HOTEL REVIEW
ABOVE: The former mining office building houses the largest suite L’Escaile, complete with a homely kitchen-diner
a galley kitchen, dining table and lounge
with wood burning stove. Above are two double bedrooms, one also with two end-on single beds that are arranged alongside the low window, and a bathroom with Belgian Aquamass Jacuzzi bathtub. The top floor sees a further bedroom with a bed built into the eaves plus an en-suite shower. “The boxes are the same. The themes are different,” explains Brussels-based interior designer Barbara Ferret of the studio suites’ different design stories. “We could do what we wanted,” she continues although there are common elements here too: the use of wood, wall-mounted cartography and staircases with unusual features such as a wooden kayak frame in one; an installation of the Bouroullec brothers’ ‘Clouds’ for Kvadrat in another. In pursuing the idea of holiday memories, with a touch of fantasy thrown in, the most outlandish space is ‘Wonderland’. As in Alice. White wood paneling and an old-fashioned street lamp are offset with baby-pink Formica and tiling in the kitchen and antique jewelled mirrors. ‘The Hut’ is a mélange of visions of a log cabin with clichéd caricatured themes
including multiple images of the Matterhorn, fur-covered lampshades and an antler used as the fridge door handle. Following a ‘form follows function’ aesthetic
is ‘Gunnar’, named after Swedish architect Gunnar Asplund. The Artemide Tolmeo bedside reading lamps are representative of the cleaner lines here. There is a beautiful graphic of local themes by artist Lapin and design flourishes including a Mies van der Rohe Barcelona chair and Ligne Roset’s Togo sofa in orange alcantara. Finally, ‘Hamptons’ has a preppy-with-attitude style with tartan, bold blocks of yellow, Adirondack-style chairs and pennants from Harvard and Yale Universities develop the theme. “No rules, no limits,” is how Frédéric
describes the spirit of L’Ardoisière. Without question the sense of the enjoyment of creation shines through. The Belgian Ardenne is making a comeback as an alternative to the now-too-busy North Sea coast and L’Ardoisière sets the new design standard with its charming ‘rur’ban’ blend of local touches and urbane style.
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„ 6 suites with a total of 20 guestrooms (sleeps ±40) ‰ In-house ‘Traiteur’ service [ 17m indoor pool + Event space in family home on request
Owner: Huyghes Family Operator: Compagnie des Bois s.a. Architect: Fredric Aixandri Interior Design: Barbara Ferret
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