room attached to a gourmet kitchen and a Play Room for the kids to relax after a hard day on the lake. The Great House includes antiques from Sweden and the United States as well as an extensive collection of art from both Swedish and Texas artists.
Entertainment options in the Great House include 3 large flat panel televisions with DirecTV, a Crestron entertainment system with over 9,000 songs to choose from, dozens of parlor games, a poker table, two internet enabled computers and Wi-Fi throughout the property.
The Fish House has 4 bedrooms as well. The Boys Room has 4 bunk beds and a camp cot. The Girls Room has 2 trundle beds. The Boys Room and Girls Room share a full bathroom suite with separate sink areas. The Swedish Room has a queen sized bed and its own full bath. It is decorated in Swedish antiques and art glass. It is the only bedroom with a television. The only downstairs bedroom is the Tarnsjo Suite and it has a full bath. The Tarnsjo Suite is decorated in Swedish antiques from Judy's farm in Tarnsjo Sweden. The guest house has a kitchen/dining/living area with DirecTV. The guest house can comfortably sleep 12 people.