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Ayres Hotel Manhattan Beach / Hawthorne

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Looks like someone got all dressed up for picture day!

On the left is the image of a Deluxe King room displayed on website. On the right is a picture we snapped during our stay. Can you spot the differences between these two photos?

While most of our Photo Fakeouts demonstrate how photographs can be deceptively doctored to conceal the unappealing or shot to exaggerrate the appealing, this is an example of how simply dressing up a room with a few props — extra pillows here, pretty flowers there — can make an already-luxurious room appear lavish and exquisite.