This Vacation Rental Isn’t Just Pretty, It’s Booked Solid
Designed by Margie Kaercher of Hearth and Honey Homes, this 2025 Designer of the Year Award–winning project in the Vacation Rental category was created with a clear goal: make it unforgettable. Not just for guests, but for booking platforms, too.
Designed to Be the Destination
Each room leans into its own personality, with bold color palettes, playful patterns, and unexpected details that feel equal parts nostalgic and fresh. It’s layered, immersive, and intentionally a little over-the-top in the way that makes guests smile the second they walk in.
And yes, it photographs really well.
A Smarter Way to Spend
Great design isn’t about doing the most, it’s about doing the right things. Instead of spreading the budget across every inch of the home, Margie focused on high-impact elements that shape first impressions:
Statement wall treatments
Designer lighting
High-quality, ultra-comfortable beds
These are the moments guests notice immediately and the details that show up in listing photos, reviews, and repeat bookings. Behind the scenes, durability was just as important. Materials and finishes were chosen to handle frequent turnover while still delivering a polished, design-forward look. The result is a space that works as hard as it looks good.
Made for Group Getaways
Because the home was designed with bachelorettes and girls’ trips in mind, functionality had to match the fun. One of the biggest shifts? Opening up the kitchen.
What was once a closed, four-wall layout is now a streamlined two-wall kitchen that connects seamlessly to the living and dining areas. It instantly makes the space feel more social and more suited to how guests actually use it.
The bathrooms got their own glow-up, too. Without changing the footprint, thoughtful layout refinements and updated finishes transformed them into spaces that feel fresh, elevated, and guest-ready.
What makes this vacation rental so successful is how confidently it embraces personality. Every room delivers a moment, whether it’s a bold wallpaper choice, a perfectly styled light fixture, or a color palette that instantly shifts the mood. It feels playful, welcoming, and just a little indulgent in the best way.
More than anything, the home is a reminder that memorable design is what turns a quick getaway into an experience people talk about long after checkout. And when a space feels this considered, this layered, and this fun, it becomes more than just a place to stay, it becomes part of the trip itself.
