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Get The Look of Nantucket’s 76 Main
By Sara Bliss on August 31, 2014Groovy patterns, cheery colors, beckoning furniture–the guest rooms at Nantucket’s 76 Main are adorable. Designed byBoston-based interior designer Rachel Reider to feel like preppy chic guest bedrooms in a New England beach house, they also offer amazing inspiration for a fun bedroom anywhere. Here’s how to get the look at home from this cute boutique hotel on Nantucket. Philip Jeffries […] -
A New Lighthouse Inn in Maine
By Sara Bliss on August 9, 2014There is something about staying in a lighthouse that feels so adventurous and romantic. A new hotel in Maine set in a restored lighthouse that dates back to 1836 also adds luxe to the mix with sumptuously designed rooms. The Inn at Cuckhold’s Lighthouse is set on a teeny windswept barrier island, ½ mile from bustling Boothbay Harbor Maine. As a guest, […] -
Lindsey Adelman’s Incredible Branch Lights At NYC’s Peninsula Hotel
By Sara Bliss on May 14, 2014A few weeks back I went to a press dinner heralding The Peninsula Paris which opens this August (it is going to be really fabulous). The incredibly delicious dinner by chef Brandon Kida was held at Clement in at the Peninsula New York. Yabu Pushelberg designed Clement, and commissioned star lighting designer Lindsey Adelman to custom design a Branching Disc […] -
Want your bedroom to look like this? Here’s how
By Sara Bliss on May 1, 2014Kit Kemp‘s hotel rooms are phenomenally cozy and colorful, incredibly happy spaces. Just check out this newly revamped room at the Haymarket in London. Want to recreate the look at home? Here’s how: Katie Ritter’s Seaweed fabric in Lime The walls are covered in charcoal gray wool fabric. (to turn fabric into wallpaper you can have a wallpaper hanger, back the […] -
Sneak Peek: Checking out The Ludlow on the Lower East Side
By Sara Bliss on April 25, 2014The NYC hotel opening I’m most anticipating is the Ludlow Hotel on the Lower East Side in June. I interviewed owner/designer/hotelier Sean McPherson yesterday for a magazine assignment and got a sneak peek of the still in-construction hotel. His projects, like The Marlton, The Jane, and the Bowery hotel all manage to be reflective of the neighborhood they are in and incredibly […] -
The Gorgeous New Collection from Le Sirenuse
By Sara Bliss on April 17, 2014When you fall in love with a hotel you always want to bring a little bit of that magic back home. The lovely Carla Sersale who runs the Emporio Sirenuse boutique at her family’s glamorous Le Sirenuse Hotel in Positano gets that. She stocks her shop withcool glassware, fun pillows, and her line of caftans and pareos that totally channel […]
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SARA BLISSAs a freelance design and travel writer, I am always on the lookout for the most innovative and glamorous hotels. I started Hotel Chic as a travel/design blog to showcase the coolest hotels around the globe, and show you how to bring the look home. Whether you use this site to plan your next trip, redecorate your bedroom, or check into an amazing hotel without leaving your couch, I hope Hotel Chic will be a source of inspiration. Read full bio.