Hotels
Guest Room Materials and Finishes for Hotels
Select materials by where they will be installed, how they are cleaned and what can be repaired when one part wears.
Explore the ideas
Compare the options
- Set the brief
- Mark high-touch, wet and impact-prone surfaces separately before picking finishes.
- Compare
- Ask suppliers for care instructions, repair options and a full sample with exposed edges and joints.
- Before buying
- Price installation, replaceable pieces and long-term maintenance alongside the initial material cost.
Worked example
A bedroom floor is scratched by chair movement at a desk beside the bed.
Compare repairable floor finishes and a correctly sized chair mat sample, checking edges do not create a trip point.
How to test it
Put the sample beside its adjoining materials and test the agreed cleaning method on a spare piece.
Apply it to this space
- Layout
- Keep a direct route from door to bed and place luggage storage near entry, clear of wardrobe doors.
- Detail
- Provide layered bedside and general light, reachable switches on both sides, and easy-clean surfaces near the entry.
- Trade-off
- More built-in storage reduces open floor area for luggage.
- Try the room with a suitcase open
- Reach each control from bed and entry
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