The Colonial Room is a classic, dignified Vermont farmhouse bedroom, with wide plank floors, twin beds or can be made into a proper king upon request and wood-burning fireplace. Old photographs hang on the walls, and the long lace curtains on the windows pull back to reveal the main street and the general store. For bedtime reading, there's an original 1918 copy of "The Complete Works of William Shakespeare." This is a classic and very comfortable room.

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The Colonial Room may be the Inn's simplest room. Its shallow, but nevertheless long proportions, sloped ceiling, low reaching windows and wide plank floors give the fleeting impression of an attic space converted. The heavily divided spaces, small but dignified (and a little maze-like) are typical of the second floor rooms in historic Vermont houses. The impression is intentional. The room was designed as a Vermont farmhouse bedroom, part of the historic theme of the whole north building.

The main building of the Inn is actually made up of three distinct but connected buildings. The north building has historical details, the middle building displays present day facets and the south building has futuristic aspects - i.e. details that have evolved from current and past elements into somewhat new directions.

Originally, the intent was for the Colonial room to have an even simpler design. The walls were to be left plastered white, the curtains sedate, the furnishings modest and rural. However, partway through the construction the room appeared too successfully plain. At this point it was embellished with wallpaper, painted molding, drapery and more sophisticated furnishings that lend the room a sweeter if slightly southern flair.

Courtney Fisher executed the original room design. Courtney is an architect and architectural historian who, in addition to designing the Colonial room and the Robert Frost Library below it, acted as the historical consultant for the entire project. Karen Schmitz of Karen's Fabrics and Trading Co. evolved the wall finishes, Maggie Smith selected the furnishings, and Kate Stevens of Sellers and Co. Architects designed the stone and tile work in the bathroom.