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climb to the lounge, Hinckley decided that something extra was needed to support the separating wall and settled on a light fixture. He recalled wringing his hands and moaning over how to get a custom design done in time by one of the New York or European firms that specialize in that work.
"Hutch said. ‘Why don’t you go across the street?’ ” Hinckley recalled. "I was amazed to find a place here in Little Washington where we could get something done right away that would have taken weeks anywhere else." he added with a laugh. Working with Charles Eldred from the Washington House of Repreductions. Hinckley was able to go from design to final product in just a few days.
As the March 4 deadline for reopening The Inn approached. pressure began to build. The partners.returned .from the .Caribbean, the second half of their winter vacation, just in time for O’Connell to hit upon an inspired diamond design for the reception room’s tiled floor. Hinckley took over the helm from his assistant Rick Shepherd who had supervised the project while the architect was in Greece.
"There were some last minute screw-ups." Hinckley recalled. The fabric ordered months before from a prestigious New York house was "late. late, late." forcing seamstress Ann Whitcomb of Whitlan House in Warrenton to rush. rush, rush on pillows. drapes and banouettes.
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