Our Hotel Rooms - The Furniture

The main reason of the furniture we place in a hotel room, is to be making your stay comfortable, give it a homey feeling and a minimal challenge to be dealing with, creating flawless little spaces for each task.
It is rather a simplistic way of saying "thank you, we designed the space for you to easily navigate around, and we hope there is nothing in your way"

During the years, I leaned that people will change the furniture around in the room and, no matter what we do, everyone has an idea they like you to listen to and eventually expect you to change the furniture according to their suggestions. It's not going to match everyone's taste.

The hotel owners, proprietor or whatever you feel like calling us, have a greater responsibility that many can think of! In everything we do, at least 99% of the time, we will have you in mind: when we furnish a room, when designing that, when we decorate, with every move and purchase we are taking in consideration how functional that is, how that particular product services the purpose of making your stay comfortable, how easy is to have appliances placed in a particular spot in a room...

We are people with knowledge, - or all of us should be, knowledge of interior design, - color coordination, educated ourselves and have the information on how our facility should have a lasting impression on your visit and,  we hope you to build great memories of your stay and to remember our place for a long time.

So, as much as we love to listen to your suggestions, they are not always to the most's benefits and furniture is set in the room with a purpose, of design and comfort in mind!
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Looking Back (Before & After)

Enjoy this photo gallery, a view of our property's progression with the century.

What to Expect - Part II

Summer!


Fun time, trip planning, exploring Wisconsin River, history and architecture - Taliesin, American Players Theater, natural settings - State parks and nature preserves, caves and more... arts, rural life, cultural odds...


These will be just a few reasons we can have you travel in our region, oh... that driftless Wisconsin!


Although we are having several events during the summer you can check with us and find out more on our Blog; we really offer Special rates and more incentives online and have them listed everywhere.


Welcome to The Usonian Inn, welcome to Spring Green!

Where to look for our GREAT OFFERS/savings!

It is hard to be on the phone and start talking about our list of offers. It might give me a dry mouth quickly, that's why we have our offers listed online; they will be mostly in our BLOG, Facebook, and several link or even the Blog posts.

• we try to list some offers in each post if possible  

• check our blog page on the right column for links to more saving

• see our rewards (red tab on the blog page - top right side)

             http://usonianinn.blogspot.com/

             http://www.networkedblogs.com/blog/where_history_meets_the_green_future

• see what we list on Facebook, go to our business page and look for the Red tabs/REWARDS 

• Please Like us and we love to reward you back!

          https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Usonian-Inn-LLC/101983281428 

Get to know what's going in our community and what else can interest you, and what can you to do when in the area

• We also list here on Merchantcircle, offers, newsletter, see review, some pictures..

S A V I N G S   C O N T I N U E S . . .

more FREE giveaways

What to do when in the area that will not cost you money - TIPS!

• Walking - there is just a short distance to walk to our Spring Green's own  Nature Preserve

       (see more info on Spring Green Chamber of Commerce web pages or their facebook page

• bike our trails along Wisconsin River and the River Valley Area, see maps

• Bird watching is another fun activity you can do here, and if you know of any club - get involved and learn what Wisconsin offer best.

• First Friday After Five  --The First Friday of the Month in Spring Green brings some little special treats, wine sampling, featured artist, music, or special sales when you visit our shops.  Open until 8 pm.  Stop in and enjoy shopping in Spring Green!

• got here mid week? got the blues? enjoy a session at the Sh*tty Barn!  - live music and locally brewed beer!

• not going to a play in town? - enjoy a reading/discussion session at Arcadia Book Store 

    small fees apply

• you can always enjoy our Village pool and tennis courts that are a walking distance from our motel 

• canoeing this summer, check out rental places in Helena - 1/2 mile East of Spring Green - at Trader's Bar and Grill and Canoe rentals
• also try Wisconsin Canoe Company

• for a small daily fee or annual pass - visit some of our state parks and discover the beauty of Wisconsin!  - very close drive to Tower Hill State Park,  also try Natural Bridge State Park

Come back and read more!

Escape to Wisconsin Campaign!

Although we had some early heat waves in March in Wisconsin, then closer to normal temperatures during the month of April and May, we are fortunate to be on the cooler side and enjoy the climate as normal; strange weather twists iare taking over the nation, and we are experiencing EXTREME weather patterns everywhere from South to North and so is the West and the East.

What's happening in our neighbors yard! see ABC video on Yahoo.
http://news.yahoo.com/video#video=29660993

We got it so good yet!
The 7 days outlook seems to be gorgeous and bringing us the much needed rain relief!
http://www.wkow.com/weather


Plan right and Travel to Wisconsin this season!
IT's summer, bring on the FUN to Wisconsin!

Find our Historic property's info on google listing or on our web page, get to explore the area before you are here!

We have an app for your mobile device and offer online booking as well.

