Colonial Hotel-Thayer, MO

09/09/2025

Work has continued on the old gal! Upstairs has been brought down to the wood and all is getting cleaned up. We are hoping we can start seeing where her stabilization issues are coming from. Bit by bit! Thank you to Rocky Blaylock and his team for taking such good care of her!

10/19/2024

Some yard and tree cleanup is happening at the Colonial over the next few days! And then work goes back inside to take her down to her bones.

Did you know⁉️ The Colonial has served many purposes during her over a century of living. Here are the main ones.

🔵 A railroad hotel

🔵 A diner and community space

🔵 A boarding house (and some say
even a brothel)

🔵 Creative Poverty- gift shop and
antique store

We are looking forward to what she will be in the future.

03/31/2024

03/29/2024

Amazing how a little sanding and some varnish can take the Colonial’s over 100-year- old wood and make it new again (left pic before, right pic after)! Lots of work that needs to be done, but it’s the little things that bring sunshine 🌞

03/16/2024

We would love to invite you to follow our page for our new moble coffee trailer! Coming soon!

03/04/2024

Look out for our mobile coffee trailer coming real soon!

02/15/2024

Happy Valentine’s Day from all of us to you!

01/24/2024

Our goal with The Colonial has always been to restore a gorgeous piece of history, while also bringing in local and community business.

We always want to remain transparent with you and give you some indication as to why you might have seen work stalled.

Unfortunately, our old girl has had some serious hiccups. After some recent renovations, it was revealed that rot and decay that we didn’t know was there has destroyed most of the structure of the building. We are talking foundation, sill plates, and supports. We called in multiple professionals who have all said the same thing—a compete rebuild. It has been devastating to say the least. Our hearts are etched into that broken beautiful girl. But we haven’t given up on her yet. It is just going to take time, patience, a whole lot of love (and apparently money 😜).

So, we decided that we still want to bring that business to the community, while we continue loving and toiling away at our old girl.

Therefore, here is a picture—a sneak peek at what we are working on. Any guesses as to what it might be (we aren’t telling yet)? Just know that we are doing everything we can to bring The Colonial back to life and also be a positive part of the community!

PS: We don’t own any horses 😜🤣

01/18/2024

Question for our amazing followers:

If Thayer and the surrounding area were a drink flavor, what would it be? ☕️

01/10/2024

Big things are coming in 2024!

Stayed tuned in the next few weeks for hints as to what we might be up to! ☕️

01/04/2024

Awesome history! Love to see the town come alive again! And if you haven’t done so yet, check out Blooms!!!

12/26/2023

Happy Kwanzaa to all who celebrate!