Greet­ed by an antique horse quilt as you first enter the vestibule, the Annex sub­tly car­ries with it a theme laced by the orig­i­nal pur­pose of its restored struc­ture. Gain­ing its name from the idea of “attic suites,” Roy­al Annex is a kind of hid­den gem at the top a secret stair.

The roof struc­ture was redesigned to allow for ‘scoops’ carved into the attic space from the ceil­ing, intend­ed to host cus­tom light fix­tures. These sculpt­ed ele­ments in wood relief are care­ful­ly posi­tioned in each of the five suites with cus­tom designed fix­tures ren­dered in undu­lat­ing pan­els of wool felt, punc­tu­at­ed by pen­dant bulbs that adorns each scoop.

The five, top floor suites are designed with a rus­tic, stripped down spir­it, yet they main­tain the same atten­tion to detail as the inte­ri­ors of the main hotel. Some unex­pect­ed ele­ments with­in the suites include a con­tin­u­ous stone bench-become-counter which holds a farm trough sink and is under­scored by a cut and bent met­al back­splash.