El Rey Court motel in Santa Fe is redesigned to ?showcase its bones?
Husband-and-wife creative team Jay and Alison Carroll have used historically inspired decor from the American Southwest to redesign a storied adobe motor inn in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
The California-based couple rehabbed the 86-room motel in partnership with Austin-based property manager Jeff Burns. He had overnighted at the roadside lodge nearly a decade ago after a cancelled flight led him to the last available room in town.
"Jeff fell in love with it and kept in touch with the owner over several years to see if he would sell it," Jay Carroll told Dezeen. "Eventually he did."
El Rey Court first opened in 1936 along the infamous Route 66, though the motorway would be shortened ? and consequently rerouted ? to bypass Sante Fe the following year. Today, the property fortuitously sits near the trendy Baca district in the Santa Fe Railyard, a popular hub for entertainment and shopping.
The motel was originally built with just 12 guestrooms but grew seven-fold to eventually host a two-storey Spanish-American courtyard and swimming pool on a five-acre (two-hectare) plot.
Several different styles and architectural periods show up throughout the property from decades of incremental improvements.
El Rey Court's Pueblo Revival exterior ? the classic architectural style of the American Southwest ? boasts flat roofs, rounded corners, and whitewashed adobe walls.
Ceilings are constructed of viga and latilla, traditionally made of peeled logs and branches.
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