This past week we had to go to Ottawa and ended up staying at the Novotel (which I can’t say enough how it rocks because it let us bring Uma with us AND it was professionally decorated in a very nice, hip style)… which of course, brings me to the ideas I got there for the bathroom!

First off, the room had a very European feel to it and I loved it! But the part I liked the most was the bathroom. They (Novotel) seriously has a nice, sleek modern look with a pretty affordable pricetag with it. I’ve paid almost double before, for half the quality so it’s a big thumbs up for me! I just looked up the design of the hotel and apparantely novotel is going for the “Modern, natural looking” look, so — I definitely think they hit that. I also LOVED the duvet they have — so you don’t have skanky covers there full of germs… they just have the duvet cover which is cleaned and replaced each time. LOVE IT, LOVE IT, LOVE IT. When I was in Italy my friend Julia had a duvet and I swear I’ve had my best sleeps with a duvet. Next time I go there, I’ll be picking up one…

Anyways - here we go!

Okay! Above is the entire shot of the bathroom. It has black granite counters, nice wood floors (more on that in a bit) with weird grout things, glass tile and this groovy half-moon shower curtain thing but you can’t see it… but - it doesn’t go straight, it is sort of curved… and, these neat doors which I would LOVE to find them somewhere but - if we can’t, I am sure there is a way we could make them ourselves if we tried hard….

The doors closed and light behind it makes for a nice soft, glowing effect. I’d just be a bit worried with people pinching their fingers but I think the same kind of door could be made with a single panel door instead of the bi-doors which you see here… gives you enough privacy I think!

The floors, I really didn’t know what to think about these at first… but then they grew on me and now? I love ‘em! I have never seen a floor like this here in Canada before but I will see if maybe it’s at Ikea? I wouldn’t do this everywhere in the house but - I would definitely consider for a small room like a bathroom either upstairs or our downstairs one when we put it in…

And finally! The view from the loo! Obviously the designer was thinking of EVERYTHING when they designed the room ’cause you can still see the TV from the toilet, haha… good job Novotel!

Posted on April 22nd, 2008 by admin
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