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Great idea, but this looks like a hotel room.

What's wrong with a hotel room? As long as it's a nice hotel. lol lol lol

Hee good point but this was not meant as a compliment. I have stayed in many fine hotels and can only think of one or two that I would want as my own bedroom.

If you look at the link, it's a private home in a designer's portfilio of work...
...but what makes it say "hotel"?

Is it the bed that's actually made?
Quality Furniture?
Neutral appointments?

Remember: For a designer's portfolio, the client probably doesn't want their personal photos, etc in the photo, and the designer wants it as "finished" as possible to give the best impression not only to the client whom the job is for but prospective future clients.

bepsf, to me, the "hotel" look comes from a lack of soul/personality in a room.

It's not that the bed is made, or there is quality furniture or the neutral color-scheme...all of those can be soulful if done well. But there is a way to display personality without being so literal as to include personal photos etc.

*shrugs* I thought it was a hotel too.

I also thought it was a hotel room.

not liking the layout in the picture above... If someone was sitting on the couch, it seems impossible for another person to walk to the other side of the room? Is that correct?

I think in many situations, a couch is too large to be at the foot of the bed without ruining the traffic flow of the room.

I think it's the wall-to-wall carpeting, the floor-to-ceiling drapes, the symmetry of the bedside tables, and the overall blandness that make it say "hotel." I agree with abc123 that it lacks soul and personality.

I think her work has been shown in AT before. Check out her before and after on her link. In this room, except that the bed wasn't made, I prefer the "before".

I've always felt there should be space & air around your bed. Otherwise it feels like you're in a hoarders nest. I know that's to the extreme in this particular case, but if it's too crowded, then it's not relaxing, which is what a bedroom retreat should be.

I agree, this looks like a hotel - nice, but zero personality.

What might work better than a sofa is a padded bench or chest - adds a little extra seating, yet doesn't crowd the bedroom or make the bed feel like it's hiding.

This reminds of the "vignette" posting.

On a lighter note.... those night stands look awesome. Any tips as to where they can be sourced? Thanks!

"...No matter how small the studio."

My studio is *much* too small for this. But I wouldn't mind this arrangement if I had more space.

I agree that this room looks like a hotel.

Mine is a temporary solution (I'm in the process of rearranging the studio), but I have a couple of those square ottomans pushed together at the end of my bed with my loveseat perpendicular. My bed is high enough that it provides a backrest for the ottomans and creates a discreet little seating area for two at an easy conversational distance from the sofa... when I don't have company, I use the ottoman-settee-thing as a regular bed bench (must pull on my socks somewhere, no?). I had thought of placing the sofa/loveseat against the bed instead, but this picture has convinced me otherwise... the ottomans are more subtle and multi-purpose.

With the right couch and layout, though, this could work. I also liked the idea (shown in a past house tour) of using the bed's headboard as a kind of room divider. Depends on one's space and furniture, I s'pose.

I too thought it looked like a hotel, but mostly because people who live in studio apartments don't usually spend this kind of money drapes, furniture, etc without having a lot of other more personal stuff in the space

Other design issues aside (looks like a hotel could be fixed possibly), when anyone sits on the couch they are not looking at the bed. That part I like

We just put a small Ikea sofa at the foot of our bed, we love it!