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Get the Look: JK Place Florence
By Sara Bliss on February 17, 2014Whether it’s your wardrobe or your pad, a totally neutral palette of black, white, and gray makes everything infinitely easier. Everything always goes together making decorating that much easier. It’s also more wallet-friendly way to go (cream or black canvas upholstery can always be scored on the cheap). Ultimately, the payoff is that the trio of hues always look impossibly chic […] -
Design Ideas from the Austria’s Jagdgut Wachtelhof Hotel
By Sara Bliss on October 5, 2013The amazing Italian architect and hotel designer Michele Bonan just revamped an Austrian ski lodge in the mountains of Steinerne Meer in Hinterthal. The very chic Jagdgut Wachtelhof hotel (nooo idea how to pronounce that!) is not far from Salzberg and looks like one of the chicest ski lodges ever. The hotel reopens in December after the redesign is complete. […] -
Black & White Glamour at the Marquis Saint-Honoré in Paris
By Sara Bliss on February 25, 2013Michele Bönan is the man behind some of the most beautifully designed hotels in the world from the JK Place in Capri to Germany’s Heidelberg Suites. His new 15-room Marquis Saint-Honoré in Paris is no exception. Just like his other hotels, the spaces are designed to feel like incredibly chic homes and full of real-life design inspiration. The bathroom alone would be such […] -
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. […] -
Parisian Chic at 1 Place Vendome
By Sara Bliss on January 24, 2011After falling in love with the brilliant design of Italy’s Continentale hotel, and Germany’s romantic Heidelberg Suites, I went in search of additional projects by the talented interior designer Michele Bonan. The Italian designer is a master at unpretentious glamour, pairing crisp color schemes with stylish, yet comfortable furniture, as he did at the 1 Place Vendome restaurant in Paris. 1 Place Vendome is […] -
Design Nirvana at The Heidelberg Suites
By Sara Bliss on January 18, 2011You know how I make it my mission to track down cool furniture and fabric sources so that you can recreate look of your favorite hotel at home? Well, I finally found an amazing hotel that speaks our language! At the Heidelberg Suites in Germany, they expect that guests will fall in love with their glam custom furniture, bright graphic […]