When dreaming of vacationing in Ireland, we don't immediately imagine ourselves in a swanky boutique hotel. We imagine something more along the lines of family owned bed and breakfast (and there's certainly nothing wrong with that!). If there were ever a time we were wrong, it's now, and we actually couldn't be happier about it.
We absolutely love the idea of staying in a boutique hotel while visiting Ireland. What a great juxtaposition — touring old villages and drinking at pubs much older than us and then making our way back to our hotel with the modern white chesterfield sofa.
Each of these five Irish hotels is filled to the brim with color. Whether it's in the form of multiple accent colors, or literally filled from floor to ceiling with color &mdash they're all done spectacularly. Who would have thought that bright pink walls and furniture could somehow work with a swirling black and white carpet? It's obviously over the top and borderline ridiculous, but that's what makes it so successful and intriguing.
We can't ignore the amazing marriage of dark green walls and grey furniture with the pop of orange and purple. If that isn't success, we don't know what is.
Shown above, left to right:
&bull Bellinter House
&bull Morrison
&bull Dylan
&bull The Twelve
&bull The G Hotel
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Comments (12)
I want to spin around in circles in the pink room...
Love the deer head lamp!
The pink barrel chairs are intriguing, and I love the nailhead trim on the purple chair in the first photo. That takes some skill.
I just love anything tufted, really, it seems so luxurious!
I've stayed in both Bellinter House and The G. The G has a fantastically metropolitan style, but it's dropped smack bang in the middle of very laid back, arty Galway. The interiors were designed by hat designer, Philip Treacy and it really shows in the rooms (The lamps look like his hats and there are lots of fresh flowers everywhere).
Bellinter is my favorite though. It's about 45 minutes outside of dublin and completely secluded. It used to be a convent before becoming a boutique hotel. The restaurant in the basement used to be a prayer room, so there are lots of beautiful arches all doused in white. The rooms are equally impressive. The larger suites in the main house are particularly opulent. Lots of deep, rich colour and antique furniture. The rooms on either wing and in the converted stables have a more natural, country feel with lots of bare woods and cow hides. I only stayed there for one night, but it's one of my favourite places in the world!
i so want that mirror in the first image.
I really think olive green should make a come back, love that first room- the green paint, the white wainscot, the mantel and mirror and drooling over the furniture.
I feel a coma coming on after viewing that (horrifying) pink room! O M G.
I've stayed at the Morrison but can assure you my room looked nothing like that. I think that must be the suite! Nice hotel, though, and fantastic mojitos at the bar, though I realize how inauthentic it is to drink a Cuban cocktail in Dublin!
That's the second mention we (Ireland) have got on Apartrment Therapy in a week! Bellinter House is being featured on an Irish television program at the moment. It looks really nice.
ah ireland!
Is the food any better at these hotels? I know from my own family background that the true Irish are not famous for their cuisine. (I always wanted to be Italian.)
At least you say that the mojito was good.