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Hi! Updates on the Inn

Hi Everyone my name is Shaylynn, some of you may have seen me around lately I just joined the team about a month ago, and wanted to blog to introduce myself. I am one of the innkeepers, I am here for you so let me know if there is anything I can do for you. [...]

Mollie, Harrison House & Tucker House San Juan Island Bed & Breakfast

Mollie our yellow lab hosted the editor of City Dog Magazine. Here is one of our favorite photos. She waits patiently for guests to come in a play with her.

News from San Juan Island’s Bed and Breakfast – Tucker House

As the town is preparing for its Centennial next year, the Town of Friday Harbor is busy researching and inventorying all the old houses. Last week, I received a copy of the wedding picture of Clarence and Marie Tucker dated December 23, 1900. I am excited to track down the originals that are known to [...]

New Restaurant Friday Harbor – Coho San Juan Island

Dave and I will be expanding the culinary offerings of the Inns with a restaurant opening up in early April called Coho. It is 2 blocks from the Inn at 120 Nichols Street. We will feature local and regional ingredients from the Pacific Northwest with a bit of an international twist. Our wine list will [...]

Spring Is Here Update – Lodging San Juan Islands, Washington

The Island is lovely this time of year. The grass is that bright spring green, the cherry trees have just popped their buds, and the tulips and daffodils are just beginning to open. Our first cut of the lawn is this weekend. This is a sign that we need to hurry up and finish our [...]

Tucker House Projects – San Juan Islands, WA

This week we started what seemed like a simple project – retiling the main Tucker House kitchen. Well it snowballed into a much larger kitchen renovation. We were designing on the fly. We kept asking each other what if? So we moved the vent. What if? We dry walled over a door that we no [...]

Accommodations San Juan Island – Update

The new birch hardwood floors in Victoria’s Flower Garden look great. Two rooms are complete and we are working on the flooring for the second bedroom and kitchen this week. We are in the process of designing the kitchen and selecting new tile for the back bathroom. Once we finish the floors, we will start [...]

Friday Harbor Hotels – Winter and Holiday Getaways

As the days begin to get colder and shorter, we are beginning to prepare for winter. One of our winter projects include a renovation to Victoria’s Flower Garden. We are installing new hardwood floors and a kitchen in the suite in early November. This is a fabulous – 2 bedroom 2 bath suite with a [...]

Tucker House Neighborhood -1905

Here is a picture of Friday Harbor taken in 1905. You can see the historic Tucker House and the Harrison House./Harrison%20House%20%26%20Tucker%20House%20150%20dpi.pdf

Tucker Family News!

In preparation for the Town of Friday Harbor’s centennial in 2008, the historical committee is hard at work researching the Town’s historic buildings. Today’s Tucker House is comprised of two historic homes – the 1898 house owned by Clarence Tucker and the 1900-1910 house owned by the Joy family. We shared some news clippings with [...]

Tucker House Gets New Color Scheme

The Tucker House received a new face lift this summer with a new exterior color scheme. We chose historical colors complimentary to our neighbor Inn the Harrison House. After the major interior renovations that were undertaken during the winter of 2006-2007, the Tucker Houses have been restored to their century-old opulence.