Photo Credit: Envato Elements When it comes to apartment living, don’t let the dreaded gray-colored everything leave you feeling stuck. No “landlord special” can hold you back from creating a space that’s unique to you! Permanent customizations may be out the window if you want to see any bit of that deposit back. However, here […]
Featured image credit: Enoch Leung Popcorn ceilings are the bane of tenants across the country – the world even. Sometimes referred to as stipple or acoustic ceilings, they’ve earned their most popular moniker for their vague resemblance to a sea of white fluffy popcorn. But these ceilings bear a closer resemblance to cottage cheese… maybe […]
Featured image credit: Los Angeles In our ongoing series about LA’s diverse architecture, we’ve focused on clear styles that have been fairly easy to identify through their distinction. Georgian Revival architecture allows us no such luxury. Not only is it a callback to a pre-defined architecture style (as is the case with any of the […]
Featured image credit: Casino.org Collectors share a similar compulsion. Yet, the subjects of their obsessions can be radically diverse. Some might collect I Love Lucy memorabilia. Others might collect the dried husks of dead butterflies. Big ticket collectors might boast garages full of classic cars. Broke collectors might write down in a tattered notebook a collection […]
It’s already that time again. Hordes of architectural aficionados are descending on Palm Springs for 11 days of talks, tours, and revelry all centered around the unifying theme of modernist design. Yes, Thursday, February 15 kicks off Modernism Week in Palm Springs. Where else can you look at the past and dream of the future […]
Featured image credit: Hollywood Unwrapped You don’t have to be a Hollywood insider to recognize the name Tony Duquette. Throughout the 1940s and ‘50s, he elevated set decoration to an art form with his “more is more” approach. It earned him a great deal of admirers, some well-positioned friends, and, it would seem, a small […]
Photo Credit: Envato Elements Goodbye minimal, hello maximal! Dopamine décor is here, loud and proud, so prepare to have your senses stimulated because we’ve got a list of the hottest interior design trends to expect in 2024! This new year is all about creating beautiful and unique spaces that reflect who we are inside. No […]
When it comes to unique celebrity homes, Naomi Campbell’s vacation house is unlike any other. Spanish Architect, Luis de Garrido, built this getaway home on the island of Adasi Sedir in Turkey’s Gulf of Gökov, also known as Cleopatra’s Island. It was a monumental gift from Naomi’s Russian billionaire ex partner, Vladislav Doronin. Luis de […]
Featured image credit: Carol M. Highsmith The speed of architecture may not be exactly whiteknuckle. Especially from our point of view in modern Los Angeles where construction for even a modest building can take ages. But an offshoot of Art Deco, Streamline Moderne, was all about architecture in motion. Streamline Moderne architecture pared down Art […]
Featured Image Credit: LV Wedding Connection Up until now, our Home Spotlight blog series has covered properties that still exist. Unfortunately, we can’t say the same for the subject of this Home Spotlight… the granddaddy of all Las Vegas mansions: Hartland Mansion. Up until 2022, it was a looming piece of vibrant Las Vegas history. […]
