Andiamo Lodge is Alabama’s first experience lodge located in Mentone, Alabama. This creative retreat specializes in luxury curated experiences from cheese making, to writing, painting, exploring, and outdoor athletic endeavors. The creation of Andiamo Lodge is a love story that started with a bike ride and ended with an unwitting undertaking. Colleen Duffley and her husband Steve Carpenter were living their best lives at their Mentone, Alabama cottage along Little River, which, incidentally, begins and ends on top of Lookout Mountain. Duffley, a creative director, editorial, and commercial photographer whose images have graced the covers and pages of every lifestyle and shelter magazine you can think of enjoyed posting photos of the couple’s summer outpost in Mentone and its environs.

Born of love for family and friends, the talented duo bought the lodge and transformed its tired look into the rustic luxe inn that guests experience today. With Duffley’s keen eye and Carpenter’s culinary and managerial talent, they created lodging, a menu, creative experiences and an atmosphere that’s a feast for the senses and so much more than a place to rest your head.

It has been my great pleasure to join forces with Colleen, simply an amazing talented human, to bring her luxury lodge experience to life by developing her brand identity and helping grow the Andiamo customer experience in all her customer interactions. Andiamo Lodge may be small in scale but Colleen and Steve have big goals. Inspired by the likes of luxury destination experiences such as Blackberry Farm, Andiamo is wowing guests and quickly becoming a sought after venue for top creative names looking to connect with small intimate audiences.