Hotel Interiors
Idea 2: Bathroom in the gardenIdea 1:A low partition between the bathroom and the bedroom, combined with the bathroom, is an effective but impractical solution. It would be wiser to separate them with a partition that does not reach the ceiling, as in the Austrian Mavida Balance Hotel & Spa. Unfortunately, this option is only suitable for country houses: in apartment buildings, combining living space with a bathroom is, alas, illegal. Idea 2: a bathroom in the garden Taking a bath, enjoying the sun, greenery and fresh air, is a legal privilege for owners of country houses. And for this, it is not necessary to wash on the lawn, in front of amazed neighbors! You can adopt the experience of Antonio Citterio - while designing the Bvlgari hotel in Bali, he achieved a successful compromise between openness and privacy. The glazed doors of the bathroom open onto a garden surrounded by a wall of wild stone. In good weather, you can open the doors and let the summer breeze into the room.
Idea 3: a flaming fireplace on the TV screen
Idea 4: Do Not Disturb
Idea 5:bed combined with a deskIdea 3: a blazing fireplace on the TV screenA fireplace is a recognized symbol of home comfort. And even if you cannot afford such luxury, there is a way out. The owners of the German hotel chain Motel One have clearly proven that not only a real fire but also a flame captured on video contributes to relaxation. Insert the disc into the DVD player, and the TV in the hall or living room turns into a virtual fireplace! Of course, such a deception will not work in a classic interior, but in a modern one it looks quite organic. A large selection of discs with fire footage - in the online store amazon.com (search for them by the keywords "ambient fire"). Idea 4: a sign "Do not disturb" This simple hotel item is also useful at home: it can prevent many family quarrels. From time to time, everyone wants to be alone — and this is no reason to be offended. You can come up with other signals: for example, «don't come in without a gift», «I've gone into myself, I won't be back soon», — and hang them on the front door before guests arrive. Idea 5: a bed combined with a desk Furniture items that combine several functions are an ideal choice for a small room. Follow the example of designer Masa from Venezuela, who decorated this room at the Fox Hotel. Here, the bed is combined with a desk, which can be used as a coffee table and a side table. Similar hybrids can be purchased at IKEA or ordered according to your sketch from AM Design.
Idea 6: a glass wall between the bedroom and the bathroom
Idea 7:Paintings that flow from the wall to the ceilingIdea 6: A glass wall between the bedroom and bathroomTo provide the bathroom with natural light, replace the wall with a glass partition. And to have privacy during water procedures, duplicate the glass with curtains or blinds, as in the Faena Hotel & Universe. Another option: install a partition made of so-called Smart glass - with a variable level of transparency.Idea 7: Paintings that flow from the wall to the ceilingThis is one of the most spectacular decorating techniques. If you have low ceilings - use it! Decorate the room with giant drawings that seem to not fit on the wall and "spill" onto the ceiling, as in this room of the Copenhagen Fox Hotel.
Idea 8: Twisting TV in the foot of the bed
Idea 9: Cinema on the ceiling
Idea 10: Bed suspended from the ceilingIdea 8:Rotating TV at the foot of the bedWatch TV lying in bed or sitting in a chair? The choice is yours. The solution used in this "suite" of the Moscow hotel Pokrovka Suite is perfect for a studio apartment or a large bedroom. The TV, built into a frosted glass partition, rotates around its axis. It is equally convenient to watch it from the bed and the living area. Idea 9: Movie on the ceilingDo you want to see something nice every morning when you wake up? How about a frame from your favorite movie on the ceiling? Take an example from Jean Nouvel, who decorated the rooms of the Swiss hotel The Hotel with frames from cult films by Fellini, Buñuel, Wenders, etc. High-resolution images can be ordered from the Eastnews photo bank, large-format printing - maximuc.ru. To make the ceiling look good in the evening, you will have to give up the chandelier and install spotlights directed upwards. Idea 10: a bed suspended from the ceiling If your bedroom is small, you can create the illusion of space by replacing the usual bed with a bed without legs suspended from the ceiling. As it is done in the Singapore hotel New Majestic, here the "floating in the air" bed is also illuminated from below. This is a great way to visually "unload" a cramped room.
