With the economy still in a bad state state, travel across the board is down. Family vacations are losing ground to rediscovering the wonders closer to home, while business trips are increasingly being replaced by remote meetings conducted over webcam and phone. But assuming you still find yourself living out of a suitcase on occasion, there’s no reason you can’t do so on a budget, and without skimping on the finer things in life.
To that end, aptly named British comedian George Egg, shows how a bit of DIY ingenuity can transform your hotel room into an ad hoc kitchen, enabling [...]

Low cost hotel chain easyHotel has redesigned their rooms to better accommodate budget travellers and to eliminate the overly orange, prison-cell-looking rooms. Softening and improving the functionality of the spartan rooms are a new subtle color scheme, more storage and flexible lighting options. The redesign was created by London architects ZMMA. It’s a simple, but drastic improvement which illustrates how little design changes can go a long way. Check out the before and after photos below.

[via Hotel Chatter]