Fire Alarm Red!

We have some new blood in town--Brady and Kevin are here to work and have got right down to it. Yesterday McK, K80, and Brady were doing some of the finicky cutting in of the dining room red. Kevin had been in there working on it as well but got hit with one of the MANY MANY sick bugs floating around Windsor at the moment. He is on day 3 now so he should be fine in a day or two. Welcome to Vermont! I love the way the red is looking and it perfectly matches the red of the fire alarms that have been installed through out the Inn (annoyingly in the middle of some walls) so it blends right in. We did that on purpose, of course ;)

Welcome Brady!

The blending fire alarm to the left

BEFORE

Back when we were stripping the painted wall paper--ugh! McKay is actually working in
practically the same place in the picture below.

AFTER

Fabric Fun

Rooms 1,2,3

Rooms 2 and 3

Room 4

It is always inspiring to bring out the fabrics. Today we were making sure we had what we needed for each room and shifting things here or there depending on what we had. It is coming together. K80 and Chaz have nearly completed reupholstering a set of Brimfield chairs and they look fantastic--really really really good. The girls made cookie bars while we worked.

Changing days

It is getting cooler every day now. My autumn foliage picture taking plans have been foiled with an evil cold I am hosting. Here are a couple and I hope there are more to come.

--Chris

Moondance

The Snapdragon Crew has been taking a bit of a break in order to volunteer their time and talents to help with Windsor's annual Moondance. Wonder what Moondance is? Well come on out to Windsor tomorrow night with your family and check it all out. There will be plenty to see and do for folks of all ages. The Snapdragon Inn is excited to be a part of the community of Windsor. Moondance is just one more activity that makes Windsor a wonderful destination for history, beauty and FUN!

You can find out more on Facebook at the "Moondance Windsor VT" page.

--Joy

A Green Idea

A few weeks ago mom and I drove out to see Big Red in New Mexico and saw many hotel rooms on our journey. We were road tripping on a budget and didn't stay anywhere very special but I noticed many "green" ideas that most chain hotels have adopted. One hotel has a little "rag" that is a bit from an older towel with a little explanation about not using the new towels to scrub your shoes or check your oil and to use the "rag":) Another hotel had this same idea but it was a paper towel for this same use as pictured below. All of the rooms had some notice about reusing the towels and ways to conserve water. I think it would be great to have something like this at the Snapdragon--a little nicer than a rag or a paper towel perhaps but the idea is great.


--Chris

This is what happens when...

the adults all have a meeting and the kids are "playing" in the next room.
I am sure they love it. Who wouldn't like stringing your parents entire supply of toilet paper all over the toy room that your mom just cleaned--it was really clean when we started the meeting.

Painting 200 year old windows

It has been a while since I have worked at the Inn since I had a baby in July and was on and off of bed rest the last 2 months of my pregnancy but I am back to the painting and it feels pretty good-- except I am left with the task of painting some pretty old windows. Windows are hard to paint on the best of days, let alone 200 year old windows. It is NEVER boring at the Inn.

--Chris