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Golden Globes: 6 Design Ideas From ‘The Grand Budapest Hotel’

http://www.decor-ideas.org 01/11/2015 08:13 Decor Ideas 

This Sunday I’ll be watching to see how many Golden Globe Awards go to Wes Anderson’s latest film, The Grand Budapest Hotel. The world he created for the movie may be his most enchanting yet, earning nominations in the Musical or Comedy category for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Motion Picture and Best Performance by an Actor. The film stuck in my brain long after I watched it. I found my eye going to photos of interior designs on Houzz that reminded me of the movie’s enchanting style.

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Lobby boy Zero Moustafa (Tony Revolori) and his fiancée, Agatha of Mendl’s bakery (Saoirse Ronan), pictured above in a still from the movie, cook up a plan to rescue hotel concierge Gustave H. (Ralph Fiennes) via tools concealed inside towering pink pastries.

The Grand Budapest Hotel (left) is a marvelous pink confection of a building, its layers of pastel colors looking a bit like a giant version of Agatha’s cakes.

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Contemporary Kitchen by Anthony Baratta LLC
6 Style Lessons from the Hotel

1. Pink and blue aren’t just for baby showers. The colors of the movie’s pastry boxes (with Revolori and Ronan, above) can delight in today’s interiors as well.

This only thing this pastel-blocked kitchen (left) is missing is a Mendl’s bakery box on the island.

See more of this New York home

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Rustic Dining Room by Matheny Goldmon Architects
2. Birch makes a fine rustic backdrop. In the movie a rather intimidating hunting room in the Dowager Countess’s mansion (seen above, with Adrien Brody as Dmitri, and Revolori) is softened by strips of a woodsy wall covering.

And in this Alabama lake house (left), birch bark paneling and a twig chandelier accentuate the room’s rustic style in a very Anderson-esque way.

Paneling: Bark House; chandelier: Shades of Light

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3. Pairing red and purple will always dazzle. Grand Budapest employees — Igor (Paul Schlase), Zero and Gustave, with Madame D. (Tilda Swinton) — wear snazzy bold purple uniforms with key pins on the lapels.

Contemporary Dining Room by valerie pasquiou interiors + design, inc
In this New York condo (left), the bold combination delineates the dining room within an open plan.

A popular duo during the era when Jane Fonda’s workout videos launched, purple and red make a brilliant combination, best accented with metallics.

Wallpaper: Flavor Paper

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4. Keys are a great accessory. Keys — hung at the author’s grave in the first scene, in Agatha’s special pendant, in the safe Gustave is hiding (above) and with the Society of the Crossed Keys — are a recurring motif throughout the film.

Today, whether hanging on a nail, framed in a shadow box or part of a tablescape (left), vintage keys are charming additions around the house.

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Eclectic Bedroom by Catalina Estrada
5. Spartan practicality can go bohemian. A wrought iron bed, practical blankets and burlap curtains hung with rope compose Agatha’s living quarters (above); the style makes her an unwitting bohemian. It’s apt, as the fictional Republic of Zubrowka, where the Grand Budapest is located, could very well have been located in Bohemia, or at the very least, could have been Bohemia-adjacent.

The whimsical flowers, soft colors, wood details and classic bedding in this Spanish bedroom (left) create a “splurge” version of Agatha’s living quarters.

Wallpaper: Catalina Estrada

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Eclectic Home Office by Nicole Lanteri Design
6. A good bulletin board will always help you stay organized and solve challenges. Whether you’re solving a murder, keeping a family organized, staying on point with a diet or compiling inspiration for a color palette, a bulletin board corrals it all in one place where you can study it. Did you know that details are so important to Anderson that he even writes full articles to go in all of the fake newspapers seen in the movie? There is probably a story behind every piece hung on the wall of Inspector Henckels (Edward Norton, seen above).

What are some of your favorite Wes Anderson movie moments? Which films and stars will you be rooting for at the Golden Globes? (See the full list of nominees here.) Please let us know in the Comments!

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