I love to travel-----especially staying at hotels. Are there things I can buy to spruce up my house to make it look like a hotel---and feel like one maybe........ Ideas?
2007-05-12 02:07:04 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Decorating & Remodeling
Well, you could shop hotel websites and get items that the hotel uses( Marriott and Westin have shopping sites.) Sheets and blankets should be neat and white, use duvet covers and lots of pillows with matching cases. everything should be in contrasting patterns with one theme.
2007-05-12 02:14:05 · answer #1 · answered by smallnoggin 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hotels, especially the more economical ones have come a long way recently in how their rooms look. I'm thinking the appeal to you may be the minimalist look that is now popular in the Marriott and Hilton brands.
If this is the look you are going towards, using soft muted colors in the bedding, multiple pillows including a bolster and going to a duvet (pretty much a slipcover over a comforter) will help achieve that look.
Many hotels have noticed the trend towards people wanting to have their rooms at home look like the hotel suites and now offer towels, bedding, even mattresses online. JC Penney, Pottery Barn and Target all offer Hotel styled merchandise now.
2007-05-12 02:57:46 · answer #2 · answered by the lifestylist 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Part of the look comes from the designer's minimalist approach. A room in a good hotel does not look crowded. Furnishings are sized and spaced appropriately. Tossing out some of your furniture, with an eye to creating open walkways between rooms can help. Take some pictures of rooms you enjoyed staying in. Try to apply the common themes you see there in your home. You may not need to buy more stuff, as much as lose some of the excess stuff that you have.
2007-05-19 07:21:55 · answer #3 · answered by Leo L 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get rid of all your personal effects too...a lot of the appeal of a motel/hotel is the fact that it is so impersonal...generic, in fact. Check the sales ads, there are usually some in the paper for hotels/motels that are remodeling or shutting down. Check the web for hotel furnishings...
2007-05-12 02:23:32 · answer #4 · answered by cat14675 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hallmark of most hotels is that they are decorated at a minimal. They do not have items that represent the individual such as personnel pictures, or special personnel items. It sounds like you like a very clean crisp, uncluttered environment.
2007-05-16 08:27:58 · answer #5 · answered by keezy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
set up a breakfast buffet every morning with donuts, coffee and orange juice, then invite strangers in and let them eat them while watching CNN Headline News on your TV..
or maybe add a second queen bed to your bedroom, and make the beds up identically.
2007-05-12 02:37:23 · answer #6 · answered by The Atomic Punk 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