Photos: Hotel Covell opens in Los Feliz

A custom malachite-patterned wall mural, also in Chapter 4, is from wallpaper designer Brenda Huston, a plywood wall-mounted multimedia table is made by local craftsman James Melinat and a vintage Thayer Coggin sectional sofa by Milo Baughman.  (Christina House / For The Times)

Hotel Covell owner Dustin Lancaster and designer Sally Breer of Co-Mingle Design and Highland Park’s Shopclass home decor store discuss last-minute details in Chapter 4.  (Christina House / For The Times)

Chapter 4’s elaborate “wet room” features a custom-made emerald jade claw-foot tub with black accents.  (Christina House / For The Times)

The encaustic cement-tiled kitchen in Chapter 4 also has a light-filled reading nook and working area.  (Christina House / For The Times)

A detail of the encaustic cement tile in Chapter 4.  (Christina House / For The Times)

The wainscot and skylight in Hotel Covell’s corridor evokes an early 20th century hallway, with an antique Turkish runner.  (Christina House / For The Times)

Lancaster in Chapter 2’s seating area, which includes a built-in bench as well as iconic midcentury Saarinen and Eames furnishings.   (Christina House / For The Times)

Chapter 2, the smallest of Hotel Covell’s five rooms, is intended to be George Covell’s bachelor apartment in New York City during the early 1950s, and features space-conscious contemporary elements such as Brendan Ravenhill’s Cord sconces.   (Christina House / For The Times)

Chapter 2’s bathroom sink fittings.   (Christina House / For The Times)

Hotel Covell’s five rooms come with record players and music selections that are tied to specific time periods of each chapter.   (Christina House / For The Times)

Each room in Hotel Covell has an interior and exterior entrance.  (Christina House / For The Times)

The bathroom in Chapter 1, which alludes to George Covell’s Oklahoma roots. Notepads in each room are also unique, and custom printed with specific addresses and notes.   (Christina House / For The Times)

Chapter 1’s sleeping area with a vintage headboard Breer had lacquered. The room’s kitchen area includes a built-in reclaimed wood writing desk that wraps around a structural column.  (Christina House / For The Times)

George Covell’s Paris-raised, Manhattan-dwelling daughter Isabelle is the imagined occupant of Chapter 5, which features a Sarreid dresser and a settee with linen upholstery that Breer hand-painted herself.   (Christina House / For The Times)

Chapter 5’s kitchenette.   (Christina House / For The Times)

Breer and Lancaster in Chapter 3’s pass-through window and living room. Dramatic cement hexagonal Kismet tile accents the rear kitchenette wall and ends in an irregular pattern at the top.   (Christina House / For The Times)

In Chapter 3, a vintage Eileen Gray Bibendum chair that Breer refinished with rose-colored velour upholstery and a powder-coated base, a Danish modern rosewood credenza and a travertine coffee table references George Covell’s romantic sojourn in Paris.   (Christina House / For The Times)

Local woodworker James Melinat crafted the wood bases for Chapter 3’s side tables topped with salvaged pink marble that Breer sourced.   (Christina House / For The Times)

The seating area in the lobby, which is located directly behind Bar Covell and is primarily accessed via the alley behind Hollywood Boulevard.   (Christina House / For The Times)

Hotel Covell lobby’s check-in desk, which Breer found on Craigslist.   (Christina House / For The Times)

Lobby check-in desk at Hotel Covell.  (Christina House / For The Times)

A bedroom in the Chapter 4 suite with a Sarreid nightstand and lighting from Park Studio.  (Christina House / For The Times)

The stairwell from the Hollywood Boulevard street entrance, featuring a Kismet tile-clad floor and a polished brass door.  (Christina House / For The Times)