Flooring Guests With Style: How Rugs Can Elevate The Hotel Guest Experience

10/2/2023

A hotel's design and ambiance can play a significant role in the guest experience. One often overlooked element in hotel design is the use of rugs. A well-selected rug can enhance the overall look and feel of a hotel and contribute to a positive guest experience. In this blog post, we will "lay down" the facts and explore the role of rugs in hotel design, and provide tips on how to choose the right rug for your hotel, whether it be for the lobby area, a restaurant or bar space, or in private hotel rooms.

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The Role Of Rugs In Hotel Design

Rugs serve several purposes in hotel design, including adding warmth and texture, creating a cohesive look, and serving as an eye catching focal point. A rug can add a touch of colour and texture to a room, making it more inviting and comfortable. By using rugs throughout the hotel, you can create a cohesive look and feel, tying the different spaces together. Rugs can also serve as a focal point in any space, helping to draw the eye and creating visual interest with their graphical qualities of colour and pattern.

Choosing The Right Rug In A Hotel Interior

When choosing a rug for a hotel, there are several factors to consider, including durability, size, and design. Durability is particularly important to consider when choosing a rug for a hotel, as rugs must withstand heavy foot traffic and spills. For high traffic areas, a durable and easy-to-clean rug is a must, and the best rugs for heavy duty areas are hand knotted rugs made of wool. Hand knotted wool rugs are also extremely soft to the touch as well as being luxurious quality, making them just as usable in lower traffic areas, such as guest rooms.

Size is also important, as the rug should fit the space and not look out of place. Large rugs can help fill larger open spaces and become a feature piece, whereas smaller rugs can work in conjunction to create different zones within an open plan area as well as being applied in smaller interiors themselves. Design is equally important, as the rug should complement the existing decor and create the desired ambiance, which makes choosing a graphical rug which is also timeless all the more important, as it will be deemed as an investment piece and last longer.

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Elevating The Guest Experience In A Hotel With Rugs

Rugs can play a significant role in enhancing the guest experience. A comfortable and inviting rug can provide a warm and welcoming atmosphere, making guests feel at home, and stand out graphical rugs or rugs with levels of texture will be more memorable for the guests when they remember or think about that hotel. Rugs can also provide comfort, making guests feel more relaxed and at ease. And not just visual or physical comfort either, rugs are great for their acoustical qualities too.

Hotels that have successfully used rugs to enhance the guest experience include the Four Seasons, the Ritz Carlton, The Foundation Hotel, and the Mandarin Oriental. These hotels use rugs to create a warm and inviting atmosphere, and to add a touch of luxury to their spaces. Many hotel brands are looking for ways to make their hotel interiors really stand out and enhance their guests experience, and the use of unique graphical rugs are becoming more in demand as a result.

Rugs used in an industrial style hotel lobby area in the Detroit Foundation Hotel interior

The Rugs Used In The Lobby And Bar Interior At Foundation Hotel In Detroit Help Create The Warming Atmosphere

The Bottom Line

In conclusion, when it comes to designing a hotel rugs can play a significant role in enhancing the hotel guest experience. And that's where rugs come in to "roll out" the red carpet to woo your guests. By adding warmth, texture, and visual interest to a space, rugs can help create a memorable and comfortable atmosphere. Remember, when choosing a rug for your hotel, it's important to consider factors such as durability, size, and design, and to select a rug that will complement the existing decor and contribute to a positive guest experience.

So, if you're looking to "floor" your guests with style, consider adding rugs to your hotel interior design. We can help you too, contact us for advice on rug selection from any of our own rug designs. And remember, rug it up, roll it out, and elevate your hotel's guest experience with rugs!

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