Showing posts with label hotel design. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hotel design. Show all posts

Thursday, February 4, 2010

Madonna Inn


Confession...I watch the Bachelor, and I'm not even that embarrassed to admit it. But yes, this is a design blog, so I promise to not get too off topic and write about all of the crazy girls and awkward moments. During last week's episode our sweet, but a little on the boring side Bachelor, Jake, took the girls on a "group date" to the Madonna Inn in San Louis Obispo. The decor of this place was so insane that I was having a difficult time playing attention to the show because I was too focused on the interior. How have I never heard of this place before?

The Madonna Inn has been around since 1958 and has since grown to 109 suites and each room has its own individual, eccentric decor. I'm not saying I'm head over heels with the style, but I definitely appreciate this kind of unique creativity and extravagant attention to detail. Rooms average about $350/night.





These were the best photos of the Madonna Inn that I could find. Someone seriously needs to go in and take some great photographs of this place because I have a feeling that the ones floating around on the internet just aren't doing it justice. Photos were taken from the Madonna Inn website and Kim and Joojanta's flikr photos.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

Farmer's Daughter & Tart


I had such a fun weekend. My really good friend Bethany is getting married next Saturday (yay!) so this weekend all of her really good girlfriends celebrated her last days of single-dom LA style. Bethany's friend Kelly planned quite the weekend for us; complete with good food, dancing, D list celebrities, and boutique hotel accommodations. My trips to LA usually consist of home furnishings stores, thrift shops, the Staples Center, and FIDM back in the day, so I always love it when I get a chance to see new sides of the city. The style and interior of every place we went had it's own vibe and personality, so I wanted to highlight the various stops of our weekend-o-fun. But as I started gathering photos, I realized I had way too much info for one post, so I'm going to make a couple of different bachelorette party installments.

The first is the Farmer's Daughter Hotel and the attached Tart restaurant. Located right by the Farmer's Market, this boutique hotel had a really fun and unique style. It's modern chic meets The Little Red Hen. Take a look...


For brunch Saturday morning we ate at Tart. Such good food (I got the veggie hash and pancakes), and an equally good design aesthetic.



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