“The tiny ground floor of this new boutique hotel has been as cleverly designed as a boat, with space for sitting beside the hi-tech fire (flames leaping from white pebbles), breakfast tables and a reception desk. The man responsible for the cool, stylish look (a marriage of rosewood, mirror, chrome, velvet and stone) is Bruno Borrione, associate of Philippe Starck. Upstairs, bedrooms are surprisingly large, lined with a restful wallpaper of stylized trees, with leather and mirrored furniture and Missoni rugs. Minutes from Bon Marché.”
