Interview
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Interior Design Trends
Interiors decide what a stay actually feels like: the flooring underfoot, the fabrics, the storage, the space left beside the bed. This section follows the design directions shaping hotel rooms, and reads them from the point of view of a guest arriving with a dog or a cat, because the same trend can make a room easier or considerably harder to share with an animal.
Materials and finishes, read from the floor up
Wide-plank timber, microcement and tight-loop wool behave very differently with claws, water bowls and wet paws. Hotels that take animals seriously tend to converge on a small set of choices: hard flooring in the entrance, washable rugs rather than fitted carpet, low-pile textiles, and furniture that lifts clear of the ground. None of this appears in a room description, which is why we look at the pictures and then ask. The practical translation of these choices is covered in how a pet suite is actually planned.
Where the trend stops and the equipment begins
A well-finished room still needs things that work: ventilation, sound insulation between rooms, a door that closes properly. The equipment hidden behind the finish often matters more to a dog than the palette does, and the extras left in the room show how far a property is willing to go. The building itself sets limits on all of it, which is the subject of the shells these interiors sit in.
Following the direction of travel
Design cycles in hospitality run long, and fittings for animals have moved from an afterthought to a specification line. We follow that movement in everything moving in pet-friendly hospitality, and the results show up in our booking pages, starting with German rooms designed for animals.