Hunker Opens Tri-Level Experiential and Showroom Concept in Venice, 'Hunker House'
The digital home and design media brand's new loft-style space features a showroom storefront, influencer hospitality suite, and content studio.
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Home design site and media brand Hunker has opened a mixed-use experiential and showroom concept called Hunker House on Abbot Kinney. Following the success of the first Hunker House in 2019—a small event venue and content studio—the brand has expanded on the original concept with a strategy that marries its core brand pillars of storytelling, shopping, and hospitality.
The new 4,500-square-foot, loft-style space—which comes to life via three stories and seven rooms total including a ground-floor showroom, influencer hospitality suite, and content studio—officially opened on Friday, April 22. Each room features products that visitors can shop digitally via QR codes.
To give the exterior some distinction, Paul Anderson—Hunker's creative director, who oversaw the home's build and design—commissioned Los Angeles- and Portland-based artist Buckley to create a mural on the street-facing wall.
Every month, Hunker House will embody a new theme. For its upcoming playdate edition, running from June 23 to July 23, it invited actor and design enthusiast Jamie Chung and SoCal interior designer Becki Owens to transform the space into a kid-friendly playland with activities, a scavenger hunt, and interactive light sculptures sprawled throughout. On display throughout is Gap Home's new kids collection, which fuses Gap's timeless vibe with fun splashes of color and is exclusively sold at Walmart.
"I wanted the vibe to reflect most days in California, sunny and bright, playful and cool," says Chung, whose foray into children's interior design began when creating a bedroom for her twin babies. "A safe place to let your imagination go wild."
Chung's goal for the space was to create a cozy sanctuary. To achieve that aesthetic, she incorporated fun watercolor prints, pops of rainbow, and denim blue moments throughout. Pieces included the Watercolor Dots Kids Area Rug ($79) for a plush landing pad for little feet, several Knit Stripe Organic Cotton Fringe Decorative Pillows ($19), and blanket fort-ready Mixed Stripe Soft Jersey Organic Cotton Blend Comforter Set ($45+).
Owens—a mother of four and the founder of her namesake home furnishings and decor brand Becki Owens Living—curated a colorful, summer-ready kids' bedroom using pieces that would spark creativity and excitement, such as the Unicorn Tie-Dye Reversible Organic Cotton Blend Comforter Set ($45+) and Mini Stripe T-Shirt Soft Jersey Organic Cotton Blend Sheet Set ($33+).
As a part of her initial process, she drew inspiration from her own children. "I want the child to feel excited about their room," Owens says. "I love getting their feedback and then designing something from there."
According to Owens, the key to making color pop is to start with a neutral base such as white walls, an ivory oak dresser, or a classic white bed frame that can house layers of colorful linens. She also favors reversible bedding given kids' ever-changing tastes.
Browse the gallery above and head over to the address below to gather design inspo for your little ones' space, then check back in August to see what theme Hunker House entertains next.
Hunker House, 1212 Abbot Kinney Blvd., Unit C, Venice Beach, 90291; open from Tuesday to Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.
