![]() Inness is a shinier, newer, less idolized form of the very old stuff we've since gotten used to seeing in Somer's world. ![]() We would easily classify the look as hipster now, but at that moment in time it felt like a new escape route to the past. The people working at Freemans - with their hand-finished denim and carefully manicured facial hair - were rejecting modernism and making a deliberate connection to the artisanal and the well worn. felt like a fresh antidote to the sleek, lacquered, minimalist design trend predominant in restaurants and hospitality spaces at the time. The place that started Somer's foray into hospitality is Freemans, and if you were around for downtown NYC's Freemans era circa 2005, you will recall how the early Americana aesthetic embodied here - mercury glass, taxidermy, vintage hardware, etc. The guy who started it, Taavo Somer, is a household name in the NYC hospitality world for a style empire that spans cocktail bars, old-world barbershop and grooming specialist, bespoke suit atelier, and sporting club. Comprised of a farmhouse inn and cabins on acres of rolling farmlands, Inness is surrounded by a nine-hole golf course, tennis courts, a farm, a restaurant and bar, two pools, and a greenhouse shop filled with carefully curated home goods and specialty food items. All photos by Adrian Gaut / courtesy of Inness, unless otherwise noted.ĪCCORD, New York - There has been an excited and steady hum building around Inness, a sophisticated resort in New York's ever-popular Hudson Valley.
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