Facade of the Austin Motel
His style is “a I want and I smell, I can”. The motel in question is the ** Austin Motel **. A new version of the classic roadside accommodation sublimated thanks to Bunkhouse, an expert in converting icons into paradigms of good taste for a generation that takes things a little less seriously.
If you want, he defines his easygoing attitude as hipster, whisper neo-hippie in his ear if you feel like it, but what we have here is the epitome of what Americans call effortlessly cool, an innate ability to please without (barely) pretending to.
Even so, at Austin Motel everything is designed to make you fall in love with it. Starting by those serape print robes made in India that hang in each of the rooms and following by the keychain that, yes or yes, you are going to be tempted to steal.
Keyring of the rooms, for sale in the Cellar
It's kitsch, it's retro, it's your object of desire and the key that opens the door of what was once a drive-in motel and whose seductive touch now only survives in the movies... and here.
But you don't need to go over to the dark side, end up with half a room crammed into your suitcase. You can a round for la Bodega, the hotel's grocery store, and get your souvenir.
And, by the way, with all the memorabilia of the house, like their tote bags, lighters and even Solid & Striped swimsuits to enjoy that pool overlooking the always crowded South Congress street.