Rough Luxe

I just saw this hotel, Rough Luxe, featured in this month's UK Elle Decoration. It meets the definition of boutique hotel, although boutique bijou hotel may be more appropriate - it has only 9 rooms, in a narrow Georgian townhouse.

One of my favourite things about it is how their vision changed during the renovation. London gallery owner Rabih Hage and a friend originally planned to do a straightforward modern renovation of this hotel at King's Cross. However, as they peeled off the old crusty wallpaper, they discovered old patterns beneath, and as the interview says, "The walls just started talking, so we stripped them back and left them."

Aren't you glad they did?

Rough Luxe,

1 Birkenhead Street

WC1. 0207 8375338

Photos via Rough Luxe.