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Hotel design, like decor, cycles through trends ranging from the escapist to the warm, cozy and distinctly residential. The <a href="http://www.customhotel.com/">Custom Hotel</a> near Los Angeles International Airport takes a playful approach, including elevators that open to high-impact imagery and the lobbys woolly sheep. They have been kidnapped and found all over the hotel, a desk clerk says. But they always find their way home in the morning.<br>
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Hotel design, like decor, cycles through trends ranging from the escapist to the warm, cozy and distinctly residential. The Custom Hotel near Los Angeles International Airport takes a playful approach, including elevators that open to high-impact imagery and the lobbys woolly sheep. They have been kidnapped and found all over the hotel, a desk clerk says. But they always find their way home in the morning.

More...

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• Hotel Reviews by Valli Herman

Also in Home & Garden:

• Cozy hideaways
• A futuristic, midcentury movie set for 'Speed Racer'
• Eye Candy: Home & Garden Photo Galleries