A beautiful Inn. Warm and inviting inside and the park is so beautiful. We stayed in the Shaw Suite upstairs, it is a magical room. 4 poster bed, a fireplace and a skylight/moonlight right over the claw foot tub. With bubble bath. Excellent breakfast and coffee, tea selection is extensive. We were completely refreshed and happy!

This was our first experience with a B&B and didn't know what to expect- The room was small but enough room for the 2 of us- Even though I knew there wasn't a TV in the room- I really missed it. We had our own bathroom down the hall- clean and everything was well decorated to suit the Victorian home. The breakfast was great, meeting nice people. Paula the owner was very accommodating and hospitable. Ferndale is definitely a nice quiet town to get away! We then drove to HSU to pack up our daughter's dorm. We would stay again!

I called the Shaw House and made a reservation 4 months in advance of our trip. When I gave her my credit card number, I specifically asked to make sure that the card was not actually going to be charged at that time. I explained to her that I did not want to use that card for the trip, just for holding the room. "Of course, no problem." She replied. I was shocked a couple of days later when I logged onto my account and found that $170.20 - the amount of the first night - had been debited from my account! WTH????

When I called to request a refund and cancel my reservation, I specifically asked what the cancellation policy was. The woman was evasive and told me that info was in my e-mail confirmation. I asked if she could please just do me the courtesy of answering my question, and she assured me the entire amount of $170.20 would be refunded. I then fund out that $25.00 was withheld just for making the reservation in the first place. What a rip off!! Shame on you, Shaw House!!!

There are a lot of things to recommend this Inn - it's a beautiful Victorian building - elaborately decorated, in a nice town. There are real fireplaces in the main building with inviting living-rooms lined with books and games and DVDs for your room. The house has a lot of history, and there is information about it available in the living room. There is tea and coffee available, and a complimentary continental buffet breakfast including great scones, and there is complimentary wine and cheese in the evening. We also found the owner to be pretty friendly.
We were travelling with a baby and a dog. The inn has pet-friendly rooms, which is a great plus - however our room, which was separate from the main building wasn't that great. The heater was broken and it got very cold in the night. To be fair, the owner had warned us that the heating had been recently repaired and offered us a space-heater in case it didn't work for us - which we stupidly didn't take her up on - by 3am when we all woke up (including our baby) and were huddling in our bed listening to the rain it didn't seem like such a great place to stay.
Other than the heater, the room was ok but not great. The bathroom was nice, with an old claw-foot tub, but the sink drain needed clearing. The bedroom itself had nice stained glass and a skylight, and would probably be very pretty on a*warm summer's day. Overall it felt like a disappointment - we wanted to like this place and it had lots of potential but it was quite expensive and didn't seem worth it.