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10 Stylish Ways to Give your Home a Luxury Hotel Look
Whether your inspiration is a country pile, a boutique townhouse or an exotic spa, add luxury to your home with these style tips
By introducing some elegant design touches into your home, you can make it feel as relaxing as a luxury hotel. From layered lighting to symmetrical room layouts, read on to discover creative elements used in hotel design that might even tempt you to ditch the travel plans and opt for a staycation instead.
Create calm with symmetry
Some of the best hotels in the world use symmetry to make a space feel serene and relaxing. Repetition and balance make for an atmosphere of elegance and refinement. Use a natural midpoint in your room, such as a large window, patio door or fireplace, and create a mirror image on each side.
Some of the best hotels in the world use symmetry to make a space feel serene and relaxing. Repetition and balance make for an atmosphere of elegance and refinement. Use a natural midpoint in your room, such as a large window, patio door or fireplace, and create a mirror image on each side.
Style up your bookcase
Don’t just stuff the shelves with books. Instead, think about how you display them and the value of leaving some white space. With a little creative thinking, you can reproduce a feeling of an old library. Include vases and decorative boxes, and mix horizontally with vertically stacked books.
You can even add LED strip or spot lighting to bring in a bolder focal point and additional light source.
Discover ways to turn your books into a work of art
Don’t just stuff the shelves with books. Instead, think about how you display them and the value of leaving some white space. With a little creative thinking, you can reproduce a feeling of an old library. Include vases and decorative boxes, and mix horizontally with vertically stacked books.
You can even add LED strip or spot lighting to bring in a bolder focal point and additional light source.
Discover ways to turn your books into a work of art
Choose flexible furniture
Use versatile furniture, such as side tables or ottomans, that can be moved around and used for dual purposes. If you need a new seating arrangement for guests, compact and portable chairs and tables will allow you to create a space that works in many different ways.
Use versatile furniture, such as side tables or ottomans, that can be moved around and used for dual purposes. If you need a new seating arrangement for guests, compact and portable chairs and tables will allow you to create a space that works in many different ways.
Don’t allow room for clutter to build
By styling a shelf unit or coffee table with decorative accessories, you’ll be discouraged from leaving paperwork or kids’ toys around. At the outset of your design, factor in the finishing touches of ornaments and artwork. You’ll be keen to keep the space looking beautiful, and reluctant to ruin it with untidy clutter.
By styling a shelf unit or coffee table with decorative accessories, you’ll be discouraged from leaving paperwork or kids’ toys around. At the outset of your design, factor in the finishing touches of ornaments and artwork. You’ll be keen to keep the space looking beautiful, and reluctant to ruin it with untidy clutter.
Layer your lighting
A top tip from designers and electricians is to add at least three layers of lighting per room. Overhead pendant lights can create drama, or provide reflective shimmer as they have done here.
Add decorative wall lights and table lamps to adjust the mood of the space, according to time of day and weather. Your home will feel spacious and welcoming, just like a boutique hotel.
A top tip from designers and electricians is to add at least three layers of lighting per room. Overhead pendant lights can create drama, or provide reflective shimmer as they have done here.
Add decorative wall lights and table lamps to adjust the mood of the space, according to time of day and weather. Your home will feel spacious and welcoming, just like a boutique hotel.
Employ a simple colour palette
Classic colour schemes are elegant and timeless. Choose pale beiges or creams as a chic backdrop, and ring the seasonal changes with different-coloured accessories.
Classic colour schemes are elegant and timeless. Choose pale beiges or creams as a chic backdrop, and ring the seasonal changes with different-coloured accessories.
Emphasise your home’s strengths
This high-ceilinged reception room is early Victorian in its scale. If you don’t already have plasterwork, such as cornices, ceiling roses or panelling, they can be reinstated with modern materials.
Add a sense of grandeur and history with classically shaped, overstuffed upholstery. This room has plenty of Victorian elements without any of the dark colours or fussiness often associated with period style.
This high-ceilinged reception room is early Victorian in its scale. If you don’t already have plasterwork, such as cornices, ceiling roses or panelling, they can be reinstated with modern materials.
Add a sense of grandeur and history with classically shaped, overstuffed upholstery. This room has plenty of Victorian elements without any of the dark colours or fussiness often associated with period style.
Accessorise your furniture
There’s something very luxurious about a big, comfortable sofa strewn with gorgeous cushions. Your couch can be plain and simple, but the addition of cushions and throws will create an even more comfortable seating area, as well as a more decorative and attractive space.
When you choose your sofa, consider the seat depth as well as the width and go slightly bigger than you might think. It will add to the luxury and provide space for lovely plump cushions to snuggle into.
See more fabulous ways to style your sofa
There’s something very luxurious about a big, comfortable sofa strewn with gorgeous cushions. Your couch can be plain and simple, but the addition of cushions and throws will create an even more comfortable seating area, as well as a more decorative and attractive space.
When you choose your sofa, consider the seat depth as well as the width and go slightly bigger than you might think. It will add to the luxury and provide space for lovely plump cushions to snuggle into.
See more fabulous ways to style your sofa
Pile on the cushions
The ultimate place to relax is the bedroom. For an understated, glamorous look, introduce sheen or subtle pattern in a limited colour palette. The cushions here have been given a classic arrangement, reducing in size and number from the back to the front of the stack. If you have a divan bed, keep a drawer free to pop your cushions into at night.
Use crisp white sheets in a long staple cotton sateen weave, and add a coordinating bedspread and cushions to bring everything together with your room’s décor.
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Which design elements would you steal from hotels? Share your ideas in the Comments below.
The ultimate place to relax is the bedroom. For an understated, glamorous look, introduce sheen or subtle pattern in a limited colour palette. The cushions here have been given a classic arrangement, reducing in size and number from the back to the front of the stack. If you have a divan bed, keep a drawer free to pop your cushions into at night.
Use crisp white sheets in a long staple cotton sateen weave, and add a coordinating bedspread and cushions to bring everything together with your room’s décor.
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Which design elements would you steal from hotels? Share your ideas in the Comments below.
Recreate the drama and opulence of a hotel lobby with large-scale lighting. If your ceiling is high enough, opt for a dropped chandelier. For lower ceilings, there are plenty of stunning flush or semi-flush light fittings that will add the wow factor without impinging on head space.