Whenever we return to Bayfront Marin House in St Augustine, Florida, we know to expect fabulous room transformations...
An Awesome Low-Cost Room ReDo: Tangible Takeaways from our AIHP Presentation
At the AIHP conference in April, we presented “The Guest Room, Reborn: Minimal Investment for Maximum Impact”. In that...
Sharing our Secrets: How to Get Those Amazing “Inside-Out” View Photos
Over the years, we have accumulated a stack of emails from customers touting the business increases they’ve received from their new...
Before and After: Small Changes = Big Impact At Mercersburg Inn
For many years, we had heard Mercersburg Inn described as a super-special property. Located in a small town in central...
Get Inspired with These Room Makeovers!
In preparing for our presentation, “Take Your Guest Rooms from Yesterday to Today and from Tired to Fresh—On...
Great Ideas for Blending Traditional and Contemporary Styles from Saratoga Arms
We recently did an “update shoot” for one of our favorite inns, the grand Saratoga Arms, in downtown...
A Look Back at 2013: 10 Amenities, Trends and Ideas we Loved
1) Bed and Breakfast…and COFFEE! We’ve always thought coffee represented “low-hanging fruit”–easy to improve upon and impress guests...
Dramatic Decor Update for The Venerable Fairthorne Inn
We were recently invited back to re-shoot a few rooms which were remodeled at Fairthorne Inn in Cape...
>Making the Most of Those “Small” Rooms at Your Inn
>When we entered the Inn business in 1999, the general consensus was that larger, pricier rooms booked first...
Getting Ready for the Photographer: 15 Tips for a more Successful Shoot
>We’ve heard it from countless hoteliers and innkeepers: along with a smart and sensitively-designed website, professional photography is...