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Among the favorite things about travel is. Where we traveled to Puerto Rico performing wedding photo shoots we fulfilled Shannon Greer in a magazine job. You truly get to know somebody when you work that closely with someone (5 am call times, hectic scouting days), and we fell in love with Shannon’s laid-back demeanor, sense of humor and terrific style.
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So when he said he and his artist spouse Charlotta Janssen (who also runs the restaurant Chez Oskar in Brooklyn) were restoring a historical building in NY’s Hudson Valley and considering launching it a guesthouse, we knew it would be something special.
The Hudson Milliner was a hat shop. Shannon and Charlotta revived the construction, sourcing much of the decoration. Details wherever possible were left intact: believe pre-tin plaster moldings, pocket doors, and mahogany woodwork. Design accents include clawfoot bathtubs, vintage appliances and art that is fantastic, of course.
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Rooms are named after different types of hats, trendy and each unique. The Bowler is a spacious suite with kitchen and a vintage stove, ideally for cooking up everything you find from Hudson Valley farmer’s markets.
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There are Cloche two smaller rooms and Fedora. But my favorite is Best Hat, a suite overlooking the main drag, Warren Street of Hudson, with loads of brick, a loft alcove and an antique writing desk.
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Shannon says that they get a lot of destination wedding couples who married at local Basilica Hudson, a 19th century factory turned performance space. It’s a snap to bring into crew and a planner from NYC to transform the spare interior, which includes 5 occasion spaces you can use or combine for one enormous bash.
They also get honeymooners from NYC and Boston, enticed by the natural beauty and fantastic food scene of Hudson.
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I’d be remiss by not mentioning how gifted Shannon is a photographer. Check out these pictures of his neighbors!
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