This little light of mine

As rooms get painted, the light fixtures are going up and they are looking gooood. A special thanks to K80 for all her hard work researching the lights so that we only had to pick from 200 instead of 5,000. It seems like ages ago that we had the lights ordered and delivered so it is exciting to see them going up.

Chandelier in the Dining Room

(still has plastic protecting it)

Chandelier in the 3rd floor landing

Hallway fixtures

Bathrooms

2nd floor Hallway

Progess Report

A peek into the entry from the dining room

The ceiling painting master.
Mike hanging the Dining Room chandelier

The picky cutting in with the boy

Brady and Clark outlining the parking lot with granite

Prepping the lawn for the winter after raking and blowing leaves
for 2 days.

The first floor painting is moving right along. The entry is looking fresh in "Longacre" Green and contrasts well against the red dining room. McK, K80 and I worked on the very very picky cutting in of the trim in the dining room and entry, Chelle painted ceilings, Mike hung lights and racked leaves with the boys, Kevin became one with the caulking gun in the dining room, Brady and Clark worked on putting up the granite slabs around the parking area, while JD gave the Inn what could be its last mow of the year.

When the light went up in the dining room it made the room feel that much more done. It is amazing to see these rooms transform and quite rewarding to see our efforts make something look so good. This is the fun part!

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