At JPH, hospitality and commercial design starts with a single question: what should the person walking through this door feel? Whether it's a guest arriving after a long drive, a client stepping into a meeting, or an employee starting their day, the spaces we design are built around that moment of arrival — and everything that makes someone want to stay, return, or recommend it to someone else.
We've worked on a range of successful hospitality and light commercial projects — Airbnbs, accessory dwelling units, and boutique office spaces — each one designed with the same close attention to detail we bring to a full home renovation. The difference is the lens: instead of designing for how one family lives, we're designing for how a rotating cast of guests, clients, or employees will experience a space, often without us there to guide them through it.
This Service Is Best For
Boutique hotel operators seeking to create an impeccable guest experience and to increase occupancy
Short term rental owners seeking to command 5 star experiences, premium rental rates, and advanced bookings
Business owners seeking a comfortable and inspring work environment for employees & clients
Boutique Hotels
Boutique hospitality lives and dies on the guest experience — the small, considered details that make a stay memorable instead of forgettable. We design common spaces, guest rooms, and arrival sequences that feel distinct and intentional, giving a property its own identity rather than a generic hotel formula. From lobby and lounge styling to room-by-room finishing touches, every element is chosen to reinforce a consistent sense of place — so guests remember exactly where they stayed, not just that they stayed somewhere nice.
Airbnbs & Short-Term Rentals
Short-term rental design is one of our favorite challenges: the property has to work beautifully in photos, function seamlessly for guests who've never set foot inside before, and hold up under frequent turnover — all at once. We design for city apartments, rural retreats, farmstays, mountain properties, and ski houses alike, tailoring the experience to the setting: layered textiles and a stocked bar cart for a mountain weekend, a welcome basket and garden-fresh touches for a rural farmstay, firepits and outdoor lounge seating for a property built around gathering.
We think through the entire arrival experience, not just the furniture — electronic check-in that feels seamless rather than transactional, a welcome basket with local touches, fresh towels and linens, and small hospitality details like snacks and a bottle of wine waiting on arrival. These are the details that turn a good review into a great one, and a one-time guest into a repeat booking.
Boutique & Light Commercial Office Design
A workspace should say something about the business inside it. We design boutique office spaces — in the city and in the country — that move away from generic corporate design in favor of something with real character: warm materials, considered layouts, and details that make clients feel welcomed and employees feel genuinely glad to be there. Whether it's a small creative studio, a professional office suite, or a rural business with a distinct point of view, we design spaces that function well and leave an impression.
