destination friday: Veuve Clicquot Hotel

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">What are fridays for, if not for grabbing a bag and heading out on an adventure?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">a destination friday post is long overdue....</div><div style="text-align: center;">and so...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrxuILJ6ZOHpIbiXg3-FZV05EUnswkrEGe-2OZKpBvNBa3Y_CQ3uI0fEIvdxu4rtvylNqUiV914VZP-H9wa9bTZ3Y3bPeM5C2W_7rM7tYHnwVgazcPlxKoEfNAAwCbKBTJirAFeTXm3_4S/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-11-25+at+8.46.08+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrxuILJ6ZOHpIbiXg3-FZV05EUnswkrEGe-2OZKpBvNBa3Y_CQ3uI0fEIvdxu4rtvylNqUiV914VZP-H9wa9bTZ3Y3bPeM5C2W_7rM7tYHnwVgazcPlxKoEfNAAwCbKBTJirAFeTXm3_4S/s320/Screen+Shot+2011-11-25+at+8.46.08+AM.png" width="311" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although it's technically a hotel,</div><div style="text-align: center;">The invitation-only <b><a href="http://www.veuve-clicquot.com/en/home">Veuve Clicqout</a></b> guesthouse is not a place many of us will ever set foot in.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">and that staircase....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8WBxDDaBg-aLedWTD2V76W82LWKZb2lNcOp9uRk-oWX1tGI2kvskCPNpshqEs9WyJUuNxW9M0VM_vwswF80T8ODM9UYhfEw3Fq10JUgaVBQqDjyGeKF_ZyyribvNkb6kELGdGZv5on04B/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-11-25+at+8.52.02+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8WBxDDaBg-aLedWTD2V76W82LWKZb2lNcOp9uRk-oWX1tGI2kvskCPNpshqEs9WyJUuNxW9M0VM_vwswF80T8ODM9UYhfEw3Fq10JUgaVBQqDjyGeKF_ZyyribvNkb6kELGdGZv5on04B/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-11-25+at+8.52.02+AM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">more mirror, herringbone floors....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyv41iujAenvkmWUbRdYLN4abGO8SgY19REeiOLMnups1wVNJUiceCk2tJIDd2Pd1RLCKW1m-K7-rlQXvzmZxigJDxSbAYKQ-lEkUcB66zYilcWe6oU1LBr4jvOTwAqIU-jE-eGZ0sBCEV/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-11-25+at+8.51.19+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyv41iujAenvkmWUbRdYLN4abGO8SgY19REeiOLMnups1wVNJUiceCk2tJIDd2Pd1RLCKW1m-K7-rlQXvzmZxigJDxSbAYKQ-lEkUcB66zYilcWe6oU1LBr4jvOTwAqIU-jE-eGZ0sBCEV/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-11-25+at+8.51.19+AM.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">whats a party without crystal?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">the cellars below, imagine the champagne.....</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj288XqxpS2YqwO3goKk_TKwpkg9mYxcvfjcLxXtYCNXAGk1XUUZ3q2V7kdCav8qbrI9GCEQEE7J2kAzt-pbsdCjZyPgRuBQOFp8faIIBFWLM5uj2mkR0vIpgSWF2rUxcRmm6j_feMXQxGf/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-11-25+at+9.11.48+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj288XqxpS2YqwO3goKk_TKwpkg9mYxcvfjcLxXtYCNXAGk1XUUZ3q2V7kdCav8qbrI9GCEQEE7J2kAzt-pbsdCjZyPgRuBQOFp8faIIBFWLM5uj2mkR0vIpgSWF2rUxcRmm6j_feMXQxGf/s1600/Screen+Shot+2011-11-25+at+9.11.48+AM.png" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">sigh.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Another one for the travel wish list...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">found via <b><a href="http://thediversionproject.blogspot.com/2011/11/pure-style.html">The Diversion Project</a></b> - thank you for introducing me to this gem, Jules!!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">happy friday, friends - hope you are heading into a long, relaxing weekend...</div><div style="text-align: center;">we're starting early with a lunch with friends today - x</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="51" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk6NPqy9xJ-HOXKGM0fevxvI3lNOrp2nJT8XdoPKxKFMCRP6QHahewcDn-HQh8JVljuq5hlMuBtn4brMQfkIZLXJStHDns5xqrDoTJ2m-BNvT7hEn9osfvj8LDg9nZni85Gg_cFXiIYUH1/s200/Screen+shot+2011-05-19+at+3.08.10+PM+copy.png" width="200" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">(oh yes, and my black friday post can be found <b><a href="http://10rooms.blogspot.com/2011/11/homage-to-black-friday.html">here</a></b> - I was a week early!</div><div style="text-align: center;">This is what happens when I try to schedule posts ahead of time, lol...)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

destination friday: Veuve Clicquot Hotel

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The Escape You Have Been Looking For

