If you're walking alone down an old street, it's often not new style of architecture that catches your eye most. Rather, it is an old-fashioned building that blends in with its surroundings. Many well-known guest houses in picturesque locations have been rebuilt from traditional old buildings.

What about old houses and old walls? Add some glitter and effect will surprise you~

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Word • Meaning

Shangri-La

The construction took almost two years, complex of buildings was built along slope, and renovation area fits perfectly into the local landscape.

The entire homestay consists of six small buildings and an old Tibetan house with 15 rooms, a lobby, a restaurant and a teahouse. The trend is high and low, like mountains.

Each room has a unique entrance design that is not only interconnected but also independent.

A dry landscape style room is a good place for meditation.

The layout of living room and bathroom also retains sufficient pristine ecology, with natural textures of wood, stone and rattan.

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Unforgettable

Dali

The building itself bears main characteristics of Yunnan's Bai architecture: bucket arches and cornices are combined with simple piling stone walls.

The interior layout of guest house is transparent and simple: wooden floors, ceilings and cabinets are in original wood color.

The transition between indoor and outdoor views is smooth. Sitting on balcony and watching Erhai Lake alone, you can spend whole day.

The breeze is blowing, and night is intoxicating.

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Guest house Zhechen

Dali

"The morning rain in Weicheng is light and dust is light, guesthouses are green and willows are new," hence name of guesthouse. The architectural style and design concept is also based on cleaning like new.

A simple color combination takes complexity away and it only takes a bit of natural, fresh décor to activate vibrancy of space.

Elegant, light, quiet, far-reaching, like life, like life.

(All images in this article are taken from the Internet)