The founders of design house The Brooklyn Home Company have created a hotel in New York's Finger Lakes region that draws on their summers growing up on Canandaigua Lake.
The Lake House on Canandaigua is named after its location on one of the 11 long and narrow lakes that form the region aptly named the Finger Lakes.
Above: a monolithic wood reception desk anchors the hotel lobby. Top image: The Lake House on Canandaigua is designed with an ambiguous style
The brother and sister founders of The Brooklyn Home Company, whose family previously owned a motor-lodge on the same plot, enlisted New York-based Studio Tack to work on a new project to reinvigorate the site.
"We wanted to create something special for the community and also something that would put the Finger Lakes on the map as a destination," said The Brooklyn Home Company founder William Caleo, who runs the firm with his sister, designer Lyndsay Caleo Karol and her artist husband Fitzhugh Karol. The lounge-style lobby has an eclectic mix of furniture and baskets filled with rugs
"We grew up in this place, one of the greatest natural environments in this country, with the best crystal clear lakes and rolling, green hills," Caleo explained.
"But, the Finger Lakes, with all its natural beauty, was relatively geographically unknown as a place," he said. "We wanted to change that. Guests from around the world deserved to see this place."
The decor includes muted textiles, leather and...