Tuesday, February 02, 2010

Paris: Hotel Le Cristal Champs Elysees


A New Hotel: Le Cristal Champs Elysees.  Just a stone’s throw from one of the most famous streets in the world, the new hotel Le Cristal Champs Elysees is the first hotel venture for  designer, Mattia Bonetti famed for his elegant and colorful designs.  Housed in an Eighteenth-Century building it has twenty-six rooms, which are all individually decorated. The hotel’s trademark is a string of Madagascar crystals, which omit soft sprinklings of gentle light, and are housed on a shelf running the length of the colorful lobby.


The breakfast room.  The hotel serves breakfast only and the breakfast room, which is housed in the basement, is as colorful as the lobby.


The staircase.  Reflected in the mirror of the lamp with crystal flowers designed by Mattia Bonetti in his unmistakable whimsical style is the staircase running up to the twenty-six rooms each individually decorated.