Airbnb Interior Design: What Hosts Get Right (And Wrong)

Dear Alice | Interior Design

Alice Lane

Design, Visual Arts, Arts

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 12 June 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Dear Alice, we dive into the world of Airbnb interior design—from the stunning to the not-so-stylish. We review some of the most talked-about luxury Airbnb listings and break down what hosts are getting right (and what design mistakes they should avoid). Whether you're an Airbnb host looking to elevate your space, a designer curious about hospitality trends, or a traveler seeking high-end stays with beautiful aesthetics, this episode is packed with practical design tips and inspiration. We cover loads of subjects! From layout and lighting to furniture selection and regional styling choices. Plus, we share our professional take on how to make any short-term rental feel like a five-star experience.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Dear Alice, a lifestyle approach to interior design.
0:28.5	Hello everyone. Welcome to Dear Alice. Today we're doing something we've never done before.
0:35.9	No, we have not. Yeah, so buckle in. If you guys could watch this one on Spotify or YouTube, it's going to be a treat.
0:38.8	We're going to be reviewing Airbnb properties that are real standouts, one that even won like the best, what was it? 24. 24's 2000,
0:46.4	2024's hottest designs. So, yeah, from Airbnb. We shall see. We're going to break down. Sue and I
0:52.5	are Airbnb connoisseurs.
1:01.7	You betcha. Yeah. So we felt like if nothing more, we're primed to be able to talk about it because we have lots of experiences.
1:07.2	And there's a reason. Like when we first started traveling for work, we'd stay at hotels. All good. It's great.
1:10.9	But as you like, we're homies and like we want to like,
1:13.0	we'll talk online about the day's events.
1:17.6	And so we stayed at Airbnb because you can have all your creature comforts.
1:20.7	When you go to an Airbnb, you have like a full fridge. You can like, we're going like to market for like full weeks.
1:23.8	Yeah.
1:24.0	And we're going to installs for full weeks.
1:26.2	And like you kind of want to like plant yourself for a second, have everything that you need.
1:30.2	Not live out of a suitcase.
1:31.5	Exactly.
1:31.9	And that is why the Airbnb, I think, is such a game changer for us as we travel throughout,
1:37.8	throughout the universe.
1:40.2	So anyway.
1:40.7	You feel like you're home at the end of the day and you have room for us to come together so we're not all sitting on your bed or my bed that we're like sitting in a family room and we're getting our favorite drink out of the fridge and having snacks and you really do just feel like you're home.
1:56.4	So we've become huge fans of it.
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