3rd Annual Holiday Visit to the Crane Estate

Once again, several of our members made the trek up to Castle Hill in Ipswich to see the fabulous Christmas decorations at the Crane Estate. Each year, the many rooms of the estate are decorated according to a theme. This year, the theme was “Nod to Nature”.

As it so happened and for the second year in a row, we had a fresh coat of snow for our ride up to Ipswich. The grounds and especially the marsh and beach greeted us.

One of our favorite rooms is always the library, and this year was no exception. How’s that for a location for the Christmas Tree? What makes the Crane Estate so special is that all of the rooms are furnished, and many of the items actually belonged to the family. Look for the photo of the Crane Family on the end table.

The dining room is where we usually spend most of our time – another fabulous spot. The arrangements on the buffet and on the table reflected the theme in a big way.

Each of the bedrooms were spectacular! We were particularly impressed with the seaside theme in one of the guest rooms – the packages were wrapped to look like waves, and note the mussel shell trees – just like the ones we made last year for the Hooper! That spectacular view is from Florence Crane’s bedroom which we did not want to leave! Notice how the white poinsettias draw in the snow!