High-impact shades of pink adorn room walls and common areas, custom-made in collaboration with everyone. Coat paints. The limited edition collection of colors is now available to buy online, so you can view from the comfort of your own home. The colors are directly inspired by Margate, named after local places, such as the off-white ‘Shell Grotto’ and the dusky roses of ‘Love Lane’. They are designed and curated to mix and match with each other in any number of combinations. In some rooms, for example, the deep terracotta of ‘Wilderness Hill’ on the ceiling can be combined with the pink neutral of ‘Evening, Ethel’ on the walls, and vice versa in other rooms.
Much of the furniture in the bedroom, especially the joinery, was designed by Will and made by local tradesmen – checkerboard bedside tables, bobbin-framed mirrors and coffee and tea area and sideboards holding snacks) or otherwise sourced from antique markets and shops. Window dressings were made in collaboration with London Curtain Girls – one Instagram Find out ‘We love the French pleat curtains They were and knew we had to work with them’, says Will.
Why stay here?
Staying here feels like spending the night at a close friend’s house, with the owner often hosting an afternoon round of oranges wine Or evening gatherings with guests in the sitting and dining area. It’s intimate, friendly and familiar – yet stylish without a hint of pretense.
Rooms and facilities
The nine bedrooms are spread over the top three floors – without any complicated suites – and vary considerably in size, so bear this in mind when booking. Elegant toiletries in the bathroom are courtesy of Le Labo. Margate has no shortage of foodie hotspots these days and Margate House has its own restaurant Willie’s (named after its owner) is one of the best, with a solid reputation for refined, well-executed modern British fare by chef Mark O’Brien: the menu features seasonal dishes such as chalk stream trout with seaweed butter sauce and earl gray panna cotta served with rosemary shortbread. Breakfast is also served in the downstairs restaurant, with a selection of fruit, yogurt, cereal and toast available, and coffee courtesy of Redemption Roasters. Talks about expanding the hotel into a neighboring property and a Spa But in the works.
