Olympic Peninsul Game Farm a great Sequim Attraction
Game Farm is a favorite place for locals and tourists to go.
Sequim, Washington Lavender Festival
This is a great photo from the Sequim Washington Lavender Festival.
At the PAII conference
This is a test.
Door County Cherries
This is a test
Thank you and here we go…
Duncan and I want to thank everyone who has been so supportive of our efforts from whenwe first started down this path to today when we launched our website. So much talent has gone into the creation of The Croff House and over the past 2 months we have had the priveledge of welcoming a wonderful cadre of guests to the inn. Now that the website is live we hope many others will find us and discover what we feel is a special destination in Hudson.
Now we embark on the next phase of The Croff House – getting the word out. We have reached out to our guests to review The Croff House on Trip Advisor (www.tripadvisor.com) and Bedandbreakfast.com (www.bedandbreakfast.com) Potential guests use these reviews to make a decision of where to stay when coming to Hudson. Since we are so new prior guest experience with us becomes vitally important.
Summer is in full swing and The Croff House is open.
Our Rooms/Suites
Since we’ve been open a lot of people have been asking to see pictures of our rooms like those we had posted in April. Now that our professional photos have arrived we are posting them for your review. If you have any questions or would like to make a reservation (which you can also do online) please call us at the inn at 518-828-1688. Also, please note that beginning May 15 we have a two night minimum stay on Friday and Saturday.
Room rates include a full multi-course gourmet breakfast, afternoon tea/refreshments, and complimentary evening turndown service. Please visit our home page for a complete listing of our services and amenities.
The Edmonds Guest Room ($150 weekday/$175 weekend)
The Edmonds Bedroom
The Edmonds Bathroom
The Peck Guest Room ($175 weekday/$200 weekend)
The Peck Bedroom
The Peck Bathroom
The Traver Guest Room ($200 weekday/$225 weekend)
The Traver Bedroom
The Traver Bathroom
The Chace Suite ($200 weekday/$225 weekend)
The Chace Suite Bedroom
The Chace Suite Bathroom
The Esselstyn Suite ($225 weekday/$250 weekend)
The Esselstyn Suite Bedroom
The Esselstyn Suite Bathroom
WE’RE OPEN!
Our Grand Opening was well attended on Thursday, April 9.
After the ribbon cutting we welcomed over 80 guests to The Croff House, offering tours of the rooms and answering questions. The positive comments and support from everyone in attendance made us feel that we were off to a good start.
The following day was our first day with the “Vacancy” sign hanging up, but we did have guests! Our first guests were John and Janet from Westchaster, New York. They had been following the renovation progress on this blog and were eager to see the House in person, and seemed very impressed with what they saw. The following weekend we welcomed Larry and Susan from Ontario, Canada, who were on their way home and decided to spend a couple of nights with us. They too offered high praise for the work we had done and felt completely at home at The Croff House.
We have already found our “groove” the mornings when we have guests. Breakfasts went without a hitch (well at least as far as our guests knew) and eveeryone seemed very happy with the food and presentation.
And we continue to book reservations. So we are really off to a good start!
Our Guest Bedrooms/Suites
Please note: Additional pictures and rate information are available at www.bedandbreakfast.com/new-york-hudson-thecroffhousebedbreakfast.html
Well here they are. Pictures of the (mostly) finalized bedrooms/suites. I say “mostly” because we haven’t put the final, finishing touches to each room, nor have we hung the artwork throughout the house. That comes next.
Click on each picture for a detailed description.
We’ll be interested to hear your feedback.
A Great Day!
With just one week to go until our Open House, today marked a great milestone – the delivery of the majority of the furniture that will make The Croff House a memorable experience for all of our guests. You can now get a real sense of what each of the rooms will feel like to our guests.
It seems so long ago that we chose each piece – bed, chair, table – for each room. That it all works together so well and creates such a warm, welcoming environment is remarkable. We have hired a professional photographer to take the pictures for our final website. Until then, our non-professional pictures will have to do.
