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Hotel Seven4One – a Colorful Paradise of Textural Delight

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The public spaces of a small boutique hotel in Laguna Beach have been enticingly renovated by Horst Architects.

A delicious combination of textures balance each other. The weathered wood contrasts with the rusty steel. Hot consuming fire contrasts with cool growing greenery.

A shelf along the far wall supports a fire in a sort of tray that holds white slab cushioned seating.

Because the slab of white limestone hearth is similar to the white seating cushions, the fireplace blends into the seating.

Bright primary colors of scarlet, turquoise and white are perfectly played against the rusty Corten steel and the weathered wood.

Atop the greenery, yet another intriguing contrasting material.

A retractable blind above the courtyard allows the sun to be shaded when it’s too bright.

Viewed from an upstairs balcony, the courtyard lobby is an open cube at the heart of the hotel.

An internal lobby also has been faced with a richly textured rustic slate tile.

The street facade of Hotel Seven4One in Laguna Beach, California is now chic and green.

Weathered driftwood planks reflect the beachfront setting.

The combination of weathered wood and stained and olied wood in the deep window recesses offer a counterpoint to the lush greenery of the green wall.

The chic frontage and newly renovated lobbies suggest a stay in aesthetically sophisticated contemporary comfort.

The sign-in office, lined in dark slate, also promises a very elegant and contemporary sojourn.

But oddly, only the public spaces have been renovated to this standard.

The 13 bedrooms within the boutique hotel are disappointingly bland and frumpy.