Idea 11: children's rooms decorated by children
Idea 12:Covering the upper part of the walls with mirrorsIdea 11: Children's rooms decorated by childrenTeenagers are bursting with energy, but how can you channel it into a peaceful channel? Let them decorate their own bedrooms. Take an example from hoteliers who entrusted the decoration of their rooms to child prodigies who are not burdened with knowledge of the art of decorating. The Fox Hotel in Copenhagen was given over to aspiring designers: the result is obvious!Idea 12: Covering the upper part of the walls with mirrorsIt goes without saying that mirrors visually expand the space. However, most people feel uncomfortable being face to face with their own reflection all the time. (Citizens suffering from a severe form of narcissism don't count!) In addition, a mirror mercilessly doubles not only the area of the room, but also the number of things scattered around it in artistic disarray. Take a cue from designer David Collins, the creator of the New York London Hotel: he covered only the upper part of the walls with mirrors, so that neither the mess in the room nor its inhabitants are reflected in them. The illusion of space is preserved. For some, a hotel is a home, for others, it is foreign territory. We gave the floor to both parties! Yulia Vysotskaya, actress
One day my husband and I found ourselves in a completely different hotel.by chance and did not regret it. It happened in London. We were moving from one apartment to another. In the middle of a narrow street there was already a truck filled with our things. And then it turned out that the owner of the apartment we were supposed to move into had simply disappeared. His phone was not answering, and the confused real estate agent said that he did not even know how to help us. I stood next to an angry truck driver who did not understand where he was going, and I could not even cry from despair. But my husband, without losing his composure, booked a room at The Dorchester Hotel and said: "Big deal! We will spend the night in a hotel and drink champagne!" And indeed, everything worked out, the next day we found a wonderful apartment, where we lived for a year and a half. But unexpectedly for ourselves, we spent an amazing romantic evening in one of the best hotels in the world! Alexander Malenkov, editor-in-chief of MAXIM magazine
The first time I came to Italy was in 1994.My friends and I arrived in Rimini, dropped our things off at the hotel and went into town to explore. In order not to get lost, I specifically remembered the name of the hotel. The sign said "Albergo***". "Okay," I thought, "I get it, the Albergo hotel". I looked at the street name "Traffico a senso unico" and went for a walk. Of course, we got lost. Somehow, with the help of a phrasebook, we started asking locals: "Where is the Albergo hotel?" They pointed to the nearest building. We looked "AD" exactly, Albergo! And our street is "Traffico a senso unico". But the hotel is " definitely not ours. And most importantly, wherever you turn, on every street there is a sign saying Traffico a senso unico, and on every hotel - Albergo. We decided that we were going crazy. It turned out that Traffico a senso unico means one-way traffic, and Albergo is a hotel. The entire resort of Rimini was dotted with hotels with the sign Albergo. In general, we wandered around the resort for a whole week, slept on the beach. I'm kidding. To be honest, at some point we just accidentally, without understanding how, found ourselves at the doors of our Albergo. Elena Sotnikova, vice president and editorial director of the publishing house AFS
I was once really scared by hotel design.Thank God that my husband and I ended up in this famous Dubai hotel by chance, on a tour. The abundance of white Mercedes at the entrance and sheikh-like personalities did not bother us at all: on the contrary, we were happily awaiting the promised "Arab luxury". It always seemed to me that this concept includes antique carpets, carved panels, dusty handmade cement tiles - and all that in bright mosaic tones. However, already at the entrance we were met by funeral compositions of fresh flowers, modern Chinese carpets painted with flaming abstractions, an atrium going into the endless heights with inflated celluloid balconies covered with gold leaf. "We could fit the Statue of Liberty here", bragged the local PR woman. "Well, now they're trying to take on the Statue of Liberty," we thought gloomily. The high-speed elevator whisked us up to the 50th floor, where, holding on to the walls so as not to have the slightest chance of looking down the "well" (at that point we were at about the level of the Statue of Liberty's head, if they had stuffed her in there), we entered the royal apartments. The tinted glass of the nearly 800-square-meter room created a gloomy atmosphere in the kitschy marble-and-silk space. While the sun never set outside and warm green waves crashed against the shore, the apartments were dominated by central air conditioning and semi-darkness sweetened by halogen. My husband felt ill. He practically sat down on the carpet in the middle of one of the bedrooms and held on to it with his hands, trying to convince himself that there was some kind of ground under his feet. The PR woman pressed a secret button, and the Disneyland bed standing among the gilded columns began to slowly rotate around its axis. It was suggested that we go down on a panoramic elevator, and we were already so bad and indifferent that we agreed. At the speed of light, a glass box with indifferent Indian people was falling into the ocean, who still had time to point at something with their fingers. We did not leave there - we ran away from there. And in the evening, we got drunk from stress. Aurora, actress and TV presenter
