Rooms

A mini kitchen is what turns a room into a small flat. A well-designed unit, with a hob, a sink […]

A wooden headboard is one of those choices that seems purely aesthetic but actually decides years of maintenance. It gives

It’s one of those pieces of furniture guests only notice when it’s missing. Without a luggage rack, the suitcase ends

How tall a headboard should be has no single answer, because a low headboard and a full-wall one respond to

A bedside table has a right size, and it is not a matter of opinion. It depends on how tall

In a hotel room the television is watched lying down or half reclined, so the screen is not placed at

The measurement that decides everything is not the external one, it’s the internal compartment. A 15-inch laptop measures roughly 36×25

A hotel room’s layout comes down to two numbers: where the bathroom sits and how wide the room is. Below

There are four ways to add a third bed, and only two hold up to a hotel’s daily turnover. A

There’s no single king size: in the United States it measures 193×203 cm, in the United Kingdom the bed called

Yes, bunk beds can be used in hotels, hostels and family rooms, and there’s no national regulation banning them. They

An open wardrobe without doors is 45-50 cm deep instead of the 60-62 cm of a hinged-door one, doesn’t need

Hotel room types are identified by international codes that indicate how many beds there are and how they’re arranged: SGL

A double hotel room works with at least ten usable power sockets, two per bedside for each side of the

A hotel room feels welcoming when the light is warm, around 2700K, spread across at least three points and adjustable

A hotel room’s private bathroom almost never drops below 3.5 sqm and typically sits between 4 and 6 sqm in

Hotel beds are so comfortable because they aren’t a mattress, they’re a system: a rigid base, a medium-firm mattress, a

An in-room minibar is mandatory, in most regions, for 4 and 5-star hotels: the national 2008 classification standard includes it

In Italy the standard double bed measures 160×190 cm, but mid-to-high-range hotels are increasingly fitting 180×200 cm beds, the international

The perfect bedroom colour is blue, in soft, desaturated shades: research into the link between colour and sleep associates it

A hotel room with a low ceiling is furnished by lowering the visual centre of gravity: a divan bed base

The room number goes on the jamb on the handle side, between 140 and 160 cm from the floor, with

A room door with a solid leaf and a standard rebate reaches, once installed, between 28 and 35 dB, against

A room palette is built on three layers with roughly 60, 30 and 10 proportions: the dominant colour on large

The line between a suite and a large room comes down to a verifiable requirement: two people must be able

A hotel mattress reaches the end of its life between the seventh and tenth year: the practical rule is that

A 20-25 m² room needs between 1500 and 2500 lumens of general lighting, for an average illuminance of 100-150 lux,

In a historic building, a five-metre wall can be 2-5 cm out of plumb between base and top, a corner

It’s worth stating the limit straight away, because it shapes everything that follows: acoustic insulation is a property of the

The twin room is the most versatile format in a hotel’s inventory, and also the most underrated at the design

The single room is the hardest space to furnish in a hotel. Not for lack of budget or ideas, but

The double room is the best-selling format in almost every hospitality property. It’s the product most guest expectations focus on,

Furnishing hotel rooms isn’t a matter of personal taste. It’s a technical project that has to solve precise problems: maximising