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Dark lobby with sweeping staircase, wrought-iron balustrade, latticed skylight and crystal chandelier

Karachi, Pakistan · 2024

The Emerald Suites

14 suites for a Clifton boutique hotel. Each one a private room, not a number.

The brief

The client is a Karachi hotelier. Family-run, second property, first with a design brief. The site is a converted 1960s villa in Clifton. 14 suites, a lounge, a breakfast room.

The suites share one plan. Same bed wall, same bathroom, same window. Guests should never feel that. Each door should open onto something held. A house, not a hotel corridor.

The constraint was the calendar. 14 weeks from first drawing to first guest. Hotel pieces take harder wear than a home's. Every fabric was specified to contract grade.

The approach

We designed one suite, then varied it 14 ways. Walls in deep green plaster or oxblood. Bedheads in mohair velvet or leather. The bones stay constant. The mood does not.

Each suite holds a Meridian bed in walnut. A Noctis lounge chair sits at the window. The Meridian cocktail table carries tea and books. A Heritage mirror doubles the light. Noctis candleholders in blackened steel and brass finish the dressing table. Downstairs, a bronze-railed stair and a coffered lounge.

The workshop ran 2 lines in parallel. Beds in one, casework in the other. Pieces arrived by floor, over 3 nights. Housekeeping trained on the finishes before opening. The first guest arrived in week 14.

  • Interior design
  • FF&E
  • Lighting
  • Turnkey delivery

Before and after

Dark lobby with sweeping staircase, wrought-iron balustrade, latticed skylight and crystal chandelier
Dark lobby with sweeping staircase, wrought-iron balustrade, latticed skylight and crystal chandelier
Before · awaiting photographyAfter
  • Dim wood-panelled lounge with velvet seating, brass tables and framed prints under sconces
    Dim wood-panelled lounge with velvet seating, brass tables and framed prints under sconces
  • Two round marble tables against a dark walnut coffered wall lit by paired wall sconces
    Two round marble tables against a dark walnut coffered wall lit by paired wall sconces
  • Cream armchairs and a bolstered daybed in a dim stone-walled hotel lounge
    Cream armchairs and a bolstered daybed in a dim stone-walled hotel lounge
  • Shadowy bedroom with dark panelled wardrobes, sheer curtains and a drum-shade table lamp
    Shadowy bedroom with dark panelled wardrobes, sheer curtains and a drum-shade table lamp
  • Dark bathroom with grey marble walls, walnut floating vanity and a backlit mirror
    Dark bathroom with grey marble walls, walnut floating vanity and a backlit mirror
  • Curved dark-railed staircase rising past marble-clad walls in a hotel lobby with wicker chairs
    Curved dark-railed staircase rising past marble-clad walls in a hotel lobby with wicker chairs
  • Bronze crystal candle-arm chandelier glowing beneath a dark gilt-panelled ceiling
    Bronze crystal candle-arm chandelier glowing beneath a dark gilt-panelled ceiling

Pieces in this project

Pieces in this project

Olive velvet channel headboard beside a brass and marble side table with tapered candles
Meridian Bed

Meridian

Meridian Bed

A channel-tufted headboard on a brass frame.

12 weeks
Tan leather armchair beneath a globe floor lamp between a slate wall and walnut slat panelling
Noctis Lounge Chair

Noctis

Noctis Lounge Chair

A low sling of leather on black steel.

10 weeks
Dark lounge with a ring candle chandelier over black leather sofas, a carved coffee table and fireplace
In stock
Meridian Cocktail Table

Meridian

Meridian Cocktail Table

A round stone top on a brass ring.

10 weeks
Carved gilded wood panel reflected in an oval gold mirror against damask wallpaper
In stock
Heritage Mirror

Heritage

Heritage Mirror

A carved walnut frame, gilded by hand.

10 weeks
Yellow tulips in a dark ribbed ceramic vase on a woven mat against a black background
In stock
Noctis Candleholders

Noctis

Noctis Candleholders

Five stems of blackened steel and brass.

8 weeks
Villa bedroom at twilight with bed, orange sofa and glazed wall onto a pool terrace

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