Hotel Hartness

The Hotel Hartness is the Greenville, South Carolina region’s newest premier boutique hotel. Located on the existing Hartness Living Development and building off the prominent Hartness family’s decades-long history in the area, the hotel sits on 400 acres of rolling meadows, lakes, trails, and pecan groves. The hotel’s design concept relates directly to this idyllic setting, incorporating nods to nature and the environment throughout. Each of the many spaces within explore how light, textures, local woods, and foliage can provide a space with depth and meaning, as well as how this changes at different points throughout the day.

Guests enter the space directly through the Hartness family’s mid-century French Manor House, which acts as the front door of the hotel. A beautiful arrival through the grandeur of the entry vestibule leads to an elegant reception area, which sets the stage for the hotel’s singular guest experience. The space’s unique aesthetic combines a variety of warm, earthy neutrals and textures, featuring a mixture of antique gold metal and black steel, smoky gray glass mirrored finishes, and raw cut quartz stone walls. Natural elements were also reinterpreted into the design of each space—the vestibule itself represents dawn with its sun-like dramatic light pendant, and the reception area represents the dark moodiness of night with its moon-like light fixture and rug design. Book-matched gray and taupe marble veined fireplaces, pecan wood veneers, and reclaimed rustic barn wood walls and beams are also featured prominently, with art sourced from local Greenville artists incorporated throughout.

Overall, the design team created an engaging and delightful space for guests and the local community to come together and create long lasting memories. Building off of the rich history of local charity, civic events, community, and friendship that is synonymous with the Hartness family name, the Hotel Hartness blends the location’s past with a modern spirit. Offering 73 luxurious suites, a conference center and ballroom, a waterside restaurant, and a world-class luxury spa, the Hotel Hartness is one of South Carolina’s most sought-after hospitality destinations.