<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">It's been a while since a hotel took my breath away.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">I"m truly not interested in indulgence and excess at the moment.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Maybe it is the holiday madness, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but this destination, which interprets it's surroundings so well, is calling..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/goog_844557830">The </a></b><b><a href="http://draft.blogger.com/goog_844557830">Juvet</a></b><b><a href="http://www.juvet.com/"> Landscape Hotel</a></b>, Norway.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="doc_image_wide" src="http://www.juvet.com/prod_images/doc_174_58.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">sit seven cubes, each uniquely</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="gallery_image" src="http://www.juvet.com/prod_images/doc_101_48.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">designed by their <b><a href="http://www.jsa.no/photos/Juvet/index.html">architects</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="gallery_image" src="http://www.juvet.com/prod_images/doc_101_44.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">to blend in with the terrain</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="doc_image_wide" src="http://www.juvet.com/prod_images/doc_86_58.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">and to take advantage of the spectacular environment,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="gallery_image" src="http://www.juvet.com/prod_images/doc_101_53.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">no matter the season.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="gallery_image" src="http://www.juvet.com/prod_images/doc_227_47.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="gallery_image" src="http://www.juvet.com/prod_images/doc_227_46.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">To say that they have removed visual distraction from these structures</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="gallery_image" src="http://www.juvet.com/prod_images/doc_101_49.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">is an understatement.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="gallery_image" src="http://www.juvet.com/prod_images/doc_101_50.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">But they are not without warmth.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="gallery_image" src="http://www.juvet.com/prod_images/doc_101_51.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">A good sleep is essential for this</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="gallery_image" src="http://www.juvet.com/prod_images/doc_109_49.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="doc_image_wide" src="http://www.juvet.com/prod_images/doc_171_58.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.juvet.com/prod_images/doc_109_45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" id="gallery_image" src="http://www.juvet.com/prod_images/doc_109_45.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="gallery_image" src="http://www.juvet.com/prod_images/doc_109_40.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">or perhaps a day spent visiting the farm</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img alt="" class="doc_image_wide" src="http://www.juvet.com/prod_images/doc_108_58.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="gallery_image" src="http://www.juvet.com/prod_images/doc_102_47.jpg" style="cursor: hand; cursor: pointer;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">or the spa,</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="gallery_image" src="http://www.juvet.com/prod_images/doc_229_52.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">located amongst the magic waters </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="gallery_image" src="http://www.juvet.com/prod_images/doc_229_50.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">of St Olav's spring.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img id="gallery_image" src="http://www.juvet.com/prod_images/doc_229_39.jpg" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Which is supposed to offer anyone who drinks it health and youth.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyone fancy a girls weekend?!</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">til next time..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

The Escape You Have Been Looking For

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Crushing on the Design of Roman and Williams

