John Kensett Suite - Dance Chamber House

Danskammer House is a charming, 3-story B&B with 5 guest suites; 4 indoor common spaces; and multiple outdoor porches, patios, and terraces. Nestled in a small village perched above the Hudson River, the B&B affords scenic views over our gardens, village rooftops, the Hudson, and nearby Taconic Mountains. Centrally located, the B&B is an ideal springboard for day trips: four season recreation, dining venues, craft beverage tours, higher education, and rich historical and cultural resources. The space The John Kensett Suite, one of five guest suites at the B&B, is located on the southwest corner of the second floor. Our smallest room, the Kensett Suite is furnished with two long twin beds, an ensuite bathroom with transom-supplied borrowed light, and a closet. Furnishings include Dover-style oak beds made by Amish craftsmen, a shared night stand, two side chairs, a tilt-top table, a console table, and multiple lamps. Oriental rugs highlight the refinished original knotty pine floors. The suite's centerpiece is Kensett’s bucolic scene (1855) of the Bash Bish Falls, located in the Berkshire Hills on the New York – Massachusetts border. The room’s décor highlights pastoral hues of green, ivory, and gray. The room benefits from both morning and evening light from its three windows that look down to Danskammer’s side yard gardens and front hedges. The Kensett Suite is equipped with a Mitsubishi ductless unit affording individual guest control of the heating and cooling system The guest suite also offers an individually controlled ceiling fan in the bedroom and an energy-boost heater in the bathroom. The standard rate for the John Kensett Suite assumes double occupancy, but may vary on weekends, seasonally, or during peak periods. Guest access Indoors, enjoy the top-floor Church Lounge in all seasons with its expansive sunrises over the Hudson River and Taconic Mountains and its filtered sunsets through tree-crested river hills. The Lounge provides robust WiFi and multiple ethernet ports. Relax in the spacious environment and prepare yourself a beverage at the coffee bar or store your locally purchased beverages in the micro-fridge. Choose a favorite nook from the many club chairs and multiple window benches, and then curl up with the latest morning news, a good book, a new musical CD, or a classic movie. Outdoors, in season, take afternoon tea on the front porch or rear patio, stroll through Danskammer’s gardens, or relax after dark by the fire pit on the gravel terrace. Robust WiFi is available everywhere on the grounds. In sunny weather, the Downing Garden Room -- where breakfasts are typically served -- offers abundant morning light and showcases Danskammer’s gardens, orchards, and berry patches in the backyard. Guests may also enjoy spending time in the more formal Lane Living Room, where they can engage the hosts and other guests in conversation. The hosts' bedroom, kitchen, laundry, and basement prep spaces are not available to guests. During your stay The hosts of Danskammer House enjoy greeting visitors to the Hudson Valley from the USA and abroad, and welcome them as guests into our home regardless of race, creed, ethnic background, national origin, sexual orientation, or other personal identities. In this small temporary community, the innkeepers encourage dialogue, practice discretion, and request mutual tolerance. Retired from the higher education and non-profit sectors, the multilingual innkeepers have had the good fortune to travel in all fifty states and to live in other parts of the world; accordingly, they and members of the staff are committed to extending the same gracious welcome and warm hospitality they have enjoyed elsewhere to guests from all walks of life. They are especially pleased to linger with visitors over a cup of coffee or a glass of wine and introduce visitors to the famous -- and also little known -- treasures of the Hudson Valley and Catskill Mountains corridor of upstate New York. With advance notice, the hosts may be able to meet guests from New York City and international visitors, whether arriving by Metro North and Amtrak trains at Poughkeepsie Rail Station or arriving by plane at Stewart International Airport. Other things to note Food and Beverage Service: All rates assume double occupancy and include a multi-course breakfast and afternoon refreshment for two. If so inclined, guests are encouraged to climb the stairs early each morning to the third-floor Church Lounge for a Hudson Valley sunrise and a first cup of coffee or tea. Downstairs, the hosts start early in the kitchen and enjoy preparing hearty breakfasts sourced from our gardens or from other fresh, preserved, or cured local ingredients that showcase the products of the Hudson Valley’s farms, gardens, and orchards. Menus for, and the location of, the breakfast and an afternoon refreshment are published daily on the guest bulletin board in the Downing Garden Room and change frequently by season to highlight whatever may be fresh and local. The dishes themselves may emanate from the hosts’ food experiences during their travels and may sometimes reflect diverse culinary traditions throughout the United States and around the world. Breakfast is normally served in the Downing Garden Room, flooded with morning light. In fairer weather, breakfast may be taken al fresco on the backyard patio. From time to time during inclement weather, the innkeepers may offer breakfast in the more formal Cropsey Dining Room. The hosts will be happy to store beverages and provide glassware for any wines, beers, ciders, or other distilled products that guests may purchase in the region and may wish to enjoy during their stay.