WASHINGTON—Since opening its doors in 2006, Kimpton Hotel Palomar Washington, D.C., has become a vibrant locale within the Dupont Circle neighborhood. This spring, as it completes a multimillion-dollar redesign to all 335 guest rooms and suites, public spaces, and meeting and event spaces, plus the alluring addition of a brand new Bridal Suite, Kimpton Palomar, D.C.’s energy is coupled with a new edge and artistic feel.
Kimpton Hotel Palomar D.C.’s new look, devised by Powerstrip Studios, was inspired by the hotel’s close proximity to Georgetown and surrounding universities and art galleries. With a preppy color palette that befits the confident D.C. crowd, the hotel’s design creates bright spaces where light freely flows.
Guests will first notice the change in Kimpton Hotel Palomar D.C.’s engaging living room, updated with comfortable design and a fresh approach to color and pattern with sky blues and lemon yellows.
In the hotel’s guestrooms, modern interior architectural pieces outfit the spaces, punctuated with pops of marigold, union blue, and oxford white. The Georgetown gray wood platform beds are complimented by crisp, bright throw pillows and drapes with multicolored striped grosgrain. Industrial, but chic metal wire light fixtures and preppy herringbone tweed lounge chairs accent the rooms. Artwork is fresh and minimalistic with a large framed black and white study of positive and negative space hangs above each bed and preppy silhouettes of man’s best friend near the entry. The rooms’ ceilings are accented with hand-painted silver lines that frame the perimeters and bespoke geometric carpets in taupe with large-scale, creative blue doodles overtop. Smart quartz workspaces outfitted with built-in power plugs and plush ergonomic chairs face the windows from which guests can view the active cityscape.
Kimpton Hotel Palomar D.C.’s 26 luxurious executive, spa, and presidential suites have been redesigned in the same finishes as the guestrooms with additional artwork, accents, and space with one- and two- bedroom options that have separate living and sleeping quarters. All guest bathrooms feature quartz stone top vanities with splayed black legs, modern, geometric wallpaper accented with hanging, dimmable wire light fixtures above and refinished Bianco Perla Italian marble tiles below with some suites offering separate glass enclosed showers and jetted Fuji bathtubs.
In addition to refinishing the hotel’s suites, due to its popularity with wedding parties, Kimpton Hotel Palomar D.C. also added a brand new Bridal Suite. In the signature two-room suite, the same color scheme is present, but with added amenities specifically designed for wedding day preparations—a sparkling framed full-length mirror, picture-perfect wall hooks for wedding gowns with an artistic “something blue” accent, and a two-seat Parsons table vanity with additional power outlets, tri-fold decorative mirrors, and clear ghost chairs positioned near the windows for plenty natural light optimal for styling hair and applying make-up.
Both couples and businesses can head downstairs to use Kimpton Hotel Palomar D.C.’s 10,000 square feet of meeting and event space, which completed a redesign in early 2015. The seven spaces can host gatherings ranging from ten to 300 guests with Italian cuisine expertly prepared by executive chef Ethan McKee of adjacent restaurant Urbana Dining & Drinks and decor accents drawing heavily on inspiration of local universities and galleries for which the rooms are named.