<div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_npWAqJypkHA/S4aja8kGC1I/AAAAAAAACAA/ykLgCv4Fps0/s1600/Ace%20Hotel%20NY%20%284%29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_npWAqJypkHA/S4aja8kGC1I/AAAAAAAACAA/ykLgCv4Fps0/s720/Ace%20Hotel%20NY%20%284%29.jpg" style="height: 720px; width: 538px;" /></a></div><br /><br />I have a crush.</div><div style="text-align: center;">These guys have almost topped my list of favourite designers </div><div style="text-align: center;">(no one will ever be dearer than Muriel Brandolini :)</div><div style="text-align: center;">Not sure why I didn't venture further into this portfolio further when I posted about The Ace Hotel,</div><div style="text-align: center;">but the design team of <b><a href="http://www.romanandwilliams.com/index.html">Roman and Williams</a></b> (founded by Robin Standefer and Stephen Alesch)</div><div style="text-align: center;"> have an adventurous, unconventional aesthetic where they " combine disparate objects and allow them to simmer to see if we can raise the temperature of a space".</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Anyone who uses design and alchemy in the same sentence has my full attention.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This may be a few days series - </div><div style="text-align: center;">there is no selecting one project over another, they are all top drawer.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Let's explore the hotels first, shall we?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Standard Hotel, cleverly wrapping a bed in panelling.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><img height="640" src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_npWAqJypkHA/SwXBT7WJ7_I/AAAAAAAABdM/yNFfihD_Ky4/ag-standard-select2-final.jpg" style="height: 650px; width: 511px;" width="503" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Standard Grill - have you ever seen such wonderful ceilings?</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_npWAqJypkHA/SrjrVCPN7RI/AAAAAAAABDI/E8Y8IxzLpCI/s640/1N8U4129-lr.jpg" style="height: 487px; width: 640px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Standard 18th Floor - </div><div style="text-align: center;">a nightclub that manages intimacy and excitment with such tactile finishes, I want to touch everything.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_npWAqJypkHA/SuoOCnCCHYI/AAAAAAAABXE/an5GObgbXSg/boom%206%20lowres%20.jpg" style="height: 432px; width: 648px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Royalton Hotel</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_npWAqJypkHA/So8CUBzxr2I/AAAAAAAAA9w/pLXUSbr0OYY/s640/06_11_HL1_CG_06_G.jpg" style="height: 478px; width: 640px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_npWAqJypkHA/So8CXKEwL7I/AAAAAAAAA98/0dlv5Ac2jVc/s640/11_07_LR.jpg" style="height: 479px; width: 640px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_npWAqJypkHA/So8CXuyQBfI/AAAAAAAAA-A/wKbpaePWnAQ/s640/13_24_LR.jpg" style="height: 479px; width: 640px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The M40 Club at 40 Mercer</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-u2UKN4gvNB-uGYvR6mAj21g1FPkYDRqXs1wQuTS8MdWdK5hzwac7MRmY8yVxf_YZQmP6PmEcOKbH6Zvg4GdgwaHC3u9-glPjfDXgjuuo2HdLIZQmJQaq38fx3vuuhLxvpaYQcp_XfFE/s1600/Screen+shot+2010-11-02+at+9.11.47+AM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-u2UKN4gvNB-uGYvR6mAj21g1FPkYDRqXs1wQuTS8MdWdK5hzwac7MRmY8yVxf_YZQmP6PmEcOKbH6Zvg4GdgwaHC3u9-glPjfDXgjuuo2HdLIZQmJQaq38fx3vuuhLxvpaYQcp_XfFE/s640/Screen+shot+2010-11-02+at+9.11.47+AM.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;">The Ace Hotel, their most recent hotel..</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"> gorgeous design, where disparate objects are brought together so perfectly.</div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_npWAqJypkHA/S4ajlSyfEOI/AAAAAAAACAU/Z6ANWrRXjHA/s640/Ace%20Hotel%20NY%20%2831%29.jpg" style="cursor: move; height: 476px; width: 640px;" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><img src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_npWAqJypkHA/S4ajmfN5YuI/AAAAAAAACAc/ym0Bly2MI0w/s720/Ace%20Hotel%20NY%20%2847%29.jpg" style="cursor: move; height: 720px; width: 534px;" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_npWAqJypkHA/S4ajtEh_zII/AAAAAAAACAw/rzj1toUDbJs/s640/Ace%20Hotel%20NY%20%2873%29.jpg" style="cursor: move; height: 465px; width: 640px;" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_npWAqJypkHA/S4ajtQfEEBI/AAAAAAAACA0/nfJn2XGSkls/s640/Ace%20Hotel%20NY%20%2874%29.jpg" style="cursor: move; height: 480px; width: 640px;" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_npWAqJypkHA/S4ajzR8LOsI/AAAAAAAACBE/9WUzXuAlcy0/s640/Ace%20Hotel%20NY%20%2894%29.jpg" style="cursor: move; height: 480px; width: 640px;" /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_npWAqJypkHA/So71fPS9plI/AAAAAAAAA4Q/6PN7qyx4A9g/s720/ACE_NYC_415-001.jpg" style="cursor: move; height: 720px; width: 540px;" /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Roman and Williams Office</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">How very talented these designers are - </div><div style="text-align: center;">look at how they layer their space.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hotels must be gorgeous without all the extra accessories, </div><div style="text-align: center;">but when these creative designers are able to create a stunning space and then fill it.. magic.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> The Roman and Williams office begins to give you a sense of how real their residential design vibe is.</div><div style="text-align: center;">These are spaces to be appreciated and used, not just viewed from a doorway.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_npWAqJypkHA/S4WbGbp8JRI/AAAAAAAAB4o/brWVxe6LtUc/s720/MUNDY_080530_004.jpg" style="height: 720px; width: 573px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_npWAqJypkHA/S4WbG6l9bmI/AAAAAAAAB4s/cY1IhGZuzQ8/s720/MUNDY_080530_007.jpg" style="height: 720px; width: 572px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_npWAqJypkHA/S4WbHDWUb-I/AAAAAAAAB4w/pLI3o2IAEfc/s720/MUNDY_080530_010.jpg" style="height: 720px; width: 573px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://lh6.ggpht.com/_npWAqJypkHA/S4WbUWRzZiI/AAAAAAAAB5A/zrj5aktM2Wc/s720/MUNDY_080530_013.jpg" style="height: 720px; width: 572px;" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="505" src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_npWAqJypkHA/S4WbHRxteCI/AAAAAAAAB40/UATJjec1deA/MUNDY_080530_011.jpg" style="height: 553px; width: 700px;" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img height="510" src="http://lh3.ggpht.com/_npWAqJypkHA/S4WbUl7Hq_I/AAAAAAAAB5E/sVbOrJwV-y4/MUNDY_080530_017.jpg" style="height: 399px; width: 500px;" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Tomorrow I will highlight their residential work.</div><div style="text-align: center;">It's to die for... don't peek!</div><div style="text-align: center;">It'll be worth the wait :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Spent the weekend painting our ensuite bath, 1 coat of primer</div><div style="text-align: center;"> and 4 coats of a gorgeous new white I have discovered!</div><div style="text-align: center;">Just installing lighting and shelving and I will show it to you.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Working on a condo project today,</div><div style="text-align: center;">hope you all are having a lovely, creative day :)</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">til next time..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Crushing on the Design of Roman and Williams

I have a crush. These guys have almost topped my list of favourite designers  (no one will ever be dearer than Muriel Brandolini :) Not sure...

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