November 2010
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Nov 30th
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Nov 30th
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Nov 30th
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Nov 30th
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Nov 30th
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"Andrew Mason, Groupon’s chief executive, declined... →
Lets discuss building miniature dollhouses, Andrew Mason.
Nov 30th
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1950s Tin Dollhouse Exterior
Nov 28th
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Nov 28th
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Nov 24th
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Nov 24th
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Menu designs by Charles Rennie Mackintosh &...
Willow Tea Room Miss Cranston’s Tea Rooms
Nov 24th
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Nov 24th
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Nov 22nd
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Nov 22nd
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The Peacock Room, ca. 1876-77
From the London home of Frederick R. Leyland, now in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian. Designed by Thomas Jeckyll and painted by James McNeill Whistler This room has a pretty colorful story behind it - see the two peacocks? They’re supposed to represent the artist and the patron, one holding a paintbrush and the other a bag of money, fighting. That pretty much sums it up,...
Nov 21st
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Nov 21st
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Nov 21st
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Instagram...
…is fun for taking pictures of the Painted Lady
Nov 21st
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Nov 19th
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Nov 19th
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Nov 19th
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Nov 19th
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Nov 19th
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Nov 18th
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Nov 18th
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Nov 18th
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Nov 17th
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Here is a beaded suede fringe curtain I made and some bedding I’m working on for the painted lady dollhouse. Curtains are only beaded at the bottom because I’m lazy or minimalist, you decide. I may suck it up and replace with fully beaded strings, but don’t hold me to it.
Nov 17th
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Nov 17th
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Nov 17th
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Looks like somebody (the dollhouse) is getting...
I’m not sure how big these actually are but that’s okay, it’ll just look like the dollhouse has a big a$$ piece of Jonathan Adler. I’m leaning toward the white porcelain poodle.
Nov 17th
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Nov 16th
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Ebb and flow...
catalogliving: Gary and Elaine ran down to the water, giggling like children in anticipation of the first dresser of the season washing ashore.
Nov 15th
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Nov 15th
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Nov 15th
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Nov 14th
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“I like sexy rooms, and I don’t think all-beige is very sexy.”
– Billy Baldwin So I just learned that “greige” is a legitimate term, and not just a word people invented to make fun of the popularity of rooms in various shades of neutral overload. Greige. I’m sure a little of it goes a long way, and to echo Mr. Baldwin, I don’t think...
Nov 14th
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Nov 12th
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Nov 11th
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Nov 11th
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Nov 11th
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Nov 11th
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Story Time
Vitruvius on beauty vs. brains: From the introduction to Book II of Vitruvius’ Ten Books on Architecture 1. Dinocrates, an architect who was full of confidence in his own ideas and skill, set out from Macedonia, in the reign of Alexander, to go to the army, being eager to win the approbation of the king. He took with him from his country letters from relatives and friends to the principal...
Nov 9th
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Nov 9th
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Nov 8th
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Nov 2nd
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Nov 2nd