Patterned Charm: Inside Highlander Mountain House in North Carolina

Photography by Maggie Braucher courtesy of Highlander Mountain House

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.