Four Tips for Bringing a Hygge Environment to the Hospitality Scene

The Danish word hygge has been popping up everywhere recently, from home décor to makeup, but few people have brought the trend to the hospitality scene. Read on for my four helpful tips for how to bring a hygge environment to a restaurant or bar.

Start at Square OneYou must start at the very beginning and look at an overview of the space itself. Stand in the restaurant or bar, and imagine patrons eating, drinking, and chatting. Are they sitting on plush, oversize chairs or cozy Hollywood booths? What do the lighting fixtures look like? Draw inspiration from the room itself and the client’s vision for the venue. Once you have that purpose, you can develop everything around that. There are no strict rules to creating a hygge environment, it is mostly a lot of intuition and understanding the guests’ and clients’ needs.

Lighting Goes FarLighting might be the most important contributor in creating a hygge It must be light enough so patrons can see and navigate around, but dim…