Florida Design - Digital Edition

the Early Days

, a British Colonial-style building houses the iconic Colony Hotel, where a new, the lobby will feature de Gournay’s first ever completely bespoke wallpaper design created in collaboration with Colony owner Sarah Wetenhall in what she coined “a love letter” to Palm Beach. “I discovered an old postcard image of the lobby’s original mural in 1947 titled ‘The Early Days in Palm Beach,’” Wetenhall says. “It became our mission to embody the whimsy of our beloved hotel.”

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