The Nanxun Blossom Hill is a boutique hotel tucked away in Zhouzhuang, China that’s been recently renovated by Dariel Studio. Inspired by the quiet, hidden beauty of nature found in Nanxun and its Southern China style gardens, the interior design studio combines contemporary western design with the heritage of the building and site for a tranquil retreat away from the busy city life of Shanghai.
Thomas Dariel of Dariel Studio infused Chinese motifs and themes into the interior design of the hotel. For example, the villa was originally built in 1930 by Liu Geng Gan, the richest person in Nanxun, as a place for him to collect books but he also had a silk business. The studio used knitted geometric-shaped silk screens to divide spaces into different areas and hung blue and red silk stripes inside the hotel’s restaurant for a subtle, spatial look.
