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Source text in English

We're accustomed to glamour in London SE26: Kelly Brook and Jason Statham used to live above the dentist. But when Anouska Hempel's heels hit the cracked cement of the parking space outside my flat, it's hard not to think of those Picture Post photographs of royalty visiting bombed-out families during the second world war. Her mission in my modest tract of suburbia is, however, about more than offering sympathy. Hempelβ€”the woman who invented the boutique hotel before it bore any such proprietary nameβ€”has come to give me information for which, judging by the spreads in interiors magazines and anxious postings on online DIY forums, half the property-owners in the Western world seem desperate: how to give an ordinary home the look and the vibe of a five-star, Β£750-a-night hotel suite. To HemΒ­pelise, in this case, a modest conversion flat formed from the middle slice of a three-storey Victorian semi.

"You could do it," she says, casting an eye around my kitchen. "Anyone could do it. Absolutely no reason why not. But there has to be continuity between the rooms. A single idea must be followed through." She looks out wistfully over the fire escape. "And you'd have to buy the house next door, of course." That's a joke. I think.

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It's worth pausing, though, to consider the oddness of this impulse. The hotel room is an amnesiac space. We would be troubled if it bore any sign of a previous occupant, particularly as many of us go to hotels in order to do things we would not do at home. We expect a hotel room to be cleaned as thoroughly as if a corpse had just been hauled from the bed. (In some cases, this will actually have happened.) The domestic interior embodies the opposite idea: it is a repository of memories. The story of its inhabitants ought to be there in the photos on the mantelpiece, the pictures on the wall, the books on the shelves. If hotel rooms were people, they would be smiling lobotomy patients or plausible psychopaths.