What to Expect - Part I

What could YOU expect from our property


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Physical location and the building

• conveniently located on the North side of Spring Green village
• situated on a park like setting
• walking distance from downtown, shopping area and restaurants, nature conservancy
• near state parks, close driving distance
• simplistic architecture, USONIAN style (if not familiar with Frank Lloyd Wright's style, this is a different design then your usual buildings)
• building sits on the N side of Hwy 14 and the intersection of county Road 23 South;
• office situated in the middle of the building, has 5 rooms on the West wing, left to the office (rooms 1-5), and 6 rooms on the East wing, on the Right side of the office (rooms 6-11)
• renovated - bathrooms designer makeover, recently accomplished
• green sustainable property
• patio furniture
• simplistic furnished but with taste
• country settings/rural area
• bicycle trails start from our property edge to take you to your destination

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Personnel

• great personnel on duty 7:30AM - 10PM (exceptions on Saturdays/Sundays when we close earlier as time )

• prompt service

1. emails are looked at and replied to, a few times a day - at least by the end of each day
2. phone messages - we call you back as soon as we are free to do so; if we are not able to answer your on the spot, leave a message - 
3. if secondary line rings please feel free to leave a message, we will be treating those with the same promptitude

• we treat you with respect, and wish you have a great, relaxing, restful experience with us
• room service by request
• wake up calls
• special arrangements for late check in
• we do reserve the right to have meals and close the office for lunch or brakes

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Online access services

• we've gone MOBILE!
• you can access our page 24/7 - easy ways to navigate ( read more then just the WELCOME page to find answers to  MANY of your questions)
• provided - pictures from our property- photo gallery with interior/exterior and surrounding area, (off "Contact Us" tab on our web side pages)

• interactive bar 

1. for questions, email, to set up meeting time for a return call or more
2. online reservations access (see schedule and rates), online booking is FREE
3. notifications and last minute updates
4. FIND us/LIKE us on Facebook or follow us twitter

• FREE WI-FI
• rooms have coffee makers, refrigerators and microwave, operable window for cross ventilation

• Online offers

• there are some offers almost on every page, read, search , find and take advantage when booking online (Space provided on the Form to list the offer you found) or by phone

• property policy - a PDF format, under Room and Rate/Amenities page
• access to our gift shop items, see sample, customizable item shop

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MISC

• a non-smoking and pet Free environment
• DirecTV noncommercial movies, sports packages
• Policy/Rules  "Rules are made NOT to be broken; accept the fact that we mean what we say and we need you to respect what is written."
• We are a Family Owned & Operated Small Business! (for more info, click on the link) 

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Accolades

• Tripadvisor cert of exclence.pdf

• Travel Green Wisconsin press release
• The Usonian Inn on the local news - WKOWTV (ABC)
• Press Release Article on your Green Accommodation
• Wisconsin State Register of Historic Places
• National Register of the Historic Places

Like our business Facebook page for many more good tips! 

Warmly, Carolina

The Interior Design - starting phase

There is always only so much a proprietor can do; this life, a hotel owner life is full of surprises, interruption,  multitasking,  start more projects at once, take reservations, make phone calls...

One of the so called "Small Project" for the past winter was to work on the Interior Design; changing a few things and bringing some colors to the room was partially though about for different reasons.

The old had to go to make room for the new; we started with the beds' covers

We already concluded that the reading chairs were a too light color and the wear was already showing too much.

With the help of a skilled good friend, I was able to obtain a much better looking reading chairs that will not show as much or easy the stains ans still be comfortable and fitting in.

This of course is taking time and yet we made the room like having new furniture and being a new place all together.


It is a matter of days now to bring  this project to an end. We will follow with a different post when that is accomplished.

TWO Successful Years

When I look back to the last two years, - I realize, we had a great success!
Many things there have been said about the place, our service and we managed to get this place finally to meet our own standards.

“We must make sure customer service culture is established early and deep,” I said,
“If we are not doing it better than anyone else, we are not getting the best return on investment on our hotel.
In this poor economy you have a real opportunity to take customers away from the competition, while also moving the needle on customer service upward.
Every incremental increase will create additional process by capturing new and retain customers."

It’s possible to fix most any problem before a guest’s departure, thereby ensuring their stay is a memorable one. Also, by addressing customer concerns, I am convinced it will make the difference in capturing repeat business hotels would otherwise lose.

We are extracting the negative from the guest before they leave. This is not a money-back guarantee; this is good operations and common sense.

The renovation we approached this past year was a great success and we get compliments all the time.

This is an exciting time in our business.

We are on the move and we, the hotel owners have achieved our goal quickly, we got into the spotlight on the local news paper, the TV station, and being awarded 3"Green" leaves out of 5 on http://www.istaygreen.org/; it is going to be proven that quality in customer service, comfort and cleanliness is what matters.

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Classic, comfortable, quiet

PHASE I - Designer make over!

After all, we wanted to make some upgrades to better the property and to better service our patrons.

With that in mind, we had to sit down and set: Goals, steps to follow, then implement them. As I call it Phase I, the bathroom area was the 1st to be redone, and when we looked at the project we decided then "EVERYTHING MUST GO!" It was not worth to replace just some of the "things" - it was rather everything.
So, the entire bathroom was redesigned and new fixtures ordered, found the contractor to commit to the project and we were ready to roll. The possibility of finishing the project before summer was slim, we went on to take care of the East Wing first. Six rooms were ready for my busy season. That was a great relief!

I went beyond awareness and show people how to get involved. People want to know how they can participate to help your efforts in helping the environment. I showed them how my hotel progressively got greener.


We printed and place out New Green Policy in our Guests Service Book, that is in each room. I talk about my environmental commitment publicly and often to the consumers who value it the most, and other that are not yet decided to commit to sustainability.

During the season, as I had people from all over the World, some Australians shared we us their experience, how advanced they country is in becoming "GREEN" and they like to see that in other places like the USA.

Over all, the input is great and people feel treated special at our property. or destination is getting involved, and what they can do to get involved, and how their participation or stay makes a difference.




From the desk of Carolina Dursina's,
Best wishes for a wonderful Holiday Season!