Though none of Club Casa del Mar?s original furnishings remain, Hotel Casa del Mar was recreated with a traditional look and feel of the 1920s. The effect was achieved in many ways, such as: using soft and simple lighting throughout, rather than the dramatic spotlighting of modern hotels; the elegant materials favored in the 1920s, including damask and velvet draperies, fruitwood and bronze furnishings; colors that evoke land and sea ? elegant golds and greens, shades of blue and apricot with tomato accents; and a sense of serious craftsmanship combined with decorative whimsy. Los Angeles-based Darrel Schmitt Design Associates and Cheryl Rowley Design collaborated on the interior design.

The eight-story property features a brick-and-sandstone fa?de, red-tile roof, browniron balconies, elaborate relief work with escutcheons over the front door, and an array of sculpted figures throughout the fa?de including cupids, angels and Renaissance personalities. Casa del Mar?s exterior was restored to its original state by HLW International, executive architects, in conjunction with affiliate Thomson Design Associates.

Hotel Casa del Mar has 129 newly renovated, elegantly appointed guest rooms and suites. Most offer panoramic views of the sand, ocean and the Pacific coastline from Palos Verdes to Malibu and some offer cityscapes of Santa Monica. The renovations designed by Darrell Schmitt Design Associates have created what feels like a chic, romantic beach estate. Each large room, accented with colors of calming, subtle blue, is well proportioned with stately windows adorned with ivory sateen draperies and high ceilings. The center piece, a rich walnut four-poster tester bed, is well accented with luxurious, crisp white linens, an etched and hand-silvered mirror, responsibly harvested white coral, a bisque-colored ceramic garden stool, lush chenille throws and a selection of novels and thoughtfully chosen artifacts. In addition, each room is also outfitted with the latest technology including a 42-inch plasma television in the main room as well as a flat screen television in the bathroom, wireless and T1 Internet access and an iPod docking station.

Opulent baths feature white Italian Calacata marble walls and floors, light fixtures finished in silver leaf, white porcelain fixtures, alabaster soap holders and glassware, plush white robes, glass enclosed showers, traditional pedestal sinks and whirlpool tubs with frosted-pane windows opening into the guest rooms and panoramas beyond. Specially designed rooms to accommodate the needs of the physically challenged are available.