"The most successful boutique hotels make the most of the raw material they’re given — in the case of the Amelia Hotel, in the small upstate city of Hudson, that’s a 19th-century Queen Anne–style house on a quiet residential street a short walk from Warren Street, the town’s main drag. It’s undergone a thorough but very sensitive renovation, and has been updated with modern furniture and quietly chic design pieces, as well as pieces by some big names in modern and contemporary art." - Mitchell Friedman