Hotel KHIDI Reframes Forest Views With Warm Timber-Rich Interiors
Hotel KHIDI sits in Kiketi, Georgia, a compact hotel by Elene Skhvitaridze that looks into a canopy of oaks. Dark metal volumes step along the hillside while timber-lined rooms bring a quiet, natural warmth to the interior. Guests move across bridges and decks to reach suites with broad windows and inset terraces, where the palette stays simple and calm.
A sloped path reaches an elevated bridge, then a dark volume among trees. Light catches the ribbed metal and the stairs in quick patches before settling on the warm wood beyond.
This is a compact hotel in Kiketi by Elene Skhvitaridze, arranged as low wings with outdoor walkways and mesh railings. The core idea is tactile contrast: a near-black shell outside, pale pine inside that gathers daylight and frames the forest.
Wood Rooms, Dark Frame
Inside, walls, ceilings, and floors are lined in light-toned boards. The grain reads clean and steady, while matte-black window frames and radiators set a firm edge between room and canopy. Furniture keeps to essentials—a pale table, a compact sofa, and low cabinetry—so the timber does most of the visual work.
Windows Catch Trees
Large, squared openings sit in measured rhythm, drawing eyes to trunks and leaves at arm’s length. Curtains fall in calm folds, muting glare when needed, yet the rooms hold their brightness thanks to the blond boards that bounce light across the floor.
Color Notes, Measured
A handful of saturated accents cuts the neutral field. In bedrooms, a red metal rail stands in for a wardrobe, and in the bath a red-framed round mirror hangs above a terracotta-tiled counter with a black basin. Small patterned tiles wrap the wet zone, while black fixtures ground the palette without noise.
Kitchen In Black
Studios tuck a simple galley along the window, pairing charcoal cabinetry with a grid of glossy black tiles. The setup feels compact yet generous to use, since the work surface faces the treetops and the table slides close for an easy handoff of plates (or a quiet read).
Terraces Inset
Several rooms open to deep, framed loggias with a single wide aperture and a perforated guard. Striped green cushions turn the recess into a daybed, catching filtered air from the hillside while staying protected from wind.
Back outside, corrugated panels wrap the building in a continuous dark skin, letting the foliage do the color work. Timber bridges and stair treads feel sure underfoot, and the mesh balustrade keeps views open. As evening fades, the pine interiors warm like lanterns and settle into the trees.
Photography courtesy of Elene Skhvitaridze
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