Greetings from New York! Before heading back home, I wanted to show you the Cooper Square Hotel. We decided to divide our nights between here and the Hotel on Rivington because we stayed at the Cooper Square in March when it first opened and liked it quite a bit but they were still working out some kinks. Now that it’s operating at 100%, we wanted to give it another go plus it’s the best location. 

The rooms are very tastefully done in a soothing palette of  gray, slate blue and green. But the best part may be the common spaces, especially the library.

It’s actually much cozier in person than in the photos.

There’s also a nice outdoor space which is such a luxury in Manhattan.

I’m glad we decided to split our stay because overall, our experience was so much better at the Cooper Square. The service just didn’t compare at the Rivington.

I’ll be back home tomorrow and to visit all of you so see you then!

I’m going to New York for a long weekend in a couple of weeks and as usual, I’ve been scouting around for a fun place to stay with good design.

The Hotel on Rivington had me at the floor to ceiling windows.

And how much do I love yellow?

I don’t know what these cotton-balls-on-steroids-looking things are but I want to squeeze them:

And check out the tufted black chairs and tulip side table against that silver wallpaper. Lovely.

Yup, this is the one. My room is booked!

(Photos: Hotel on Rivington)

My greatest passion – even before interior design – is travel. If I were to write one of those “Things I Can’t Live Without” lists, my passport and suitcase would be at the top. So naturally I’m really interested in hotel design. I just love a beautiful hotel.  I’m heading back to New York next month so I’ve been looking around for a place to stay and I’m really drawn to the atmosphere of the Greenwich Hotel.

 

 

I’ve been really loving clubby, leather sofas lately and especially paired with textiles in muted tones and lots of wood like here. I’m also considering one of the Thompson hotels which have a similar feel to me: 

 

I love staying in hotels like this because you can indulge whatever mood you’re in at the moment and there’s no commitment as in redecorating your house. For example, on another trip to New York, I stayed at the Gramercy Park Hotel because the photos literally made my jaw drop and I just fell in love with the opulent vibe.

(gramercyparkhotel.com)

The hotel turned out to be as pretty in real life as in the photos. I would never combine burgundy with red or with light blue or green in my house and that’s precisely why it was so fun to stay there. 

I didn’t have my camera so I took these photos with my iphone which don’t really do the place justice:

  

(bedside, bathroom light fixture, view from my room)

And two other contenders for my trip: 

Soho House because it was designed by one of my idols, Ilse Crawford. I’ve had a clipping of this bedroom on my inspiration wall for a while now so how cool would it be to finally stay in it?

And the Royalton because it was redesigned by Roman and Williams who also designed the new Ace Hotel and the Standard in New York and I’m kind of into that aesthetic right now.