Shanghai Hosts The World

May 12, 2010

The Shanghai World Expo 2010 is now in full swing. I have been watching from the cyberspace sidelines in amazement at how the countries of the world decided to represent themselves and their contributions. It’s kind of like “America’s Next Top Model” for developing countries. They have even even grouped together the “Axis of Evil” [...]

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Jackie Beat’s Glamorous Garage Sale-This Weekend!

April 23, 2010

What do you get when one of the most fabulous drag queens (who just happens to be a compulsive shopper with great taste!) and two of LA’s most popular and innovative interior decorators (and former co-owners of uber-cool store Retropia) join forces? THE MOST GLAMOROUS GARAGE SALE IN THE HISTORY OF ALL MANKIND! Furniture, art, [...]

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Primping the Pantry

April 19, 2010

I have been writing about ways to re-design rental kitchens. We spoke of fabric, paint, and hardware as a way to personalize a kitchen that you are unable to drastically modify. Our rental kitchen shelving suffers from almost 80 years of layers of paint. Instead of the laborious task of paint removal, I opted to [...]

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Calamity Kitchen

April 13, 2010

We are putting the finishing touches on the Apartment of Julien Nitzberg. Julien writes for stage and screen and he needed the bachelor pad to match the resume. His Echo Park top floor flat boasts great views and has historic charm. Since this is a rental apartment, we had to deal with what the years [...]

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