Eastwind’s Lake Placid reception area is filled with 1970s finds, like an Up & Up travertine table.
Photo: Jackie Caradonio/Monacelli

It’s finally feeling like fall, which awakens a feverish desire in the average New Yorker to go upstate and pick an apple.

But where to stay when you’re done? Jackie Caradonio’s The Inn Crowd (new this week from Monacelli) takes you through some of the boutique options in and around New York, with a hotel for every taste — American Girl (buttoned-up maximalism at Pleasant Rowland’s Inns of Aurora) or Scandi glamp (Eastwind Hotels’ collection of A-frame cabins) or hot-person wedding weekend (the Henson, part of the Contra/Wildair extended universe).

Let’s have a look.

Hensonville, New York

The millwork in the library at the Henson was a late addition to the property and was designed with a local artisan. The books became an obsession, arriving in bulk almost by the day.

The formerly dark living room at the Henson was taken down to the studs to open up the ceilings. The Oriolo Rosewood lounge chairs are by Claudio Salocchi.

The private dining room at the Henson centers on a long, early-20th-century provincial table.

Photographs by Jackie Caradonio/Monacelli

Locations across New York State

Cozy cabins with private bonfires are scattered across Eastwind’s forested properties.

At the heart of Eastwind Oliverea Valley’s 47 acres is a double-height slant-roofed main building that houses Dandelion, the farm-to-fork restaurant and bar.

At Eastwind Oliverea Valley’s main lodge, Scandi details mix with an antique fireplace and rounded vintage sofa.

Photographs by Jackie Caradonio/Monacelli

Aurora, New York

Rowland House’s attic is home to a pair of suites that pay homage to MacKenzie-Childs, the iconic ceramics house Pleasant Rowland acquired in 2001. The suites were hand-painted in the brand’s classic patterns, Courtly Check and Pure Sunshine. In the black-and-white room, a pair of Chinese folk-art paintings add pops of color.

In the yellow suite, Pleasant Rowland insisted that the armchair be raised so guests can see the views of Cayuga Lake while seated.

Leffingwell House, Pleasant Rowland’s private home, bears all the hallmarks of her inns, including sentimental touches like her father’s desk and her mother’s china.

In the main parlor at E.B. Morgan House, a cabinet is filled with Pleasant’s yellow Wedgwood china.

At Zabriskie House, chairs are covered in Galbraith & Paul’s hand-blocked Flora fabric to match. Block paintings by the artist Sam Richardson mirror the color scheme.

Photographs by Jackie Caradonio/Monacelli

Saugerties, New York

In the living room of the Villa at Saugerties, velvet sofas pair with chairs in emerald and royal-blue velvet.

A guest room’s balcony terrace at the Villa at Saugerties features custom steel railing, 18th-century Sicilian lava-stone floor, and a mosaicked café table for two.

In the entry at the Villa at Saugerties, the vintage rug is Moroccan, the custom silver leaf tin mirror is from Mexico, and the stool was purchased in nearby Rhinebeck.

Photographs by Jackie Caradonio/Monacelli

Sullivan County, New York

In the Rooftop Terrace Suite at Kenoza Hall, vintage landscapes and still lifes are arranged on a gallery wall; books on fishing fill the nearby cabinet.

The wood-paneled walls and fieldstone fireplace in the lounge at Hemlock Neversink are enhanced with cozy custom sofas and chairs and a collection of antique pottery.

A green velvet headboard was made locally. The steel table lamps were custom-made in Mexico.

Photographs by Jackie Caradonio/Monacelli

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