Across the main house and the carriage house, the owners wanted room for twenty: five suites, two bunk rooms and a kitchen built for a crowd. I gave each room its own scale and mood, so a big group can share a weekend and everyone still finds a corner of their own.

The usual lodge look of dark timber and antlers was set aside for limewashed walls, wide oak floors and pale coffered ceilings. The furniture comes from many places and decades, from Pierre Chapo stools to antique Heriz rugs, each piece chosen for how it works in the room.

Photography: Chris Mottalini, courtesy of Post Company.

I furnished the lobby like a house rather than a hotel: worn leather, pieces with a past and patterned rugs underfoot, so guests feel they’ve come back somewhere familiar, even on a first visit.

The guest rooms began with a single model room. Once it was right, the design carried into every room across the resort’s seven buildings. From Babblers to the seats around the fire pits, the whole property reads as one place.

Photography: Wylder Hotels.

The menu does the talking, so the room stays calm and grounded. Original brick meets cream plaster and dark floors, and the design took things away more often than it added them.

Wood banquettes with green velvet cushions, linen at the windows, and terracotta wall lights made from clay from Morocco’s Rif Mountains. Materials that will only look better as the restaurant settles in.

Photography: Ronald Yeung, courtesy of Post Company.

Birch, terrazzo and leather warm up the raw concrete ceilings. The café sits along the windows, facing the city, and the small meeting rooms are lined in slatted wood with deep red chairs, so even a quick call feels like sitting down somewhere comfortable.

I led the interiors from concept and schematic design through construction, coordinating the owner, architect and contractor, and managed furniture procurement and delivery. Ochre tile and monstera wallpaper in the washrooms, and a shuffleboard court painted down the entry corridor, give people something to smile about between meetings.

Photography: Chris Sanchez, courtesy of WeWork.