Archive for September, 2012

  • DesignDorset Hotel

    Color Blocking a Wing Chair at London’s Dorset Hotel

    By Sara Bliss on September 27, 2012
    I always love reading Jason Oliver Nixon and John Loecke’s cheeky blog Demystifying Design.  The writers, stylists, editors, and interior designers don’t take themselves or design too seriously.  Their design motto is Banish the Beige, which they do with a zany, bold sense of fun. So refreshing in a time when “Style Experts” are running around making grand (often ridiculously pricey) style pronouncements! Jason […]
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  • Greenwich HotelMy Favorite HotelScout Designs

    Scout Design Checks into the Viceroy Anguilla

    By Sara Bliss on September 17, 2012
    With an alluring mix of global, vintage, artsy, and modern, I’m completely in love with Scout Design‘s aesthetic.  Design partners Nicki Clendening and Callie Jenschke met while styling the amazing Greenwich Hotel–propping the spaces with those personal details that give the hotel its warmth and cool. What I love about their rooms, is that they don’t feel calculated or “decorated.” […]
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  • ChileUncategorized

    Melding Architecture & Landscape: Chile’s Tierra Patagonia Hotel

    By Sara Bliss on September 13, 2012
    I get so focused on all of the gorgeous hotel interiors that I feature here, that I’ll admit that I sometimes overlook the importance of architecture. In particular, how a hotel fits in the landscape. It is something I definitely consider–there is nothing I hate more than cookie-cutter highrise hotels on a once beautiful beach, for example (Miami excluded). However, […]
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  • Get The LookLa Belle JulietteParis

    A Grown-Up Take on Pink at La Belle Juliette in Paris

    By Sara Bliss on September 5, 2012
    Love pink but think it the hue is too young and girly? Think again. At the lovely La Belle Juliette hotel in Paris, designer Anne Gelbard chose a dusty pink that is still feminine but decidedly grown-up. Paired with taupe and a burst of orange (see below), it is a perfect color for a bedroom. Of course, you could choose it […]
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