The Six Bells

Set in an 1850s boarding house at the foot of the Catskills, Six Bells reimagines the American country inn as a site of enchantment and retreat. Commissioned by cultural entrepreneur Audrey Gelman and designed by our studio, the project is the physical expression of Barrow’s Green — a fictional village of her invention where Tyrolean trim, English chintz, and Scandinavian box beds coexist in a folkloric dream.

Eleven one-of-a-kind rooms and suites, each with its own name and story, unfold across the upper floors. Below, The Feathers Tavern offers cozy meals and garden-side aperitifs, with an adjoining retail space showcasing eccentric wares from around the world and the neighborhood alike.

The interiors channel the decorative clarity of Scandinavian folk traditions, the carved whimsy of Tyrolean alpine inns, and the odd domestic poetry of upstate Americana — layered together through historic materials, sponged finishes, and hand-painted murals by local artist Wally Whitehurst. Anchored in craft and narrative, Six Bells invites guests to step sideways into another world — not a recreation of the past, but a parallel one.