In the fall, my whole family - me, my husband Alexeyand little daughter Aurora - were vacationing in the Maldives. We specially chose the time to celebrate Alexey's birthday there. To be honest, I didn't plan anything special - I thought we'd go to some exotic restaurant in the evening, maybe get a bottle of champagne and a basket of fruit as a gift from the hotel. But the day before, the manager came up to me and said in a conspiratorial tone: "Don't schedule anything for tomorrow." I decided that he was talking about celebrating Halloween, which is celebrated on October 31. But the next day, a nanny (whom we hadn't ordered) knocked on our door and firmly said that she was told to look after little Aurora. Alexey and I were put on a boat and taken to a secluded island, where a luxurious table had already been set. We drank champagne, ate something very tasty and exotic… And when it got dark, an amazing show with lit torches began. And just for the two of us! My husband and I work in show business ourselves, but we appreciated the spectacle — it was so spectacular. Alexey later said that it was one of the best birthdays in his life. «Did you come up with all this yourself?» — our friends asked after our return to Moscow. They simply could not believe that it really was a gift from the hotel. Tina Kandelaki, TV presenter
I once stayed in a luxury hotel in Switzerland.hotel. Believe me, it was top class - I think, not even five, but six stars. I was taken to a luxurious room, telling them along the way that the hotel's history goes back more than one hundred and fifty years. And all these years, the staff has been thinking day and night about how to satisfy any whims of its sophisticated clients. I listened to all this with due respect. I unpacked my things and took out my laptop. But imagine my surprise when I found out that my exclusive room with antique furniture did not have Wi-Fi. I had to call the reception. "Don't worry, madam!" the administrator answered cheerfully. "Please go down to the first floor and use our excellent computers." Of course, I was indignant that in order to go online and send a letter home, I still had to go somewhere. But when I entered the room, I almost fainted: there were units there that could easily be given to a computer museum. Of course, the "old men" groaned, but somehow worked. "That's interesting," I thought later. "Don't hotel owners understand that gold faucets may be important for some of the guests. But the technology should be up to date." And here's another question that torments me: why in some hotels does Niagara Falls pour from the shower, literally knocking you off your feet, while in others you have to catch every drop to wash yourself. And such stories happen in hotels that position themselves as luxury. Andrey Malakhov, TV presenter and editor-in-chief of StarHit magazine
I decided to celebrate my 30th birthday in Cuba.My university friend Andrey Brener swore that this was the only place on earth where I wouldn’t be attacked by crowds of Russian TV viewers and where we would have complete relaxation. And so, on January 2, 2002, our friend Sveta and I found ourselves on Freedom Island in one of the best hotels on the coast, Melia Varadero. We quickly settled in and ran to the beach. When there were only a few meters left to the water, my path was blocked by three plump ladies. “Let’s wait a minute, Andri, we’re from Poltava,” said the older one, and fished a Sony camera out of a huge bag. First, as the head of a photo studio, she lined up her friends, then she stood in the frame herself, then tourists from Voronezh joined us, then… In short, the vacation began. Two days later, yawning desperately (tipsy tourists from Khabarovsk, flying out at dawn, wanted to say goodbye to me personally and banged on the door of our room for half an hour), we decided to spit on the hotel "paradise" and go to the beach of the town of Varadero. Stepping over the bronze bodies of the natives, we had almost found the coveted patch of free sand, when suddenly we heard a loud "Wow!". With the words "Andryukha! You're here too!" MK journalist Artur Gasparyan rushed to me. Next was a fan from St. Petersburg with her dad, then a bartender from Saratov, who revealed to me the secrets of making the "mojito" cocktail (he had flown in for a seminar to exchange experience). Then it turned out that today is Bloody Sunday and I have no right not to celebrate it with the people... On the tenth day of this "complete relaxation", I fell asleep in a sun lounger by the farthest pool of our hotel. My friend was dozing too. We were awakened by Svetka's delighted whisper: "Oh my God! Just look at who this lady is smearing cream on!" The best James Bond in the world, actor Sean Connery, was looking at us, exposing his broad, toned back to a beautiful woman of elegant age! I'll be honest, we never got the camera out of our bag. Judging by the color of his skin, it was Connery's first day of rest.
