The 20-room Hotel Luca has opened its doors in the heart of Napa Valley in Yountville, California. Jeffrey Fink and Associates Architecture and Kathleen Fink of KMF Design have introduced Italian touches to the boutique hotel. Unique reclaimed materials were used throughout the construction of Hotel Luca, including 200-year-old roof tile from Lucca, Italy, and 300 year-old-floor tile from Florence. The hotel’s exterior is of custom lime-plaster, an ancient technique used on some of Europe’s earliest buildings. Locally quarried Napa Valley Syar stone frames the hotel’s portico tower entrance, while rustic Jerusalem limestone permeates the lobby, Luca Spa, bathrooms, and public spaces.
Together with Fink of KMF Design, New York glass artist Susan Joblon designed the glass patterns and color palettes used throughout Luca Spa, Cantinetta Piero and the hotel’s guest rooms and pool area. In addition, KMF selected Restoration Hardware for furnishings, including custom beds, chairs, tables, desks, lighting, and patio décor. Bathrooms boast radiant in-floor heat, double sinks, soaking tubs, and separate showers. Imported fabrics, fine art photography by local artist JE Knubis, Mascioni Italian linens, New Zealand wool carpeting, and balconies or patios round out the guestroom offerings.
Inspired by the convivial attitude and open-air lifestyle of Tuscany, Cantinetta Piero restaurant features 15-foot-high ceilings with massive beams and vaulted brick ceiling, pizza bar, outdoor courtyard, wood-burning pizza oven, and open kitchen customized by the Montague Company.
