LONDON 2K10So I am currently planning a little trip over the pond with my sister in the new year and doing hotel research. Of the many many beautiful boutique hotels I have come across, Blakes is at the top of my list FOR SURE.
Anouska Hempel did the design and it is fantastic. Her use of color, texture and scale taps into the fantasy of design and feels like it has the ability to transport you to an old world mentality of design where everything was highly detailed and highly decorated. She has the right amount of "matchy matchy" I can appreciate. I NEED to experience this in person.
Our last trip to London we were lucky enough to stay at the exquisite Lanesborough Hotel where we had a personal butler and proceeded to mingle with the glitterati at The Library Bar which included late night drinks with Courtney Love, Noel Fielding (from the Mighty Boosh) and Drew McConnel from the Baby Shambles. That story deserves it's own post as Courtney spilled strange and personal information to us while the scotch on the rocks kept flowing...
Anyways, I am totally spoiled, but this go-around I still want to find a little taste of that sharp English design... Blakes might be a little more manageable. :)
