Domicidal Maniac

Monsieur Jean Paul Gaultier has collaborated with French furniture manufacturer Roche Bobois to curate a limited collection comprised of new designs as well as reinterpreted classics like the...

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First off -a thousand pardons. I've been a terribly neglectful blogger. Although I can't promise to be more diligent about postings; I can say that I sincerely appreciate the supportive outreach ...

http://domicidalmaniac.blogspot.com/2010/08/nicolas-ghesquiere.html

Head on over to The Fashion Informer for a look at a Zack Posen designed model apartment.... It reeks of imitation Miles Redd to me. No offense to his immense talents as a very gifted fashio...

http://domicidalmaniac.blogspot.com/2010/05/but-hes-such-great-fashion-designer.html

Lovely Brittany Watson, of The House That Lars Built , recently started a new project; Baker Street . This site "documents the lives of people in their places in Washington, DC". She asked me t...

http://domicidalmaniac.blogspot.com/2010/05/my-domicidal-haven-as-seen-through-lens.html

At a time post "reality television" and perhaps in the throng of "social networking" I find it far too unnervingly simple to become enamored by virtual strangers. This is, of course, only my pers...

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I was asked recently by So Sylvie to participate in a fun little virtual project of redesigning Gerard Butler's Chelsea loft, which is featured in Architectural Digest this month. It seems that...

http://domicidalmaniac.blogspot.com/2010/04/well-i-dont-mind-if-i-do.html

Yes, it certainly is an attention grabbing name, but what heralds more heed than the moniker is the shop itself. Good Wood is the brainchild...err... teenager (this year marking its sweet sixt...

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One of my Top 5 favorite movies Bringing up Baby is ripe with good times, and was the first slapstick comedy inducted into the Movie Hall of Fame. Katharine Hepburn shrugged off the archetypal st...

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“Dashing and daring, courageous and caring, faithful and friendly with stories to share.” Okay - maybe I ripped that line from the opening of the 1980‘s cartoon series Gummy Bears, and I ...

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"Truly new and useful products and ideas unite the future, present and past" -Well said, Sebastian Brajkovic. This innovative and thoughtful young designer, born in Amsterdam, studied cabinet-...

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Restoration Hardware has done it yet again. Their collections have been increasingly impressive, and the Spring / Summer outdoor "Garden" collections are sure to please all. Not only are the ...

http://domicidalmaniac.blogspot.com/2010/03/summer-lovin.html

While enjoying a little weekend shopping I clamped eyes on this enchanting little screen, and fell instantly in love. Unfortunately, at $300 and some change it's about $300 dollars out of my p...

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"When Elsie de Wolfe invented the vocation of interior decorator in 1905, she informed her friends and potential clients of the fact by sending out cards engraved with her name and address, and a discreet announcement of her service". This is not 1905, consider this my calling card.

http://domicidalmaniac.blogspot.com/2010/02/cocorosie.html

After having just seen this movie I left the theater with an uneasy feeling.. partly from the 3 Stella's, box of Sour Patch Kids, and popcorn that I had, and partly because Danes make some seriou...

http://domicidalmaniac.blogspot.com/2010/02/terribly-happy.html

Nicolas Ghesquiere (ni-ko-la gas-ke-yay) An amazing beauty and overwhelming talent, he took to the reigns of the storied house of Balenciaga at the age of 25. A brief bio by way of loose...

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"Love, she believed, should strike suddenly, with thunder claps and fulgurations-a tornado out of the heavens which hurls itself upon life, turns it upside down, snatches away volition like lea...

http://domicidalmaniac.blogspot.com/2010/02/saint-valentines-day.html

Perhaps a foremother to Sex and the City, and one of my absolute favorite movies, not only because it's fun to watch, the costumes are fantastic, the actors amazing, the soundtrack super catch...

http://domicidalmaniac.blogspot.com/2010/02/how-to-marry-millionaire-according-to.html

I'm terribly bored, and yearning for a trip. As I write this I'm held up in my small studio surrounded by an extremely lazy cat, Ella, and an equally lethargic dog, Louie. The District has bee...

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{Michael Bastian} {Alexander McQueen} {Alexander McQueen} {Louis Vuitton} {Band of Outsiders} {Thom Browne} {Ralph Lauren} {Michael Bastian} {Moncler Gamme Bleu} {Moncler Gamme...

http://domicidalmaniac.blogspot.com/2010/01/style-inspiration-spring-2010.html

ABODEWELL , blogger and crafter extraordinaire, has introduced me to Craft Hope , a division of Etsy that sells beautifully handmade crafts to help support worthy causes. Craft Hope has comp...

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In 1885-86 Pierre Lorillard IV, the dapper gentleman shown below, along with land planner Ernest Bowditch, architect Bruce Price, and about 1,800 immigrant laborers created a resort for the thick...

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A special thank you to uber talented Rachael Grad for highlighting my post about tabletop lighters on Apartment Therapy .

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Am I the only one who is pee-my-pants excited about this ?!?

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(my small collection of table lighters) I'm a self-proclaimed classic movie junkie. I grew up in a very small / very modest town in Appalachia, which never seemed to fit me properly. I would wa...

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What a terrific film! The sets... the wardrobe..... the soundtrack....... the actors...... PARIS! An Education is an engaging, sweet, playful, inspiring, and thoughtful film. I'm a notoriously...

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