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Entry #13484 — Discuss 0
Milena Chkripeska
Milena Chkripeska
МакСдония (FYROM)
Winner
Voting points1st2nd3rd
317 x41 x21 x1
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 6 "like" tags
Π›ΠΎΠ½Π΄ΠΎΠ½ Π‘ΠΈΠ΄Π½Π°ΠΌ (ΠΏΠΎΡˆΡ‚Π΅Π½ΡΠΊΠΈ Π±Ρ€ΠΎΡ˜ SE26)
Good term selection
Maja_K
ΠŸΠΈΠΊΡ‡Ρ€ ΠŸΠΎΡΡ‚ (Picture Post)
Good term selection
Maja_K
законски Π·Π°ΡˆΡ‚ΠΈΡ‚Π΅Π½ΠΎ ΠΈΠΌΠ΅
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Maja_K
Π₯отСлската соба Π΅ мСсто ΡˆΡ‚ΠΎ ΠΏΠ°Ρ‚ΠΈ ΠΎΠ΄ амнСзија.
Flows well
Maja_K
ΠžΡ‡Π΅ΠΊΡƒΠ²Π°ΠΌΠ΅ хотСлската соба Π΄Π° Π±ΠΈΠ΄Π΅ исчистСна Ρ‚ΠΎΠ»ΠΊΡƒ Ρ‚Π΅ΠΌΠ΅Π»Π½ΠΎ Π½Π΅Π±Π°Ρ€Π΅ ΠΎΠ΄ ΠΊΡ€Π΅Π²Π΅Ρ‚ΠΎΡ‚ Π΅ Ρ‚ΡƒΠΊΡƒΡˆΡ‚ΠΎ ΠΈΠ·Π²Π»Π΅Ρ‡Π΅Π½ΠΎ Π±Π΅Π·ΠΆΠΈΠ²ΠΎΡ‚Π½ΠΎ Ρ‚Π΅Π»ΠΎ.
Flows well
Maja_K
Π’Π½Π°Ρ‚Ρ€Π΅ΡˆΠ½ΠΈΠΎΡ‚ Π΅Π½Ρ‚Π΅Ρ€ΠΈΠ΅Ρ€ Π΅ ΠΎΠ»ΠΈΡ†Π΅Ρ‚Π²ΠΎΡ€Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π½Π° спротивната замисла:
Flows well
Maja_K
Entry #12730 — Discuss 0
Voting points1st2nd3rd
153 x41 x21 x1
Entry tagging:
  • 2 users entered 10 "like" tags
  • 1 user agreed with "likes" (5 total agrees)
  • 2 users disagreed with "likes" (6 total disagrees)
-1
1
Но ΠΊΠΎΠ³Π° Π·Π°Ρ‚Ρ€ΠΎΠΏΠ°Π° ΠΏΠΎΡ‚ΠΏΠ΅Ρ‚ΠΈΡ†ΠΈΡ‚Π΅
Flows well
Danco
-1
+1
β€žΠŸΠΈΠΊΡ‡Ρ€ ΠŸΠΎΡΡ‚β€œ
Good term selection
Maja_K
-1
Π²Π½Π°Ρ‚Ρ€Π΅ΡˆΠ½ΠΎ ΡƒΡ€Π΅Π΄ΡƒΠ²Π°ΡšΠ΅
Good term selection
Danco
-1
1
β€žΡ…Π΅ΠΌΠΏΠ΅Π»ΠΈΠ·ΠΈΡ€Π°β€œ
Good term selection
Danco
-1
+1
1
Ρ„Ρ€Π»Π°Ρ˜ΡœΠΈ ΠΏΠΎΠ³Π»Π΅Π΄
Good term selection
Maja_K
нСпрСкинатост
Good term selection
Danco
-1
+1
1
Низ просторот ΠΌΠΎΡ€Π° Π΄Π° сС слСди Π΅Π΄Π½Π° идСја.
Flows well
Maja_K
Π‘Π΅ΠΏΠ°ΠΊ, Π²Ρ€Π΅Π΄ΠΈ Π΄Π° сС подзастанС, Π΄Π° сС размисли ΠΊΠΎΠ»ΠΊΡƒ Π΅ Ρ‡ΡƒΠ΄Π΅Π½ овој импулс.
Flows well
Danco
+1
ΠΎΠ΄Π΄Π°Π²Π°
Flows well
Maja_K
+1
Π’Π½Π°Ρ‚Ρ€Π΅ΡˆΠ½ΠΎΡ‚ΠΎ ΡƒΡ€Π΅Π΄ΡƒΠ²Π°ΡšΠ΅ Π²ΠΎ Π΄ΠΎΠΌΠΎΡ‚ Π΅ ΠΎΡ‚Π΅Π»ΠΎΡ‚Π²ΠΎΡ€Π΅Π½ΠΈΠ΅ Π½Π° спротивното:
Flows well
Maja_K
Entry #13097 — Discuss 0
Nikola Gizharovski
Nikola Gizharovski
МакСдония (FYROM)
Voting points1st2nd3rd
301 x21 x1
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 3 "like" tags
Π·Π°Ρ•Π²Π΅Ρ‡ΠΊΠ°Π° ΠΏΠΎ Ρ†Π΅ΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ‚ΠΎΡ‚
Good term selection
Milena Chkripeska
β€œ.
Flows well
Milena Chkripeska
ΠŸΡ€ΠΈΠΊΠ°Π·Π½Π°Ρ‚Π° Π½Π° станаритС, која сС Ρ‡ΠΈΡ‚Π°
Flows well
Milena Chkripeska
Entry #13762 — Discuss 0
petrovich tanja
petrovich tanja
МакСдония (FYROM)
Voting points1st2nd3rd
201 x20
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 4 "like" tags
ΡΡƒΠ΄Π΅Ρ˜ΡœΠΈ
Good term selection
Milena Chkripeska
Π²ΠΎΠ·Π½Π΅ΠΌΠΈΡ€ΡƒΠ²Π°Ρ‡ΠΊΠΈΡ‚Π΅ ΠΊΠΎΠΌΠ΅Π½Ρ‚Π°Ρ€ΠΈ
Good term selection
Milena Chkripeska
посСдувачитС Π½Π° ΠΈΠΌΠΎΡ‚
Good term selection
Milena Chkripeska
со Ρ†Π΅Π» Π΄Π° ΠΏΡ€Π°Π²Π°Ρ‚ Ρ€Π°Π±ΠΎΡ‚ΠΈ ΠΊΠΎΠΈ Π½Π΅ Π±ΠΈ Π³ΠΈ ΠΏΡ€Π°Π²Π΅Π»Π΅ Π΄ΠΎΠΌΠ°.
Flows well
Milena Chkripeska
Entry #12964 — Discuss 0
Vasil Pop-Andonov
Vasil Pop-Andonov
МакСдония (FYROM)
Voting points1st2nd3rd
0000
Entry tagging:
  • 1 user entered 3 "like" tags
Π·Π° Π΅Π΄Π½ΠΎΠ΄Π½Π΅Π²Π΅Π½ ΠΏΡ€Π΅ΡΡ‚ΠΎΡ˜
Good term selection
Milena Chkripeska
ΠΏΡ€Π΅ΠΎΠ±Ρ€Π°Π·Π±Π°
Good term selection
Milena Chkripeska
Π’Π°Π° ΠΌΠΎΡ€Π° Π΄Π° сС ΡˆΠ΅Π³ΡƒΠ²Π°,си помислив
Flows well
Milena Chkripeska