If you?re a literary fan of the likes of Steinbeck, Fitzgerald, and now Stein, this hotel was made for you.

Iconic American writer Gertrude Stein is getting her own suite at the Renwick Hotel in New York, joining previous fellow residents of the hotel like F. Scott Fitzgerald, Thomas Mann and John Steinbeck. The Renwick, which was recently renovated by Stonehill & Taylor Architects and Planners, has a nostalgic interior design that pays homage to the literary greats of the American Lost Generation. Now, with Stein being the first female creative to be added to the hotel design, the Renwick gets a girl-powered suite that honors Stein?s celebrated flowery works in literature.

Designer Kim Edwards at Stonehill & Taylor led the creative initiative and tapped on the talents of local female artists to decorate the suite with Stein-inspired motifs and design, including a rose-shaped infinite loop of Stein?s famous quote ?A rose is a rose is a rose? and a portrait of Stein as painted by Pablo Picasso himself. The writer led an extraordinary life in Paris and hosted salon nights with her pals Picasso and Henri Matisse. So, the design team transformed the suite into the classic French Salon, complete with a vintage tea cart and handmade tea set by ceramicist Alice Goldsmith. Finally, the three works of string art by artist Jessica Clark are a nod to Stein?s famed novel ?Three Lives.?
The rest of the hotel suites are just as clever, with quotes, paintings, ...