The Cure Nailhouse by Duett Interiors Is Part Salon, Part Gallery
Located in Detroit’s historic Arts District, the space blends avant-garde industrialism with ritualistic privacy.
Summary
- Cure Nailhouse in Detroit’s Sugar Hill Arts District blends gallery‑like minimalism with rich materials and textures
- Distinct zones include a cabernet‑hued bar, avant‑garde Plopp stools and a sculptural wash‑station alcove
Located in Detroit’s historic Sugar Hill Arts District, Cure Nailhouse is a multifunctional space designed by Tiffany Thompson of Duett Interiors in collaboration with founder and nail artist Cyndia Robinson. The interior design deliberately rejects the aesthetic of a traditional beauty parlor, instead interplaying sleek, gallery-esque minimalism with a rich blend of materials and textures. Centering on a palette of chrome, blue gray and deep reds – think deep merlot and cabernet tones – this aesthetic space looks more like a chic bar than a salon.
The space is anchored by distinct, characterful zones, such as the “Bar” area, which is coated in a cabernet-hued Farrow & Ball paint and features cube-shaped cubbies for glassware and ceramic vessels. For a touch of avant-garde industrialism, Thompson incorporated shiny, inflated metal Plopp stools by Zieta Studio that reflect in the glossy concrete flooring.
Another focal point is “The Interlude” wash-station, where hand-washing basins are nestled within a custom curvilinear alcove lit by a sculptural, counterweighted pendant from Ladies & Gentlemen Studio. The Studio area, where most treatments occur, features custom-fabricated stations rendered in a blue lime-wash that transition into intimate cocktail tables for evening events.
Furthering the “gallery” concept, the design integrates unexpected archival and artistic elements, such as narrow floor-to-ceiling ledges displaying an array of magazines. In the soak room, used for pedicures, seven bays are separated by Nordic Knots fabric curtains and finished in oxblood-red tiles to enhance the feeling of privacy and ritual. This neo-vintage, minimalist aesthetic extends to the powder room, which is lined with charcoal-gray textured walls and features a concrete basin with a unique faucet that extends directly from the ceiling.
