Hotel Means | The Tremont Loft
Wednesday 17 May 2017
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Nestled inward the pump of the Kootenays, is a petty jewel of an AirBnb called The Tremont Loft; a restoration projection of dear yesteryear creatives, Fiona Richards in addition to Douglas Jones of Cartolina Cards in addition to Cartolina retail store inward Nelson, B.C. Over the yesteryear brace of years, the brace has restored this 1890's miner's hotel, meticulously bringing it dorsum to life alongside to a greater extent than or less of it's master copy details, in addition to adding modern ones equally well, including the beautiful Tremont wordmark they designed. And right away it's ready to live on shared!
The loft is located to a higher house their observe winning retail shop, Cartolina inward downtown historic Nelson, B.C. There is a somebody entrance - alongside stairs from the sidewalk on Baker Street upwards to the loft. Within walking distance to wonderful cafés, restaurants in addition to retail shops, The Tremont Loft is the perfect infinite to brand your base of operations whether it's a 10 infinitesimal stroll downwards to the due west arm of Kootenay lake or a brusk motility out to the principal lake inward the summertime in addition to skiing inward the winter. There are endless things to produce inward the area.
We asked Fiona to part their story in addition to details virtually the space:
"Three years agone nosotros bought a real run downwards 1890’s hotel in addition to restored it to include our retail store in addition to wholesale draw concern on the principal flooring in addition to boutique hotel vogue accommodation upstairs - The Tremont Loft. It was fun to convey dorsum the history of the edifice physically - in addition to also inward spirit! Nelson BC was originally a silverish mining town inward the mountains in addition to is good known for it’s collection of historical buildings on it’s bustling principal street. We’ve lived hither 25 years."
(More later on the jump).
"Renovation revealed a volume of vintage treasures in addition to historical furniture/fixtures. We gutted the whole house in addition to reused in addition to recycled everything nosotros could - including edifice the beautiful kitchen isle out of the master copy hotel doors from 1891. The suite includes a bar that was originally used to sell bootleg liquor during the nation of war - a lay out of local quondam timers happily shared their stories of buying shots of illegal whiskey from the proprietor inward the 1940s".
"Some other details: We used unlaquered brass fixtures from England to perish along an authentic, tarnished expect inward the kitchen in addition to bathrooms. We recycled lumber from the renovation to create non solely the kitchen isle precisely also the dining tabular array in addition to the bath vanity. We used a big, vintage, steel safety door in addition to wheels to brand the java tabular array inward the living room".
"The Tremont Loft, is 1400 Sq/ft. Two King size bedrooms, ii total baths, a chefs kitchen, fireplace, in addition to a somebody courtyard (you may, or may not, live on interested inward the fact that the courtyard was a banquet room when nosotros bought the edifice - nosotros took the ceiling/roof off in addition to made it into an outdoor patio alongside the quondam brick walls etc. - Basically turning an within room into an exterior room - (another story downwards the route maybe?)"
Thank you lot Fiona in addition to Doug, let's accept a expect (below)!
The Tremont Loft
Website: thetremontloft.com
AirBnb - airbnb.ca/rooms/16242828
Instagram - @thetremontloft
#tremontloft
The Tremont Loft
Website: thetremontloft.com
AirBnb - airbnb.ca/rooms/16242828
Instagram - @thetremontloft
#tremontloft