Fresh ideas at new L.A.-area hotels
 
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(Axel Koester / For The Times)
Hotel design, like decor, cycles through trends ranging from the escapist to the warm, cozy and distinctly residential. The Custom Hotel near Los Angeles International Airport takes a playful approach, including elevators that open to high-impact imagery and the lobby’s woolly sheep. “They have been kidnapped and found all over the hotel,” a desk clerk says. “But they always find their way home in the morning.”

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