"Architect-to-the-stars Jeffrey Beers designed Manhattan’s WestHouse Hotel in the style of an Upper West Side townhouse, and its library lends itself to the homey aesthetic. Here, guests can flip through novels, design books, and tomes on Pissaro and Goya. The library shelves also hold blown-glass vases, Indonesian wood sculptures, and other souvenirs from around the world: It’s as if you’re crashing in the pad of a well-traveled friend who’s off sailing in the Caribbean." - Diana Spechler