The Allegria Hotel

I recently had the opportunity to stay at The Allegria Hotel in Long Beach {New York} recently.  While I didn’t take a whole bunch of pictures I thought I’d share a few of what I did take.  These are decorative and design elements that really grabbed my attention.

This bed(?)/couch was in the lobby.  Is this not fabulous?   Obviously, not something that would work in a suburban home, but what about in a loft or in a climate where you live outside 24/7.

 

I loved these pieces in the picture below.  Is it lighting or is it art?  Decorative and functional!  This looked great at night, by the way.

I’m loving that this is modern design but you’ve got texture and shape here; not something I typically think of in modern design.  I’m more  inclined to think of straight lines, smooth surfaces, limited “clutter”, when I think of modern.

This is the lighting in the ballroom!  I loved it and, especially after my most recent post on lighting, these really caught my eye.  Beautiful!  I love the drum shade with the crystals.  I think it evoked the modern yet traditional feel that a ballroom is supposed to have, but was in keeping with the design of the hotel.   I also like that there are different sizes in the lighting fixtures.

The Allegria Hotel is of modern design with lots of glass and straight lines.  {Here is the website, http://www.allegriahotel.com .   It seems the website has been down, so I won’t put it in as a clickable link}. 

 I don’t want to turn this into a review, but I did find the decor pleasing {and I’m not a modern person}, the room was clean and well set-up.  The best thing I think hubby and I both liked was that there was no carpet.  No carpet!  I’m sure it was laminate flooring {I didn’t get down on the floor to check}, but the entrance and bathroom area looked like a tile and the bedroom area was a wood floor laminate.  Very nice!  I like that ~ especially with the apparent resurgence of the bugs that shall not be named. {I credit that line to Beth from The Stories of A to Z, although I like a good Harry Potter reference myself}.

Have you ever stayed in a hotel that had a different decorating style then your own, and you wound up really liking it?