Boutique Hotels in Shoreditch
Whenever we head down to London there is one area of the city that we make a beeline to, Shoreditch of course! A wave of gentrification over the last 10 years has changed the area from grit to hip and whilst the area has changed beyond all recognition with luxury hotels and cocktail bars sprouting up all over area it has maintained a ?soul? that is sometimes void in other parts of the capital.
Read on and find out where you should be staying the next time you are in London?s coolest district.
The Boundary
Rather than call itself a hotel, Boundary?s tag line is ?Restaurant, Rooms and Rooftop?. Founded in 2008, the Boundary is, as expected from a project with design maestro Terrance Conran behind it, an incredibly beautiful hotel. Located in a renovated Victorian warehouse, the hotel is a mecca for those with an appreciation for good design. Each of the 12 individually considered guest rooms are tributes to famous designers or design movements such as the colourful and graphic Bauhaus room, or the modernist Mies Van der Rohe room complete with a legendary Barcelona chair. Expect to find the rooms full of bespoke furniture and unique original art pieces. This design focus extends to other areas in the hotel. The huge ?double-height? basement area has had its industrial features preserved and is now home to the classic French-style restaurant, whilst the Rooftop Bar and Grill is a modern extension on top of the original warehouse, filled with citrus trees and offering panora...
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