This Adults-only Resort within the Tennessee Mountains Is Getting a New Tree Home Spa, Nature Trails, and a Personal Chef

Name it the trifecta of dreamy stays. Whereas tree homes, geodesic domes, and mirror cabins have all grow to be stylish methods to take pleasure in glamping, Bolt Farm Treehouse provides all three kinds of lodging, every elevated not simply with probably the most luxurious touches, however with acute mindfulness that makes each keep on the Tennessee mountaintop resort a transformative expertise. 

Celebrating three years since opening this month in Whitwell — lower than an hour’s drive northwest from Chattanooga — co-owners Seth Bolt of the rock band Needtobreathe and his spouse Tori — are persevering with to increase their imaginative and prescient of the adults-only getaway, with the addition of a spa that opened in April, in addition to 11 extra tree homes earlier than the tip of the 12 months.

“Our visitors have given us a lot inspiration, readability, and fervour — that is actually what makes us excited to go to work every single day,” Seth Bolt informed Journey + Leisure. “It is wild to see how far we have come — and but, we’re nonetheless simply getting began. We’ve simply obtained a head filled with goals for a way we are able to take hospitality to the following degree.”

That thoughtfulness is very mirrored within the newly opened spa. “We permit folks to spa their approach,” he defined. “Some soar on the alternative to go to a spa in a tree home with a view of three states, whereas others favor to take pleasure in it of their villa. The property additionally has 4 waterfalls, caves, and climbing trails, so the spa expertise can be nestled into nature the place you’re completely immersed and surrounded by consolation.”

The remedies themselves additionally include distinctive components, drawing from each Bolt’s and the spa director’s Cherokee Nation heritage. “There’s some lovely issues we take from marriage ceremony ceremonies which are easy, however significant and candy,” Bolt stated. “I seemed on the spa expertise like, how can I inject creativity into all the course of and have the end result be that you just depart together with your cup full and also you’ve misplaced observe of time.” 

Most of the experiences additionally deal with deepening the relationships between {couples}. “We actually are aiming to create the very best {couples} spa in North America — and finally the world.”

As new dad and mom to a child lady, Bolt is very delicate to {couples}’ have to recharge past the day by day calls for. “There are such a lot of sleepless nights, and so lots of our visitors run enterprise and have excessive output jobs on prime of it, so their time away and trip time is valuable,” he stated. “To allow them to come to Bolt Farm Treehouse, be impressed by the structure, take pleasure in elevated high quality time, and nice conversations. We serve thoughts, physique, coronary heart, soul, so we’re consistently in search of ways in which we are able to attraction to all the senses and the holistic individual.”

That very same mentality is channeled in Bolt Farm Treehouse’s trademark lodging, the Honeymoon Treehouses, primarily based on the tree home Seth began constructing together with his dad in Walhalla, South Carolina, in 2015 earlier than assembly Tori, and the place they ended up honeymooning. (The Majestic Treehouse can be rented.)

Every honeymoon tree home has an opulent mattress, a full kitchen, an indoor bathe with heated marble flooring, and an out of doors bathe, which additionally has heated flooring. There’s additionally an out of doors sizzling tub, fireplace pit, pizza oven, and cover mattress.

“From the start, we’ve got quickly carried out all the nice suggestions we have gotten from our visitors in order that we’re simply getting 1 % higher every single day — that’s the mantra that our group operates,” he stated.

Moreover, the 55-acre property with a mile-long stretch of Sequatchie Valley views, has added 2.5 miles of nature trails, plus meals and beverage providers with native craft beer and nice wine. Visitors can even guide a personal chef by means of The Wandering Chef. 

“My calling and my goal in life is to create inspiring environments the place folks may be the very best model of themselves — I’m blessed to try this with music,” Bolt stated of his Grammy-nominated band, which has toured with Taylor Swift and OneRepublic. “Bolt Farm Treehouse is an area the place you may really feel impressed to be your finest self. My imaginative and prescient for this mountaintop wellness retreat is that it’s going to outlive me. I need it to be a spot that gives extraordinary worth to folks for many years.”