Revealing our 2021 Salon of the Year Grand-Prize Honoree – Awards & Contests

GRAND-PRIZE Winner

Remedy Hair Studio

Houston, TX

Therapyhairstudio.com

House owners: David E. Bamford and Luis B. Perez

Salon Fashion: upscale, elegant, welcoming

Sq. Footage: 6,700

Stations: 22

Therapy Rooms: 1

Furnishings: Eurisko, Belvedere

Tools: Eurisko, Belvedere

Complete Design Funding: $950,000

Retail Strains: Maria Nila

Nailcare Strains: Emma Zoya

Design by: Perrin Initiatives

Architects: Gage Structure

Photographer: Joe Aker

For greater than 14 years, David E. Bamford and Luis B. Perez constructed their magnificence model within the Galleria space in Houston. As they slowly outgrew their area, they began eyeing a constructing on a half-acre within the unique River Oaks space—when it grew to become obtainable, the duo snatched it up.  

SALON TODAY’s Stacey Soble, Eurisko’s Leon Alexander and Belvedere/Maletti’s Luca Fonte shock David E. Bamford and Luis B. Perez with the information that their salon is the Grand-Prize Winner of the 2021 Salons of the Yr. The couple later known as again to say they initailly have been a little bit surprised by the information and it did not sink in till about an hour later once they received very excited. 

“For years, we gathered photos of designs we favored and created a imaginative and prescient board on our telephones. So we jumped on the alternative to purchase this constructing and over the course of the following 12 months, designer Kristin Perrin repurposed it, serving to us create our dream salon,” Bamford says. “I’m Australian and Luis is from Mexico, and it was essential to each of us to have a big open area with numerous pure gentle, and a big outside space our shoppers may take pleasure in.” 

For the duo, the half-acre of land was gold, permitting them to create a 40-space parking space, whereas nonetheless preserving the 120-year-old timber on the land. “We wished it to be a inexperienced, lush sanctuary, proper within the  center of the town,” Bamford says. 

The couple, who’re each enterprise and life companions, wished the brand new Remedy Hair Studio to really feel like friends have been coming to somebody’s dwelling—a sense of accessible luxurious that was heat and inspired each shoppers and crew members alike to hang around.

Leon Alexander from Eurisko helped Bamford and Perez create a vacation spot procuring space for his or her retail by way of strategically positioned lighted shelving models and focus tables for the jewellery line the salon carries. 

When it got here to deciding on stations, the homeowners wished one thing with mushy strains and lighting that was flattering to friends. “When you concentrate on it, the salon is the one place a person will stare at themselves within the mirror from 40 minutes to 2 hours and they are often self-conscious,” Bamford says. “Our giant spherical mirrors have lighting like a hoop gentle, which is probably the most flattering.” 

To melt the look of their total design, the duo opted for brown leather-based Maletti chairs, as a substitute of the standard black. 

Giant sliding doorways let in numerous pure gentle, whereas encouraging friends to benefit from the outside area. “We modeled the outside space after the Restoration {Hardware} rooftop patio in New York, and we simply find it irresistible,” Bamford says. “With an outside water function and many seating, it offers our shoppers a Zen second earlier than, after or throughout their appointment. We additionally discover our workers have a tendency to hang around right here after work as a substitute of dashing out the door like they used to.” 

In keeping with Bamford, the flooring was probably the most difficult design side. They wished one thing sturdy that regarded good in daylight but additionally beneath the LED lighting. “Certainly one of our shoppers began representing an English firm that produces an engineered hardwood that doesn’t scratch, and coloration wipes proper off—and the pure wooden tone is attractive,” he shares. “Navy is my favourite coloration, so we painted the reception space a deep blue and used bronzed steel accents all through.” 

Behind the entrance desk is a neon slogan—I awoke like this—Bamford says is from the Beyonce album Drunken Love. It creates a light-hearted second, and friends take their completed selfies beneath it.  

Additionally, within the reception space hangs a whimsical portray from Brazilian artist Lucio Carvalho’s time-traveling astronaut collection. “We noticed his work in a New York gallery, and have one in our dwelling. Once we constructed the salon, we tracked him down once more, and purchased this one,” Bamford says. “Artwork is essential to me, and I see this one day by day once I stroll in and each night time once I stroll out.”