Friday, August 15, 2008

Staycation Luxury Suite

I was amused to read a blog entry about how one can evoke the charms of travel while staying at home—that being to redecorate the bedroom as a luxury hotel room--lovely linens, fluffy pillows (coffee-maker?!)--I’m sure you can imagine.

As you imagine whether this is just plain silly or whether this is, in fact, truly do-able, I will draw your attention to some Steenbock titles that may just inspire you.

Home Interiors:

Title: Bedrooms / Beta-Plus.
Publisher: Belgium: Beta-Plus Pub. ; 2005.
Description: 200 p. : photographs : 30 cm.
Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor
Call Number: NK2117 B4 B43 2005

Author: Clifton-Mogg, Caroline.
Title: The bedroom book / Caroline Clifton-Mogg ; with special photography by Sebastian Hedgecoe.
Publisher: Boston: Bullfinch Press Book, 2003.
Description: 176 p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor
Call Number: NK2117 B4 C55 2003

Author: Conran, Terence.
Title: The bed and bath book / by Terence Conran.
Publisher: New York: Crown Publishers, 1978.
Description: 360 p. : col. ill. ; 27 cm.
Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor
Call Number: NK2117 B4 C66 1978

Hotel Design:

Author: Broto, Carles.
Title: Iconic design hotels / [Carles Broto ; English translation, William George].
Publisher: [Barcelona]: Structure : A. Mostaedi, 2005.
Description: 239 p. : ill. (some col.), plans ; 33 cm.
Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor
Call Number: NA7800 B76 2005

Author: Watson, Howard.
Title: Hotel revolution / Howard Watson.
Publisher: Chichester, England; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley-Academy, 2005.
Description: 224 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cm.
Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor
Call Number: NA7800 W37 2005

Author: Yee, Roger.
Title: Hotel and restaurant design / Roger Yee.
Publisher: New York: Visual Reference Publications, Inc., c2005.
Description: 363 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cm.
Location: Steenbock Stacks -1st Floor
Call Number: NA7800 Y44 2005

For assistance finding other titles from our interior design collections, do consult with a Steenbock librarian.


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