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Hospitality Art Sourcing for Interior Designers

A trade program built for hospitality projects: one supplier that coordinates original paintings across lobbies, guest rooms, corridors, and restaurants, on your budget and your build schedule. Buying for a single property instead of running a design project? See our hospitality art page.

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One supplier for the entire property. Any style, at the quantity a hotel needs.

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  • Original, signed paintings only
  • Coordinated sets at scale
  • Staged delivery to your build schedule

In a hotel, art is doing a job on every wall

A guest forms an opinion of a hotel in the first few seconds in the lobby, and art is a large part of that first read. Down the corridors and inside the rooms, paintings set the mood, carry the brand, and give guests something worth photographing and sharing. Get the art right and the whole property feels considered. Get it wrong, or leave walls bare, and even a well-built hotel feels unfinished.

Hospitality is where our supplier model helps most. A single artist cannot comfortably fill 40 guest rooms, a lobby, and a restaurant in one coherent look, on a construction deadline. We can. We hold one palette and one visual language across the property, vary the pieces so no two rooms feel like copies, and deliver in batches that match how the site is being built.

Key takeaways

  • Art sets the first impression in the lobby and the mood in every room.
  • A supplier can fill a whole property in one coherent look, which a single artist usually cannot.
  • We coordinate a palette across zones and vary pieces so rooms never look duplicated.
  • Delivery is staged to your build schedule, and every piece is an original with a Certificate of Authenticity.

Art, zone by zone

Every part of a hotel asks something different from the art. Here is how we usually approach each one. Treat the sizes as starting points; we confirm exact dimensions against your elevations.

ZoneWhat the art doesTypical scaleStyle that tends to work
Lobby and receptionSets the first impression, anchors the spaceOne large statement piece or a large pairBold abstract or textured work with presence
Guest roomsCalms the room, adds warmth over the bed or deskOne or two medium pieces per roomCalmer abstract, landscape, or tonal work
CorridorsCreates rhythm, guides guests, breaks long runsA repeating series of smaller piecesA consistent series with palette continuity
Restaurant and barBuilds mood, supports the dining conceptA focal wall plus supporting piecesRicher, moodier, or more expressive work
Spa and wellnessSlows the pace, signals calmSoft, medium pieces at eye levelMuted, biophilic, or minimal abstract

Coordinated, but never copy-paste

The hard part of a hotel is variety inside consistency. Guests should feel a single, considered look across the property, but no one wants to walk into their room and see the exact painting they passed three doors down. We solve that by designing a controlled set: one palette, one visual language, and a family of pieces that read as siblings rather than twins.

  • One agreed palette and mood across the whole property.
  • A family of related pieces so adjacent rooms never match exactly.
  • Sizes tuned per wall, from the lobby hero to the guest-room piece.
  • Batch production planned around your construction phases.
  • Every piece an original, signed, with a Certificate of Authenticity.
  • Free insured shipping and a 14-day trial to reduce your risk.

A property-wide project, start to finish

Here is how a typical hotel job runs with us, using a recent boutique project as the example. It shows the shape of the work: one brief, one coordinated look, delivered in batches to match the build.

Case study · boutique hotel

A 48-room boutique hotel in Vancouver

The designer came to us after the FF&E was chosen but before install, with warm-neutral interiors, walnut joinery, and a deep teal accent running through the scheme. The art brief was simple to say and hard to source alone: fill the whole property in one look, keep it calm in the rooms and bold in the public spaces, and land inside a set budget.

48guest rooms, plus lobby, corridors, and restaurant
~$32ktotal art budget across the property
9 weeksfrom brief to final install
1 palettewarm neutrals with a teal accent, held throughout

We proposed one lobby hero piece behind reception, a coordinated set of eight guest-room designs rotated so no two adjacent rooms matched, a repeating small series for the corridors, and a moodier focal wall for the restaurant. Everything drew from the same palette, so the property reads as one idea rather than a collection of unrelated purchases.

The designer asked for two rounds of changes: a larger lobby piece, and a calmer set for the rooms after the first guest-room mock felt too busy. We adjusted, then produced and shipped in three batches timed to the construction phases, so nothing sat on site waiting to be damaged. The project came in on budget, and the coordinated look did the thing the designer wanted most: it made a mid-size hotel feel deliberately curated.

We keep every client and property name private unless a hotel agrees to be named, which most boutique properties do not want during their opening press cycle. The room count, budget, and timeline above are the real numbers from this project.

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Shipping to hotel and office projects in the US

Most of our property-wide projects ship from our Vancouver studio into Canada, but a growing share go to the US, including a cluster of hospitality and office projects in the Detroit metro area: Novi, Birmingham, Royal Oak, and Rochester Hills, Michigan. The process does not change because the property is in another country. It adds one step: customs paperwork, which we handle as part of the shipment rather than leaving it to the receiving site.

What is different for a Michigan or Detroit-area project

  • Free insured shipping still applies. Transit from Vancouver to the Detroit metro area typically runs 5 to 10 business days by ground freight, the same window we quote for any US destination.
  • We prepare the commercial invoice and customs paperwork for the shipment, so the property or general contractor is not the one filing it.
  • Large-format or multi-piece property orders (a full guest-room set, a lobby hero plus a corridor series) ship in batches, the same staged approach described in the case study above, timed to your build schedule rather than delivered all at once.
  • Every piece is a signed original with a Certificate of Authenticity that travels with the shipment, which matters for a hotel or office asset register on the US side of the border.

If your project is in the Detroit area, or anywhere else in the US, tell us the property location when you request a proposal through our advisory service and we will quote the exact freight timeline for that address rather than a general estimate.

Hospitality questions

Can you handle a whole property, not just a few pieces?

Yes. That is the point of working with a supplier. We regularly plan art for a full property: lobby, guest rooms, corridors, and food and beverage spaces, all in one coordinated look and one point of contact.

How do you keep rooms from looking identical?

We design a controlled set: one palette and visual language, with a family of related pieces rotated so adjacent rooms never match. Guests feel a consistent look without seeing the same painting twice.

Can delivery match our construction schedule?

Yes. We produce and ship in batches timed to your build phases, so art does not sit on an active site where it can be damaged. Tell us the sequence and we plan around it.

Are these durable enough for high-traffic spaces?

They are original paintings made to hang and last. For very high-touch or high-humidity areas we will advise on placement, framing, and protective options so the work holds up.

What about budget for a larger property?

Volume works in your favor. Project pricing improves with quantity, with better rates starting at roughly five pieces or more. We build the whole package to a set budget and show the numbers before you commit.

How do we start?

Send us the plans, the look you want, the budget, and the deadline through our free advisory service. We come back within 3 to 5 business days with a proposal package for the property.

Do you ship hospitality and office art to the Detroit metro area?

Yes. We regularly ship property-wide orders to hotels and offices in Novi, Birmingham, Royal Oak, and Rochester Hills, Michigan, with the same free insured shipping and 5 to 10 business day transit we quote for any US destination.

Who handles customs for a shipment crossing into Michigan?

We do. We prepare the commercial invoice and customs paperwork as part of the shipment, so your site team or general contractor does not need to file anything on arrival.

Planning art for a hotel?

Send us the property. We will come back with a coordinated package for every zone, on your budget and your build schedule. Free, with no obligation.

Original signed paintings, coordinated across the whole property, shipped insured across Canada and the USA.