Given that the temperature in D.C. dipped to 5 degrees last night – that’s FIVE degrees, people; a single digit – Miami seems like a distant memory.
Nonetheless, I have a few more pictures of the Mondrian to show you, so I’ll make this long on visuals, short on words.
Except to say (you knew I couldn’t do it, didn’t you? :) ) that what I really appreciated about the Mondrian‘s rooms is that they challenged every myth we assume as fact when we think about hotel rooms.
MYTH: Right angles are king.
MONDRIAN: Um, no.
MYTH: There must be wall-to-wall carpeting.
MONDRIAN: Why? It never really feels clean. We’ll use stone tile and run it from the room into the bath. We know it’s not cozy, but this is Miami, not a ski lodge.
MYTH: There must be a dresser.
MONDRIAN: Who unpacks everything anyway? A little shelf in the closet is fine. (And we’ll give you 2 closets so you can hang more stuff.)
MYTH: If there’s a fridge at all, it has to be so small that only the contents of the mini-bar will fit.
MONDRIAN: How stingy! Let’s give every room not only a fridge, but a normal sink, a 2-burner cooktop, a teakettle, china plates, wineglasses, water glasses, and metal flatware. And a place to sit.
MYTH: There must be a bathroom sink deck.
MONDRIAN: That’s no fun.
MYTH: There must be a tub.
MONDRIAN: Oh, those short little hotel tubs are so dumb. Let’s do a gorgeous mosaic tiled shower instead. And put a chandelier in there, too.
MONDRIAN: What, no other objections? Excellent. Now leave me to my fabulousness.
Annie Elliott – aka bossy color – is an interior decorator and design blogger in Washington, D.C. She’s considered an expert on color, residential space planning, and telling people what to do in the nicest way possible.