When Marybeth Searls, the founder and brainchild of dripyoga, couldn't find the cool, modern yoga studio she envisioned - she decided to build it. Searls latched onto a recipe for a studio that included a dimly lit room, infrared heat, and beat-driven classes. "I want people to feel transported from their day the moment they walk through the door”, she explained. “I want drip to be an escape”.

I signed onto drip’s buildout as both Interior Designer and Brand Consultant. I didn’t know it then, but creating drip alongside Marybeth would become one of my most challenging yet rewarding projects to date.

The road to drip

  • The footprint of drip is intimate, so we had to be thoughtful about every square inch when designing the space. We started by asking ourselves what makes a space feel moody? After many late night brainstorming sessions, we landed on a design that felt less like a gym and more like your favorite neighborhood cocktail bar. Moody lighting, clean lines, dark color drenching, and a dash of sparkle had drip feeling like a quick teleportation from the real world.

  • Drip’s former space was a run-down nail salon. It was a complete gut from top to bottom. We transformed a long narrow space into a lobby, studio, and refresh area. The build out started in the summer of 2022 and stretched through the fall. If what we dreamed didn’t exist, we made it. A few of the projects included concrete pendant lights, upholstery bench seating, refurbished lockers, and fluted remote controlled candles for every yoga mat.

  • Dripyoga officially opened its doors in the fall of 2022 to an overwhelming response. Since then, drip has collaborated with numerous brands, hosted around 10,000 classes, and held a retreat in Tulum. Two years after opening, drip picked up the sledge hammer once more to “knock down walls and hang more disco balls”. In a few short weeks, drip reopened with double the footprint in their space.