Mount Vernon's Blue Room to reopen to public
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}George Washington's Mount Vernon estate is reopening its Blue Room to visitors.
The estate announced Thursday that the room will reopen to visitors on Oct. 7 after undergoing a major restoration.
The room is one of six bedrooms on the second floor of the mansion on the banks of the Potomac River in northern Virginia.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Experts at Mount Vernon have added reproduction French wallpaper, cream-painted woodwork, and a bedstead draped in blue-printed cotton.
About 1 million tourists visit the estate annually.