Beach Getaways 2008 - (Page 29) Lounging by the pool at the New Clinton Hotel. Photo courtesy of www.hg2.com. Swedish designer Magnus Ehrland collected the decor piece by piece from estate sales, flea markets and thrift and antiques stores all over Florida. There is the “With Drill” room, where a steel hose reel has been converted into a table as a tribute to labor. The general manager says his work “is like managing 30 different movie sets.” That may be why some stars feel at home there. It also doesn’t hurt that the hotel is owned by Diesel, the hip Italian fashion conglomerate that also has a companion boutique just around the corner. Flirtatious fashion binds minimalist style, space-age furnishings and water features of the New Clinton Hotel designed by French architect and designer Eric Raffy. Just a block away from the hubbub of South Beach’s Collins Avenue, the refurbished 1930 hotel is generally more modest than the Delano, Shore Club or Tides. It offers an intimate respite from the crowds along with the luxuries of a ground floor spa, poolside cabanas and guest room balconies that appear to float atop reflecting pools. Raffy gave the lobby the most drama with bright periwinkle suede modern furniture. In the guest rooms, he used whites and neutrals for a more dramatic impact of selective color – a brilliant blue bottle and rotating bedside lights. A cast of neon blue in the elevator and along the dark periwinkle hallways lend to the hotel’s overall saucy sensibility. Desk chairs are topped in white leather and laced down the spine. Wall mirrors tease with laced corset strings. When you go Cardozo Hotel South Beach, 800-782-6500, www.cardozohotel.com Delano Hotel, 800-697-1791, www.delano-hotel.com Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau, 305-539-3000, www.miamiandbeaches.com Kent Hotel, 866-826-KENT, www.thekenthotel.com New Clinton Hotel, 305-938-4040, www.clintonsouthbeach.com The Pelican Hotel, 305-673-3373, www.pelicanhotel.com The Shore Club, 305-695-3100, www.shoreclub.com The Tides, 800-439-4095, www.tidessouthbeach.com Beach Getaways 29 http://www.hg2.com http://www.cardozohotel.com http://www.delano-hotel.com http://www.miamiandbeaches.com http://www.thekenthotel.com http://www.clintonsouthbeach.com http://www.pelicanhotel.com http://www.shoreclub.com http://www.tidessouthbeach.com
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