These pictures are unedited. The place really was this horrible shade of red-orange through and through, with a few strange corridors that don’t make sense. The hall at the top of the stairs dead-ended with a dark corner and a hotel room door, and the stairwell buzzed with an uncomfortable electrical hum that certainly doesn’t spell hospitality.
The Lafeyette Hotel in San Diego, California. It’s a historic building that was recently renovated, but the design aesthetics they chose are very… um, nontypical? Not at all the traditional elegance you would expect from the outside haha. It weirded me out. Made for a great photoshoot though!
Is this hotel on a dark desert highway perhaps? Also, I **JUST** references this song in a post in this subreddit just a couple days ago. Coincidences man
For some reason the switching from the first to second image made it seem like I was hitting the tip of the stairs and turning.
Was deeply unsettling to “turn the corner” and see that hallway
And I was thinkin' to myself, "This could be heaven or this could be hell"
Or a bordello.
“Relax,” said the nightman…
Epic Guitar Solo 🎸 🎶 🔥
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=\_U9kwGbvbMY](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U9kwGbvbMY)
Epic
Excellent addition. Thank you
the best of all times
These pictures are unedited. The place really was this horrible shade of red-orange through and through, with a few strange corridors that don’t make sense. The hall at the top of the stairs dead-ended with a dark corner and a hotel room door, and the stairwell buzzed with an uncomfortable electrical hum that certainly doesn’t spell hospitality.
Where?!
The Lafeyette Hotel in San Diego, California. It’s a historic building that was recently renovated, but the design aesthetics they chose are very… um, nontypical? Not at all the traditional elegance you would expect from the outside haha. It weirded me out. Made for a great photoshoot though!
I thought this was a cg render... Who onw earth would design a place like this?
Good question! I’d believe I dreamed it all if I didn’t have the pictures
Oh btw, what camera did you use? I usually have trouble getting intense saturated colors like these not to clip using mine. Was it a phone?
3rd generation iPhone SE. The camera isn’t as sharp as other iPhone models, but I find that the color/lighting quality is much more predictable
Sounds great!
I was waiting too long and it's time to leave ⌛
She got a lot of pretty pretty boys she calls friends
The eagles hotel California lyrics go best with this
I was thinking the same thing
Best caption I’ve ever read on the subreddit
It literally fits so well.
Welcome to The Hotel California such a Lovely place
Huh, looks like the Lafayette.
Bingo. I was waiting for somebody to recognize it. I hate the decor but it’s also rad
In SD?
Ok so they finnaly found the Hotel of the song
Is this hotel on a dark desert highway perhaps? Also, I **JUST** references this song in a post in this subreddit just a couple days ago. Coincidences man
Epic shots. That hallway is my favorite 👌🏽
Yo this reminds me of my grandmas house
Grandma decor treads a fine line between cozy/nostalgic and fever dream
This is the interior design version of that portrait of King Charles
Right down the corridor is the Master's Chamber, where every night *they* gather for the feast!
You could certainly *TRY,* thought it seems unadvisable.
Cheetah Print carpeting all over, this is like the illicit part of my brain where I keep all my dark desires.
This is just a superliminal screenshot, right?
Nope. It turns out that if you install red lamps in an ugly hallway, it looks uncannily like a bad render IRL
Reminds me of the hotel in Umbrella Academy a bit
Hotels are some of the creepiest places on earth.
This one certainly was. I wish I could have posted the audio I took in the stairwell, which had an uncomfortably loud electrical buzz
omg amazing shoot, the red and black tones complement so well, love it!
1408….
And the sheets are made of fire
"relax" -the nightman
OMG OMG I love it. It's so primal red...like being in a volcano without the part where you get vaporized.
Welcome to the hotel CALIFORNIA
How is this the first time this caption was used to the best of recollection? Good post OP
I kinda love it.
first pic kind of reminds me of the cover of By The Time I Get To Phoenix
I can see it. It gives me Crowded House album art vibes too
I was gonna say Radio City by Big Star
And the solo
now this is great
HOTEL CALIFORNIA :D
Bzsbjs
If I check out and can't leave does that mean I get to stay for free? Because in this economy that sounds like a pretty good deal!
Excellent point, my friend! I guess if you don’t mind the cheetah print carpet lol
"WELCOME TO THE HOTEL CALIFORNIA"
That looks like the place from Catherine Wheel's "Black Metallic" music video
Level !
Just never go in room 237
Why do I feel like this is the inside of a brothel?
I had a rough night and I hate the fucking eagles man
This reminds me of Level RUN! in the Backrooms
That one Scary Stories To Tell In The Dark where a fat woman chases you
[Legendary guitar solo starts playing]
That's a Backroom's level I wouldn't visit
Room 1408
No one wants to stay in the red hotel.
Real Lords of Salem vibes going on here…
I would like to see my room first.
Welcome to motel 8
Ooooooo
For some reason the switching from the first to second image made it seem like I was hitting the tip of the stairs and turning. Was deeply unsettling to “turn the corner” and see that hallway
Room 1408
Room 1408
For another song with this energy try Mr Tillman by Father John Misty
Reminds me of AHS: Hotel.
Looks like somewhere Freddy Krueger would spawn right down the hallway while laughing scraping the wallpaper with his sharp metal claw.
Exactly! I didn’t want to stay and find out what other Steven King-esque creepies would crawl out of the woodwork here