Anglophilia meets Appalachia at Highlands Mountain House, newly opened lodgings in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. There, in a redone 1885 house, charming wallpapers mix with patterned textiles for the feel of a whimsical English house in an unlikely spot.
The entry to Highlander Mountain House.
Good old-fashioned keys behind the front desk.
One of the communal living areas, with a stone fireplace and easy furnishings.
Inside The Ruffed Grouse, the in-house tavern, with sage green shipboard-style cladding.
The 18 guest rooms are all done in delightfully mismatched patterns, with wallpapers and upholstered headboards from the likes of Morris & Co., Pierre Frey, Mulberry Home, Cole & Son, and House of Hackney.
A sweet but not too sweet floral guest room.
A jaunty wallpapered niche with a mix-and-match headboard.
Guest rooms are fitted with Wright mattresses, Marshall speakers, and old-school alarm clocks.
A lush blue and green guest bedroom.
The pea stone courtyard, part English country estate, part mountain lodge.