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A town hall from 1800s Vietnam, Victorian antiques and curated color come together to create a unique wellness experience at Folklore Spa.
After three-and-a-half years of planning and preparing, Folklore is open for treatment at Camp Lucy in Dripping Springs.
The details
Owners Kim and Whit Hanks designed Folklore to encourage engagement, rather than silence and solitude.
“We built it to be more of a social spa,” Kim Hanks said. “We're not going to shush you. You're going to have conversations and play games in these spaces.”
Guests are encouraged to bring their friends and families to enjoy the space together. Each room is filled with vibrant colors and textures, with curated antiques carefully placed. Many come from Whit Hanks' collection, who has been an antiques dealer since the 1980s.
Kim Hanks said that color was used intentionally, with the ability to change how you feel. Red represents vitality, blue represents calmness and green represents balance, according to the website.
“I think that color greets you whenever you go into a room,” Kim Hanks said.
In addition to the therapeutic design elements, personal touches from Kim and Whit Hanks are sprinkled throughout, from the custom tiles of their wedding to the treatment rooms. Each room is named after a place that the couple has enjoyed traveling to together.
What they offer
Folklore’s providers offer a variety of services, including HydraFacials, custom facials, massages, body rituals and “Folklore Stories,” which are longer bookings featuring multiple services. Stories range from three-and-a-half to six hours long.
Booking a service at Folklore also grants guests access to amenities such as:
Two buildings in front of Folklore, the library and the yoga room where classes are held, are also reconstructed buildings from Vietnam in the 1800s.
For those who wish to extend their stay, a row of cabins sits beside Folklore, featuring similar interior designs and Hill Country views.
In their own words
“I think wellness is not something that you have to do under the cloak of silence,” Kim Hanks said. “We need to be sharing. So we created these sharing spaces.”
