Bighorns Lounge

Concept - Commercial

This is a concept for a commercial space in Palm Springs, CA repurposed from an auto body repair shop, looking to become a coffee shop during the day, and then a dive bar and lounge in the evening, so I had to design the space to serve dual purposes cohesively.

Concept Inspiration

The concept of Bighorns Lounge is a bright, colorful, and warm space. Using a good balance of soft and hard materials, such as rattan, terrazzo, velvet, and leather. For a color scheme, I wanted to play off the colors of a desert sunset, and keep the interior modern, but still playful, colorful, and light to stick with the iconic aesthetic of Palm Springs.

Materials & Mood Board

Floor Plan

A key feature of this space was the three big garage doors from the auto body shop that used to be here, so I wanted to make use of those and change them out for accordion style doors and two-way mirror windows, to let in as much natural light as possible and create more of an indoor-outdoor environment to take advantage of the gorgeous Palm Springs weather, while still keeping privacy within the business.