But the co-owners laughed when I complimented the sheets of all things—that was the only aspect of the hotel they didn’t have total control over. Like many smaller boutique hotels, they use a hotel linen service to provide sheets and do laundry off-site. When Danielle learned she wouldn’t be able to have the percale weave cotton sheets she’d typically opt for, she spent countless nights researching the merits of all types of sheets.
She likes that microfiber is durable and less susceptible to wrinkles—extremely important when you are making dozens of beds per day and each one needs to look and feel perfect. Plus, the fabric weight of Fresh Culture’s sheets is 120 grams per square meter, while 100 is typically considered high quality for microfiber sheets.
“If you’re coming to a hotel, you want to have the best sleep,” says Ely. “So we took the bed and all the choices around it very seriously.”
The rest of the products used for the bed were easy picks. The bed pillows are Casper’s original pillows, which I also ended up buying after the trip. The unique pillow-in-pillow design provides support that’s cozy and cloudlike rather than stiff and truly firm.
The Frankos wanted even the smallest room at the inn to have a king-size Dream mattress from Casper—the exact model they chose for their own bedroom, which they said is perfect for a hotel thanks to its soft yet supportive feel that can please everyone.
“Everything ties back to the theme of creating the inn that we want to visit,” says Ely. “We knew firsthand how comfortable the bed was, so it was an easy extension to provide that to all our guests.”
Since check out, I’ve spent dozens of nights in my own bed with touches pulled from the products at The Henson. I’ve been impressed that the least expensive element holds up to washing and wear while still feeling luxurious. The fact that climbing into bed and feeling the soft sheets always makes me think of a crisp fall weekend getaway to the Catskills makes it all even dreamier.