Hotel Chic at Home

Long time ago, when I joined a company, I was provided temporary accommodation at a hotel. What I took away from the conveniences was, how cool would it be to have your room as clean looking, meaning stuff not flowing out, everything hidden in its place, behind cupboards (slow down to imagine a closet with shelves for dishes, cups, etc. I am used to hearing of it as cubbard like old lady hubbard and hence at a disadvantage of not knowing the meaning through origin) or curtains.

Sara Bliss in her book Hotel Chic at Home: Inspired Design Ideas from Glamorous Escapes makes that time possible with her gorgeous picture book of how each room of the house could be decorated glamorously.

Each picture invites you into many details. This book doubles both as a design book as well as a travel diary. You look at not just the color and mood of the room but also the furniture, lighting, walls and the architecture. Each picture gazed at, so intently, becomes a diorama. The oblong ottoman in one picture brings to relief the half, wide column. Contrast this full bodied ottoman with a bare leg plain stool.
Wood relegated to the floor is put on a pedestal by being lifted to the adorn the walls.
"Fabric is second only to paint in its ability to immediately refresh a room or to make it memorable."
With Patterns and Statement beds, all the pictures makes museums out of rooms.