Todd Snyder just can’t quit Maine. The Iowa-born designer behind the eponymous New York City– based menswear label began checking out the Pine State back in the summer of 2019, while researching for his debut cooperation with L. L. Bean.
Those very first trips resulted in a much-celebrated Fall 2020 path fantasia of orange-sole duck boots, emerald-hued corduroy suiting, camo-lined puffer vests, as well as various other iterations of New England outdoors gear gone exceptionally high style.
That collection, consequently, brought about his immersive layout for a Todd Snyder x L. L. Bean two-bedroom treetop lodge at Hidden Pond, a luxe Kennebunkport, Maine”, hotel established amid 60″acres of birch-dotted woodland. Ever since, Snyder has actually maintained returning to Maine for extra, developing several added collections with L. L. Bean as well as, most just recently, debuting new interiors for 20 one-bedroom bungalows at Hidden Pond.
” I fell for Maine when I began showing up right here,” Snyder claims, “and also I’ve found out so much extra concerning it since then.”
The country collections utilize earth tones and patterns usually related to exterior sports, like plaid and also camouflage. This time around around, tasked with creating the 650-square-foot bungalows at Hidden Pond, Snyder saw it as an “opportunity to actually take a deep study Maine looks,” he states. “What’s remarkable and also so fascinating to me concerning this location is that it’s so varied, location by area. You drive half a hr, and it’s totally different.”
To commemorate this variety, Snyder– that dealt with Hidden Pond’s internal design group, Krista Stokes as well as Mark Cotto– developed a triad of appearances, every one linked to a various facet of the landscape that has so extensively astounded him: the rough coast, the skyrocketing mountains, and the forested countryside.
For the coastal bungalows, he rotated a light and also bright, great and windy story, with neutral sand as well as low-contrast blue tones, whitewashed timbers, light sisal carpets, and an oyster shell-pattern wallpaper based upon a decoupage layout by his good friend John Derian.
He took certain inspiration from central Maine’s Mt. Katahdin when creating the hill bungalows, having fun with cognac-hued leathers, dark blue velour, and also a William Morris acanthus fallen leave print on the walls to channel a luxed-up log cabin look.