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All guest accommodations are
equipped with wireless Internet service, telephone, bottled water,
snack plate, bathrobes, hair dryer, iron and board, clock-radio and
abundant toiletries. All Queen bedrooms invite your rest upon a
Stearns and Foster mattress. Our overnight guests also enjoy a
complimentary breakfast served each morning at a convivial common
table and coffee / tea tray at check-in.
Emerson Room
Pull
the overstuffed armchair close to the flickering flame of your private
gas-log fireplace, peruse a copy of Emerson‘s Essays and let the
evening drift by in warmth and reverie. From this ground-floor
guestroom you can gaze through the bay window to witness the setting
sun glorify an aged tree, planted by Bronson Alcott’s own hand, or
study the intricate outline of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s home that
stands directly across the roadway.
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The Emerson room is appointed with a Pineapple Four-poster Queen bed, room-size Oriental rug, Eastlake loveseat and Asian and American antique side tables. The colorful striped wallpaper and balloon curtains convey the design sensibility of the 19th century and compliment the variety of artwork on display that include antique ukiyo-e prints by Hiroshige, Kunisada, Takeuchi and Hokusai, Indonesian bas-relief of birds and flowers and a decorative fireplace mantle, hand-carved by the Innkeeper. A doily, made by Margaret Sydney [author of Five Little Peppers], is displayed above the claw foot desk. An ample bathroom with cherry-wood floor provides tub/shower and pedestal sink. |
Sleepy Hollow Room
A radiance brushes the skylight and bathes your west-facing guestroom in a natural glow, highlighting the peach tint of flowered wallpaper and formal green swag curtains, as you rest from a day's activities and sink into the down-stuffed Henronden armchairs.
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This cozy, ground-floor room is furnished with a [c.1820] Double Canopy bed made of tiger maple, Eastlake commode and a pair of Sheraton [c.1820-1830] bedside tables. You will be intrigued studying the artwork hung for your pleasure that include 19th century works by Toyokuni and Hiroshige, Indonesian wood carving and Balinese mask. Double windows look out over birdfeeders and quarter-acre field. Bathroom offers tub/shower and west-looking window. |
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Punkatasset Room
Your eyes are pleased by the exciting contrast of subdued shadow and vibrant color. The play of sun through skylight washes the lace-draped iron and brass Canopy Queen bed, Italian glass lamps are lit from within and a marvelous red velvet Empire daybed calls you to lounge by the windows and smell the flowerbeds that lie beyond.
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The stunning wallpaper of this ground-floor guestroom is the perfect backdrop to showcase fine furnishings. Here you will enjoy Empire and Sheraton [c.1830-1840] bedside tables, a museum quality [c.1740] George III handkerchief table, Rococo Revival slipper chair, a rare [c.1870] Stevensograph from Hangchow, a framed example of the "Forbidden Stitch" and a lovely Ukiyo-e diptych, by Toyokuni, dated 1857. An intimate bathroom with shower shows a bold stroke of color and is hung with original artwork. |
Musketaquid Room
Sunrise filters through a sieve of ancient maple boughs and breaches the bay window sill; an autumn morning embraces you. The flood of warmth charges the room with a glow of burnt umber, sienna and rust as walls and carpets and the burnished wood of antiques awaken.
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The second-floor Musketaquid room offers respite upon a Reed-post Queen Canopy bed that is flanked by black and gold Chinese lacquer cabinets. Beside the Victorian [c.1860] marble-top, walnut table you will find a foldout couch, for lounging or to accommodate an extra over-night guest. The drop-front paneled desk [c.1840] offers workspace and a comfortable chair where you can study the wall decorations: Balinese screen mirror, hand-stitched panel and woodblock prints [c.1840] by Eisen and Kunisada. A leaded-glass window ushers light into the agreeable small bathroom with
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Alcott Room
Double entry doors add privacy to your airy corner retreat where you may find the Rice-post Canopy Queen bed as inviting as the sweeping view from the bay window. Take your ease upon the intricately in-laid fruitwood settee and give thanks for the treasures that you hold in your heart.
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A Victorian butternut bureau [c.1850] and elaborate ball and spool table [c.1860] are reflected in the full-length mirror against a backdrop of delicately flowered wallpaper in this second floor guestroom. Look out your window and see Nathaniel Hawthorne's home or contemplate the objects d'art in the display cabinet. Your attention may be drawn by the varied framed art works that include an original brush painting by Kagetashi [c.1930], ukiyo-e print by Toyokuni I [c.1810], and 19th century bird prints from the USGA Survey. Tiled bathroom offers pedestal sink and tub/shower accented with a hand-made batik shower curtain. |
Walden Room
Lace subdued windows open through flowering-vine impressed black wallpaper, Chinese-red walls create a counter point below the white painted chair-rail, and you relax in a pair of Renaissance Revival chairs sharing memories of your journey.
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A sense of security permeates this second floor guestroom
enhanced by the solid forms of antique furnishings.
Appointments include a fine Canopy Queen bed, Captain's
Davenport desk of walnut [c.1870], English Georgian
cock-bead chest [c.1800], pair of Chinese hand-painted
lacquer cabinets and 19th century ukiyo-e woodblock print by
Kunisada. The color scheme continues in the L- shaped
bathroom that features tub/shower, fir floor and Chinese
grass paintings. |
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Concord Room
Texture and color playfully commingle to amuse you in this Folk-art filled guestroom, where teal walls sprout hand-crafted decorations and grapevines entwine the carved posts of your Queen
bed.
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A Swiss armoire [c.1860] painted with Nature's inspiration, a Larkin desk holding an unfinished journal, the platform rocker from generations past, and the quiet of a moonlit night invites your repose. The second-floor Concord room offers a foldout bed, for an extra overnight guest, and provides a bathroom with shower and Eastlake commode. |
Seated each morning about a convivial dining table you will be served, on hand-painted Dedham pottery, wholesome fresh-baked breads with specialty jams, ripe seasonal fruits and succulent juices, granola made locally with berries and maple sugar, yogurt or cheese, and a selection of fine teas or our own special blend of freshly roasted coffee.
All of our seven guestrooms are equipped with a digital clock radio, in-season air
conditioning and telephone with data port. Fax service is available upon request.
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