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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 […] -
Hotel Designer Kit Kemp
By Sara Bliss on June 4, 2013A friend recently asked me to track down the pretty fabric on the chairs in the Drawing Room at the Crosby Street Hotel. It is Milas by Vaughn, which reminded me that I’ve been meaning to write about designer Kit Kemp’s new book A Living Space. Kit is the designer behind Firmdale Hotels. Every space in her hotels is unique filled with amazing art, global treasures, lots of […] -
Cozy Chic: The Dorset Hotel in London
By Sara Bliss on December 17, 2012Every time I step into one of designer Kit Kemp’s amazing Firmdale Hotels I think, I wish my apartment looked like this. The unabashed use of color, the gorgeous patterns everywhere, the great art–there is so much to love. Kit has made her hotels feel like the best version of home–cozy, colorful, and fun–the way so many of us would love […] -
Bedroom Inspiration from The Crosby Street Hotel
By Sara Bliss on June 20, 2011My bedroom is in desperate need of a Hotel Chic makeover! When we moved in a few years back, I played it safe with a blue and white palette, which is pretty much yawnsville. Now due to the wear and tear of life with a 5 year old and a dog, our headboard needs re-upholstering, and the walls need major […] -
Design Lessons from JK Place Capri
By Sara Bliss on May 24, 2011I am absolutely in love with everything about the JK Place Capri, which shouldn’t really come as a surprise as the Italian designer and architect Michele Bonan is the genius behind the design. Michele also did the glamorous Hotel Continentale and Germany’s Heidelberg suites which I recently paid homage to. I think Michele and Kit Kemp, are the most innovative hotel designers right now. […] -
Orange Crush at The Charlotte Street Hotel
By Sara Bliss on January 10, 2011Orange walls are a perfect antidote to grey winter days, so it isn’t a surprise that designer Kit Kemp chose the brightening hue to cover this suite’s walls in London’s Charlotte Street Hotel. Wouldn’t it be so nice to come home from a rainy day in London to this cheery space? The trouble with orange, however, is that it is […]
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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.