Your
home base
Welcome to The Twin Palms Art House. We're glad you're here. Our goal is to give you a truly vibrant, creative and thoroughly Palm Springs home base.
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Experience the curated art and vibrant color of Palm Springs at this 3-bedroom, 3-bathroom retreat in the iconic Twin Palms neighborhood. This home features a modern layout with new AC (2024), two California King suites, and one Queen room, all fully appointed for a seamless stay.
The private backyard is a guest favorite, featuring a pool, hot tub, and outdoor rain shower designed for the ultimate Southern California vibe. Enjoy dinners under the stars at the BBQ and al fresco dining area, tucked beneath sparkling festival lights. Located in the heart of the South Palm Springs dining district, you are minutes away from the city's best cocktails and coffee.
Beyond the house, you are perfectly positioned for outdoor adventure, with hiking trailheads, desert canyons, and golf courses just a short skip away. If you are here for the festivals, the Splash house venue is within walking distance, and the route to Coachella and Stagecoach is right around the corner. Architecture enthusiasts will find themselves in the heart of mid-century design; the home is so central to Modernism Week that the famous double-decker bus tour passes right by the front door.
For those balancing work and play, the property is equipped with two-gig fiber wifi and a mesh booster system to ensure high-speed internet reaches every corner—even the pool. The dedicated office off the Master Suite provides a more traditional workspace, complete with two large monitors, a printer, and a shredder. Whether you are visiting for the scenery, the events, or a colorful "workation," we look forward to making our house your Palm Springs home base.
Detailed features
Living areas
Central air-conditioning and heating, five flatscreen TVs, dining room with dining table for eight, lounge room with gas fireplace, living room, numerous pieces of art throughout, board games and puzzles.
Bedrooms
Each bedroom is fully appointed with generous bed-sizes (2 with California King, 1 with Queen), fresh linens, a flatscreen TV and a welcome gift. All rooms have a variety of sitting chairs, cushions and artworks.
Bathrooms
All three bathrooms have showers, with one also including a bathtub, each come with toiletries (local shampoo and conditioner and fresh soaps and lotion),, at least one hair-dryers, body, hand, face and make-up towels,
Dining room
Pool area
Swimming pool, hot tub, beach umbrellas, shading (during summer), outdoor shower, Telescope daybeds, lounge area with couch and armchair, poolside dining table for four, pool floats.
Office
High speed wifi throughout the property is particularly useful in the office. The office and small sitting area off the Master Suite includes an extra large dedicated monitor, printer and shredder, along with basic stationary and a wonderfully distracting floor-to-ceiling artwall.
Kitchen
Two door freezer fridge, dishwasher, five-burner gas stove, double oven, double microwaves, drip coffee maker, coffee grinder, restaurant style blender, toasters, ice maker, crockpot, slow cooker, juicer, sandwich toaster, pasta maker, mixer, mortar and pestle, electric can opener, ample adult and children's cutlery, flatware and cloth serviettes and all the necessary cooking basics.
Desert gardens
The gardens at the Twin Palms Art House blend curated botanical design with the surrounding desert environment. Focusing on sustainability, the landscape features a mix of drought-tolerant plants well-suited to the arid climate. The garden comes alive at night with festival lighting a perfect atmosphere for relaxation or celebration (or both!).
BBQ & outdoor dining area
Four-burner gas grill, dining table for six, lounge area with three lounge chairs shading, outdoor fire pit, mountain views, cactus garden.
Dining table with 6-8 dining chairs, sputnik light and cocktail trolley,
Parking
Parking for one car in driveway, ample non-time limited street parking available. Local regulations limit cars to one per bedroom so there's a maximum three cars permitted at the property.
Laundry
Fully appointed laundry with washer and dryer, laundry detergent and dryer sheets complementary, towels and linens, clothes hangers, ironing board, hairdryers in all rooms, sun visors for cars, yoga mats, picnic mats.
Check-in/check-out
Our check-in time is 4:00 PM and our check out time is 11:00 AM. We always try to extend these times where possible but appreciate your understanding on those occasions when it is not.
Galleries
Welcome
We're glad you're here
 Welcome, we're glad you're here. |  Cactus garden |
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 The original Twin Palms |  Always look up! |
 We will always light a way homeFront garden path after dark |
Time to live, love and eat
"The unifying aesthetic of the whole property--color, light, comfort, ease, community and fun--made for an extraordinary experience. It was like stepping into another world. We all left refreshed and reinvigorated."
Carolyn, February 2025
Lounge room, living room, dining room & kitchen
 Martini in the Lounge? |  Hello there! |
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 Fireplace |  A load of bull (over the fireplace) |
 Dining room |  Watch out, Mamma's got her eye on you (and it seems the cocktail trolley!) |
 Let's live in the Living Room |  Benji Franks oversees affairs in the living room |
 Smooch |  Breakfast bench/kitchen |
 Time to cook up a storm |  Hello! |
Good night
Bedrooms & bathrooms
"Each room had its own unique personality and even came with a thoughtful gift basket of journals, books, beauty products and a handwritten note! The beds [and] pillows are extremely comfortable and roomy"
Michelle, November 2024
 Master Suite. lookin, well, sweet |  It is PALM Springs after all people |
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 Art corner |  Marilyn and Audrey are the sentinels on duty at this end of the house |
 Time to sit down - either in or perhaps next to a bath |  Color bomb, the Master Suite bathroom |
 Clean up, Palm Springs awaits |  We call the La Casita Suite, yes we know "The the" :-) |
 The colors of pride |  An odd companion means even the bathroom has an artistic focal point |
 Flowers, soap, flowers, lotion |  Rounding out the rooms - the Poolside Suite |
 The coral is fake, don't freak out |  A band of history lines the walls of the Peacock Court |
 Original product brochures from the construction in 1959 was quite a find |
It's Palm Springs, let's go outside!
