You might think that luxury hotels just have loads of money to spend and that’s why they look as good as they do. But it’s important to remember that luxury hotels are in the business of making money, and so if they can make something look more luxurious and expensive than it really is, they will. Just like other companies, luxury hotels want to keep costs down.
Luxury hotels, though, have an uncanny ability to get us thinking about our own homes. There are so many ways in which our homes could be more like top hotels, but we write them off as being too expensive.
The good news is that it’s actually a lot easier and cheaper to recreate a sense of luxury in your home than you think. Here are some of the tricks of the trade.
Recreate Your Own Lavish Bedroom
Luxury hotels are built around lavish bedrooms. But that appearance of luxury you have in your mind is actually cheaper and easier than you think to recreate. The first thing to do is to make sure that the bed sheets are made of Egyptian cotton with the highest thread count that you can afford. The bed itself should appear fit for a queen, and so deck it out with a lavish headboard.
Next step, get rid of your regular ceiling lamp and replace it with a faux-crystal chandelier. Faux-crystal chandeliers look luxe, but they come in at a fraction of the price of the real thing. Finally, place side tables beside the bed and pile up freshly fluffed up cushions and pillows to make the bed area appear even more luxurious.
Create Your Own Hotel Spa Bathroom
Bathrooms in hotels are often supplied by a bathroom pod manufacturer - a manufacturer who makes a whole batch of bathrooms to order. The cool thing about these bathrooms is that they look highly professional - since they come as a prefab unit - but they’re also a heck of a lot cheaper than redoing the entire bathroom from scratch. Pod bathrooms are simply installed in your house, piece by piece, in a short period of time.
Choose a design that looks as much like a luxury hotel spa as possible. You want a bathroom unit with matching tiles on the floor and the walls that create a moody, clean atmosphere. You’ll be amazed at how professional the finished result looks.
Focus On Space
Spaces in luxury hotels are almost always immaculately used in luxury hotels. When you walk in, there’s rarely a single item of furniture out of place. This is because most hotel chains have interior designers who fill every last corner and crevice with little knick-knacks to impress their guests.
You can do the same thing in your home. First off, make sure that there’s a gap between all your furniture at the wall. This helps to bring the room together and make it appear as if it has a purpose. Next, decorate the room with little side tables with lamps on tops to give it multiple sources of lighting. Finally, add a touch of greenery as a focal point for the room.