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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Progress on the renovations continues at a fast pace.  Gary, our electrician, feels his work will be ready for inspection by Christmas.  Tom, our plumber, and his team are also moving forward quickly.  The first two parts of the plumbing aspect, removal of the old pipes  and the installation of the new, is essentially complete.  Now the hot and cold water lines will be run to each guest bathroom and the installation of the “on-demand” hot water system begins.  Then the system gets inspected and, assuming The Croff House passes inspection, the walls are “closed up” and the finishing work begins.

We have a great team of tiling, insulation, and finish carpentry experts at the ready once both the electrical and plumbing inspections are completed.  We have selected all of the bathroom tile and are happy to report that all of the bathroom fixtures have arrived and are awaiting installation.

So progress continues.

Our first guest room begins to take shape.  The framing of the entrance wall/shower wall was completed, including the room’s hall closet.  Thanks to the renovation the room boasts a new 14 foot vaulted ceiling, giving the room more space and light.  The Edmonds Room, named after John Worth Edmonds, a prominent New York judge in the 1800′s, is the only room located on the first floor and offers a queen-sized bed, comfortable seating, ample closet space and lovely views of the rear garden.  The bathroom features a walk-in shower and backlit stained glass window that welcomes guests as they enter the room.  The Edmonds Room is a very warm and welcoming space.

 A new arbor has been installed to give the existing trumpet vines support and will probably be well grown over by next summer.  A new cast iron lamppost provides a warm welcome to our guests while low voltage lighting illuminates the front walkway, our (soon-to-be installed) street sign and other landscaped elements.  The existing back yard fence has been relocated, reset and reworked to include a new side gate and new “main” gate for easy entry to the back.  Finally new trees and flowering shrubs have been planted in the back gardens so that their spring blooms are well timed for our Grand opening.

Now it’s onto bulbs!!!