Personally, I don't see how anyone would want a hotel like bedroom. I want my bedroom to be comfy, cozy and warm.

People who associate hotels with luxurious vacations & romantic getaway weekends probably find minimal, monochromatic 'Zen' rooms more appealing than do, say, those who associate hotel stays with lost luggage, all-day meetings, harried schedules & food from room service. The only group that seems to be unanimous in their praise for such stripped-down, easy-to-clean rooms are the Directors of Housekeeping.

Me, I hate traveling to begin with, so the last thing I want when I'm away from home is a bland, cheerless room with nothing to look at but a single spotlit white orchid in a niche & a flat-screen TV that's bigger than my bed at home.

In one of those barren cells I feel like a guinea pig in some sinister experiment. All that's missing is a water tube poking through the wall, and as soon as they feature one on one of those TV shows, it will become the hottest new thing. Just wait.

Magnaverde.

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I love to travel, even if it's a working trip. I love staying in a hotel room because it's neat and clean and clutter free- so unlike my own home. Would I want my bedrooms at home to look like that? Heavens no. I like to come home to my clutter and bric brac and mismatched chairs.

considering all i can afford is Days Inn or Motel 6, i don't want to replicate those rooms in my home

I guess I am in the minority so far on this one. I love those hotel style bedrooms. I like the emptiness and clean look. It is very calmning to me.

I am not sure if it has to do with loving to travel or not. I happen to love to travel, but if you travel much, you stay in a wide array of places, so hotel rooms all sort of blend into each other.

I guess I like to think of it more as a SPA inspired room instead of a hotel room. Does that make sense?

When I'm at home, I am surrounded with "stuff" - my stuff - that I have to clean and fuss with - vacation signifies a change both in surroundings and in daily activites.

We do like a nicely decorated hotel room with plenty of closet space and drawer space - a room with a fluffy down filled duvet, great pillows, neutral colors, pleasant artwork, nice sized television, marble bathrooms, thick towels and thoughtful amenities - we love to travel and a room like I have described signifies a true vacation for us - getting away from the norm is what vacation is all about.

I can certainly see why some would want to duplicate that vacation/escape look/feeling in their own bedrooms.

I embrace change, I welcome something different - getting set in your ways and only liking what you have at home and nothing else signifies the stubborness of aging combined with a lack of imagination to me.

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I find them hot because they are relaxing. I don't know how it would be to live day by day for years in such place.

I like the hotel room look as long it is Big fluffy pillows, high rise bed and luxurious linens...no clutter is the most relaxing thing in the world. aaahhhhhhh

I keep waiting for an HGTV designer to complete the look by bolting the homeowners' TV and clock radio to the walls to prevent stealing!

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I keep waiting for an HGTV designer to complete the look by bolting the homeowners' TV and clock radio to the walls to prevent stealing!

But always knowing where the remote is good be relaxing!

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considering all i can afford is Days Inn or Motel 6, i don't want to replicate those rooms in my home

LOL, that's a good point. Depends on which hotel you are thinking of!

I think of 'hotel' as 'spa-like' -- meaning neat, uncluttered and clean -- however that doesn't mean no personality or warmth.

I also think of hotel as relaxing, for me it means vacation.

As for the neat and uncluttered, my hotel-like bedroom at home could start out that way -- but how long it would STAY that way is another question.

I slowly accumulate. And then once every two years do a massive cleaning out.

Living alone allows me to let stuff build up -- and still be able to find stuff -- until I just can't stand it anymore!

But back to the main point....'hotel' for me means leisure, relaxing, someone else doing the cooking and cleaning and laundry, maid service, fresh clean crisp sheets every night and I didn't have to change the bed to get them -- so anything that makes me feel like that -- I'm all for.

I agree with those who've said it so far - it matters what hotel you mean. No one wants to replicate the Motel 6 in Florida with salmon pink molding, fish print bedsheets, wicker furniture and college dorm desk lamps. . . I hope.

Hotel chic, I think, is meant to represent rooms with a solid, attractive headboard, a clean, neat, uncluttered series of color blocks between draperies and bed linens, end tables that match the dresser and in most parts of the room an overall feel of modern tidiness. Nice furniture neither extravagant nor bland, so on and so forth. Nothing that screams for attention -or- falls into the background; balance. And that seems like a nice room to me!

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The appeal of hotel rooms(not motel) in design is not referring to your local Holiday Inn or Super 8. "Hotel Chic" is referring to five star luxury hotels like The Bellagio or The Ritz-Carlton where one nights stay is $500-$1000 a night and the decor consists of antiques and very high end pieces in the tens of thousands of dollars. Hot or not? I vote hot.

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But back to the main point....'hotel' for me means leisure, relaxing, someone else doing the cooking and cleaning and laundry, maid service, fresh clean crisp sheets every night and I didn't have to change the bed to get them -- so anything that makes me feel like that -- I'm all for.

YOU SAID IT!

I'm with Magnaverde on this one. No matter how Bellagio the room is, I can't forget what a test with luminol would probably reveal. Even if they change the sheets, do they swap out the comforters and mattresses? This is what I'm thinking when I'm stuck in a hotel.

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I'm with Magnaverde on this one. No matter how Bellagio the room is, I can't forget what a test with luminol would probably reveal. Even if they change the sheets, do they swap out the comforters and mattresses? This is what I'm thinking when I'm stuck in a hotel.

And suddenly my get away vacation this year seems to have lost it's appeal

I have a traditional style jones but I rather like staying in modern, minimalist hotels since they're so different than what we have.

But the last few hotels I've stayed in were traditional.

BTW, the New Orleans Ritz is under $300 a night. I highly recommend it for a comfy, trad room!

I love a good hotel. I have stayed in some really beautiful, fun places. I prefer my own bedroom for the most part, but I love the chance to stay in a place that is different from what I have at home.

I am also a person who finds that good ideas come from anywhere. If you are inspired to take a design idea back home with you from a stay in a hotel, and you incorporate that into your bedroom at home - I think that is GREAT!

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