Title: Quail Springs
Location: Tri-Cities, Washington
Markets Category: Multifamily
Services: Interior Design, Project Management, Custom Art
Date Completed: June 2026
Repositioning an Underused Clubhouse into a Resident-Focused Amenity That Supports Retention, Programming, and Leasing Appeal
Quail Springs, a multifamily property in the Tri-Cities area of Washington, needed more than a surface-level clubhouse refresh. The three-story-style clubhouse had strong architectural bones, including a beautiful fireplace that anchored the room, but the space had lived many lives and no longer invited residents to gather, linger, or use it consistently. What should have functioned as a warm community hub instead felt oversized, disconnected, and dated.
Color Works Design was brought in to transform the clubhouse into a more welcoming, resident-centered amenity that could support stronger programming, create a better leasing impression, and help ownership compete more effectively with adjacent properties.
Market Context
Located in the Tri-Cities area, Quail Springs sits within a multifamily market shaped by regional growth, resident choice, and increasing expectations around amenity value. In this environment, a clubhouse is not simply a common room. It is part of the leasing experience, the resident retention strategy, and the overall perception of the asset.
The geography of the area also mattered. The Tri-Cities region carries a more rural, grounded character, and the property name itself created an opportunity for storytelling. Rather than impose a generic multifamily aesthetic, Color Works looked for ways to create a design that felt locally relevant, memorable, and connected to the identity of Quail Springs.
Client Goals & Challenges
Ownership needed to refresh a dated clubhouse, improve the property’s competitive position, and help sell the product to both prospects and existing residents. The space had volume and potential, but it lacked the warmth, intimacy, and functionality needed to encourage daily use.
One of the largest challenges was balancing the existing rustic wood elements with a more updated and contemporary direction. Too much exposed wood made the clubhouse feel heavy and dated, but removing its character entirely would have stripped the space of warmth. Color Works developed a strategy that carefully determined how much wood to keep, where to preserve it, and where fresh paint could modernize the architecture without erasing the property’s sense of place.
Design Strategy / Intervention / Solution
Color Works created an interior design and custom art strategy that brought new life to the clubhouse while maintaining regional relevance. Fresh paint immediately brightened and modernized the space, helping reduce the visual weight of the existing wood and making the large volume feel more intentional and inviting.
The fireplace became a renewed focal point, supported by custom art details including a macro feather element that referenced the Quail Springs name in a subtle, elevated way. Additional art moments carried the quail and regional story throughout the clubhouse without making the theme feel literal or overdone.
New furnishings, lighting, accessories, pillows, and candles were selected to create a layered, residential sense of comfort. Cozy seating zones helped break down the scale of the room, while game areas and flexible gathering spaces gave residents a reason to use the clubhouse for events, casual connection, and everyday community-building.
Color Works also provided project management support, coordinating with asset management, ownership, leasing staff, installers, and contractors to bring the vision through execution. This ensured the final result supported both the design intent and the operational goals of the property.
Impact for Owners & Investors
The redesigned clubhouse created measurable and perceived value by transforming an underused amenity into a more active resident destination.
• Improved resident retention by creating a more comfortable, relevant, and usable amenity space.
• Increased amenity use through cozy seating, games, and flexible resident event zones.
• Strengthened resident programming by giving the property a more functional setting for community-building.
• Improved the leasing impression by creating a clubhouse that felt current, cared for, and aligned with the lifestyle being sold.
• Helped the property compete with adjacent multifamily communities by refreshing a dated asset into a more memorable and marketable amenity.
Your Next Step
Quail Springs demonstrates how thoughtful interior design can turn an overlooked clubhouse into a strategic asset. By combining regional storytelling, custom art, fresh furnishings, project coordination, and resident-centered planning, Color Works helped create a space that supports leasing, retention, and long-term property value.
Connect with Color Works Design to explore how strategic design can improve your asset’s market position, resident experience, and return on capital improvements.