Almost there
Every day we take one step closer to completion of the renovations. Then we move on to the “detailing” of The House (cleaning all the door trim and baseboards, refreshing the floors after 6 months of construction traffic, etc.). Painting is going on, tiling is coming to completion, and the plaster work is finished. As we look forward we can see the end in sight (or is it just the beginning?). As we look back we see what tremendous progress has been made.
Things are starting to take shape and you can get a sense of what The Croff House aesthetic will be in terms of color and design.
A GREAT bathroom
Peck Bathroom spa showe
The finished bathroom in Peck
Glass mosaic wall and subway tiles in the Traver bathroom
Glass mosaic and subway tiles
Chase Suite bathroom painted
Traver bathroom painted
Fireplace in the Esselstyn Suite
Chace Suite fireplace framed
Chace Suite fireplace with ceiling fan
The second floor main staircase
Looking at the Dining Room medallion through the Living Room
Dining Room medallion close up
Edmonds shower
Spring Approaches
We finally have some warm(er) weather to thaw out from a snowy and bitterly cold period. Now things are just wet.
Things are moving very quickly at The Croff House and we have posted both on our website and Bed and Breakfast.com that we are planning to open on schedule Friday, April 10.
We are in the tiling/plastering/priming/painting stage and while it is fun to pick out colors it becomes daunting at times – so many colors, so many options. Narrowing it down gets easier once you put everything together. Most of the interior furnishings and lighting has been purchased and are awaiting the okay for delivery. Some items have already arrived, and currently reside in the living room (which we now lovingly refer to as “the warehouse”) of our house.
Artwork and furnishings
More of the same
Bedding, carpets and window treatments
We are pleased to report that the renovations to kitchen, though not a guest area have been completed.
The existing stove and new
Looking into the kitchen
Looking into the rear garden
Plastering wil be completed by February 13 and tiling completed by the 20th. Painting has begin in earnest this week.
Shower stall in the Peck Guest Room
Shower tile in the Traver Guest Room
Shower floor in the Traver Guest Room
The shower stall in The Chace Suite
The shower stall in the Chace Suite
The fireplace in The Chace Suite
Fireplace in the Esselstyn Suite
The shower stall in the Esselstyn Suite
The shower stall in the Esselstyn Suite
We expect to begin taking delivery of all of the furniture and carpets the week of March 2 and the stair runner, which will be last to be installed will be laid the week prior to opening.
The week of April 6 – our Grand Opening – will be very exciting indeed. On Thursday, April 9 we are hosting an Open House for all Columbia County Chamber of Commerce members as well as all the merchants along Warren Street to introduce The Croff House officially to the business community. The Open House will be preceded by a formal ribbon cutting ceremony on the step of the inn.
April 10, our Grand Opening date, coincidentally corresponds to the original date of the inauguration of Willard Place in 1872. So once again it is an auspicious date for Hudson and the neighborhood.
A New Year – Progress Continues
As 2008 drew to a close and 2009 began progress continued at the inn.
We were very excited to get our online reservation capability up and running. Guests can now check our availability and book a reservation on our website. We have already taken several reservations for the upcoming summer, which means we need to stick to our timeline in order to open as planned. On a snowy Sunday afternoon we went furniture shopping and purchased all the furniture for the Dining Room, Library and Living Room as well as several occasional chairs for the guest rooms. All of this was in addition to the beds which were ordered previously.
Hudson was hit with several snow and ice storms slowed but we forged on. The goal was to get the plumbing and electrical “rough-ins” completed and inspections passed. As the better part of the old paint and wallpaper were being removed we also needed to address the plaster damage that, over the life of the house, had never really been properly repaired. Plaster work began with some minor and some major work in all areas of the House. Some sheetrock walls were put up as well, especially in Edmonds, giving a good feel for what the final room will look like.
Over the next two weeks we expect a great deal of progress including the application of an eco-friendly soy-based insulation for both temperature stabilization and sound buffering throughout the house. Installation of the high-efficiency “on-demand” hot water systems and sheetrock for each of the showers is also planned for the next few weeks.
Below you’ll find the latest pictures of the progress mentioned above. Check back in a couple of weeks and I’m sure you’ll see even more.