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Andra's "Contemporary Woodsy" Decor

February 28, 2006 at 11:45 AM | 0 Comments

Hotel Andra is the Pacific Northwest version of a boutique hotel--one that can still be a little crunchy and woodsy without being too rustic. Located in Seattle on the edge of a Belltown neighborhood that's going through some revitalization, the hotel was formerly the Claremont until it reopened a year and a half ago as Hotel Andra.

The Los Angeles Daily News has more than the full report on the hotel's combination of midcentury design and log cabin decor, along with a bit of everything from across the globe.

That window above the fireplace? It's a flat-screen TV in a frame, alternately showing camels in the Sahara, London's Tower Bridge, a starfish and Rome's Colosseum. The three-paneled aquarium behind the front desk? It's real....And, just to keep everyone guessing, the hotel's restaurant, Lola, is Greek-themed.

Andra is not what you would expect of Seattle--Would Kurt Cobain stay here?--yet somehow it is.

Even better, the staffers were reported to be "friendly and accomodating" and  not your typical "We're here to look cool but do no work" sometimes found at other boutique hotels.

Related Stories:
· Seattle's Hotel Andra reflects world as well as Pacific Northwest [Inside Bay Area]
· Hotel Andra reviews [TripAdvisor]