Reclaimed architectural timber and wood from a felled street tree form the furnishings of two hotel suites that designer Jan Hendzel has revamped for London's Town Hall Hotel in time for London Design Festival.
Suites 109 and 111 are set on the first floor of the Town Hall Hotel, which is housed in a converted Grade II-listed town hall in Bethnal Green dating back to 1910.
Each of the apartment-style suites features a living room with a kitchen alongside a bedroom and en-suite, which Hendzel has outfitted with bespoke furnishings. Like all of the furniture maker's pieces, these are crafted exclusively from British timbers.
Jan Hendzel has overhauled suites 109 (top) and 111 (above) of the Town Hall Hotel
But for his first interiors project, Hendzel took an even more hyper-local approach with the aim of finding all of the necessary products inside the M25 ? the motorway that encircles the British capital. "We started out with the idea that we could source everything within London," he told Dezeen during a tour of the suites.
"Some timbers have come from Denmark Hill, some are reclaimed from Shoreditch. And we used Pickleson Paint, which is a company just around the corner, literally two minutes from here."
The living area of suite 111 features green upholstery by Yarn Collective
The reclaimed timber came in the form of pinewood roof joists and columns, which Hendzel found at an architectural salvage yard.
These had to be scanned with a metal detector t...