Touring the Curbed Universe's Best Hotel Lobby Bathrooms
Kelly Wearstler's sprightly kelly-green interiors extend to the Viceroy Santa Monica's lobby bathroom. For more of L.A.'s best hotel bathrooms, head to Curbed LA. Photo via A Life's Pleasure The worst-kept non-secret on Earth is that there is no better...
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AdChoices Match.comSponsoredRobert Novogratz on His 'Ode to England' at the W Hoboken
Even though it had been just five years since W Hoboken opened, Bob Novogratz, half of the husband-and-wife designing/house-flipping duo known succinctly as The Novogratz, admits that the hotel's club, even with its views of the Hudson River and...
CurbedRent Olympian Bode Miller's Yacht for $3K a Night
Click here to view the full photogallery. How does shelling out $3K a night to stay on an Olympic gold medalist's yacht sound? Considering that English billionaire Richard Branson's redoubtable catamaran is asking for an $110K weekly charter rate,...
CurbedExploring the Fan Theories Inspired by The Shining's Decor
Image via PopMatters The Shining came back in big way last year, with the theatrical release and subsequent Netflix availability of Room 237, a documentary on some of the fan theories that have gathered around Stanley Kubrick's psychological horror...
CurbedIs homeownership a smart investment again?
One year ago, Trulia's Rent vs. Buy Report, released by online real estate aggregator Trulia, found it was 44% cheaper to buy a house than to rent. Today, the gap has narrowed.
Investopedia.comTake a Sky High Trip to Amsterdam's Swiss Cheese Hotel
Photo via Design Boom Ascending like an otherworldly, dotty blue monolith, the 196-foot-tall Fletcher Hotel offers what has to be one of the oddest hotel options in all of Amsterdam. Built in 2013 by Dutch architectural firm Benthem Crouwel Architects,...
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Sunset photo by Kenneth Keifer via Shutterstock; sign photo by TrekandShoot via Shutterstock If what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, there's really no excuse to not make some unconscionable and unscalable decisions when it comes to hotel amenities and...
CurbedJohn Lautner's Bayfront 'Jaws' House Asks $6M In SoCal
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CurbedThe 'Hashtag' Era: Adventures in Marketing, Hotels Edition
These days, it's just not enough for a hotel to offer plain old room and board. From high-end to boutique, players in the hospitality game are peddling not only places to sleep, but also a highly branded "lifestyle experience"...
CurbedHow Architect Gene Kaufman Wins Over Hotel Developers
Last December, the architect Gene Kaufman sent out his annual Christmas card. An image of the Hotel Chelsea, the venerable 130-year-old brick building that Kaufman had been renovating, was displayed prominently. But the project, a collaboration with the enigmatic...
CurbedVote Now in Curbed's $500 Hotels Week Instagram Contest!
Earlier this week, to kick off Hotels Week, we asked @curbeddotcom Instagram followers to submit beautiful architectural photos of hotels for a chance to win a $500 gift certificate to the hotel of their choice. Of the 250 entries...
CurbedThe National Hotel Heatmap: Where to Stay Right Now
Outrageously gimmicky suites and old-timey mainstays will always be an option for travelers, but hotel obsessives are just as curious about what's new, what's hot, which independent hotelier just converted an early 20th-century brothel into Rhode Island's coolest new...
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AdChoices Perfect Home WindowsSponsoredStep Inside London's Terrifically Over-the-Top Blakes Hotel
Click here to view the full photogallery. Location: London, England Hotel Name: Blakes London The Skinny: Founded in 1978, Blakes London claims the title of "the world's first luxury boutique hotel." Whether that's true or not, there's no disputing...
CurbedGet Rover a Seaweed Body Wrap at the Poshest of Dog Hotels
Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty For the pooch who has everything, including a doghouse designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Shigeru Ban, no run-of-the-puppy-mill daycare center will do. When it's time for daddy to go away, Bowser needs to get picked up...
CurbedScreaming from the rooftops: When insurance won't cover repairs
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MainStreet.comRemodeling 101: How to Install Flattering Lighting in the Bathroom
Our lighting designer friend Thomas Paterson, founder of London- and Mexico City- based Lux Populi, is a bit of zealot when it comes to his mission: he wants to make the principles of good-quality home lighting available to everyone. Above: In a bathroom by Australian designers Hare +…
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Let’s be honest. Drywall repair is not something most people look forward to. Although it’s relatively straightforwar...
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