"The exterior is completely private and carefully designed for outdoor living, with a lavish, protected lounge over looking the pool area, and a beautiful desert garden that wraps around the house and includes outdoor dining and multiple gathering spots."
Carolyn, February 2025
Pool area, including swimming pool, spa/hot tub, patio lounge, sunbeds & outdoor rain shower
 The front cactus garden |  Did someone say BBQ? |
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 One of the pleasures of life here is outdoor dining |  Garden lights at dusk |
 Teal colored Acapulco chairs, could there be anything more Palm Springs? |  Our outdoor rain shower |
 Splash |  Another outdoor dining option |
 Splash II |  Our pool side patio |
 This flamboyance of flamingos is native around here |  Goodbye, I'll be on the sun bed |
 Another day settles over the garden |  Outdoor lounge area |
 Our picture wall is certainly colorful |  The office |
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 A sitting area to read, do you remember doing that? |  If you must work, we've got you covered |
Office
Laundry
"Sorry but we don't have quotes from guests about how wonderful our laundry is because, thankfully, it's rarely used. They are on vacation after all! Anyhow you'll have to take our word for it - it's great ."
Adam, Host/Owner, The Twin Palms Art House
 Our laundry |  Wash and dry |
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Other things to know
Brief pre-stay registration
When you book your stay in Palm Springs, there are a few simple things to take care of to make sure everything goes smoothly and follows local rules. Around 2-3 weeks before you arrive (or right away if it's a last-minute booking), we'll get in touch to start a quick online registration. We’ve invested in a user-friendly online registration solution to make sure everyone is best positioned to comply with the rules set down by the City of Palm Springs in relation to short-term vacation rentals (and of course we’re always here to help!). There are three parts to this:
Rental agreement & house rules
We’ll send a rental agreement to the “responsible party” (likely you) for electronic signature. This agreement incorporates the house rules for The Twin Palms Art House, which are already available to all guests and potential guests to read at the link below.
As part of the agreememt we need to collect the most basic of details of the adult members of your group (think name and email address)
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Adult ID verification
For your security and ours, a quick ID verification for all adult guests is required. This is conducted by Stripe and takes no more than a few minutes. Using Stripe, a highly regarded technology firm, ensures the highest standards of data security and privacy. This greatly enhances our ability to provide a secure and top-standard rental and puts downward pressure on prices by helping avoid potential issues—a win-win for everyone involved.
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Good Neighbor policy & briefing
A very short virtual briefing on the local council's Good Neighbor policy is required of all parties directly before you take up residence. We do this by a quick Google Meet on the day before you arrive and it takes no longer than 5-minutes of your group's time, but it is truly mandatory.
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Water heating
Pool and/or spa heating can be arranged for a cost-recovery based fee. Feel free to inquire for more information but we'll actively check-in with you before your stay to make you know your options. We take a simple user pays approach to this which avoids those who don't want/need water heating subsidizing those that do (which is unfair) and allows a price signal to keep resource use to a level closer to true need (climate change is very real). In our view, the "alternative" (i.e. building the costs of heating into our baseline pricing and charging everyone) is so unfair to non-users and so irresponsible to the environment that we don't see it as a feasible alternative at all, meaning our alternative would be no heating being made available. Brrrrr....
For more information on this, including rates please see here. Please note that unfortunately we are unable to offer this service for those booking through Airbnb.
Quiet
time
The City of Palm Springs including the Twin Palms neighborhood practice a quiet time between 10 PM and 7 AM each day.
Safety and security
The Twin Palms neighborhood of Palm Springs is an extremely low crime area but for additional safety the property has a back-to-base security system including alarm, smoke alarms and carbon monoxide alarm, two fire extinguishers, several first aid kits and for the security of our home there are four exterior security cameras at the property, each facing outwards from the property.
We also recommend reviewing the emergency section of this website which contains recommendations what to do in an urgent situation and in an emergency.
No smoking
There is strictly no smoking inside the property (this one took no deliberation at all!). If you need to smoke outside please only do so if you're more than 15 feet from an entrance to the property. Please note that this policy relates to all forms of smoking, ie tobacco, weed, vapes, etc. If it involves you breathing in and then exhaling smoke, mist, vapor of the chemical, organic or any kind, that's smoking and its not permitted.
Cleaning fee
As is standard, a cleaning fee per booking applies when renting the property. The cleaning fee for The Twin Palms Art House is currently $250.
Deposit waiver protection
Depending upon which platform you book through you may also be required to pay a small deposit waiver protection fee. Deposit waiver protection is a simpler, non-refundable alternative to a traditional cash security deposit. Instead of having a large sum of money held on your card and then waiting for it to be released after your stay, you pay a small, one-time fee—typically between $25 and $30. This coverage protects you against accidental damages to the property during your visit, giving you peace of mind and keeping more cash in your pocket for your trip.
Accessibility
While the front entrance involves three wide steps up and two back down into the house, the frequently used rear entrance provides level access and the entire rest of the house is also on that same level.
Diversity and
nondiscrimination
We are, and will always remain, firm believers in the value of diversity and human dignity derived from nondiscrimination. Every day we see the strength gained through bringing diversity to the table. This goes hand-in-hand with practicing nondiscrimination in our business affairs and a commitment to treating each other with respect and kindness, while acknowledging each other's differences with interest and learning from one another with genuine curiosity.
No pets
We're afraid, after much deliberation, we've determined the house has to have a no pets policy in place. We know that limits some people's ability to stay with us and we really regret that but we have considered this from all angles and have landed in a clear position. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation.