Stay In Style

If you are looking for a simple, down home, and darn right stylish place to vacate, try the Alluvian Hotel in Greenwood, Mississippi. The Viking Range Corporation built and runs the hotel and it is perfectly tucked away in the small town of Greenwood where Viking’s factory and headquarters are. This is such a neat little place. It is truly a company town. You can visit their new spa if you want to pamper yourself a bit and you can even take a cooking class right across the street at Viking’s own cooking school. The hotel, itself is a real treat. It is quaint and stylish, and the service is nothing short of that good old southern hospitality. The food at any one of their restaurants is to die for! I promise you that you will really enjoy your entire experience there so much that you may not want to come home!

Okay, this is a suite at one of my very favorite hotels, The Amangani in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. There are many things that you could study to pick apart and realize why it is so special, but I am going to choose one that is a great tip for everyone- the “art”. Notice that the art is simply logs that were carefully cut and finished, hung on the wall with bronze coated brackets, and back lit! They are the perfect rustic addition for this modern and calming space and so simple. Anyone could do this and even if you didn’t want to go through back lighting them, they would still be fabulous! This just goes to show you that the key here is the installation. You could choose so many things to display like this and turn into art. Just another example of how important that it is to think outside of the box!

I absolutely love The Parker Palm Springs! It is filled with so many fun and inspiring design ideas! From the moment that you enter this groovy lobby area, you feel like you are really stepping foot into a cool experience. Just sipping on a martini by the fire pit in this lobby is good enough for me! Jonathan Adler does it again!