H E Y W O O D H O T E L In the lobby, a coat of paint and modern accessories help bring new visual energy to the room’s original fireplace. Milk+Honey galleria day spa and other salons throughout Austin, to give both the old and new spaces a lived-in look. McCarty says the design mixes modern and midcentury aesthetics to create a space that is “inviting, comfortable and not pretentious.” The original bungalow now houses a two-story lobby and two ground- oor guest rooms. Inside, the team retained most of the space’s existing ooring and spiffed up the replace with a coat of paint and an adjoining basket of yarn balls. In addition, built-in custom casework was installed to provide some much-needed storage capacity in the compact space. Up the stairs from the lobby, a small bridge connects the original bungalow to the second- oor terrace/green roof that leads to the hotel’s ve additional guest rooms (with parking below). To help create a cohesive design, longleaf pine wood oors in the addition match those found in the original building. “We all loved the pine oors in the bungalow and really wanted to bring that warmth to the modern addition,” McCarty says. “The oors really make the spaces feel like they have been there for years.” Custom built-in seating maximizes space in the hotel lobby. 42 Boutique Design | September+October 2012