Remodelista

Ace Hotel

April 22nd, 2007

From Julie:

Is it possible to commit design adultery? If so, I am guilty—ready to abandon my first love, midcentury Scandinavian design, and redo my house in grunge modern. It happened at the Ace in Portland, a newly opened hotel in the Pearl District (the original Ace is in Seattle, and more will follow in San Francisco and points beyond). The proprietors have rehabbed an old SRO hotel (Drugstore Cowboy was filmed here) in haute Northwest bohemian style, maintaining a subtly noirish, slightly melancholy ambience. Fixtures and furniture are either repurposed, commissioned from local sources (Pendleton blankets), or of modest provenence—hardware store clip-on reading lights, for instance. Room rates start at $90 (with a shared bathroom). In the morning, Neil Young or The Smiths emanate from the turntable; the adjacent Stumptown Coffee Roaster cafe serves the requisite high-octane lattes necessary for survival.

The Lobby Lounge:

The giant low-slung table is fashioned from a warehouse door, the slouchy sofas are covered in surplus army canvas, and tangled flora emanate from glass vessels.

The lobby chandelier:

The mezzanine “Biz Center,” features a library of ‘zines and skateboarding mags:

Below: A hallway featuring Schoolhouse Electric Alabax pendants.

A glass chandelier dangles from the ceiling in the Stumptown Coffee Roaster cafe adjacent to the lobby:

Room 204: An original sink:

An original clawfoot tub:

Room 415:

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