Brooklyn designers Studio Tack are experts in renovating tired hospitality joints.
Photography courtesy of Scribner’s Lodge.
Take Scribner s Catskill Lodge for example a 38 room mountain lodge in Hunter New York that in its heyday was a chic weekend retreat for Manhattanites in the late 1960s when...
...it was first designed by Guy Chirico Sr Decades later the lodge sat outmoded and empty until Marc Chodock and Glennon Travis bought the property and worked with Studio Tack on the renovation
The lobby’s brick floor and stone wall are original to the building; the designers updated the stone by painting it white.
Photograph by Nicole Franzen.
The lobby is lit with a skylight.
Photograph by Nicole Franzen.
A custom dining table and bench by Hudson-based Fern.
Photograph by Nicole Franzen.
Photograph by Nicole Franzen.
Vintage midcentury furniture is a nod to the building’s original architect.
Photograph by Sidney Bensimon.
The restaurant, called Prospect, is designed with natural and black-stained pine.
Custom built-in booths accented with Peg & Awl Lewis and Clark Expedition Stools.
Photograph by Sidney Bensimon.
Photograph by Nicole Franzen.
Dining chairs and bar stools were repurposed from the original Scribner’s and painted in high-gloss dark gray paint.
Photograph by Douglas Lyle Thompson.
Bedrooms are all painted in Benjamin Moore Cloud White. The bed and side table are custom built with natural and painted pine.
Of the 38 guest rooms, this is one of two full suites with multiple stories.
Photograph by Douglas Lyle Thompson.
On the terracotta tile platform is a Stardance Gas Stove from Vermont Castings.
Photograph by Douglas Lyle Thompson.
The second story of the suite has a private balcony kitted with Classic Westport Chairs from Jardinique.
Photograph by Douglas Lyle Thompson.
A bedroom designed with custom built-in seating.
Photograph by Emma Tuccillo.
The bedroom is separated by a half-tall room divider topped in terracotta tile.
Photograph by Emma Tuccillo.
The macramé wall hanging is by The Catskill Kiwi.
Photograph by Emma Tuccillo.
A custom built-in bunk bed for family lodging.
Photograph by Nicole Franzen.
One of the suites features a lofted bedroom.
Photograph by Nicole Franzen.
Bathrooms were fully renovated with new finishes and fittings. The terracotta hex tiles are from Design and Direct Source.
Photograph by Douglas Lyle Thompson.
Photograph by Nicole Franzen.
One of the smaller bedrooms also features a macramé hanging from The Catskill Kiwi.
The exterior of Scribner’s Catskill Lodge was stained black and updated with a new logo and sign.
Photograph by Sidney Bensimon.