Minneapolis inspiration

I just got back from a work trip in Minneapolis and I gathered so much inspiration that I just had to share. I'm not a big traveler, and I dont think I have ever stayed in a fancy hotel so this was all new to me and I was just taking in every little detail of this beautiful place. We stayed in the JW Marriott in the Mall of America and it was just gorgeous. There was so much pattern and texture and glitz, it was amazing. If I had to describe the style Id call it masculine glam. Leather and dark bronze and beige mixed with marble and chrome. It was a style I havent seen before and I was just in love! Heres a few pictures from their website which you can find here.

Basically this is exactly what our room looked like, just flopped. It was heaven for 4 days. Heres some of my pictures.

 The one thing, well there were a ton of things I loved but, the major one was the textured walls. Not a single wall was just painted. They used this awesome wallpaper that looked like tile and, one of my person favorites, grascloth. I never would have thought to put it together in one room but somehow all the pattern and texture just worked.

On our last day we had a cocktail party at this awesome venue, Aria in downtown Minneapolis. If I was a millionaire I would buy this place and make it my house! Exposed brick walls, gauzy curtains and chandeliers galore! This place is what I imagine heave looks like. I wasnt able to capture great photos of my own since I just had my phone and it was dark due to the party but heres a couple I found online...

photo found here 

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And here are some that I took.... 

 You can visit their website here for more awesome photos.

Have you been anywhere lately that gave you unexpected inspiration? Tell me all about it in the comments! Until next time !

xoxo,
Jackie