Articles

In-depth guides and practical articles on designer wallcoverings.

• How the Hotel Lobby Became a Stage: A Short History of Pattern on Hotel Walls From the gilded grand-hotel lobbies of the 1890s to the Statler's plumbing revolution and the boutique-hotel movement of the 1980s, the walls of a hotel have always signaled what kind of stay it promised.
• Why the Headboard Wall Gets a Hotel's Pattern Budget Of every surface in a guestroom, the wall behind the bed earns the most design spend. It sets the brand's first impression and it photographs.
• Why Hotel Hallways All Look Vaguely the Same The dim, patterned, oddly durable look of a hotel corridor is not an accident of taste. It is the visible result of what a hallway wall has to survive.
• Why Every Marriott Feels a Little Like Every Other Marriott Guests sense a family resemblance across the properties of a single hotel brand. Three documents behind the scenes enforce it, and the wallcovering is one of the things they govern.
• Digital and Custom Murals: The Printed Feature Wall Comes to Hotels Wide-format digital printing has made custom scenic and photographic walls affordable enough that boutique and lifestyle hotels now design around them.
• The Renovation Clock: When Hotels Actually Replace Their Wallcovering Hotels refresh on a cycle driven by wear, brand mandates, and capital reserves. Knowing that clock explains when and why wallcovering gets replaced.